[175] These were about seventy-six in number, the great majority written
prior to the last twenty years of his life.
[176] Such as the seeming intercalation of crystalline schists with
fossiliferous rocks, or the immediate sequence of the two.
INDEX.
Address to the British Association at Bath, 190
Alps, The, Glaciers of, 177
America, First visit to, 130
----, Second visit to, 155
----, Third visit to, 172
----, Fourth visit to, 173
"Antiquity of Man" published, 185
----, Synopsis of, 186
Aurignac Cave, The, Visit to, 200
Auvergne, Journey to, 33
Avicenna's treatise on minerals, 81
Bachelor of Arts, Degree of, conferred on him, 26
Bar, Called to the, 30
Baronet, Created a, 190
Beaumont, Elie de, his theory of mountain-chains, 96
Birth and birthplace, His, 9
Brittany, Tour in, 50
British Association, Address to, 190
Cave remains, Dr. Schmerling's collection, 101
Continental researches in geology, 21
Cromer, Investigations at, 196
Cuvier, Meets with, in Paris, 28
Darwin and Lyell, 120
----, his opinion of Lyell's character, 208
Death of Lady Lyell, 200
---- Sir Charles Lyell, 204
Denmark and Southern Norway, Researches in, 122
Deputy-Lieutenant of Forfar, Appointment as, 58
Deshayes, the eminent conchologist, 42
Diluvialists and Fluvialists, The, 43
Doctor of Laws degree conferred on him, 202
Eifel, Visit to the volcanic district of, 62
"Elements of Geology" published, 125
Engis skull, The, 102
Entomology, Early studies in, 15
Etna explored, 181
Family, The Lyell, 10
Father, His, 9
Fluvialists and Diluvialists, The, 43
"Forest Bed," The, 196
Frascatoro, his views on geology, 83
Generelli's theories, 87
Geological Society, Elected a Fellow of the, 27
----, His first papers to the, 28
----, Elected secretary of the, 28
----, Elected President of the, 111
Geology, First studies in, 19
----, Continental researches, 21
Glaciers of the Alps, His theory of the, 177
Grand Canary, Voyage to, 174
Great Dismal Swamp, The, explored, 141
Horner, Miss, Marriage with, 69
Humboldt, Meeting with, in Paris, 28
Huttonian Theory, The, 91
Infancy, 10
Inscription on Lyell's tombstone, 205
Ireland, Visit to, 152
Kessingland Cliffs and the "Forest Bed," 196
King's College, Lectures at, 68
Knighted, 170
Law, The, Studies for, 27
Lectures at King's College, 68
---- at the Royal Institution, 71
Leonardo da Vinci, his conclusions on geology, 83
Letter to Herschel on the Origin of Species, 118
Lyell family, The, 10
----, Lady, Death of, 200
----, Sir Charles, Death of, 204
"Lyellia," The moss named, 9
Madeira, Voyage to, 173
Marriage to Miss Horner, His, 69
Medal of the Royal Society presented to him, 111
Member of the Institute of France, Elected, 190
Midhurst, School Days at, 16
Moel Tryfaen, Crags of, 61
Montreal and Quebec, Journey to, 146
Moro's views, 87
Moss called "Lyellia," 9
Mother, His, 10
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