CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

CHAPTER I.

1838-—1839.

The engagement of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood—
Dr Darwin's delight—Suburbs versus London—^A letter from
Sismondi—House-hunting......1—25

CHAPTER IL

1839.

The wedding at Maer—Caroline's baby dies—^Life at Grower Street
—Hensleigh becomes Registrar of Cabs—Elizabeth gives up
the Sunday-school—Charles and Emma's first visit to Maer—•
Their child born Dec. 27, 1839—My mother's character

26—49
CHAPTER III.

1840—1842.

Charles Darwin in bad health^—The Sismondis at Gower Street and
Tenby—Miss Edgeworth and Emma Darwin—Anne Elizabeth
Darwin, born—Erasmus and Miss Martineau—Charles and
Doddy at Shrewsbury—Sismondi's fatal illness—The birth of
Edmund Langton......        .        50—63

CHAPTER IV.

1842.

A Revolution at Geneva—Taking children to the pantomime—
Charles Darwin meets Humboldt—He visits Shrewsbury-
Elizabeth with Emma at Gower Street—Emma at Maer—
Sismondi dies June 25, 1842—Jessie comes to live at Tenby

64—74
CHAPTER V.

Down.

Down—The dangerous illness of Josiah Wedgwood—The birth and
death of Emma's third child—A visit from Hensleigh Wedg¬
wood's children—They get lost in the Big Woods    .       75—81