Publication of an English translation of Ernst Krause's "Erasmus Darwin",
with a notice by Charles Darwin. "I am EXTREMELY glad that you approve of
the little 'Life' of our Grandfather, for I have been repenting that I ever
undertook it, as the work was quite beyond my tether." (To Mr Francis
Galton, Nov. 14, 1879.)

1880:

Publication of "The Power of Movement in Plants".

"It has always pleased me to exalt plants in the scale of organised
beings."

Publication of the second edition of "The Different Forms of Flowers".

1881:

Wrote a continuation of the Autobiography.

Publication of "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of
Worms".

"It is the completion of a short paper read before the Geological Society
more than forty years ago, and has revived old geological thoughts...As far
as I can judge it will be a curious little book."

1882:

Charles Darwin died at Down, April 19, and was buried in Westminster Abbey,