The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin: “[13] See the excellent remarks on this subject by Mr. Lyell, in his Principles of Geology.”
Possession by A. S. Byatt: “I read a chapter or two of Lyell's Principles of Geology... and was equally charmed by the intellectual gravity of Lyell's vision.”
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson: “It was just at this time that he produced The Principles of Geology, published in three volumes between 1830 and 1833”
The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin: “Lyell had already ('Principles of Geology,' vol. ii.”