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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN
INCLUDING AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
CHAPTER
EDITED BY HIS SON
FRANCIS DARWIN
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME II.
CHAPTER 2.
I.--The Publication of the 'Origin of Species'--October 3, 1859, to
December 31, 1859.
CHAPTER 2.
II.--The 'Origin of Species' (continued)--1860.
CHAPTER 2.
III.--The Spread of Evolution--1861-1862.
CHAPTER 2.
IV.--The Spread of Evolution. 'Variation of Animals and Plants'
--1863-1866.
CHAPTER 2.
V.--The Publication of the 'Variation of Animals and Plants under
Domestication'--January 1867-June 1868.
CHAPTER 2.
VI.--Work on 'Man'--1864-1870.
CHAPTER 2.
VII.--The Publication of the 'Descent of Man.' Work on
'Expression'--1871-1873.
CHAPTER 2.
VIII.--Miscellanea, including Second Editions of 'Coral Reefs,' the
'Descent of Man,' and the 'Variation of Animals and Plants'--1874 and
1875.
CHAPTER 2.
IX.--Miscellanea (continued). A Revival of Geological Work--The
Book on Earthworms--Life of Erasmus Darwin--Miscellaneous
Letters--1876- 1882.
BOTANICAL LETTERS.
CHAPTER 2.
X.--Fertilisation of Flowers--1839-1880.
CHAPTER 2.
XI.--The 'Effects of Cross- and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable
Kingdom'--1866-1877.
CHAPTER 2.
XII.--'Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the same Species'
--1860-1878.
CHAPTER 2.
XIII.--Climbing and Insectivorous Plants--1863-1875.
CHAPTER 2.
XIV.--The 'Power of Movement in Plants'--1878-1881.
CHAPTER 2.
XV.--Miscellaneous Botanical Letters--1873-1882.
...
CHAPTER 2.
XVI.--Conclusion.
APPENDICES.
I.--The Funeral in Westminster Abbey.
II.--List of Works by C. Darwin.
III.--Portraits.
IV.--Honours, Degrees, Societies, etc.
TRANSCRIPT OF A FACSIMILE OF A PAGE FROM A
NOTE-BOOK OF 1837.
--led to comprehend true affinities. My theory would give zest to recent
& Fossil Comparative Anatomy: it would lead to study of instincts,
heredity, & mind heredity, whole metaphysics, it would lead to closest
examination of hybridity & generation, causes of change in order to
know what we have come from & to what we tend, to what
circumstances favour crossing & what prevents it, this & direct
examination of direct passages of structure in species, might lead to
laws of change, which would then be main object of study, to guide our
speculations.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN.
VOLUME II.
CHAPTER 2.
I.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
OCTOBER 3, 1859, TO DECEMBER 31, 1859.
1859.
[Under the date of October 1st, 1859, in my father's Diary occurs the
entry: "Finished proofs (thirteen months and ten days) of Abstract on
'Origin of Species'; 1250 copies printed. The first edition was published
on November 24th, and all copies sold first day."
On October 2d he started for a water-cure establishment at Ilkley, near
Leeds, where he remained with his family until December, and on the
9th of that month he was again at Down. The only other entry in the
Diary for this year is as follows: "During end of November and
beginning of December, employed in correcting for second edition of
3000 copies; multitude of letters."
The first and a few of the subsequent letters refer to proof sheets, and to
early copies of the 'Origin' which were sent to friends before 
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