Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters
by Charles Darwin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Title
- Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Martin Pettit,
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38629
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38629
- Release Date
- January 20, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CHARLES DARWIN: HIS LIFE TOLD IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHAPTER, AND IN A SELECTED SERIES OF HIS PUBLISHED LETTERS. EDITED BY HIS SON, FRANCIS DARWIN, F.R.S.
- 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1892). — FOOTNOTE:
- 3.NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 5.CHAPTER I. THE DARWINS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.CHAPTER II. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER III. RELIGION. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER IV. REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER V. CAMBRIDGE LIFE.—THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.' — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.CHAPTER VII. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. 1836-1842. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. LIFE AT DOWN. 1842-1854. — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER IX. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER X. THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' 1843-1858. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER XI. THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.CHAPTER XII. THE PUBLICATION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES'—REVIEWS AND CRITICISMS—ADHESIONS AND ATTACKS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION. 1861—1871. — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEA.—REVIVAL OF GEOLOGICAL WORK.—THE VIVISECTION QUESTION.—HONOURS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 20.BOTANICAL WORK.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 22.CHAPTER XVII. — FOOTNOTES:
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUSION. — FOOTNOTES:
- 24.APPENDIX I. THE FUNERAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
- 25.APPENDIX II. — FOOTNOTES:
- 26.INDEX.
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