The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
by Charles Darwin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Title
- Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
- Credits
- Produced by Sue Asscher and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 2087
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2087
- Release Date
- February 1, 2000
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN — Volume I
- 2.By Charles Darwin — Including An Autobiographical Chapter
- 3.Edited By His Son Francis Darwin
- 4.VOLUME I
- 5.PREFACE — LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN.
- 6.VOLUME I.
- 7.CHAPTER 1.I. — THE DARWIN FAMILY.
- 8.CHAPTER 1.II. — AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- 9.CHAPTER 1.III. — REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.
- 10.CHAPTER 1.IV. — CAMBRIDGE LIFE.
- 11.CHAPTER 1.V. — THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.'
- 12.CHAPTER 1.VI. — THE VOYAGE.
- 13.CHAPTER 1.VII. — LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. — 1836-1842.
- 14.CHAPTER 1.VIII. — RELIGION.
- 15.CHAPTER 1.IX. — LIFE AT DOWN. — 1842-1854.
- 16.CHAPTER 1.X. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
- 17.Chapter I. "On the kind of intermediateness necessary, and the number
- 18.Chapter II. "The gradual appearance and disappearance of organic
- 19.Chapter III. "Geographical Distribution." Corresponds to Chapters XI.
- 20.Chapter IV. "Affinities and Classification of Organic beings."
- 21.Chapter V. "Unity of Type," Morphology, Embryology.
- 22.Chapter VI. Rudimentary Organs. — These three chapters correspond to Chapter XII. of the 'Origin.'
- 23.Chapter VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion. The final sentence of the
- 24.CHAPTER 1.XI. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' — LETTERS, 1843-1856.
- 25.CHAPTER 1.XII. — THE UNFINISHED BOOK. — MAY 1856 TO JUNE 1858.
- 26.CHAPTER 1. XIII. — THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' — JUNE 18, 1858, TO NOVEMBER, 1859.
- 27.CHAPTER 1.XIV. — BY PROFESSOR HUXLEY. — ON THE RECEPTION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
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