Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
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- THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN
- Volume I
- Including An Autobiographical Chapter
- Edited By His Son Francis Darwin
- VOLUME I
- PREFACE
- LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN.
- VOLUME I.
- CHAPTER 1.I. — THE DARWIN FAMILY.
- CHAPTER 1.II. — AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- CHAPTER 1.III. — REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.
- CHAPTER 1.IV. — CAMBRIDGE LIFE.
- CHAPTER 1.V. — THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.'
- CHAPTER 1.VI. — THE VOYAGE.
- CHAPTER 1.VII. — LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE.
- 1836-1842.
- CHAPTER 1.VIII. — RELIGION.
- CHAPTER 1.IX. — LIFE AT DOWN.
- 1842-1854.
- CHAPTER 1.X. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
- Chapter I. "On the kind of intermediateness necessary, and the number
- Chapter II. "The gradual appearance and disappearance of organic
- Chapter III. "Geographical Distribution." Corresponds to Chapters XI.
- Chapter IV. "Affinities and Classification of Organic beings."
- Chapter V. "Unity of Type," Morphology, Embryology.
- Chapter VI. Rudimentary Organs.
- These three chapters correspond to Chapter XII. of the 'Origin.'
- Chapter VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion. The final sentence of the
- CHAPTER 1.XI. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
- LETTERS, 1843-1856.
- CHAPTER 1.XII. — THE UNFINISHED BOOK.
- MAY 1856 TO JUNE 1858.
- CHAPTER 1. XIII. — THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
- JUNE 18, 1858, TO NOVEMBER, 1859.
- CHAPTER 1.XIV. — BY PROFESSOR HUXLEY.
- ON THE RECEPTION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
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