Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters
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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.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1892).
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NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE DARWINS.
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CHAPTER II. AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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CHAPTER III. RELIGION.
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CHAPTER IV. REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.
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CHAPTER V. CAMBRIDGE LIFE.—THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.'
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CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE.
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CHAPTER VII. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. 1836-1842.
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CHAPTER VIII. LIFE AT DOWN. 1842-1854.
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CHAPTER IX. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
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CHAPTER X. THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' 1843-1858.
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CHAPTER XI. THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
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CHAPTER XII. THE PUBLICATION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
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CHAPTER XIII. THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES'—REVIEWS AND CRITICISMS—ADHESIONS AND ATTACKS.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION. 1861—1871.
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CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEA.—REVIVAL OF GEOLOGICAL WORK.—THE VIVISECTION QUESTION.—HONOURS.
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BOTANICAL WORK.
CHAPTER XVI. FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS.
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CHAPTER XVII.
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CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUSION.
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APPENDIX I. THE FUNERAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
APPENDIX II.
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INDEX.
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