TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Reading edition
CHAPTER PAGE
I. —The Darwins 1
II. —Autobiography 5
III. —Religion 55
IV. —Reminiscences 66
V. —Cambridge Life—The Appointment to the Beagle: 1828-1831 104
VI. —The Voyage: 1831-1836 124
VII. —London and Cambridge: 1836-1842 140
VIII. —Life at Down: 1842-1854 150
IX. —The Foundations of the Origin of Species: 1831-1844 165
X. —The Growth of the Origin of Species: 1843-1858 173
XI. —The Writing of the Origin of Species, June 1858, to November 1859 185
XII. —The Publication of the Origin of Species, October to December 1859 206
XIII. —The Origin of Species—Reviews and Criticisms—Adhesions and Attacks: 1860 223
XIV. —The Spread of Evolution: 1861-1871 245
XV. —Miscellanea—Revival of Geological Work—The Vivisection Question—Honours 281
XVI. —The Fertilisation of Flowers 297
XVII. —Climbing Plants—Power of Movement in Plants—Insectivorous Plants—Kew Index of Plant Names 313
XVIII. —Conclusion 325
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX
I. —The Funeral in Westminster Abbey 329
II. —Portraits 331
Index 333
[—led to comprehend two affinities. [illeg] 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 [species (crossed out)] structures in species, might lead to laws of change, which would then be main object of study, to guide our [past (crossed out)] speculations]
CHARLES DARWIN.