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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—1837–1844
- CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—1843–1856
- CHAPTER III THE UNFINISHED BOOK—MAY 1856–JUNE 1858
- CHAPTER IV THE WRITING OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—JUNE 18, 1858–Nov. 1859
- CHAPTER V PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE RECEPTION OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’
- CHAPTER VI THE PUBLICATION OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—OCT. 3, 1859–DEC. 31, 1859
- CHAPTER VII THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’ (continued)—1860
- CHAPTER VIII THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION—1861–1862
CHAPTER II - THE GROWTH OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—1843–1856
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—1837–1844
- CHAPTER II THE GROWTH OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—1843–1856
- CHAPTER III THE UNFINISHED BOOK—MAY 1856–JUNE 1858
- CHAPTER IV THE WRITING OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—JUNE 18, 1858–Nov. 1859
- CHAPTER V PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE RECEPTION OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’
- CHAPTER VI THE PUBLICATION OF THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’—OCT. 3, 1859–DEC. 31, 1859
- CHAPTER VII THE ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES’ (continued)—1860
- CHAPTER VIII THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION—1861–1862
Summary
[The history of my father's life is told more completely in his correspondence with Sir J. D. Hooker than in any other series of letters; and this is especially true of the history of the growth of the ‘Origin of Species.’ This, therefore, seems an appropriate place for the following notes, which Sir Joseph Hooker has kindly given me. They give, moreover, an interesting picture of his early friendship with my father:—
“My first meeting with Mr. Darwin was in 1839, in Trafalgar Square. I was walking with an officer who had been his shipmate for a short time in the Beagle seven years before, but who had not, I believe, since met him. I was introduced; the interview was of course brief, and the memory of him that I carried away and still retain was that of a rather tall and rather broad-shouldered man, with a slight stoop, an agreeable and animated expression when talking, beetle brows, and a hollow but mellow voice; and that his greeting of his old acquaintance was sailor-like—that is, delightfully frank and cordial. I observed him well, for I was already aware of his attainments and labours, derived from having read various proof-sheets of his then unpublished ‘Journal.’ These had been submitted to Mr. (afterwards Sir Charles) Lyell by Mr. Darwin, and by him sent to his father, Ch. Lyell, Esq., of Kinnordy, who (being a very old friend of my father, and taking a kind interest in my projected career as a naturalist) had allowed me to peruse them.
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- The Life and Letters of Charles DarwinIncluding an Autobiographical Chapter, pp. 19 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1887
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