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CHAPTER VIII - THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION—1861–1862

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2010

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[The beginning of the year 1861 saw my father with the third chapter of ‘The Variation of Animals and Plants’ still on his hands. It had been begun in the previous August, and was not finished until March 1861. He was, however, for part of this time (I believe during December 1860 and January 1861) engaged in a new edition (3000 copies) of the ‘Origin,’ which was largely corrected and added to, and was published in April 1861.

With regard to this, the third edition, he wrote to Mr. Murray in December 1860:—

“I shall be glad to hear when you have decided how many copies you will print off—the more the better for me in all ways, as far as compatible with safety; for I hope never again to make so many corrections, or rather additions, which I have made in hopes of making my many rather stupid reviewers at least understand what is meant. I hope and think I shall improve the book considerably.”

An interesting feature in the new edition was the “Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species” which now appeared for the first time, and was continued in the later editions of the work. It bears a strong impress of the author's personal character in the obvious wish to do full justice to all his predecessors,—though even in this respect it has not escaped some adverse criticism.

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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Including an Autobiographical Chapter
, pp. 356 - 393
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1887

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