The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume 1

by Charles Darwin

Overview

The first of two volumes arranged and published by Francis Darwin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781406842371
Publisher:	Echo Library
Publication date:	10/01/2007
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

I.	The Darwin Family	1
II.	Autobiography	25
III.	Reminiscences	87
	Letters
IV.	Cambridge Life--1828-1831	139
V.	The Appointment to the 'Beagle'--1831	160
VI.	The Voyage--1831-1836	191
VII.	London and Cambridge--1836-1842	243
VIII.	Religion	274
IX.	Life at Down--1842-1854	287
X.	The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'	363
XI.	The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'--Letters--1843-1856	380
XII.	The Unfinished Book--May 1856-June 1858	426
XIII.	The Writing of the 'Origin of Species'--June 18, 1858-Nov. 1859	472
XIV.	Professor Huxley on the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'	533