On the Origin of Species

Joseph Carroll, a Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has published widely on Darwin and his influence.

Acknowledgements

Introduction



The Classic Status of The Origin of Species
Plan of the Introduction
Darwin’s Subject
The Historical Moment of The Origin of Species
Darwin’s Intellectual Character
The Lamarckian and Spencerian Alternative to Darwinism
The Inception and Gestation of Darwin’s Theory
Darwin’s Evolutionary Psychology
The Nature of the Darwinian Revolution
Recommendations for Further Reading
Works Cited and Source Texts

Charles Darwin: A Brief Chronology

A Note on the Text

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection



An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion onthe Origin of Species
Contents
Text
Glossary of the Principal Scientific Terms Usedin the Present Volume
Index

Appendix A: From The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Appendix B: From Voyage of the Beagle: Excerpts from Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle (1839; 2nd ed. 1845)

Appendix C: From Darwin’s Notebooks

Appendix D: From the 1844 Manuscript



Francis Darwin’s Description of the Manuscript
Extract from a Chapter on Natural Selection

Appendix E: Letters

Appendix F: From The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)

Appendix G: Contextual Materials



Creationism and Natural Theology


The First Book of Moses called GENESIS
William Paley, from Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the appearances of nature (1802)


Pre-Darwinian Speculations on Evolution: Lamarck and Spencer


Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, from Zoological Philosophy (1809)
Herbert Spencer


From Social Statics (1851)
From First Principles (1862)
From Principles of Biology (1864), vol. 1, part 3, chapter 12
From Autobiography (1904)




Thomas Malthus, from An Essay on the Principle of Population (6th ed., 1826)
Charles Lyell, from Principles of Geology (1830-33)
The Co-Discovery of Natural Selection: Alfred Russel Wallace, “On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type” (1858)
Thomas Henry Huxley on the Historical Situation of The Origin of Species


From “Evolution in Biology” (1878)
From The Origin of Species (1860)
From “Criticisms on The Origin of Species” (1864)
From “Charles Darwin” (1882)
From “On the Reception of The Origin of Species” (1887)



Register of Names

Index to the Introduction, Darwin’s Historical Sketch, and the Appendices