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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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VOLUME II. 



CHAPTER I. The Foundations of the ' Origin of 



Species ' 1837-1844 .... . . . 1 



CHAPTER II. The Growth of the 'Origin of Species' 



1843-1856 ........ 19 



CHAPTER III. The Unfinished Book May 1856-JuNE 



1858 ......... 67 



CHAPTER IV. The Writing of the ' Origin of Species' 



June 18, 1858-Nov. 1859 . . . . 115 



CHAPTER V. Professor Huxley on the Reception of 



the 'Origin of Species' . . . . .179 



CHAPTER VI. The Publication of the ' Origin of 



Species' Oct. 3, 1859-DEC. 31, 1859 . . . 205 



CHAPTER VII. The ' Origin of Species ' (continued) 



i860 ......... 256 



CHAPTER VIII. The Spread of Evolution 1861-1862 356 



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Volume II. 



Frontispiece: Charles Darwin in 1874 (?). From the 

 ' Century Magazine ' : the Photograph by Captain 

 L. Darwin, R.E. 



Facsimile of a Page from a Note-Book of 1837. Photo- 

 lithographed by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument 

 Company ...... to face page 5 



