TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. — The Publication of the ' Origin of Species '—Oct. 3, 



1859, TO Dec. 31, 1859 I 



II. — The 'Origin of Species' [contimt^d) — 1860 . . .51 

 III. — The Spread of Evolution — 1861-1S62 .... 149 

 IV. — The Spread of Evolution. 'Variation of Animals 



AND Plants' — 1863-1866 186 



V. — The Publication of the ' Variation of Animai s and 

 Plants under DOiMESTicATioN ' — January 1867-JuNE 



1868 242 



VI. — Work on 'Man' — 1864-1870 271 



VII. — The Publication of the 'Descent of Man.' Work 



ON 'Expression' — 1871-1873 311 



VIII. — Miscellanea, including Second Editions of 'Coral 

 Reefs,' the 'Descent of Man,' and the 'Varia- 

 tions OF Animals and Plants'— 1874 and 1875 . 359 

 IX. — Miscellanea (continued). A Revival of Geological 

 Work — The Book on Earthworms — Life of Eras- 

 mus Darwin — Miscellaneous Letters — 1876-1882 . 388 



BOTANICAL LETTERS. 



X. — Fertilisation of Flowers — 1839-1S80 .... 429 

 XI. — The ' Effects of Cross- and Self-Fertilisation in 



THE Vegetable Kingdom* — 1866-1S77 . . . 463 

 XII, — 'Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the same 



Species' — 1860-1878 469 



