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New material added to the American edition of Origin

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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…

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  • Soon after Origin was published, Darwin received a letter from Asa Gray offering to arrange an
  • Darwin responded favourably to Grays proposal in his letter of 21 December [1859] ( Correspondence
  • way toward publishing the book. Indeed, by early in January D. Appleton & Co. had Origin in
  • Acting on Darwins behalf, Gray duly contacted D. Appleton to inquire about authors copyright and
  • … [17 January 1860], and 23 January 1860). Although D. Appleton was not obliged by United
  • had been fixed through the process of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and
  • changed his mind. On 31 January he told Joseph Dalton Hooker that he was preparing ahistorical
  • of species; Darwin sent this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9 February 1860]. He had
  • … [1860] and 1 February [1860]). A month later, in his letter of 8 March [1860], Darwin sent
  • … (especially that given by Hewett Cottrell Watson in his letter of [3? January 1860]) that Darwin
  • changes he intended to make in the American edition in the letter to Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860
  • corrected Second Edition with additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). …
  • the only one available in the United States until 1873, when D. Appleton prepared a new edition
  • prejudices. In 1846, the veteran geologist, M. J. dOmalius dHalloz, published in an
  • du monde, la forme, le volume et la durée de chacun deux, en raison de sa destinée dans lordre de
  • edition of this work was published. In December, 1859, Dr. Hooker published his Introduction to the
  • inordinate increase of specific forms throughout the world. Hooker has recently shown that in the S. …
  • having read the discussions on this subject by Lyell and by Hooker in regard to plants, concur only
  • A celebrated author and divine, &c., &c. Page 420, 9 fifteen lines from top, …
  • of Origin ( Origin 3d ed., pp. 3636). See also letter from John Lubbock, [after 28 April

St George Jackson Mivart

Summary

In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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  • it for publication in the next issue of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874
  • kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
  • them explicitly, he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). …
  • of encouraging licentiousness. A postscript to Darwins letter, which may belong to another letter, …
  • on board Darwins comments and sent a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874
  • hopefor certain preliminary restrictions, and that (p. 420) ‘we can only make a really successful
  • was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them decided
  • admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley
  • attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply
  • still wrote to Mivart , in a letter that he circulated to Hooker and Darwin, that it was necessary
  • inferior Deities do battle with the infernal powers.’ What Hooker, Huxley, and Darwin were proposing
  • someone who was not willing to reply. However, for men in Hookers, Huxleys, and Darwins social
  • could look like both cliquishness and the abuse of power. (Hooker was president and Huxley secretary
  • was reluctant to have the matter stirred up even more. Hooker, on the other hand, was meditating
  • from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …