"Deserves to be as widely read as were the originals when they were first published."Biological Journal of the Linneas Society. Includes five chapters fromThe Origin of Speices,complete and unabridged; significant extracts from the works that precede and develop the theory of evolution:The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man, and The Variations of Animals and Plants;scientific papers, travel writings, letters, and a family memorial; plus a chronology and biography.