About the Darwin-Wallace Paper

On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection

By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S.., & F.G.S., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S., F.L.S., and J.D. Hooker, Esq., M.D., V.P.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

The Darwin-Wallace paper was read before the Linnean Society July 1st, 1858 and published in their Proceedings Vol 3 1858. pp 45-62.

In the original paper as published by the Linnean Society:

• Pages 45-46 consists of a letter of introduction by Charles Lyell and Joseph D. Hooker
• Pages 46-50 consists of an Extract from an unpublished Work on Species, by C. Darwin, Esq., consisting of a portion of a Chapter entitled, "On the Variation of Organic Beings in a state of Nature; on the Natural Means of Selection; on the Comparison of Domestic Races and true Species"
• Pages 50-53 consists of an Abstract of a Letter from C. Darwin, Esq., to Prof. Asa Gray, Boston, U.S., dated Down, September 5th , 1857
• Pages 53-62 consists of the manuscript "On the Tendency of Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original Type." By Alfred Russel Wallace (This latter known as the Ternate Paper of 1858)

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Permission for the preparation and use of this copy of the Darwin/Wallace 1858 paper was granted by the Council of the Linnean Society of London.

Prepared by Professor J.W. Rachlin, F.L.S.

Lehman College of CUNY

Bronx, NY, 10468-1589

U.S.A.

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