Materials related to the Darwin-Wallace papers in Darwin Online

For the solution to the much-debated date that Wallace sent his 1858 Ternate essay and when Darwin received it, see van Wyhe and Rookmaaker, A new theory to explain the receipt of Wallace's Ternate Essay by Darwin in 1858. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2012) and John van Wyhe, Dispelling the darkness (2013), pp. 225-6, 358 note 692. For a historical (and not a hagiographical) explanation of Wallace's essay, see van Wyhe, Dispelling the darkness (2013), pp. 208-217.

Darwin & A. R. Wallace. 1858. On the tendency of species to form varieties; and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection. [Read 1 July] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3: 46-50. Introduction Text Image PDF F350

Darwin & A. R. Wallace. 1858. Proceedings of the meeting of the Linnean Society held on July 1st, 1858. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology 3: liv-lvi. Text F1699b

Wallace, A. R. 1883. The debt of science to Darwin. Century magazine 25, 3 (January): 420-432. Text Image PDF

Wallace, A. R. 1903. The dawn of a great discovery "My relations with Darwin in reference to the theory of natural selection". Black and White 25 (17 January): 78. Click

Wallace, A. R. 1905. My life: A record of events and opinions. vol. 1 Click

The discovery of natural selection. In Marchant, ed. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace letters and reminiscences. Click

Darwin, C. R. 1859. Origin of species, pages 1-2. Click

A copy of the journal in Darwin's private papers Click

Darwin, C. R. 1958. The autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882. Click

Reviews of the papers

Boyd, T. 1859. [Review of] On the tendency of species to form varieties. Zoologist 17: 6357-6359. Text & image A42

Hussey, A. 1859. [Review of] On the tendency of species to form varieties. Zoologist 17: 6474-6475. Text & image A44

[Carpenter, W. B.] 1860. Darwin on the Origin of Species. National Review 10: 188-214. Click A42

[Owen, Richard]. 1860. [Review of Origin & other works.] Edinburgh Review 111: 487-532. Click A44

Accounts of the episode

Bunbury, C. J. F. 1906. [Recollections of Darwin.] The life of Sir Charles J. F. Bunbury, Bart. Text A716

[Huxley, T. H.] 1860. Darwin on the origin of Species. Westminster Review 17: 541-70. Click

Allen, Grant. 1885. Charles Darwin. Click

Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. London: John Murray. vol. 2, Chapter IV

1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. Click

Poulton, Edward Bagnall. 1909. Charles Darwin and the Origin of species: addresses, etc., in America and England in the year of the two anniversaries. Click

Weismann, August. The selection theory. In Seward, A. C. ed. 1909. Darwin and modern science. Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Click

See also:

Wallace, A. R. 1855. On the law which has regulated the Introduction of New Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: (September): 184-196. Text Image
But note that virtually all the claims usually made about this important paper are the product of popular science writers etc. See John van Wyhe, 2016, The impact of A. R. Wallace's Sarawak Law paper reassessed. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C. 60.

Wallace, A. R. 1860. On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago. Communicated by Charles Darwin. [Read 3 November 1859] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 4: 172-184. Text

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