On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'

**Catalogue description:** In this essay, Thomas Henry Huxley recounts how Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species* was received by the scientific community and wider public of the mid-nineteenth century. It suits readers interested in the history of science, evolutionary theory, and Victorian intellectual debates. **A note on the supplied metadata:** Two details appear to be incorrect and I have not used them. This is Huxley's essay first published in 1887 (as a chapter in *The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin*), so "2000" is at most a reprint/edition date, not the first publication. The subject "devotional" is also inaccurate—this is a work on the history and reception of evolutionary science, not a religious or devotional text. You may want to verify these fields before cataloguing.