Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.
Writing tagged: ‘john murray’
03-May-1859: The first review of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
On 3rd May 1859, the first reviewer of ‘On the Origin of Species’, Whitwell Elwin, politely suggested Darwin might do better writing a book about pigeons.
How about a nice little book on pigeons?
How (supposedly) Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' was nearly not published.