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Canterbury Pieces

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Canterbury Pieces

Samuel Butler

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Young Samuel Butler, newly settled in New Zealand, wrestled early with Darwin's dangerous new idea. These Canterbury pieces gather his sharp, playful essays on species and origins, alongside dialogues and lighter sketches from a colonial newspaper. Witty, argumentative, and ahead of their time. For readers curious how a great satirist first met the theory of evolution.

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16 chapters

  1. 1CANTERBURY PIECES
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3Darwin on the Origin of Species
  4. 4Prefatory Note
  5. 5A Dialogue
  6. 6Barrel-Organs
  7. 7Darwin on Species [From the Press, 21 February, 1863.]
  8. 8Darwin on Species [From the Press, March 14th, 1863.]
  9. 9Darwin on Species [From the Press, 18 March, 1863.]
  10. 10Darwin on Species [From the Press, April 11th, 1863.]
  11. 11Darwin on Species [From the Press, 22nd June, 1863.]
  12. 12Darwin Among the Machines
  13. 13Lucubratio Ebria
  14. 14A Note on “The Tempest” Act III, Scene I
  15. 15The English Cricketers
  16. 16Footnotes
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