1860 Early REVIEW DARWIN'S ORIGIN of SPECIES * John Morris Catholic

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Early Review of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Dublin Review 48: 50-81 [JOHN MORRIS] London: Thomas Richardson and Son. 1860.~ THE FIRST EDITION ~ Modern half cloth over marbled boards, text evenly age toned. An octavo volume, it measures approximately 22cm (8�") x 14cm (5�") x 0.8cm (�"). Pagination pp. [2], 49-82, extracted from a larger volume but compete in itself.� � "John Morris praised Darwin's research and accepted the doctrine of the mutability of species; he rejected as absurd the application of the doctrine to the descent of man, but thought that this was no essential part of Darwin's argument." (Altholz, Catholic Reactions to Darwin.) �