Scope and Contents The seminal work of naturalist Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), 'On the origin of species by means of natural selection', was published by John Murray in 1859. Most of the works by Darwin appeared through the house of Murray and the items in this series relate to these publications.There are over 200 letters of Darwin, mainly to John Murray [III], although there are some to other correspondents. These detail the publication process of the works of Darwin, their reception and...