Editing On the Origin of Species (section)

===Abstract of Species book===
Soon after the meeting, Darwin decided to write "an abstract of my whole work" in the form of one or more papers to be published by the [[Linnean Society of London|Linnean Society]], but was concerned about "how it can be made scientific for a Journal, without giving facts, which would be impossible." He asked Hooker how many pages would be available, but "If the Referees were to reject it as not strictly scientific I would, perhaps publish it as pamphlet."<ref name="Correspondence 1858-1859: Origin" /><ref name="Letter 2303">{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-2303 |title=Letter 2303 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 5 July (1858) |publisher=Darwin Correspondence Project |access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref> He began his "abstract of Species book" on 20 July 1858, while on holiday at [[Sandown]],<ref name="Journal 36v">{{Harvnb|Darwin|2006|pp=[http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=70&itemID=CUL-DAR158.1–76&viewtype=text 36 verso]}}</ref> and wrote parts of it from memory, while sending the manuscripts to his friends for checking.<ref name="Letter 2432">{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-2432 |title=Letter 2432 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 15 March (1859) |publisher=Darwin Correspondence Project |quote= It [geographical distribution] was nearly all written from memory |access-date=7 September 2010}}</ref>

By early October, he began to "expect my abstract will run into a small volume, which will have to be published separately."<ref name="Letter 2339">{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-2339 |title=Letter 2339 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 12 (October 1858) |publisher=Darwin Correspondence Project |quote= See letter to T. C. Eyton, 4 October (1858), in which CD first mentioned the possibility that his 'abstract' would form a small volume. |access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> Over the same period, he continued to collect information and write large fully detailed sections of the manuscript for his "big book" on Species, ''[[Natural Selection (manuscript)|Natural Selection]]''.<ref name="Correspondence 1858-1859: Origin" />