Transcribed from the 1914 A. C. Fifield edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Public domain cover] CANTERBURY PIECES By Samuel Butler Author of “Erewhon,” “The Way of All Flesh,” etc. * * * * * Edited by R. A. Streatfeild * * * * * London: A. C. Fifield 1914 CONTENTS PAGE Darwin on the Origin of Species 149 A Dialogue 155 Barrel-Organs 164 Letter: 21 February 1863 167 Letter: 14 March 1863 171 Letter: 18 March 1863 173 Letter: 11 April 1863 175 Letter: 22 June 1863 177 Darwin Among the Machines 179 Lucubratio Ebria 186 A Note on “The Tempest” 195 The English Cricketers 198 Darwin on the Origin of Species Prefatory Note _AS the following dialogue embodies the earliest fruits of Butler’s study of the works of Charles Darwin_, _with whose name his own was destined in later years to be so closely connected_, _and thus possesses an interest apart from its intrinsic merit_, _a few words as to the circumstances in which it was published will not be out of place_.