The Origin of Species: A Variorum Text

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX I STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF VARIANTS TABLE I Sentences Dropped Rewritten Added % of Totals 8 145 39 The total dropped) rewritten) or added sentences divided by the total sentences in a. TABLE II Sen tences Dropped Rewritten Added 9 2 11 18 19 29 32 15 3° 38 in each edition % of Totals by Edition b 3 C 10 d 11 e 56 f 20 The number of dropped) rewritten) or added sentences divided by the total number of each t),pe of variant. TABLE III Net gain: 31% Sentences Dropped Rewritten Added % by edition of net variations b 0.2 12 0.8 C 0.8 16 7 d 0.9 26 11 e 3·9 40 5 f 1.3 34 11 The number of dropped) rewritten) or added sentences in each edition divided by the total number of sentences in the previous edition. TABLE IV % of gain per edition b .8 c 6.4 d 9.4 e 4.7 f 10.6 The added sentences in each addition divided by the total number of sentences in that edition. TABLE V % of total variants b 7 c 14 d 21 e 29 f 31 The total variants per edition divided by the total variants for all editions. 773 TABLE VI % of net variants b 13 C 26 d 37 e 48 f 46 The total variants per edition divided by the total number of sentences in the previous edition. 774 ...