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In the preface to the revised edition of Erewhon (dated 7 August 1901), Samuel Butler states that he rewrote and enlarged “Darwin among the Machines”, the 1863 article signed Cellarius, and calls it the first part of Erewhon written. Copy claim link
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Date 1863-06-13 · publication Scope and limits A first-person retrospective claim, not a contemporaneous credit: the 1863 letter is signed “Cellarius” and names no author. The e-text names no source printing and no printed 1901 copy was compared.
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Erewhon, or Over the Range (revised edition, with the prefaces of 1872 and 1901) ↗ Project Gutenberg (e-text 1906) · 1901
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Source excerpt “The first part of “Erewhon” written was an article headed “Darwin among the Machines,” and signed Cellarius.” Location in source Preface to the Revised Edition (signed Samuel Butler, dated August 7, 1901), second paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Samuel Butler Version Project Gutenberg e-text 1906 (released 1999, updated 2025) of the revised edition; it does not name its source printing. Retrieved 2026-10-06; no printed 1901 copy was compared. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Samuel Butler, Erewhon (revised edition, 1901), Project Gutenberg e-text 1906. Reuse Public domain (published 1872 and 1901; the author died in 1902).. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each) under Selekoa’s quotation policy. Public-domain text. Check notes Credited name checked by an automated research assistant on 2026-10-27 in a direct retrieval and checked by a reviewer from a different model family on 2026-10-27. The same sentence is already quoted in the dataset. Human editorial review is pending. primary source Supports the claim
Erewhon, or Over the Range (revised edition, with the prefaces of 1872 and 1901) ↗ Project Gutenberg (e-text 1906) · 1901
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Source excerpt “In 1865 I rewrote and enlarged “Darwin among the Machines” for the Reasoner” Location in source Preface to the Revised Edition, fourth paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Samuel Butler Version Project Gutenberg e-text 1906 (released 1999, updated 2025) of the revised edition; it does not name its source printing. Retrieved 2026-10-06; no printed 1901 copy was compared. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Samuel Butler, Erewhon (revised edition, 1901), Project Gutenberg e-text 1906. Reuse Public domain (published 1872 and 1901; the author died in 1902).. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each) under Selekoa’s quotation policy. Public-domain text. Check notes Credited name checked by an automated research assistant on 2026-10-27 in a direct retrieval and checked by a reviewer from a different model family on 2026-10-27. Human editorial review is pending. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. Authorship as credited in the document. Does not imply sole authorship.
Date. Publication date of the letter in The Press. The authorship statement is dated 1901-08-07, 38 years later.
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