John Wilkins has started a nice series of posts discussing Myths about Darwin (you don’t have to agree with them altogether, but you should read them).
So far
Myth 1: Darwin did not believe in the reality of species
Myth 2: Darwin did not explain the origin of species in The Origin of Species
Myth 3: Darwin was a Lamarckian
Myth 4: Darwin was a gradualist
(See also Sandwalk)
Myth 5: Darwin thought evolution relied on accidents and chance
Thanks for the links, Ryan. I hope folk disagree – it makes interesting reading in the comments and means we all learn something – the link to Larry’s comments, for example, is invaluable, although he’s wrong about Darwin 🙂