The Portable Darwin

Portable Library

By: Charles Darwin

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Paperback | 1 November 1993 | Edition Number 1

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"Deserves to be as widely read as were the originals when they were first published."Biological Journal of the Linneas Society. Includes five chapters fromThe Origin of Speices,complete and unabridged; significant extracts from the works that precede and develop the theory of evolution:The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man, and The Variations of Animals and Plants;scientific papers, travel writings, letters, and a family memorial; plus a chronology and biography.

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Introduction
Chronology
Remarks upon the Habits of the Genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea of Gould. [1837]	p. 1
On Certain Areas of Elevation and Subsidence in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as Deduced from the Study of Coral Formations. [1838]	p. 3
Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing Their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. Vol. III. Journal and Remarks, 1832-1836. [1839]	p. 8
Humble-Bees. [1841]	p. 66
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. [1842]	p. 71
Geological Observations on South America. [1846]	p. 77
Does Salt-water Kill Seeds? [1855]	p. 82
Productiveness of Foreign Seed. [1857]	p. 84
On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. [1858]	p. 86
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. [1859]	p. 105
Natural Selection. [1860]	p. 216
Fertilisation of Orchids by Insect Agency. [1860]	p. 218
On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. [1862]	p. 223
Variations Effected by Cultivation. [1862]	p. 253
Recollections of Professor Henslow. [1862]	p. 255
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. [1868]	p. 259
Origin of Species. [1869]	p. 318
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. [1871]	p. 321
Pangenesis. [1871]	p. 361
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. [1872]	p. 364
Perception in the Lower Animals. [1873]	p. 394
Flowers of the Primrose Destroyed by Birds. [1874]	p. 396
Insectivorous Plants. [1875]	p. 398
The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. [1876]	p. 424
Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys. [1876]	p. 453
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. [1877]	p. 458
A Biographical Sketch of an Infant. [1877]	p. 475
Erasmus Darwin. [1879]	p. 486
The Power of Movement in Plants. [1880]	p. 499
A Letter to Frithiof Holmgren; Mr. Darwin on Vivisection. [1881]	p. 517
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. [1881]	p. 521
Epilogue	p. 555
Further Reading	p. 559
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