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The Published Works of Charles Darwin

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Publishing Details

1

Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., from 1832 to 1836

London, 1839

2

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, Part I, Fossil Mammalia

Richard Owen, London, 1840

3

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, Part II, Mammalia

Robert Waterhouse, London, 1839

4

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, Part III, Birds

John Gould, London, 1841

5

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, Part IV, Fish

Rev. Leonard Jenyns, London, 1842

6

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, Part V, Reptiles

Thomas Bell, London, 1843 

7

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs.  Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836

London, 1842[1]

8

Observations on the Volcanic Islands visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some Brief Notices of the Geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope.  Being the Second Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836

London, 1844[1]

9

Geological Observations on South America.  Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836

London, 1846[1]

10

A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Lepadidae: or, Pedunculated Cirripedes

London, 1851

11

A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae, or Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain

London, 1851

12

A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedes); The Verrucidae, etc

London, 1851

13

A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain

London, 1854

14

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology)[2]

(academic presentation, 1858)

15

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

John Murray, London, 1859[3]

16

On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing

London, 1862

17

On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants

London, 1865

18

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

London, 1868

19

The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex

London, 1871

20

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

London, 1872

21

'A Biographical Sketch of an Infant'[4]

(1877)

22

Insectivorous Plants

John Murray, London, 1875

23

The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

London, 1876

24

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

London, 1877

25

'Preliminary Notice - Life of Erasmus Darwin' (appeared in Erasmus Darwin by Ernst Krause)

London, 1879

26

The Power of Movement in Plants

London, 1880

27 

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits

London, 1881



Notes

1. The works numbered 7, 8 and 9 on this list were published together in 1851 in one volume entitled Geological Observations on Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands, and on South America.
2. This is an extract included with a presentation made by Lyell and Hooker for the Linnean Society of London in 1858 entitled 'On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Natural Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
3. For the 6th edition published in 1872, the word 'On' was dropped from the title.
4. This was included in the No. 7, July 1877 issue of Mind (A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy).

Sources

Tort, P. Charles Darwin: The Scholar Who Changed Human History. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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