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One of the most influential scientists of world history, the naturalist Charles Darwin gained widespread fame and notoriety with the 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species. At first shocking his Victorian readers by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry, Darwins theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Darwins complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Darwins life and works* New introductions, specially written for this collection, by Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon, OBE (QUILL, The Queens University of Belfast)* ALL of Darwins published books, with individual contents tables* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the books* Famous works are fully illustrated with their original drawings and diagrams* Multiple editions for the same books, including three editions for the groundbreaking On the Origin of Species: first, second and definitive sixth edition* Includes Darwins letters and autobiographies - spend hours exploring the scientists personal correspondence* Special criticism section, with 11 essays evaluating Darwins contribution to science* Features Bettanys seminal biography - discover Darwins life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The BooksINTRODUCTION TO THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLETHE JOURNAL OF RESEARCHESTHE STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFSGEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLEGEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH AMERICAA MONOGRAPH OF THE SUB-CLASS CIRRIPEDIAA MONOGRAPH OF THE FOSSIL LEPADIDAEON THE TENDENCY OF SPECIES TO FORM VARIETIES; AND ON THE PERPETUATION OF VARIETIES AND SPECIES BY NATURAL MEANS OF SELECTIONON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTIONON THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS ARE FERTILISED BY INSECTSON THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTSTHE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATIONTHE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEXTHE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALSINSECTIVOROUS PLANTSTHE EFFECTS OF CROSS AND SELF FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOMTHE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIESERASMUS DARWINTHE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTSTHE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD, THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMSTHE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIESPamphlets, Essays and Other Short PiecesQUESTIONS ABOUT THE BREEDING OF ANIMALSGEOLOGY: A MANUAL OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRYRECOLLECTIONS OF PROFESSOR HENSLOW, IN JENYNS, MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOHN STEVENS HENSLOWQUERIES ABOUT EXPRESSIONREPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE PRACTICE OF SUBJECTING LIVE ANIMALS TO EXPERIMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSESA BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AN INFANT MINDIN WEISMANN, STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENTESSAY ON INSTINCTINHERITANCEThe LettersTHE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWINMORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWINThe AutobiographiesDARWIN: HIS LIFE TOLD IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHAPTERTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWINThe CriticismON THE RECEPTION OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Thomas Henry HuxleyDARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Samuel ButlerDARWIN AMONG THE MACHINES by Samuel ButlerAN ESTIMATE OF DARWIN by Asa GrayDARWINISM IN THE THEORY OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION by Franklin H. GiddingsGLIMPSES AT DARWINS WORKING LIFE by William H. LarrabeeTHE DARWIN CELEBRATION AT CAMBRIDGE by T. D. A. CockerellSPENCER AND DARWIN by Grant Allen THE WORLD OF LIFE AS VISUALIZED AND INTERPRETED BY DARWINISM by Alfred Russel Wallace CANON WILBERFORCE ON DARWIN OBITUARY NOTICE OF CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN by John Hutton Balfour The Biography LIFE OF CHARLES DARWIN by G. T. Bettany

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The Complete Works of

CHARLES DARWIN

(1809-1882))

Contents Delphi Classics 2015 Version 1 The Complete - photo 1

Contents

Delphi Classics 2015 Version 1 The Complete Works of CHARLES - photo 2

Delphi Classics 2015

Version 1

The Complete Works of CHARLES DARWIN By Delphi Classics 2015 With new - photo 3

The Complete Works of

CHARLES DARWIN

By Delphi Classics 2015 With new introductions by Professor Kenneth Richard - photo 4

By Delphi Classics, 2015

With new introductions by
Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon, OBE
(QUILL, The Queens University of Belfast)


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Delphi Classics is proud to present the most comprehensive collections of these - photo 5

Delphi Classics is proud to present the most comprehensive collections of these important writers, with beautiful illustrations and the usual bonus material.

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Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury Shropshire on 12 February 1809 at his - photo 6

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 12 February 1809 at his family home, The Mount.


Charles Darwin in 1816 aged 7 Darwin as a young man INTRODUCTION - photo 7

Charles Darwin in 1816, aged 7


Darwin as a young man INTRODUCTION TO THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF HMS - photo 8

Darwin as a young man

INTRODUCTION TO THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE

The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle - or to give this book its full - photo 9

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle - or to give this book its full title - The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the Years 1832 to 1836 - was not written by Darwin, but was edited by him. However, it is not (as you might expect from Darwin) an ordinary edited volume. The norm is to select a portmanteau title, and then invite experts in the area to contribute chapters reflecting their specialist knowledge. The editors art is in selecting the appropriate contributors to cover the field, and then making minor changes in the texts to correct any errors, and to provide for an evenness of approach and style. The books (published by Freeman in London between 1838 and 1846) were very different - Darwin indeed describes himself as Editor and Superintendent.

During the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin collected a vast amount of material, plants, animals and geological specimens (including fossils), which were labelled and catalogued, and sent to John Stevens Henslow, Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. When he returned, Darwin shared this material out amongst selected specialists, to garner expert opinions and descriptions. The results of this exercise were published in five parts, each authored by the appropriate expert:

Part 1. Fossil Mammalia (18381840), by Richard Owen (Preface and Geological introduction by Darwin; Fig. 1)

Part 2. Mammalia (18381839), by George R. Waterhouse (Geographical introduction and a notice of their habits and ranges by Darwin)

Part 3. Birds (18381841), by John Gould

Part 4. Fish (18401842), by Leonard Jenyns

Part 5. Reptiles (18421843), by Thomas Bell (Fig. 2)

In Darwins words The object of the present Work is to give descriptions and figures of undescribed and imperfectly known animals, both fossil and recent, together with some account, in the one case, of their geological position, and in the other of their habits and ranges. As I do not possess the knowledge requisite for such an undertaking, and as I am, moreover, particularly engaged in preparing an account of the geological observations made during the voyage, several gentlemen have most kindly undertaken different portions of the Work. Besides the very great advantage insured in thus enlisting the attainments of these naturalists in the several departments of science, to which they have paid most attention, a great delay is avoided by adopting this method of publication, which must otherwise have been incurred before the materials could have been made known.


Figure 1 The title page of Part 1 of The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS - photo 10

Figure 1: The title page of Part 1 of The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 1838


Figure 2 An original plate of a reptile from Part 5 of The Zoology of the - photo 11

Figure 2: An original plate of a reptile from Part 5 of The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle


CONTENTS


PART I.

THE

ZOOLOGY

OF

THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE,

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN FITZROY,

DURING THE YEARS

1832 TO 1836.

PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTYS TREASURY.

Edited and Superintended by

CHARLES DARWIN, ESQ. M.A. F.G.S.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.

FOSSIL MAMMALIA,

BY RICHARD OWEN, ESQ.

PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, LONDON.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

MDCCCXXXVIII.


PREFACE.

HIS MAJESTYS ship, Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, was commissioned in July, 1831, for the purpose of surveying the southern parts of America, and afterwards of circumnavigating the world. In consequence of Captain FitzRoy having expressed a desire that some scientific person should be on board, and having offered to give up part of his own accommodations, I volunteered my services; and through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, my appointment received the sanction of the Admiralty. I must here, as on all other occasions, take the opportunity of publicly acknowledging with gratitude, the obligation under which I lie to Captain FitzRoy, and to all the Officers on board the Beagle, for their constant assistance in my scientific pursuits, and for their uniform kindness to me throughout the voyage. On my return (October, 1836) to England, I found myself in possession of a large collection of specimens in various branches of natural history; but from the great expense necessary to secure their publication, I was without the means of rendering them generally serviceable.

The Presidents of the Linnean, Zoological, and Geological Societies, having given me their opinion respecting the utility to be derived from publishing these materials, I addressed a letter to the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer (T. Spring Rice, Esq.) informing him of the circumstances under which I hoped that I might venture to solicit the aid of Government. In reply, I received a communication (as below) announcing to me that the Lords of the Treasury, from their readiness to promote Science, were willing, under certain conditions, to give me the most liberal assistance.

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