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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

Charles Darwin: Parts Edition (in 36 parts)

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CHARLES DARWIN

IN 36 VOLUMES

The Books

1, Introduction to The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

2, The Journal of Researches

3, The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

4, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

5, Geological Observations on South America

6, A Monograph of the Sub-Class Cirripedia

7, A Monograph of the Fossil Lepadidae

8, On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection

9, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

10, On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects

11, On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants

12, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

13, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

14, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

15, Insectivorous Plants

16, The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

17, The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

18, Erasmus Darwin

19, The Power of Movement in Plants

20, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms

21, The Foundations of the Origin of Species

Pamphlets, Essays and Other Short Pieces

22, Questions About the Breeding of Animals

23, Geology: A Manual of Scientific Enquiry

24, Recollections of Professor Henslow, in Jenyns, Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow

25, Queries About Expression

26, Report of the Royal Commission on the Practice of Subjecting Live Animals to Experiments for Scientific Purposes

27, A Biographical Sketch of an Infant Mind

28, In Weismann, Studies in the Theory of Descent

29, Essay on Instinct

30, Inheritance

The Letters

31, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin

32, More Letters of Charles Darwin

The Autobiographies

33, Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter

34, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

The Criticism

35, The Criticism

The Biography

36, Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. Bettany

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Following on from his study of climbing plants, Darwin published The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication in 1868. This work was so large that it was published in two volumes, Volume I and Volume II (see Figure 1), containing a total of twenty-eight chapters. As with his earlier books, these volumes were extensively illustrated with detailed Figures (see Figure 2). Chapter 27 details his theory of heredity, which he refers to as pangenesis. Darwin had a plan for a magnum opus on the origin of species, and these two volumes would have been the first two chapters! Indeed, these were the only parts to appear while Darwin was alive. A second, extensively updated, edition appeared in 1875. Darwin explained the thinking behind these volumes in his introduction: