The Charles Darwin Page

( 1809 - 1882 )
Major Works
Darwin, edited by Philip Appleman, is a reader published by Norton, 1979.
Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle ( 1839 ). Often called The Voyage of the Beagle On Line. HTML Format. Available in an abridged edition edited by Janet Browne and Michael Neve. Penguin, 1989.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ( 1859 ). On Line. HTML Format.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex ( 1871 ).
Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters. Edited by Francis Darwin. 1892. Francis was the son of Charles Darwin. This book is sometimes referred to as Darwin's Autobiography.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. Edited by Nora Barlow. Norton, 1993. The above with additional material. Originally published, 1959.

About Darwin
Gavin de Beer, Charles Darwin: Evolution by Natural Selection. Thomas Nelson, 1963.
John Bowlby, Charles Darwin: A New Life. Norton, 1992.
P. J. Bowler, Charles Darwin: The Man and His Influence. Oxford, 1990.
Janet Browne, Charles Darwin: Voyaging: A Biography. Knopf, 1995. The first volume of a projected two-volume work.
Charles Hodge, What is Darwinism and Other Writings on Science and Religion. Edited by Mark A. Noll and David N. Livingstone. Baker, 1994. This book is a reprint of a work, first published in 1874, by the great Princeton theologian, in which he explores the theological ramifications of the theory of evolution. There is also a contemporary reaction to Hodge by Asa Gray in a review. Suffice it to say that Charles Hodge is not William Jennings Bryan and that his reaction to Darwin is that of a man of learning as deep as his faith. It is fortunate to have a reprint of this book, which is at the least valuable as a period piece.
William Irvine, Apes, Angels, and Victorians. McGraw-Hill, 1955. Popularly written and amusing.
The C. Warren Irvin, Jr. Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana
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