List of works by Charles Darwin

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This is a partial list of the writings of Charles Darwin, including his main works.

All of his writings are available at The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online: the Table of Contents provides a complete bibliography of his works, including alternative editions, contributions to books & periodicals, correspondence, life, and a complete catalogue of his manuscripts. This is free to read, but not Public Domain, and includes work still under Copyright. For unencumbered versions of his major works, see Works by Charles Darwin at Project Gutenberg

Contents 1 Published works 2 Autobiography 3 Letters 4 See also

[edit] Published works

• 1835: Extracts from letters to Professor Henslow (privately printed, not for public sale)
• 1836: A LETTER, Containing Remarks on the Moral State of TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, &c. – BY CAPT. R. FITZROY AND C. DARWIN, ESQ. OF H.M.S. 'Beagle.'
• 1838-43: Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle: published between 1839 and 1843 in five Parts (and nineteen numbers) by various authors, edited and superintended by Charles Darwin, who contributed sections to two of the Parts:
  • 1838: Part 1 No. 1 Fossil Mammalia, by Richard Owen (Preface and Geological introduction by Darwin)
  • 1838: Part 2 No. 1 Mammalia, by George R. Waterhouse (Geographical introduction and A notice of their habits and ranges by Darwin)
• 1839: Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)
• 1842: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
• 1844: Geological Observations of Volcanic Islands
• 1846: Geological Observations on South America
• 1849: Geology from A Manual of scientific enquiry; prepared for the use of Her Majesty's Navy: and adapted for travellers in general., John F.W. Herschel ed.
• 1851: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes.
• 1851: A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain
• 1854: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc.
• 1854: A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain
• 1858: On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection (Extract from an unpublished Work on Species)
• 1859: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
• 1862: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects
• 1868: Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication
• 1871: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
• 1872: The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals
• 1875: Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants
• 1875: Insectivorous Plants
• 1876: The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
• 1877: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
• 1879: "Preface and 'a preliminary notice'" in Ernst Krause's Erasmus Darwin
• 1880: The Power of Movement in Plants
• 1881: The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms

[edit] Autobiography

• 1887: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his son Francis Darwin)
• 1958: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Barlow, unexpurgated)

[edit] Letters

• Correspondence of Charles Darwin
• 1887: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin)
• 1903: More Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin and A.C. Seward)

[edit] See also

Charles Darwin v • d • e

Darwin's life

Education | Voyage on HMS Beagle | Inception of theory | Development of theory | Publication of theory | Reaction to theory Orchids to Variation | Descent of Man to Emotions | Insectivorous plants to Worms

Darwin's family, beliefs and health

Darwin — Wedgwood family | Views on religion | Illness

Darwin's writings

The Voyage of the Beagle Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection The Origin of Species | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals | The Power of Movement in Plants Autobiography | Correspondence