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Tables of Contents for The Portable Darwin
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
 
Chronology
xvii
 
Remarks upon the Habits of the Genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea of Gould. [1837]
1
2
On Certain Areas of Elevation and Subsidence in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as Deduced from the Study of Coral Formations. [1838]
3
5
Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing Their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. Vol. III. Journal and Remarks, 1832--1836. [1839]
8
58
Humble-Bees. [1841]
66
5
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. [1842]
71
6
Geological Observations on South America. [1846]
77
5
Does Salt-water Kill Seeds? [1855]
82
2
Productiveness of Foreign Seed. [1857]
84
2
On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. [1858]
86
19
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. [1859]
105
111
Natural Selection. [1860]
216
2
Fertilisation of Orchids by Insect Agency. [1860]
218
5
On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. [1862]
223
30
Variations Effected by Cultivation. [1862]
253
2
Recollections of Professor Henslow. [1862]
255
4
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. [1868]
259
59
Origin of Species. [1869]
318
3
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. [1871]
321
40
Pangenesis. [1871]
361
3
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. [1872]
364
30
Perception in the Lower Animals. [1873]
394
2
Flowers of the Primrose Destroyed by Birds. [1874]
396
2
Insectivorous Plants. [1875]
398
26
The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. [1876]
424
29
Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys. [1876]
453
5
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. [1877]
458
17
A Biographical Sketch of an Infant. [1877]
475
11
Erasmus Darwin. [1879]
486
13
The Power of Movement in Plants. [1880]
499
18
A Letter to Frithiof Holmgren; Mr. Darwin on Vivisection. [1881]
517
4
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits. [1881]
521
34
Epilogue
555
4
Further Reading
559