Darwin grows in confidence.
Reviews: By Darwin
Reviews of books written by Charles Darwin (including his correspondence and other documents not published during his lifetime).
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)
…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Book review: ‘The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex’ by Charles Darwin
Darwin finally sets out to enlighten us on our origins.
Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’, second edition facsimile
A faithful(ish) copy of the original.
Book review: Evolutionary edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Simon Phillipson
An aesthetically pleasing volume, indicating how Darwin’s great work on evolution itself evolved.
Book review: ‘Insectivorous Plants’ by Charles Darwin
Darwin at his most Darwinian.
Book review: ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’ by Charles Darwin
How animals and people express emotions, and what this tells us about our ancestry.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’
Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Book review: ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms’ by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's wonderful final book.
Book review: ‘Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary’ by R.D. Keynes (ed.)
An annotated version of the journal Darwin kept aboard HMS Beagle.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 7: 1858–1859’
Darwin’s correspondence leading up to the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.