Author:
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Imprint:New York : Scribner, 1956.
Descriptionix, 470 p. : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
Note:Recollections of the development of my mind and character. THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE: --Tierra del Fuego --Galapagos Archipelago --Coral formations --Reflections on the voyage --THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: --The Darwin-Wallace essays of 1858 --The variation of organisms --Natural selection --Difficulties of the theory --Geology and geography --Recapitulation and conclusion. --THE DESCENT OF MAN: --Outline of the evidence --The races of man --Principles of sexual selection --Secondary sexual characteristics of birds --Secondary sexual characters of man --General summary and conclusion --THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS: --The expression of the emotions in monkeys --Special expressions of man: blushing --Concluding remarks on emotions --Biographical sketch of an infant --PLANTS AND WORMS: --The movement and habits of climbing plants --Insectivorous plants --The formation of vegetable mould.
Bibliography Note:"The Darwinian literature": p. 445-455.
