Darwin in the archives : papers on Erasmus Darwin & Charles Darwin from Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History & Archives of Natural History / [edited by E.C. Nelson and D.M. Porter].

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S. : a biographical and iconographical note / J.W.T. Moody -- Nature, poetry and medicine in late eighteenth century England : a unified perspective of Erasmus Darwin / M. McNeil -- Jigsaw with pieces missing : Charles Darwin with John Price at Bodnant, the walking tour of 1826 and the expeditions of 1827 / P. Lucas -- I coloured a map : Darwin's attempts at geological mapping in 1831 / M.B. Roberts -- Charles Darwin's notes on his 1831 geological map of Shrewsbury / S. Herbert & M.B. Roberts -- Darwin's dog-leg : the last stage of Darwin's Welsh field trip of 1831 / M.B. Roberts -- "A most glorious country" : Charles Darwin and North Wales, especially his 1831 geological tour / P. Lucas -- Charles Darwin's plant collections from the voyage of the Beagle / D.M. Porter -- Charles Darwin's Beagle collections in the Oxford University Museum / G. Chancellor ... [et al.] -- Supplementary notes on Darwin's insects / K.G.V. Smith -- More Darwin Beagle notes resurface / D.M. Porter -- FitzRoy's foxes and Darwin's finches / W.R.P. Bourne -- Charles Darwin. Questions about the breeding of animals (1840) / G. de Beer -- Questions about the breeding of animals / C. Darwin -- Darwin's Questions about the breeding of animals. With a note on queries about expression / R.B. Freeman & P.J. Gautrey -- Charles Darwin's Questions about the breeding of animals (1839) / R.B. Freeman & P.J. Gautrey -- Darwin again / J. Browne -- Charles Darwin and 'ancient seeds' / D.M. Porter -- The reading of the Darwin and Wallace papers : an historical "non-event" / J.W.T. Moody -- The reception of Darwinism in Norway : the early years 1861-1900 / T. Lie -- Darwin's Archaeopteryx prophecy / G. Kritsky -- Offprints of Darwin's "Climbing plants", 1865 / R.B. Freeman -- Note on the Fritz Müller-Charles Darwin correspondence / A.-K. Mayer -- Charles Darwin's Queries about expression / R.B. Freeman & P.J. Gautrey -- The early American printings of Darwin's Descent of man / J.W. Valentine -- Darwin's 'American' neighbour / K.G.V. Smith & R.E. Dimick -- Samuel Butler, Darwin and Darwinism / B. Coleman -- Charles Darwin at Glenridding House, Ullswater, Cumbria / H.P. Moon -- Darwin in Chinese / R.B. Freeman -- Darwin in Chinese : some additions / P J.P. Whitehead -- The Charles Darwin-Joseph Hooker correspondence : an analysis of manuscript resources and their use in biography / J. Browne -- Exploring Darwin's correspondence : some important but lesser known correspondents and projects / T. Veak -- Unveiling Darwin's roots / M.A. Di Gregorio.

Includes bibliographical references.