CONTENTS

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xix
Chronology	xxiii
PART 1: Early Life and Voyage of the Beagle
Foundations	3
The Beagle Voyage	11
Geology	24
Slavery	30
Natural History Collecting	33
Indigenous Peoples	39
Galápagos Archipelago	45
PART 2: Marriage and Scientific Work
Notes on Species	53
Marriage	59
A Theory by Which to Work	65
Children	73
Pigeons	80
Barnacles	84
Precursors	90
Independent Discoveries	97
PART 3: Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species	107
Species	117
Selection	122
Difficulties	127
Design and Free Will	133
Variation and Heredity	138
Origin of Life	144
Survival of the Fittest	147
Responses to On the Origin of Species	150
Botany	165
PART 4: Mankind
Human Origins	173
Race	181
Sexual Selection	185
Morality	190
Intellect	193
Instincts	198
Expression of the Emotions	202
Human Society	207
PART 5: On Himself
Religious Belief	217
Health	226
Politics	232
Science	234
Writing	240
Dogs	244
Anti-vivisection	247
Nature	249
Autobiographical	253
PART 6: Friends and Family
Friends and Contemporaries	263
Reflections by His Contemporaries	275
Recollections by His Family	286
Tributes	298
Varia	303
Sources	307
Index	315