Darwin in the archives: an introduction, D. M. Porter; Part I: Studies of Erasmus Darwin; 1. Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S.: a biographical and iconographical note, J. W. T. Moody; 2. Nature, poetry and medicine in late eighteenth century England: a unified perspective of Erasmus Darwin, M. McNeil; Part II: Geological journeys; 3. Jigsaw with pieces missing: Charles Darwin with John Price at Bodnant, the walking tour of 1826 and the expeditions of 1827, P. Lucas; 4. I coloured a map: Darwin's attempts at geological mapping in 1831, M. B. Roberts; 5. Charles Darwin's notes on his 1831 geological map of Shrewsbury, S. Herbert & M. B. Roberts; 6. Darwin's dog-leg: the last stage of Darwin's Welsh field trip of 1831, M. B. Roberts; 7. A most glorious country: Charles Darwin and North Wales, especially his 1831 geological tour, P. Lucas; Part III: The Beagle specimens; 8. Charles Darwin's plant collections from the voyage of the Beagle, D. M. Porter; 9. Charles Darwin's Beagle collections in the Oxford University Museum, G. Chancellor, A. DiMauro, R. Ingle & G. King; 10. Supplementary notes on Darwin's insects, K. G. V. Smith; 11. More Darwin Beagle notes resurface, D. M. Porter; 12. FitzRoy's foxes and Darwin's finches, W. R. P. Bourne; Part IV: Darwin's data gathering: Questions about the breeding of animals; 13. Charles Darwin. Questions about the breeding of animals. [1840], G. De Beer; 14. Darwin's Questions about the breeding of animals. With a note on Queries about expression, R. B. Freeman & P. J. Gautrey; 15. Charles Darwin's Questions about the breeding of animals, [1839], R. B. Freeman & P. J. Gautrey; 16. Darwin again, J. Browne; 17. Charles Darwin and 'ancient seeds', D. M. Porter; Part V: Natural selection and after; 18. The reading of the Darwin and Wallace papers: an historical non-event, J. W. T. Moody; 19. T. Lie. The reception of Darwinism in Norway: the early years 1861--1900; 20. Darwin's Archaeopteryx prophecy, G. Kritsky; 21. Offprints of Darwin's Climbing plants, 1865, R. B. Freeman; 22. Note on the Fritz Muller--Charles Darwin correspondence, A.-K. Mayer; 23. Charles Darwin's Queries about expression, R. B. Freeman & P. J. Gautrey; 24. The early American printings of Darwin's Descent of man!, J. W. Valentine; 25. Darwin's American neighbour, K. G. V. Smith & R. E. Dimick; 26. Samuel Butler, Darwin and Darwinism, B. Coleman; 27. Charles Darwin at Glenridding House, Ullswater, Cumbria, H. P. Moon; 28. Darwin in Chinese, R. B. Freeman; 29. Darwin in Chinese: some additions, P. J. P. Whitehead; Part VI: Methodological issues in Darwin studies; 30. The Charles Darwin--Joseph Hooker correspondence: an analysis of manuscript resources and their use in biography, J. Browne; 31. Exploring Darwin's correspondence: some important but lesser known correspondents and projects, T. Veak; 32. Unveiling Darwin's roots, M. A. Di Gregorio.