This is a book review of : 1991. Darwin and Geology. Special issue of The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 24, Part 2, No. 81, pp. 131–273. Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney: Cambridge University Press. Single issue £17.00, US $29.00 plus postage. ISSN 0007-0874. Martin Rudwick Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009