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Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … have used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full …
- … Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] Entomological Magazine.—? paper on Geograph. range [Anon. …
- … Flourens Edit [Flourens 1845] read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] …
- … very good Endlicher has pub. in 1 st vol of Annals of Vienna [Endlicher 1836]. sketch of S …
- … and Horticultural Society of India ] read Natural Hist Soc of Mauritius. published? [ …
- … Society of London ].— [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. …
- … Naturelles ]. vols. (read) all Loudon’s Gardening Magazine [ Gardener's Magazine and …
- … ] Wernerian d[itt]o [ Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society ]— read …
- … Arthur Young has edited some Agricult. Journ [ Annals of Agriculture, and other useful arts ] …
- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … Memoirs ] Mag. of Zoology & Botany & continuation Annals of Natural History [ …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
- … ). By May, with the work continuing to sell well in England and with editions out in the United …
- … to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). Origin : reactions and reviews But it was the …
- … geographical distribution, classification, homology, and embryology—which were inexplicable by the …
- … Henry Fawcett in the December issue of Macmillan’s Magazine . Fawcett asserted that Darwin’s …
- … a ‘most serious omission’ in his book and explained how natural selection did not necessarily lead …
- … knowing that Lyell was earnestly attempting to understand natural selection and incorporate it into …
- … George Henry Kendrick Thwaites questioned Darwin about how natural selection could explain the …
- … to questioning gradual versus saltatory species change, how natural selection could ever alter and …
- … naturalists simply did not yet understand the concept of natural selection. Even Huxley, an …
- … in February in Thomas Vernon Wollaston’s review in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History . …
- … articles in Britain: the first article appeared in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History , …
- … tenaciousness exhibited in all his undertakings in natural history, he tested the sensitivity of …
- … botanical work served as models for investigation in natural history, graphically illustrating the …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
- … In his book, On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by …
- … for those works had been limited to studying the structure of flowers and the physiological effects …
- … to produce capsules’ ( To Fritz Müller, 30 January [1868] ). Müller, in turn, sent seeds from his …
- … produced by the former ( From Robert Caspary, 18 February 1868 ). Darwin eagerly requested seed …
- … their power of growth’ ( To Robert Caspary, 25 February [1868] ). By this time he had already …
- … (Variation 2: 128-9), which was published on 30 January 1868. In April 1868, Darwin informed …
- … quite intelligible to me’ ( To George Bentham, 22 April 1868 ). A month later, he had another set …
- … taken from the same plant!’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or rapidly elongating …
- … he told Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
- … ). In June 1876, Darwin had supposedly nutrient-free and natural soil samples analysed by Edward …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a letter of 23 [June 1863] he …
- … Darwin did continue his botanical pursuits over the summer, and persevered with his work on …
- … Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a course of the water-cure. The treatment was not …
- … line: ‘Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history’ (p. 488). Since the publication of …
- … Lyell had thrown doubt on the significance of variation and natural selection, if only he could have …
- … letter, he assured Gray that the essential question was not natural selection, but ‘ Creation …
- … When Falconer’s account of the elephant appeared in the Natural History Review in January, …
- … by the subordinate agency of such causes as Variation and Natural Selection’. Darwin explained his …
- … pleased with its positive approach to both transmutation and natural selection: ‘I verily believe …
- … Bentham, 19 June [1863] ). the best book of Natural History Travels ever published …
- … into a single sentence, namely that it is the best book of Natural History Travels ever published in …
- … of Bates on mimetic butterflies’) for the Natural History Review ( see letter to H. W. Bates, …
- … Primula crosses, the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and …
- … Hildebrand, to be published in the English journal Annals and Magazine of Natural History. In …
- … months. However, the two-volume work was not published until 1868. Roping in the family …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … (‘Journal’; Appendix II). For the next two years and more, his working life was completely dominated …
- … in expressing his views before a large scientific audience and anxious to ensure that his facts were …
- … Still prominent in his immediate circle were Charles Lyell and Joseph Dalton Hooker, who were joined …
- … Huxley, at that time a somewhat precariously placed lecturer and palaeontologist in the School of …
- … source of information about his preoccupations during 1856 and 1857. They reveal little noticed …
- … The variation of animals and plants under domestication (1868) and that it was destroyed or lost …
- … Asking questions; getting answers Since natural selection could not act without varieties to …
- … point that variation, providing abundant raw material for natural selection, led to adaptation and …
- … way a direct competitor or about to pre-empt his views on natural selection. All the available …
- … and Darwin took this opportunity to explain his theory of natural selection to Lyell. Yet the …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having …
- … after the long illness that had plagued him since the spring of 1863. Because of poor health, Darwin …
- … month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at University College, …
- … seeds of Lythrum , crossing cowslips with polyanthuses, and searching for specimens of the …
- … Lythrum (‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’) and sent it to the Linnean Society of London, …
- … sequel to On the origin of species by means of natural selection ( Origin ) that he had set …
- … been awarded the Copley Medal because it indicated that ‘Natural Selection [was] making some …
- … oxlip ( P. elatior ), and published his results in an 1868 article (‘Illegitimate offspring of …
- … of a species by maintaining a level of variation upon which natural selection could act. In his …
- … that Darwin’s writings had captured German students of natural philosophy, who read it ‘quasi a …
- … most pressingly’. Giving an account of how the theory of natural selection had been prefigured in …
- … the passages in which he had indicated his support for natural selection. News from France …
- … Paul Janet, who discussed Origin , but accepted natural selection only under certain conditions. …
- … and Kölliker, published in the October issue of the Natural History Review , argued that …
- … zoologist Louis Agassiz, whose Methods of study in natural history began with a series of …
- … Darwin’s correspondence reveals that interest in the early history of humans and their predecessors …
