From Mary Congreve 27 October [1821]
Summary
Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.
| Author: | Mary Congreve |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1821] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1 |
Author
| Congreve, Mary | (1) |
Correspondent
| Congreve, Mary | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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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…
Matches: 29 hits
- … 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle on Geograph …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … has written naturalist travels in Arkansas [Nuttall 1821].— [DAR *119: 11v.] The …
- … Sir Ker Porter’s Travels in Caucasus [R. K. Porter 1821–2] praised by Silliman poor Cyclop. …
- … Encyclop: German d[itt]o; 32 Dict. des Sci: Nat: [Massey 1821 and Duméril 1821] Encyclop …
- … [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. E. Smith …
- … Hybrid Yak.— Steudel Botan. Nomenclature [Steudel 1821–4]. Synonym of every plant & …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … [M. Somerville 1848] Trials Martineau [J. Martineau 1821] (read) Letters of L d . …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … [Staunton 1797] Kotzebue’s two voyages [Kotzebue 1821 and 1830]— skimmed well Lutke’s …
- … with reference to a paper on the extinct Beavers [Neill 1821] Decemb. Several more of …
- … [Carlyle 1839] Feb 2 d Davys Ceylon [J. Davy 1821]— Skimmed.— 5 th Sonnerats …
- … Skimmed Sir. R. K. Porter’s Travel to Persia [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— poor— 23 d . Bacon’s …
- … Some old Travels in Porter’s Collect. [R. K. Porter 1821–2]— [DAR 119: 11a] 1841 …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Lathams History of Birds. vol on Pigeons & Fowls [J. Latham 1821–8]. 8. Owen’s Lectures …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … to William Jackson Hooker. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … memoir read before the Académie des Sciences on 19 February 1821. The memoir was not printed in the …
- … de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, pendant l’année 1821″, p. 167. 83 CD began this …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
- … by Bekhur to Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from … J. G. Gerard, Esq. …
- … 1830. On the dying struggle of the dichotomous sytem. In a letter to N. A. Vigors. Philosophical …
- … *119: 8v., 22v.; *128: 165 ——. 1850a. Letter to the Rev. John Bachman, on the question of …
- … art of improving the breeds of domestic animals. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir …
- … 1820. Remarks on the improvement of cattle, &c. in a letter to Sir John Saunders Sebright, …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 29 hits
- … Captain FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
- … . . . There will be plenty of room for Books.’ (Letter from Robert FitzRoy, 23 September 1831 …
- … the ‘immense stock’ which CD mentions may be had from a letter FitzRoy wrote to his sister during an …
- … come from that author’s Exposition méthodique (1821). The elimination of these three …
- … on board the Beagle § — mentioned in a letter or other source as being on board …
- … Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
- … d’histoire naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). …
- … a report of the proceedings . . . Cambridge, 1833. (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). …
- … of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and …
- … Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, …
- … also Hawkesworth, John). (DAR 32.2: 89v.; Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). …
- … 33: 254). § Euclid. Elements of geometry. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). …
- … The philosophy of zoology . . . 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1822. (Letter from Susan Darwin, 15 October …
- … on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico for the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1824. …
- … to the mountain barometer. 2d ed. London, n.d. [1802]. (Letter to Robert FitzRoy, [10 October 1831 …
- … Straits . . . Translated by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vols. London, 1821. ( Narrative 2: 523). § …
- … méthodique des genres de l’ordre des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. …
- … Video. Novem r . 1832’; vol. 3 (1833): ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November …
- … of England. Volume one. London, 1830. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … ‘A few little books written by Miss Martineau’. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). …
- … and La Plata . . . 2 vols. London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy, 28 August 1834) …
- … John. Paradise lost. ( ’Beagle’ diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). …
- … account of several late voyages. 2 parts. London, 1694. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … introducton to . . . mineralogy . . . London, 1816. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 22 July 1834; …
- … the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4 (1833): 209–17. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … useful to the arts and sciences . . . 2d ed. Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … 1803, and 1804 . . . London, 1805. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5 (1821): 516–44. (DAR 34.2: 150v.). …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
Edward Lumb
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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
Matches: 4 hits
- … who had an estate at Quilmes, just outside Buenos Aires. In 1821 Mrs Lumb’s sister Mary Yates (1802 …
- … in Argentina and Uruguay. Edward Lumb gave Darwin a letter of introduction to them , and Mr and …
- … correspondence after Darwin’s return to England, since a letter of 1847 refers to information …
- … , and there met Mr Blackmore who had just received a letter from Mr Lumb. Lady Macdonell recorded …
John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 5 hits
- … make any such changes to the existing German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 …
- … number of small corrections & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] …
- … that the remainder be included in the new edition; in his letter to Bronn of 25 April [1862 ], he …
- … possible use in a new American edition of Origin (see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche …
- … perfectly fertile. Page 276, par. 2, lines 18–21, substitute for ‘again there . . . …
The death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin
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Charles and Emma Darwin’s eldest daughter, Annie, died at the age of ten in 1851. Emma was heavily pregnant with their fifth son, Horace, at the time and could not go with Charles when he took Annie to Malvern to consult the hydrotherapist, Dr Gully.…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin was six years younger than Anne. 7 Syme 1821, now in the Darwin Library—CUL. …
- … ] To Emma Darwin, [17 April 1851] First letter to Emma Darwin, [ 18 April 1851 ] …
- … To Emma Darwin, [ 19 April 1851 ] Second letter from Emma Darwin, [ 19 April 1851 ] …
- … To Fanny Wedgwood, [ 21 April 1851 ] First letter to Emma Darwin, [ 21 April 1851 ] …
