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Darwin’s reading notebooks

Summary

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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  • 1820] in Geolog. Soc. F. Cuvier on Instinct [F. G. Cuvier 1822] read Flourens Edit [Flourens
  • 1830]— account of wild cattle Montagu on birds [G. Montagu 180213]— facts about close
  • … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds  letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824
  • Davy 1828] 31 An analysis of British Ferns. G. W. Francis 4 s  [Francis 1837]— …
  • Hist of Music [Hogarth 1835] Wilkinson Ægyptian [J. G. Wilkinson 183741] read [DAR
  • dConsiderations generales sur les Mammif. Isid. G. St. Hilaire. 1826? [I. Geoffroy Saint
  • 183440]: In Portfolio ofabstracts34  —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm
  • Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. Johns Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] History of
  • Naturelle” (Cuvier Paper on Domestication) [F. G. Cuvier 1825] Agricolas Husbandry (to see
  • … (Gerard Hybrids [Gérard 1844]) Bought (read) G. St. Hilaire Progress de un Naturalist
  • 1724] Life of Wilkie [Cunningham 1843] & Chantry [G. Jones 1849]. Grotes History
  • Lettres philosop. sur lintelligence des animaux C. G. Leroy Paris 1802 [Leroy 1802]. (worth reading
  • M rs  Frys Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
  • by HookerAnalysis & theory of the Emotions by G. Ramsay B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman
  • 1849] Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829] Grotes History of
  • Fennimore Cooper. Rural Scenes in N.A [Cooper 1850] G. Cummings South African Huntsmans life
  • of my transmutation theory Mackenzies Iceland [G. S. Mackenzie 1811] Molinas Chile
  • Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleays letter to D r  Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
  • 1813]— skimmed Whites Nat. Hist. of Selbourne [G. White 1789]— Reference at end D r
  • skimmed stupid Brownes travels in Africa [W. G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839
  • … [C. Bell 1833] Wilkinsons Egyptian remains [?J. G. Wilkinson 183741] Well 64  skimmed
  • Lectures on Invertebrata [R. Owen 18436] Aug 1 Bradleys Husbandry 3. vols. [Bradley 1724] …
  • 1845]. Voyage Vol I. to V Apr Agricola. translated by Bradley [Agricola 1721]—— nothing—— …
  • … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
  • of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to
  • … ( Notebooks , pp. 31928). 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
  • sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London.  *119: 19v.; 119: 15a