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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 …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
- … by their titles enclosed in square brackets. The full journal titles are listed separately, in …
- … page number(s) are given on which the references to the journal appear, and the location of …
- … consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] Sillimans Journal [ American Journal of Science …
- … M c .Neil 16 has written good article on Horticulture in Edin. Encyclop. [Neill 1808] …
- … 19 : French [? Annales de la Société Impériale d'Horticulture ] or Caledonian Horticultural …
- … & Agricultural Soc in Bengal— Have they published? [ Journal of the Agricultural and …
- … [Sykes 1832a] & Birds [Sykes 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II …
- … Helena 1825 [A. Watson 1825] in Library of Hort. Soc Journal of a Hort. Tour through Flanders …
- … Genev. Tom II p. 29 [L. A. Necker 1823] read Lindleys Horticulture [Lindley 1840]— Chapter on …
- … of Rural & Domestic Improvement ] Loudons. Journal of Nat Hist Z & B [ Magazine …
- … catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] Pat. Neil. Art. on Horticulture. Sold Separately.— [Neill …
- … Magazine of Botany [ Gardener's Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture and Natural …
- … [ Journal de la Société Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I …
- … Journal de la Société Impériale } or et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ]— } Linn. …
- … countries: with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese . London. *119: …
- … considérée dans ses rapports avec l’horticulture, l’agriculture et la sylviculture . Paris. …
- … *119: 2v. ——. 1840. The theory of horticulture; or, an attempt to explain the …
Volume appendices
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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…
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- … Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin …
- … Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can be …
- … on the translation tab on the letter page (an example of a Gaston de Saporta letter is here ). …
- … 2 V Questions about the breeding of animals …
- … Darwin’s questions on the breeding of animals in captivity …
- … 4 II Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia 4 …
- … 5 II Death of Anne Elizabeth Darwin …
- … 6 III Dates of composition of Darwin’s manuscript on species …
- … 7 III Abstract of Darwin’s species theory …
- … 7 V Death of Charles Waring Darwin 7 VI …
- … 7 VIII Presentation copies of Origin …
- … New material added to the US edition of Origin 8 V …
- … 8 VI Report of the British Association meeting in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July …
- … 8 VII Reviews of Origin , 1859–60 …
- … Presentation list for Asa Gray’s pamphlet on Origin of species …
- … with Drosera read before the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society, 21 February 1861 …
- … Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood I, concerning the properties of ice 9 …
- … Presentation list for third edition of Origin 9 VIII …
- … Thomas Francis Jamieson and Charles Lyell on the geology of Glen Roy, Scotland …
- … Henry Huxley’s Edinburgh lectures on the ‘relation of man to the lower animals’ …
- … Beaton’s responses to Charles Darwin’s letters to the Journal of Horticulture …
- … 19 VI Henrietta Emma Darwin’s journal 1871 …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … "A child of God" (1) …
- … (1) Admiralty, Lords of the (1) Agassiz, …
- … J. L. (3) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1) …
- … (1) Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1) …
- … Blytt, Axel (2) Board of the Treasury (minutes) (1) …
- … Cecil, S. A. (1) Chairman of Highway Board (1) …
- … Chance, Frank (3) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) …
- … (1) Council, Royal Society of London (1) …
- … (1) Geological Society of London (18) Gibb, …
- … Houk, E. P. T. (1) House of Commons (1) …
- … Jones, R. O. (1) Journal of Horticulture (15) …
- … (1) Librarian, Royal Society of London (1) …
- … Mellersh, Arthur (5) Member of the Athenaeum Club (1) …
- … (1) Philosophical Institute of Canterbury (1) …
- … (1) President, Royal College of Physicians (1) …
- … William (1) Registrar of Friendly Societies (1) …
- … R. C. M. (1) Royal College of Physicians (1) …
- … (1) Royal Institution of Great Britain (1) …
- … B. (1) Salisbury, 3d Marquis of (1) …
- … Seare, Thomas (1) Secretary of the Royal Commission on vivisection …
- … Rudolf (1) Superintendent of a lunatic asylum (1) …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed …
- … 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German …
- … Darwin told Wallace that, among the available photographs of him, ‘I like best the profile of Ernest …
- … is a strong likeness & pleasing are now making some copies of for us’; but as yet he had none to …
- … and Fry evidently approached Darwin again in the spring of 1871, with a request that he would sit …
- … not think it worth their while, from a commercial point of view, to come down to Down House. They …
- … the firm’s photographer had produced more than one view of him, and in fact a group is known, …
- … that they date from the later 1870s are clearly wide of the mark. As regards Darwin’s appearance, he …
- … articles on Darwin. It had also appeared in another American journal, The Library Table in …
- … p. 309, illustrating an article on Darwin’s influence on horticulture (DAR 140.1.4) was reprinted in …
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … - by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of …
- … are announced, through which it will become familiar to many of our readers, before these pages are …
- … extracts. For the volume itself is an abstract, a prodromus of a detailed work upon which the author …
- … chapters, and a general recapitulation contains the essence of the whole, yet much of the aroma …
- … elaborate work might have done, with all its full details of the facts upon which the author’s …
- … book: but all the facts that can be mustered in favor of the theory are still likely to be needed. …
- … the subject, can be expected to divest himself for the nonce of the influence of received and …
- … that it should be. A spirited conflict among opinions of every grade must ensue, which—to borrow an …
- … the strongest in the long-run alone survive. The duty of reviewing this volume in the …
- … repose from scientific labor so essential to the restoration of his health—a consummation devoutly …
- … readily with a doctrine so thoroughly naturalistic as that of Mr. Darwin. Though it is just possible …
- … great naturalist whose name adorns the title-page of this journal [Mr. Agassiz], the widest …
- … the opinion of the late Mr. Knight, the great philosopher of horticulture, that variability tinder …
- … inevitable result of this (as was long ago explained in this Journal) is to repress variation, to …
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 …
- … orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing (1862), and in several …
- … for those works had been limited to studying the structure of flowers and the physiological effects …
- … Although Darwin was no stranger to long months and years of research on other projects, Cross and …
- … botanist Asa Gray, ‘I have just begun a large course of experiments on the germination of the seed …
- … the French botanist Édouard Bornet had provided seeds of some varieties of poppy ( Papaver ) that …
- … Édouard Bornet, 1 December 1866 ). Darwin began a series of experiments, reporting back to Bornet …
- … been self fertilised. This case highlighted the complexity of the research: simply preventing or …
- … writing from Brazil in December 1866, noted that plants of this poppy growing in his garden were …
- … have remained unnoticed, had it existed in all individuals of such a common garden plant. Perhaps in …
- … ). The following year, his experiments showed that plants of this species produced seed when self …
- … work, noting its practical importance for agriculture and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 …
- … , criticised Darwin’s statistics. Darwin wrote to the journal, ‘I hope that any reader who is …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and …
- … In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important activities for building and …
- … readers, observers, and experimenters across the globe, most of whom he never met. His contacts were …
- … and professions. He extended the social and geographic range of his contacts in large part by …
- … and George Frederick Cupples, introduced him to communities of pigeon fanciers and dog breeders. …
- … structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific friends with whom he shared …
- … thinking. He also looked to this circle for support in times of uncertainty, controversy, or …
- … personal ties could be built gradually through the exchange of scientific knowledge and the free …
- … knows Cambridge botanist J. S. Henslow has sent some of Darwin’s South American plants to his friend …
- … J. D., [11 Jan 1844] Darwin begins with an assessment of his views on Hooker. He relates some …
- … and island floras in general, as well as on the relationship of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging …
- … facts on variation and questions Gray on the alpine flora of the USA. He sends a list of plants from …
- … 1674 ]. He discusses the distribution and relationships of alpine flora in the USA. …
- … interest me; & what is more they have in simple truth been of the utmost value to me.” …
- … created species. Explains why he believes species of the same genus generally have a common or …
- … fertilisation in the bud and the insect pollination of papilionaceous flowers. His theory explains …
- … for Brent’s papers. Huxley has asked him to publish in his journal. The debate about John …
- … themselves. Scott’s work is not science, but “scientific horticulture”. Letter 4471 — …
