To Alfred Newton 19 January [1867]
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Seeks explanation of the case of the Rhynchaea, of which the female is more beautiful than the male, with the young resembling the latter. Wallace has told CD that at Nottingham AN explained this by the male being the incubator.
Does the male black Australian swan, or the black and white S. American swan, differ from the female in colour of plumage?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 19 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5371 |
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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- … notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from …
- … by the manuscript number being preceded by an asterisk (*119 and *128). For clarity, the …
- … numbered as follows: the verso of the pages of DAR *119, the ‘a’ pages of DAR 119, the odd-numbered …
- … I am surprised at my industry.’ ( Autobiography , p. 119). †The scientific books in Darwin …
- … in Darwin’s library during his lifetime. [DAR *119: Cover] Books to be Read …
- … Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119: 1] Books to be Read 3 …
- … Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v.] 6 Books to be Read …
- … the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular …
- … fathers views Quoted by Owen [Hunter 1837] [DAR *119: 3v.] Hunter has written …
- … 1831–9]— 4 Vols. well worth reading [DAR *119: 4v.] Bevan’s work on Bees new Ed. …
- … [Coxe 1817].— in Library of Hort. Soc. [DAR *119:5v.] M c .Neil 16 has …
- … isl ds of E Indian Archipelago— [DAR *119: 6v.] Read M r Bennetts & …
- … & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II & Vol. III [DAR *119: 7v.] Storia della …
- … of the Horticultural Society of London ].— [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British …
- … 22 thinks would contain facts for me [DAR *119: 9v.] 1839. Decemb. …
- … 1809] & Quadrupeds [Azara 1801]— Again— [DAR *119: 10v.] Maximilien Newuied is …
- … travels in Arkansas [Nuttall 1821].— [DAR *119: 11v.] The Philosoph. of Instinct …
- … Society of England ]. Zoolog. Soc. [DAR *119: 12v.] Bowerbank’s Book on Fossil …
- … Whaling Voyage [F. D. Bennett 1840] [DAR *119: 13] Tucker’s light of Nature …
- … J. Taylor Art of Dying [J. Taylor 1651] [DAR *119: 13v.] Yarrel’s Birds [Yarrell …
- … of Anat & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] Butler’s Analogy [Butler 1736 …
- … Ægyptian [J. G. Wilkinson 1837–41] read [DAR *119: 14v.] Baron de Brincken; …
- … of Botany ]; many papers on Peas &c &c [DAR *119: 15] Zanoni by …
- … Sir. W. Nott’s Life [W. Nott 1854].— [DAR *119: 15v.] From Herschel’s Review Quart …
- … Repert. Com. in Royal Soc [Reuss 1801–21] [DAR *119: 16v.] Proceedings of Nat. …
- … (not read.) Owen not got these No s . [DAR *119: 17v.] At end of 2 d . Vol of …
- … must be studied . London Library read [DAR *119: 18v.] D r . Etherington Observ …
- … Buckland Bridgewater Treatise [Buckland 1836] [DAR *119: 19v.] Vestiges of Nat: …
- … price 6 s [Jussieu 1842] [DAR *119: 20v.] Bernhardi Ueber den …
1.19 John Collier, oil in NPG
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< Back to Introduction Very soon after the delivery of Collier’s portrait of Darwin to the Linnean Society, Darwin’s eldest son William decided to commission a replica to add to the family collection of pictures, which he had inherited. The new…
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- … < Back to Introduction Very soon after the delivery of Collier’s portrait of Darwin …
2.28 Couper bust in Cambridge
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< Back to Introduction In June 1909 the University of Cambridge, Darwin’s alma mater, staged an international event to mark the centenary of his birth and the fifty years’ anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species. Over four hundred…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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- … notebooks, under the lists of books he wanted to read (DAR 119: 2v), Darwin scribbled a reminder to …
17 Spring Gardens, London
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Darwin in London preparing for the voyage
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- … Darwin is living in London persuading Fitzroy to accept him on the voyage and preparing clothing, …
What Darwin Read
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Follow the links to resources about the books and papers, mostly scientific, that Darwin read as student at Edinburgh, during the Beagle voyage, and later in his life. Darwin and his family also read works of fiction by Anthony Trollope, George Eliot,…
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- … Follow the links below to resources about the books and papers, mostly scientific, that Darwin …
2.27 William Couper bust, New York
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the centenary of Darwin’s birth and the fifty years anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species coincided. In recognition of this historic milestone, a grand celebration and international colloquium took place…
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- … 2011), pp. 478–488. J. van Wyhe, ‘Iconography’, p. 119. …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 13 Edinburgh new philosophical journal vols. 1–19 (1826–64), a continuation of the Edinburgh …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … 119 Korteweg B.P. (Bastiaan …
Robert FitzRoy
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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 119 Korteweg B.P. (Bastiaan …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … to entomology. 4 vols. London, 1815–26. (DAR 30.2: 119; 30.1: 54v.). Darwin Library–CUL, vol. 1, …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
