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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … hurrah for my species-work’ ( Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … series of interesting exchanges on geology with David Milne, Robert Chambers, John Phillips, and …
- … William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] …
- … by Darwin on the use of microscopes on board ship ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). …
- … re-examined his own thesis in letters to Milne, Lyell, and Robert Chambers, and, in addition to …
- … would be too technical for his readers and forwarded it to Robert Jameson, editor of the Edinburgh …
- … that his original fieldwork was ‘time thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ) …
- … that it would be a ‘thorn in the side of É de B.’ (letter to Charles Lyell, 3 January 1850 ). …
- … the marine invertebrates himself (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, 10 April …
- … opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum’ ( letter to J. L. R. Agassiz, 22 October 1848 ), …
- … with abortive stamens or pistils ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 …
- … care what you say, my species theory is all gospel.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 ). …
- … last half of 1848 and the beginning of 1849. When his father Robert Waring died on 13 November 1848, …
- … similar to the routine undertaken at Malvern. Robert Waring Darwin’s estate was a large one. …
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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- … he wished to read in Notebook C ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and …
- … Stoke’s Library 1 Cambridge. Library 2 Royal Coll of Surgeons [DAR *119 …
- … de l’Homme,” by Dr. Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4 …
- … view at Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types …
- … influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular gradation …
- … aux terres australes [Péron 1824]— Chap. 39. tom. 4. p. 273. Latreille Geographie des …
- … [Fries 1825] Clarkes Travels [Clarke 1810–23]. at most Index.—see infra Temminck Hist. …
- … 1816]— quoted by D r . Holland [Holland 1839] (p. 27) as good— Decandoelle has chapter on …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … Hist: of Creation. Churchill: 1844. 7 s ” 6 d . [Chambers] 1844] in which species are shown to …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … —— Vestiges of the Nat. History of Creation [Chambers] 1844] Pœppig Reisen …
- … Copy) Feb 6 Explanations by Author of Vestiges [Chambers 1845] —— Bronn’s Gesickte …
- … 1845]. Aug 16. Vestiges of Creation VI th Edit. [Chambers 1847] —— Report of Brit. …
- … d . Hutchinson on Dog-breaking [Hutchinson 1850] 27. Chambers. Sanatory Reform [Anon. 1850]. …
- … on the Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]—discusses Vestiges [Chambers] 1847], must be read. 1855 (read) …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Cressy [Riccoboni 1765] Oct. 23. Tracings of Iceland Chambers [Chambers 1856]. —— …
- … [Brewster 1831] March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life [Robert-Houdin [1859] 19 …
- … 21 Erasmus Alvey Darwin. 22 Robert Waring Darwin. 23 The …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology, edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. …
- … Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp. 1–29, of Todd, Robert Bentley, The cyclopædia of anatomy …
- … on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a Anon. …
- … Therry, Esq. Sydney. *119: 8v. Brown, Robert. 1814. General remarks, geographical …
- … … Translated by John Black. With notes … by Robert Jameson . London. [Darwin Library.] …
- … by her niece. 7 vols. London. 119: 12b, 18b Burns, Robert. 1786. Poems, chiefly in the …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … on some Marantaceous plant to make out meaning of 2 sets of differently coloured stamens.’ At …
- … On 8 January , he told Hooker: ‘I will write a savage letter & that will do me some good, if I …
- … and a mere mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly …
- … to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January …
- … Darwin offered to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 …
- … sold some 1700 Copies!!!’ After the initial publication on 2 July, two further printings were needed …
- … & bless the day That ever you were born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 …
- … corresponding in August with Annie Dowie, a daughter of Robert Chambers, in hopes of getting more …
- … on her sister. He had described the case in Variation 2: 14–16, suggesting that such regrowth …
- … that the originally red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 …
- … pp. 188–90). He drew attention to this discussion in a letter to George Rolleston, remarking on 2 …
- … Darwin wrote, ‘I beg ten thousand pardon & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February …
- … signed himself, ‘Your affect son … the proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875 …
- … both critical and reverential. On 16 July he received a letter from an advocate of women’s …
- … her presentation copy of Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such …
- … of my house within the short time I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). …
- … and had agreed to see him at Down with Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 …
- … lay of hair in eyelashes and on arms, a typically lengthy letter full of personal observations, …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … the Government grant was exhausted ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter to A. Y. Spearman, 9 October …
- … either, as the correspondence with Charles Lyell, George Robert Waterhouse, John Stevens Henslow, …
- … are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). …
- … the essay of 1844 to read (see Correspondence vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 [February 1847]) …
- … himself: as he told his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of [24 April 1845] , he felt he …
- … Natural selection Perhaps the most interesting letter relating to Darwin’s species theory, …
- … Darwin not only used his personal notes and records but, by letter, marshalled the resources of …
- … of the laws of creation, Geographical Distribution’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 February 1845] ) …
