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Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … anecdotes about domestic ducks and poultry; Thomas Campbell Eyton was questioned about pigs, dogs, …
- … experiments on plants. Expanding projects set up during 1855 and 1856 (see Correspondence vol. 5 …
- … (see Correspondence vol. 3), he had begun in 1855 a series of researches designed to explain how …
- … of his study was the series of experiments begun in 1855 based on soaking a wide variety of seeds in …
- … in this area, for Charles Lyell thought that Wallace’s 1855 paper implied some kind of belief in …
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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- … (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the …
- … Life of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] Huc’s China [Huc 1855] —read } recom by Erasmus. Watt …
- … Rev d Baden Powel on the Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]—discusses Vestiges [Chambers] 1847], must …
- … 172] D r . Young’s Life by Peacock [Peacock 1855] praised by Erasmus.— Read …
- … 12. Begin vol. 13. 98 Huc’s “Chinese Empire” [Huc 1855] several Dogs & Cats described. (read) …
- … Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I have read p. 209 to 268.) …
- … recommends me to read Alexander Blain on Intellect [Bain 1855] 102 Eytons work on the …
- … Soc.? Maury sailing directions 18 55 [Maury 1855]. must be studied. Lyell has.— …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … used to express by a negative whine “ No that I won’t ” or rather a sort of defiance as much as to …
- … did the first day she had her hair in curls. May 5 t . When Willy was at Maer, & I had …
- … trowsers. Emma one morning put on an unconspicuous bonnet of C. Langton,[52] W. instantly observed …
- … are crying”. She burst out laughing & said No I aren’t it is only the water coming out of my …
- … had at 41 intervals & now keeps on saying “Don’t you like Willy to cry one bit? Nor speak …
- … feeling for imaginary sorrows than for real ones. She can’t stand Little Robert & the Owl[59] …
- … she added an s to the end of every word “Ettis & Bettis &c afterwards all the ws were turned …
- … goed dawn to the willage”. Fish for Smith. Kaw for cow. &c. Lenny[61] 2 years old speaks …
- … I are . 44 Lenny. I’m a good boy you mustn’t thmack me now— Lenny— You mustnt …
- … bones. You a big body. I’ve got a little body— Don’t you like my little body?— The children …
- … Georgy very little. I’ve killed my father & mother & don’t know where to find them. …
- … that Lenny. L. after thinking sometime: Papa I shan’t remember that. One day he came in the study …
- … got a stomach ache Miss Th.[73] asking Lizzy won’t you have a bit of bread with your egg? …
- … tell me what you have been doing? L. Must I? Then I shan’t.— P. Why Lenny you must be washed …
- … tea? L. Yes I have. P. Are you sure you have? L. I don’t know— a pause— Yes very awfully I think I …
- … who put that there, I suppose you & Baby did.” I don’t forget that we did do it,— very much I …
- … sweet kiss— Oh so sweet— (as he continued kissing) Don’t they come sweeter & sweeter? …
- … “But I could not help it”— I said “Lenny you c d help it, don’t say that”. “I could not help it a …
- … so pathetically “I cannot explain”. Feb 1. 1855. Lenny asked me “Will you play at beggar-my …
- … asked where you thought it was.—” Ap. 20. 1855— Lenny having a cut glittering glass in …
- … . [7] Correspondence vol. 2, letters to T. C. Eyton, [6 January 1840] , and Robert …
