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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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  • In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to
  • … (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the
  • used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwins letters; the full transcript
  • … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwins alterations. The spelling and
  • book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been
  • the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library
  • to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838
  • 4  [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r  L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
  • on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 183647] Lawrence [W. …
  • Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 181429] D r  Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle
  • 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
  • reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r  Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] …
  • and Arts ]. Rengger on Mammalia of Paraguay [Rengger 1830]— account of wild cattle
  • sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie dHist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read
  • … [Dampier 1697] Sportsmans repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs
  • Read M r  Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of
  • … &c Grabas. Ornith. Voyage to Feroe in German [Graba 1830] (read) Gardners Brazil
  • SageretsPomologies Philosoph. [Sageret 1830] read } praised by  Chevreul
  • … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith
  • Voyage de lAstrolabe partie Zoolog. [Quoy and Gaimard 18304] Pernety voyage à lile
  • th  Keppells Expedition to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Foxs Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] …
  • and London128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848Journal of a residence at   the
  • 1848Memoirs of the life of William   Collins, Esq., R.A.  2 vols. London.  *119: 23; 119: …
  • and use of natural history . London119: 14a Fox, Charles James. 1808A history of
  • by Richard Owen.  Vol. 4 of  The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
  • Robert. 1843Memoirs of the life of John   Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …

Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia

Summary

Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…

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  • Darwins work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed
  • … , it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwins species work. Yet when this study
  • anomalous. Moreover, as the letters in this volume suggest, Darwins study of cirripedes, far from
  • classification using the most recent methods available, Darwin was able to provide a thorough
  • his views on the species question (Crisp 1983).    Darwins interest in invertebrate zoology
  • Robert Edmond Grant. In his Autobiography (pp. 4950), Darwin recalled: ‘Drs. Grant and
  • his current enthusiasm in a letter to William Darwin Fox, 23 May 1833 ( Correspondence vol. 1
  • among naturalists.    Prior to the publication in 1830 of John Vaughan Thompsons account of
  • such questions as yours,—whether number of species &c &c should enter as an element in
  • from common stocksIn this view all relations of analogy &c &c &, consist of those
  • organisms less complicated, as in Lernæa, (which I sh^d^ think was the strongest case known.^2^ …
  • as highness , then Lernæa a mere reproductive sack w d be higher; but this is too counter to
  • circumstances, (compare Plancental & Marsupial animals) w^d^ be similarly or parallely developed
  • metamorphoses, as we shall see presently in Hippoboscus &c  states that in Crust, antennæ & …
  • 1852) or elevating it to a separate class altogether (R. Owen 1855). Milne-Edwards and Owen also
  • as a distinct class between the Crustacea and the Annelida (R. Owen 1855).^7^ Darwin, however, with
  • animal, simple females alone being wanting. I never sh^d^. have made this out, had not my species
  • Cirripedia, objects cast in the same mould. Systematic work w^d^ be easy were it not for this
  • … (if publishing avowedly on doctrine of non-permanence) I sh^d^. not have affixed names, & in
  • But I must confess, that perhaps nearly the same thing w^d^. have happened to me on any scheme of
  • spirits  Every cirriped that I dissect I preserve the jaws &c. &c. in this manner, which
  • CDs specimen has remained unique. (The editors thank Drs R. W. Ingle and G. Boxshall of the British

Books on the Beagle

Summary

The Beagle was a sort of floating library.  Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.

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  • from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 2938), a brief
  • is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain
  • notes made by CD during the voyage. They are in the Darwin Archive in the Cambridge University
  • and symbols are used: DAR  —  Darwin Archive CUL  —  Cambridge University
  • … , conveys the following information: CDs copy, now in Darwin LibaryCUL, was used on board. The
  • 1 of volume 32 of CDs geological diary (DAR 32.1) in the Darwin Archive. The copy in the Darwin
  • … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin
  • 1831. (DAR 32.1: 53). Desaulses de Freycinet, L. Csee  Freycinet, L. C. Desaulses de
  • la corvette . . .La Coquille 18225. Zoologie  par MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] Garnot. 2 vols., …
  • … . . .  Hereford, 1774. (DAR 31.1: 207v.). Fitton, W. See King, P. PNarrative of a survey
  • naturelle faites dans lAmérique du Sud . . . 1830 et 1831Annales des Sciences Naturelles  28
  • 2 vols. London, 1827. (DAR 38.2: 867v.; ‘Geology’, by W. FittonRed notebook , p. 6e). * …
  • méridionaleAnnales des Sciences Naturelles  20 (1830): 185291; 21 (1830): 149194. (DAR 30.1: …
  • CharlesPrinciples of geology . . .  3 vols. London, 18303. (Inscriptions: vol. 1 (1830), …
  • JamesThe history of England.  Volume one. London, 1830. (Robert FitzRoys letter to the  South
  • … ‘Chas. Darwin Buenos Ayres Sept. 1833’). CUL Adv.d.79.226. § Rivero, Mariano de. Memoria
  • concerning a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.].  London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline
  • Planariae.  Edinburgh, 1814. ( Voyage , p. 89). Fox, Robert Were. On the electro-magnetic
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of London  120 (1830): 399414. ( Red notebook , p. 20e). …