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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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- … (read) Smellie Philosophy of Zoology [Smellie 1790–9]. Fleming Ditto [Fleming 1822] …
- … Read Aristotle to see whether any of my views are ancient 9 Study with profound care …
- … read Audubons Ornithol: Biography [Audubon 1831–9]— 4 Vols. well worth reading [DAR …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … de leurs genres, par M. Latreille, 1 vol. 8vo. 9 s . [Latreille 1825] Mémoire sur la …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … Lib. Geological Society (read) Goulds Kangaroos [Gould 1841–2]— Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834 …
- … 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] …
- … J. Ross. Voyage Antarctic Voyage [Ross 1847]. Oct 5. Gould Introduct. to Birds of Australia …
- … Visit to America [Lyell 1849] July 20. Agassiz & Gould Principles of Zoology Vol I. …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … eds.] 119: 11a Blacklock, Ambrose. 1838. A treatise on sheep; with the best means …
- … ——. 1840. An encyclopædia of rural sports; or, a complete account, historical, practical, …
- … 1844. Algeria, past and present. Containing a description of the country … with a review of …
- … Artaud. 2 vols. Metz. 128: 24 ——. 1807. A short system of comparative anatomy . …
- … 1794–6. Harmonia ruralis; or, an essay towards a natural history of British song birds . 2 …
- … 1831. The life of Samuel Johnson … Including a journal of a tour to the Hebrides . A new …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as …
- … By the end of 1843 he had also completed the writing of a book on the volcanic islands visited …
- … was born. In September 1842, the family, now increased by a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, moved to Down …
- … he had come to desire so whole-heartedly. Towards a species theory Viewed …
- … and their origin. By the middle of March 1837, apparently as a result of thinking about the …
- … Herbert 1980, p. 12; Sulloway 1982b). Using transmutation as a working hypothesis he immediately set …
- … he filled several notebooks with observations and ideas on a wide range of topics. Then, in …
- … his species theory, the so-called 'pencil sketch', based on a principle that he called …
- … was published, but the general outline of 1842 is, to a surprising degree, present in the version …
- … Beagle . Also in November 1837, Darwin read the fourth of a series of papers to the Geological …
- … on the formation of mould by earthworms. This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William …
- … voyage make it clear that he had committed himself to a career in science. Within a year of his …
- … Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the reports by Buckland, 9 March 1838 , and Sedgwick, [after 15 May …
- … Mammalia , by G. R. Waterhouse; Birds , by John Gould; Fish , by Leonard Jenyns; and …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
