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Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … up each edition to the existing standard of science’ ( to Charles Layton, 24 November [1869] ). …
- … expansion ‘in many places’ . Chief among these was Charles Lyell, instrumental in shaping both …
- … last one was a welcome endorsement from the religious author Charles Kingsley, a chaplain to the …
- … was apparently written in response to criticism from Baden Powell , among others, that he hadn’t …
- … Black Pigs in the Everglades delights me If Lyell was Darwin’s key correspondent for …
- … (With a glossary of scientific terms??) by Charles Darwin F.R.S. …
- … many of his old friends and former correspondents, including Lyell ( now approached through his …
- … ed. , pp. 450–61). Despite continuing scepticism from Charles Lyell, who was staying with the …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … immediately set to work. Although at first sceptical of Baden Powell’s suggestion that he prefix to …
- … at the conclusion of chapter four. Darwin had informed Charles Lyell about some of the changes he …
- … has been treated in an admirable manner by the Rev. Baden Powell, in his Essays on the Unity of …
- … and descent of species. Charles Darwin Down, Bromley, Kent, Feb. …
- … I can, after having read the discussions on this subject by Lyell and by Hooker in regard to plants, …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Edwards & Co. (1) Babbage, Charles (10) …
- … Bond, Frederick (2) Boner, Charles (5) …
- … Edward (1) Bradlaugh, Charles (2) …
- … Brayley, E. W. (1) Breese, Charles (1) …
- … Samuel (b) (14) Buxton, Charles (2) …
- … Chapman, John (4) Charles, R. F. (2) …
- … Crawfurd, John (3) Crawley, Charles (2) …
- … Virginius (3) Dallas, Charles (1) …
- … Dixie, Florence (3) Dixon, Charles (1) …
- … Symington (1) Griffin, Charles (1) …
- … Albert (64) Günzbourg, Charles (1) …
- … Science-Gossip (1) Hardy, Charles (3) …
- … Hinrichs, G. D. (4) Hinton, Charles (1) …
- … King, P. P. (1) Kingsley, Charles (18) …
- … Lane, E. W. (1) Langstaff, Charles (2) …
- … Layard, E. L. (3) Layton, Charles (12) …
- … Commissioners (1) Lovegrove, Charles (3) …
- … Lydekker, R. (1) Lyell, Charles (277) …
- … Daniel (12) Maclaren, Charles (3) …
- … Ríos, Eugenio (1) Moore, Charles (a) (1) …
- … Arthur (2) Mostyn Owen, Charles (b) (2) …
- … Newton, Alfred (35) Nichols, Charles (1) …
- … Adolf Erik (1) Nordhoff, Charles (1) …
- … Potonié, Henry (3) Powell, Baden (3) …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … the book was on sale even in railway stations ( letter to Charles Lyell, 14 January [1860] ). By …
- … current knowledge could not illuminate this ‘mystery’. Charles Lyell worried, among other things, …
- … did not necessarily lead to progression ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860] ). To …
- … of reasoning about global change. Darwin also knew that Lyell was a powerful potential ally. Indeed, …
- … plant species and varieties than from animal breeding. With Lyell also questioning how interbreeding …
- … perfected structure as the eye. As Darwin admitted to Lyell, Gray, and others, imagining how …
- … Certainly this was a major difficulty standing in the way of Lyell’s acceptance of the theory, as …
- … explicitly in Origin — only one sentence, he told Lyell, showed that he believed ‘man is in same …
- … as the approval of the scientifically literate clergymen Baden Powell and Charles Kingsley attested. …
- … any new converts or even cause earlier proponents (like Lyell) to retract their support altogether …
- … he received, in letters to his closest confidants Hooker, Lyell, and Gray. Initially he found it …
- … hostile critique of his geological argument, he wrote to Lyell on 6 June [1860] : 'I am …
- … husband’s current enthusiasm, Emma Darwin wrote to Mary Lyell: ‘At present he is treating Drosera …
- … time on the Drosera study in particular, admitting to Lyell ‘how much better fun observing is …
- … & not amuse myself with interludes.—’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 24 November [1860] , and to …
- … daughter Anne’s fatal illness never far from their minds, Charles and Emma did whatever they could …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … was done by clerical thinkers, by theologians; your work on Baden Powell, in particular. This kind …
- … from the clergy that you have in England. After all, Charles Darwin was quite happy at the prospect …
- … Fleming , the Scottish minister and naturalist, friend of Charles Lyell, the debate I was sketching …
- … at the British Association for the Advancement of Science, [Charles] Pritchard, [John] Dalton …
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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- … by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, …
- … Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil [Wied …
- … of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843], strongly recommended by Lyell (read) Berkeleys Works …
- … 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849] Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in …
- … round world 1803–6 [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] …
- … J 57 Browne’s Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyell’s Book III 5th Edit 58 [Lyell 1837] …
- … —— 30 th Lyells Principles. 3. Vol. 6 th Edit [Lyell 1840]— references at end.— April 6 …
- … abstracted 22 d Lyells Elem. 2 d Edit. [Lyell 1841] d[itt]o.— Jan 3 d . …
- … Miserable Aug. 5 th Lyells Travels in N. America [Lyell 1845] Oct. Cosmos [A. von …
- … [J. J. von Tschudi 1847] 15. Skimmed 7 th Edit of Lyell’s Elements 80 [Lyell 1847] …
- … in Sutherlandshire [Saint John 1849] June 30. Sir C. Lyell Second Visit to America [Lyell …
- … ) [Harcourt 1851]. Yarrell has (read) Rev d Baden Powel on the Unity of Worlds [Powell …
- … Physiolog. Comparee [Colin 1854–6].— Jan. 10. B. Powell. Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]. …
- … 1859]. (goodish) 1 The personal library of Charles Stokes from whom CD borrowed books …
- … Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 Babington, Charles Cardale. 1839. Primitiæ floræ …
- … of Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 180.] 119: 21a Bell, Charles. 1806. Essays on the anatomy of …
- … of the London Clay . London. *119: 12v. Brace, Charles Loring. 1852. Hungary in 1851: …
- … life from 1838 to the present time . Edited by John Charles Templer. 3 vols. London. 128: 9 …
- … . 3 vols. Edinburgh and London. 128: 25 Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1848. Journal of a …
- … nature of virtue . Cambridge. *119: 13 Buxton, Charles. 1848. Memoirs of Sir Thomas …
- … Rural hours . 2 vols. London. *119: 24 Coote, Charles. 1819. The history of England, …
- … to the treaty concluded at Paris, in the year 1815; by Charles Coote . 4 vols. London. 119: …
- … during the years 1838–1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR …
- … 2 vols. London. *119: 11v.; 119: 10b Powell, Baden. 1855. Essays on the spirit of the …
