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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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  • whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin
  • of thinking about the significance of John Goulds and Richard Owens identifications of his bird
  • be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with
  • had been spread by the publication by J. S. Henslow and Adam Sedgwick of excerpts from his letters, …
  • it (in his referees report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a
  • leading geologists of Englandamong them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the reports by
  • of his  Beagle  work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in
  • Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle  from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence
  • … . The work comprises five partsFossil Mammalia , by Richard OwenMammalia , by G. R. …
  • C. Babington; the Chalcididae by Francis Walker; spiders by Adam White; infusoria by C. G. Ehrenberg
  • plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott
  • his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838] , he wrote: 'I have lately been
  • generation, fecundity, and inheritance. After mid-September 1838, when he had histheory to work by
  • of Comtes  Philosophie positive ([Brewster] 1838; see also Manier 1978, pp. 405) which
  • the task Darwin had set for himself when, in the spring of 1838, he wrote in his notebook: &#039

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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  • … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
  • … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
  • … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
  • … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
  • … Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th  Ed. 10  8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. forms compared …
  • … 1827] Paxton on the culture of Dahlias [Paxton 1838] read Paper on consciousness in …
  • … There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12  by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. …
  • … researches on the Horse in N. America— [Harlan 1835] Owen has it. & Royal Soc Lord …
  • … immortality of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith …
  • … geological History of the Horse [Karkeek 1841]. (not read.) Owen not got these No s . …
  • … read it— Erasmus has it Owens Brit. Mammalia [R. Owen 1846a]— Horner has it. (read) …
  • … Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare:  King Richard II ;  King Henry IV ] …
  • … ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of Univers [Sedgwick 1850] 28 Steenstrup on …
  • … [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] (excellent) …
  • … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1854). Richard Owen gave the same paper at the …
  • … is confused; the citation given is actually that of Richard Owen’s paper on Dinornis  rather than …
  • … all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers . Revised by Richard Bradley. London.  *119: 19v.; 119: …
  • … [Other eds.]  *119: 13, 22; 119: 22b Beste, John Richard. 1855.  The Wabash; or, …
  • … Home life in Germany . London.  128: 11 Bradley, Richard. 1724.  A general treatise of …
  • … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 143–51.]  128: 6 Dana, Richard Henry. [1840].  Two years before …
  • … Eliot, George,  pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859.  Adam   Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
  • … of glaciers.  Edinburgh.  119: 15b Ford, Richard. 1846.  Gatherings from Spain . By the …
  • … . London. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.]  119: 1a Sedgwick, Adam. 1850.  A discourse on …
  • …   and conduct.  London.  128: 27 Smith, Adam. 1759.  The theory of moral sentiments. …
  • … 7 vols. (Vol. 7:  Account of the   life and writings of Adam Smith … Account of the life and   …