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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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- … [Wellesley 1832] Sir. W. Nott’s Life [W. Nott 1854].— [DAR *119: 15v.] From …
- … 1809]— references at end of each Chap. June 1. King & FitzRoy’s Voyages [King 1839 and …
- … 1811]. Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard II ; King Henry IV ] …
- … Lear [Shakespeare: Julius Caesar ; Coriolanus ; King Lear ] Sept. 26 Shelleys Essays …
- … March 24 th Kings & Lay’s Missionary Voyage [King and Lay 1839] —— B. Hall’s Schloss …
- … de la Boheme [Barrande 1852–1911] must be deeply studied 1854 The Zoologist by E. Newman [ …
- … [Pepys 1825] (Read).— Sir W. Notts life [W. Nott 1854] read [DAR *128: 177] …
- … r . Nott & Gliddon: Trübner & Co [J. C. Nott and Gliddon 1854] (read) A Lecture by …
- … not published but reported fully in Literary Gazette Sept 30 1854 91 Agricult. Journal …
- … Belon Hist de la nature des Oiseaux 1555 [Belon 1555] p 264 Quails at sea with seeds.— See for …
- … [W. Nott 1854] (good) Sept Private life of an E. King [Knighton] 1855]. (good) Dec 13 …
Darwin and Down
Summary
Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
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- … his sister, Catherine Darwin, [24 July 1842] To P. G. King, 21 February 1854 : ‘I live …