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Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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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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- … presented here makes this information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading …
- … about the works were later additions to the notebook text. A number of entries in the ‘Books to be …
- … the scientific works listed on the left-hand pages (labelled ‘a’ in the transcript) and the non …
- … numbered as follows: the verso of the pages of DAR *119, the ‘a’ pages of DAR 119, the odd-numbered …
- … identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is given in …
- … until the shelves overflowed, and then, with much lamenting, a day was given up to the cataloguing. …
- … to be Read Humboldt’s New Spain—much about castes [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardson’s …
- … (Hooker 923) 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle …
- … 1750] (Sometime) Dug. Stewarts works. lives of Reid Smith & giving abstracts of their …
- … on the Dog with illustrations of about 100 varieties [?C. H. Smith 1839–40] 24 Flourens …
- … to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] Fabricius (very old) has …
- … of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759] …
- … on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. …
- … ed. 1834] read Vol. (2 d ) on Dogs [C. H. Smith 1839–40] /on Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6] …
- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … in India [Hodson 1859] (Excellent) June 20. Carlyles Frederick the Great [Carlyle 1858–65] …
- … DAR 71: 29–30.] *119: 6v.; 119: 20a Bennett, Frederick Debell. 1840. Narrative of a …
- … *119: 15; 119: 17b ——. 1858–65. History of Frederick II. of Prussia, called Frederick …
- … [Darwin Library.] *128: 167 [Ferrier, James Frederick]. 1838. An introduction to the …
- … in DAR 116.] *119: 4v.; 119: 4a Herschel, John Frederick William. 1831. A preliminary …
- … 4th ser. 6: 5–73. *128: 157 Neale, Frederick Arthur. 1851. Narrative of a residence at …
- … . 2 vols. Edinburgh and London. 128: 27 Olmsted, Frederick Law. 1856. A journey in the …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
- … [Darwin Library.] * 119: 15v.; 119: 12a Smith, Frederick. 1855. Catalogue of British …
