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List of correspondents

Summary

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,…

Matches: 20 hits

  • Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
  • Abbot, F. E. (17) Abernethy, J. W. (1) …
  • Maurice (3) Albrecht, R. F. (3) …
  • Alice (2) Alison, R. E. (2) Allen, …
  • Allen, Grant (13) Allen, J. A. (b) (1) …
  • Allen, Thomas (2) Allman, G. J. (4) …
  • G. S. (1) Anderson, James (1) …
  • Ansell, G. F. (1) Ansted, D. T. (8) …
  • … (2) Arruda Furtado, Francisco d’ (10) …
  • Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
  • Austen, J. T. (5) Austin, A. D. (2) …
  • Baikie, W. B. (1) Baildon, H. B. (1) …
  • G.-G. (1) Baily, W. H. (1) Bain, …
  • J. D. (2) Balfour, F. M. (16) …
  • Baranoff, W. (2) Barber, M. E. (1) …
  • Frederic (1) Bateman, James (1) …
  • Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …
  • Elliott & Fry (2) Ellis, J. W. (1) …
  • Martindale, William (1) Martineau, James (1) …
  • Speedy, T. C. S. (1) Spence, H. D. M. (1) …

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…

Matches: 26 hits

  • In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to
  • … (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the
  • used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwins letters; the full transcript
  • … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwins alterations. The spelling and
  • the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library
  • to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838
  • 4  [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r  L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
  • … [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardsons Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 182937] …
  • on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 183647] Lawrence [W. …
  • Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 181429] D r  Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle
  • Paper on consciousness in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on
  • of the Royal Society of   Edinburgh ] Kirby & Spence. Entomology [Kirby and Spence
  • History of Greece [Grote 184656]. Miss. Martineau Society in America [H. Martineau 1837] …
  • 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. Coll. of Surgeons) M.M Turpin & Poiteau Traité des arbres
  • … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith
  • letters of M r  Knight July 8 th  M.S. Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] …
  • Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar ]. Vol 1to 7. M.S. Translat.— from 1740. 2 d . vol
  • the Linnean Society of London ]. May 3 d . Kirby & Spence Entomology [Kirby and Spence
  • to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Foxs Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] June 23 d  Guizot
  • … (amusing) 27 Abbott Travels from Khiva to Heraut [James Abbott 1843] (very good) Nov. …
  • 8] 1854 Jan 15. Seemans Narrative of H.M.S. Herald [Seeman 1853]. Feb 6. …
  • Griffiths Indian Travels [Griffith 1847]. March 10. Ellis 3 Visits to Madagascar [Ellis 1858] …
  • Belcher, Edward. 1848Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S.   Samarang during the years 184346; …
  • 1848Memoirs of the life of William   Collins, Esq., R.A.  2 vols. London.  *119: 23; 119: …
  • Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in H.M.S.   Sulphur,   183642 . 2 vols. …
  • by Richard Owen.  Vol. 4 of  The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …

Books on the Beagle

Summary

The Beagle was a sort of floating library.  Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.

Matches: 25 hits

  • from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 2938), a brief
  • is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain
  • from the family as having been sent to CD (e.g., Fleming, Martineau, Pennant); although they were
  • notes made by CD during the voyage. They are in the Darwin Archive in the Cambridge University
  • and symbols are used: DAR  —  Darwin Archive CUL  —  Cambridge University
  • … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin
  • Naturelle  3 (1834): 84115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
  • naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 182231. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 1521 January [1833]). Darwin
  • 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833.  (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and letter
  • … †. Byron, George Anson, 7th BaronVoyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands,   in
  • … . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, JamesA voyage to the South Atlantic and
  • 1822. (DAR 35.1: 317). Darwin LibraryDown. Cook, JamesVoyages  (editions unidentified; …
  • 1831. (DAR 32.1: 53). Desaulses de Freycinet, L. Csee  Freycinet, L. C. Desaulses de
  • la corvette . . .La Coquille 18225. Zoologie  par MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] Garnot. 2 vols., …
  • 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). Ellis, WilliamPolynesian researches, …
  • … . . .  Hereford, 1774. (DAR 31.1: 207v.). Fitton, W. See King, P. PNarrative of a survey
  • 7e, etc.). Darwin LibraryCUL ††. Horsburgh, JamesDirections for sailing to and from the
  • 2 vols. London, 1827. (DAR 38.2: 867v.; ‘Geology’, by W. FittonRed notebook , p. 6e). * …
  • Darwin LibraryCUL †. Kirby, William and Spence, WilliamAn introduction to entomology. …
  • … (Inscriptions: vol. 1 (1830), ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: …
  • Collected papers  1: 20). Darwin LibraryCUL. Martineau, Harriet. ‘A few little books
  • … *  New Testament  (German). (SignedC. Darwin H.M.S. Beagle’. Copy examined by Sydney Smith  c. …
  • … ‘Chas. Darwin Buenos Ayres Sept. 1833’). CUL Adv.d.79.226. § Rivero, Mariano de. Memoria
  • Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer . . .  2 vols. …
  • concerning a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.].  London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline