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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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- … 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 Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
- … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
- … book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
- … a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
- … to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 …
- … [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular gradation in man [C. White 1799] Lindley’s …
- … 8 vo p 181 [Latreille 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian …
- … in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on Geog. distrib: of Brit: …
- … by Gallesio. Pisa 1816 [Gallesio 1816]— quoted by D r . Holland [Holland 1839] (p. 27) as good— …
- … Hort. Soc Journal of a Hort. Tour through Flanders & Holland in 1817 [Neill, Hay, and …
- … French Translat. [Meckel 1828–38] in Royal Soc D r . Holland says facts about reproductive system …
- … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith …
- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … 7a] 1840 D r . Hollands Medical Notes [Holland 1839]— have added notes from 2 …
- … 1814]. Sense & S [Austen 1811]. Rich d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare: King Richard …
- … 1857] (the best Travels I ever read) Sept. Froude Henry VIII [Froude 1856]. 4 vols very …
- … printed notices pasted into the notebook. 26 Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham and …
- … in December, 1841 . Oxford. 119: 13b Atkinson, Henry George and Martineau, Harriet. 1851 …
- … 1848. Memoirs of the life of William Collins, Esq., R.A. 2 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: …
- … by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
- … Robert. 1843. Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
- … Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …
Inheritance
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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
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- … to advance the hypothesis of Pangenesis (Charles Darwin, Variation , vol. 2, p. 357). …
- … worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to describe how heredity might …
- … ‘The whole subject of inheritance is wonderful’ Darwin wrote,‘When a new character arises, whatever …
- … 26 [March 1863] ). Years before he published, Darwin sent a draft manuscript on Pangenesis …
- … T. H. Huxley, 16 July 1865 ). 'Your last note' Darwin replied, 'made us …
- … was indeed 'abominably wildly, horridly speculative'. Darwin never completely gave …
- … shall wait, before he expresses his opinion. . . Old Sir H. Holland says he has read it twice & …
- … some other name. ( to J. D. Hooker, 23 February '1868] ) And took …
- … place,—and that I think hardly possible. ( from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 ) …
