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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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- … to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— Lesson Hist Nat des …
- … Generale. Iside. St Hilaire [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841]— Some wonderful facts on Hybrids read …
- … [Butler 1736] Life & corresp. of Beethoven [Schindler 1841] Locke on Education …
- … } Hist of India— [Elphinstone 1841 and ?Macpherson 1812] Macpherson’s …
- … Lee Scot’s Narrative of Shipwreck in China [J. L. Scott 1841] Lockarts Life of Burns …
- … French [Ségur 1825] Catlins Indians [Catlin 1841].— L d . Dudley’s Correspondence …
- … in the Himalayan Provinces by W. Moorcroft. Edited by Wilson 1841 [Moorcroft and Trebeck 1841 …
- … Sicily [Philippi 1836].— Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. 1841 [Paxton 1840]— probably good—every …
- … r Knight from Hort: & Royal Soc. 15 s . Longman [Knight 1841] Gardener’s Magazine …
- … From Herschel’s Review Quart. June /41/ [Herschel 1841] I see I must study Whewell on …
- … de morphologie. par August. de Saint-Hilaire [Saint-Hilaire 1841]: review annal. des Scien. p. 100 …
- … Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6]// on Horses [C. H. Smith 1841]// Exotic Moths including Si[l]k …
- … und Wiesengräser &c Von. J. Metzger. Heidelberg 1841 [Metzger 1841] Read Henslow in …
- … [ Veterinarian ] Veterinary: Jan & Feb. number 1841. Karkeek on the geological History …
- … D r . Etherington Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 1841–3]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a …
- … Geological Society (read) Goulds Kangaroos [Gould 1841–2]— Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] ( …
- … Martineau 1837] Bamfords Life of a Radical [Bamford 1841] [DAR *119: 21v.] …
- … Eliza 50 has good Edition Catlins Indians [Catlin 1841] Edwardes. Voyage up Amazon …
- … End Feb. 23 rd . Henslow Pamph. on Wheat [Henslow 1841]— fact about number & size of …
- … Generale. Isid. G. St. Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th Journal de …
- … Dec. 10 th The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. Martineau 1841] —— 12 Sir S. Romilly’s …
- … 1836–7] 26 th . Carlyle. Hero Worship [Carlyle 1841].— moderate April 4 th . …
- … K. Porter 1821–2]— [DAR 119: 11a] 1841 May 13 Stillingfleet Tracts …
- … Paper on Zoosperms in Annales des Sciences no. 1: 1841: [Prévost and Dumas 1824] 23 d …
- … abstracted 22 d Lyells Elem. 2 d Edit. [Lyell 1841] d[itt]o.— Jan 3 d . …
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…
