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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 Darwins letters; the full transcript
  • … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwins 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 theBooks Readsections, Darwin recorded that a work had been
  • to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838
  • … [DAR *119: 2v.] Whites regular gradation in man [C. White 1799] Lindleys
  • 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: …
  • Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759] Jackson Four Ages [Jackson 1798] Stewart, …
  • 1841].— L d . Dudleys Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII
  • Halls voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
  • Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 18413]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a part. 38
  • Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist [Jesse 1844] must be studied. J. JarvesScenes in
  • Traite Elementair  Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 18445]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it1844read
  • … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith
  • …  Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph Dalton
  • collection is a presentation copy from the author to William Jackson Hooker. See  Correspondence
  • and theOin pencil. It is not clear which of William Jackson Hookers journals is meant here: the
  • 1848Memoirs of the life of William   Collins, Esq., R.A.  2 vols. London.  *119: 23; 119: …
  • … . London. [Other eds.]  119: 13a Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845The fruits and fruit
  • 78.]  *119: 19v.; 119: 21a; 128: 2 Graba, Karl Julian. 1830Tagebuch, geführt auf einer
  • by Richard Owen.  Vol. 4 of  The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
  • Robert. 1843Memoirs of the life of John   Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
  • Peacock, George. 1855Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S.  London.  *128: 172; 128: 21