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Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an …
- … answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was supposed to destroy. …
- … at my fury and revenge— Had nineteen-year-old Darwin followed this instruction in a …
- … Fanny Mostyn Owen, wrote a series of revealing letters to Darwin, giving glimpses into their …
- … not know whether Fanny burnt the letters she received from Darwin, but he carefully kept the letters …
- … father, William Mostyn Owen, ‘ the Governor ’. Darwin first heard about Fanny when he was an …
- … The high-spirited, fun-loving Fanny, two years older than Darwin, clearly established the terms of …
- … her love of the dramatic, and most of all her inclusion of Darwin in a make-believe private world, …
- … Forest that shaped the relationship she developed with Darwin. The characters include Peter, a …
- … In Fanny’s first letter, and in many others she wrote to Darwin, he was postilion to her housemaid, …
- … words, convey a warmth of character that was first noted by Darwin’s sister Catherine. After staying …
- … on the social life of Brighton, she also demanded that Darwin send her ‘Shrewsbury scandal’. ‘You …
- … black mysteries after so long an absence ’. Darwin, however, did leave Shrewsbury before …
- … a clergyman. Fanny’s slow response to the news of Darwin’s departure came with the excuse that she …
- … like any thing but what I am , a Housemaid ’. Darwin’s feelings were probably more …
- … he had not heard from her. Writing before the end of Darwin’s first Cambridge term, Fanny …
- … they think, of a Housemaid writing to M r Charles Darwin— ' That summer, while away …
- … A gift with wings At Cambridge, Darwin’s new-found passion for entomology …
- … felt bereft when he learned in a letter from his sister Catherine, received four months later in Rio …
- … grief to you, dearest Charley ’, was the only consolation Catherine could offer. ‘If Fanny was not …
- … sister Sarah the previous summer. Darwin’s sister Catherine thought him ‘a dissipated, gambling …
- … man ’ and ‘ a tiresome person to live with. ’ Catherine remained the most sceptical. ‘Poor Fanny …
- … ‘M r Biddulph seems fond & affectionate to her,’ Catherine reported, ‘ but he is a gay …
- … , the difference between the sisters being caught by Catherine Darwin, who had observed them at a …
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…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished …
- … 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 …
- … of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
- … own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
- … the second reading notebook. Readers primarily interested in Darwin’s scientific reading, therefore, …
- … editors’ identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is …
- … page number (or numbers, as the case may be) on which Darwin’s entry is to be found. The …
- … 1800]— perhaps worth reading quoted by Malthus [Malthus 1826]. Heberdens observations on …
- … spont. Hybrids. where? Sweet Hortus Britann: [Sweet 1826]— has remarks on acclimatizing of …
- … 29 Chardin [Chardin 1686] & Bernier [Bernier 1826]. Mack. says very amusing Toland …
- … [Yarrell 1843] (1 Vol read) Last Edit of Malthus 1826 [Malthus 1826]— (read) Pallas’ …
- … Baber’s Biography. translat. by Erskine [Baber 1826] Lee Scot’s Narrative of Shipwreck in …
- … memoire descriptif de la fôret de Bialowcka. Varsovie 1826 [Brincken 1828] quoted by …
- … generales sur les Mammif. Isid. G. St. Hilaire. 1826? [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826] facts on …
- … 1844].) read Sageret sur les Cucurbitaceæ [Sageret 1826] (Gerard Hybrids [Gérard 1844]) …
- … North’s lives of L d . Guildford & the Norths [North 1826]. (Erasmus) read Hebrew …
- … Fellow’s Lycia (1 st Travels) [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins …
- … [Lavater 1806–7] Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] Oct 12 th W. Earle’s 60 …
- … to Khiva (James Abbott 1843). 48 Emily Catherine Darwin. 49 Almost …
- … list of the books read by CD (DAR 120), which was begun by Catherine Darwin and continued by CD. …
- … . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.] 119: 8a Gore, Catherine Grace Frances. 1838. The rose …
- … . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.] 119: 22b [Marsh, Catherine M.]. 1858. English hearts and …
- … Franklin . London. 119: 23b [Spence, Catherine Ellen]. 1856. Tender and true. A …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … wrote to his sister during an earlier voyage (16 March 1826): ‘I flatter myself I have a complete …
- … from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 29–38), a brief …
- … is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain …
- … 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 …
- … , conveys the following information: CD’s copy, now in Darwin Libary–CUL, was used on board. The …
- … 1 of volume 32 of CD’s geological diary (DAR 32.1) in the Darwin Archive. The copy in the Darwin …
- … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin …
- … 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 1832 Philadelphia …
- … Zoologie . Paris, 1816–30. (DAR 30.1: 6, 12v.). Darwin Library–CUL. § Blainville, Henri …
- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin …
- … (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). Darwin Library–CUL. § Bougainville, Louis …
- … Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL. § British …
- … 26–35. (DAR 35.2: 396). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL ††. ‡ Buch, Leopold von. …
- … . . . by Robert Jameson. London, 1813. (DAR 30.2: 154). Darwin Library–CUL. Bulkeley, John …
- … 1822–4. ( Voyage , p. 182; Red notebook , p. 86). Darwin Library–Down †. Byron, George …
- … the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824–25 . London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 333; Stoddart 1962, p.4). …
- … ofEngland and Wales. Pt 1. London, 1822. (DAR 35.1: 317). Darwin Library–Down. Cook, James. …
- … description of active and extinct volcanoes . . . London, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 23v., 26). Darwin …
- … MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] Garnot. 2 vols., atlas. Paris, 1826–30. (DAR 30.2: 184; 31.1: 241). …
- … journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes. London, 1826. (DAR 36.1: 469v.). Darwin Library …
- … dans les deux hémisphères. 2d ed. Paris, Strasbourg, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 56v.). Darwin Library–CUL †. …
- … Conchifera and Mollusca in a collection formed . . . 1826–30. Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). …
- … Travels in Chile and La Plata . . . 2 vols. London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy …
- … des côtes de l’Amérique méridionale . . . Paris, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 1, 2). [Saint Pierre, …
- … by J. B. B. Eyriès of Ansichten der Natur , 2d ed., 1826. 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle , …
- … The circumstances of its publication were not shaped by Darwin, however, but by the Beagle ’s …
- … Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination …
- … of the globe , with the title Journal and remarks . Darwin’s volume was soon issued separately …
- … of the Beagle , although this title was never used in Darwin’s lifetime. Conception …
- … form the basis of his publication. After Henry Holland, Darwin’s second cousin, pointed out there …
- … confessed, ‘ but I found no part of yours tedious ’. Darwin’s sister Catherine also reported that …
- … to criticize ’. By the end of 1836, the matter of whether Darwin’s journal would form a separate …
- … the narrative be divided into three volumes with one for Darwin alone, and the ‘ profits if …
- … cut out too much for fear it would become ‘ dryer ’. Darwin’s revisions did not involve only …
- … the hodge-podge complete .’ Shortly after this, Darwin outlined the same plan to his …
- … information from others. ‘I have been going steadily,’ Darwin told Henslow, ‘and have already made a …
- … will much add to the value of the whole .’ By July 1837, Darwin had finished the draft of his book …
- … work, cramming up learning to ornament my journal with ’. Darwin’s methods for acquiring …
- … of activity had been spurred by assurances in May 1837 that Darwin’s volume would ‘begin to print in …
- … ‘ not be published till November 1 st . ’ By 18 May, Darwin was working ‘very steadily’, but …
- … at the work’ his progress was slow ’. Nonetheless, Darwin kept to the schedule, even though the …
- … Since books were sent to the printer in sections, Darwin still had a few days to complete later …
- … with the thistles, which will go a few days afterwards ’. Darwin also warned Henslow that he hoped …
- … was something he was ‘ bound to do ’ as he had sent Darwin out on the voyage. If Darwin found …
- … late August, as the proof sheets began to ‘tumble in’, Darwin’s view was confirmed and he foresaw …
- … America provided by the naturalist John Richardson, but Darwin did not ‘succeed in burying the …
- … all work & go and live in the country, for a few weeks ’, Darwin moaned to Henslow, who had …
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
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Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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- … as a member of a seafaring people, he could not understand Darwin’s seasickness, he would often …
- … contain his feelings at seeing the alteration in Jemmy, and Darwin lamented ‘so complete and …
- … joined the captain’s table for dinner, and, according to Darwin, was ‘ very happy, did not wish to …
- … with the Yamana people of Cape Horn, before and after Darwin. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
- … Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] …
