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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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  • … Library of useful knowledge Horse, cow, sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d …
  • … papers. read Audubons Ornithol: Biography [Audubon 1831–9]— 4 Vols. well worth reading …
  • … 1828a]. quoted by D r  Ryan on marriage [Ryan 1831] (read) Babbington on Flora of Channel …
  • … 1834]. Zoolog. Proceedings & Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. II & Vol. III [DAR *119: …
  • … account of birds of Geneva— Mem. de la Soc. Genev. Tom II p. 29 [L. A. Necker 1823] read …
  • … 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII to Georg II d . death [Hallam 1827] Ranke’s …
  • … of Rural Sports [Blaine 1840] (at Athenæum?) Book II Chapt. 4 on variation by  Blaine .— & on …
  • … of Authors in Loudon’s Encyclop. of Agriculture [Loudon 1831] Dieffenbach Travels into the …
  • … end Herschel’s Introd to Nat. Philosophy [Herschel 1831] d[itt]o 2 d  time of Reading 62 …
  • … 1838] 14 Boswell’s life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. …
  • … of world [Pliny 1601] Well 65  skimmed Lamarck II Vol Philos. Zoology [Lamarck 1809]— …
  • … as far as. p. 488 of 1839 or (Part. XIII) forming end of Vol II: perhaps worth reading on. …
  • … ] to end of 1838. —— Youatt on the Horse [Youatt 1831] Library of Useful K. 1840 …
  • … d . 2 d . poor. Henry IV [Shakespeare:  King Richard II ;  King Henry IV ] Northanger …
  • … 1780] Johnson. Tour to Hebrides by Boswell [Boswell 1831] Philip Van Artevelde [H. …
  • … H. Smith 1841] Dec. Encyclop. of Agriculture [Loudon 1831] (skimmed & abst) Jan 9 …
  • … skimmed.— 8 th  Cox’s Columbia River [Cox 1831] —— Anderson on Sheep [Pallas 1794]: …
  • … } to end of vol Vol. II p. 1 to 240 30 th …
  • … of   the Highland Society of Scotland ]. Vol. I and Vol II 1803: Edited by H. Mackenzie nothing …
  • … Sept 3 d  Brewster’s Life of Sir. I. Newton [Brewster 1831] —— 20 Franklins Narrative 1 st …
  • … 1846] skimmed 14 th  Wellington Despatches Vol I. II. III [Wellesley 1834–9] Dec 12 …
  • … —— 13 th  Phytologist [ Phytologist ]. Vol I &, II to p. 860 —— 28 th  Jardine’s …
  • … July 11. Pistor Das Ganze Taubenzucht [Pistor 1831]. —— 15 Die Enten & Gansezucht. Ulm. …
  • … 1856] 30. Brehm Handbuch Vogel Deutschlands [Brehm 1831]. Sept 5 th  Prosper Lucas l …
  • … Dec. 29 th  Audubons Ornithological Biography [Audubon 1831–9]— [DAR 128: 23] …
  • … . 3 vols. Boston. [Other eds.]  119: 21b Nott, Josiah Clark and Gliddon, George Robbins. …