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List of correspondents

Summary

Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

Matches: 8 hits

  • … Paul (1) Austen, J. T. (5) Austin, A …
  • … H. (7) Ball, John (5) Ball, Robert …
  • … (8) Beneden, Édouard van (5) Bennet, C. A. (b) …
  • … (1) Birch, Samuel (5) Birkett, Thomas …
  • … (2) Boner, Charles (5) Bonham-Carter, Alice …
  • … (29) Brace, C. L. (5) Bradfield, Thomas …
  • … (3) Canby, W. M. (5) Candolle, Alphonse de …
  • … Carneri, Bartholomäus von (5) Carpenter, W. B. (19) …

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…

Matches: 25 hits

  • de la Folie des Animaux de ses Rapports avec celle de lHomme,” by Dr. Pierquin, published in Paris
  • …  [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r  L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v.] …
  • Cuvier 1822] read Flourens Edit [Flourens 1845] read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. …
  • 183647] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] read Bory S t  Vincent [Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804] …
  • Hist. genérale et Particulière des Anomalies de lorganization des hommes & des Animaux by Isid. …
  • … [Coxe 1817].— in Library of Hort. Soc. [DAR *119:5v.] M c .Neil 16  has
  • Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] Buffon
  • W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] …
  • p. 290Thacker” [Thacker 18345] p. 291 Athenæum 1839. p. …
  • of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 183752].— I should think well worth reading. …
  • of the Agricultural Association meeting at Oxford. paper by L d  Spencer on gestation of animals
  • … “Resume analytique des observations par F. Cuvier sur linstinct”—LInstitut 1839. p. 408 [Flourens
  • Histoire Générale et particulière des anomalies de lorganisation chez lhomme et les animaux, …
  • Soc Siebolds Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 183350]— d[itt]o Kalms Travels in N. …
  • The Philosoph. of Instinct & Reason by S. Bushnan. Longman. 5 s  [Bushnan 1837]—dedicated to L
  • tulip. Rose. Hyacinth. 6 s . a catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] Pat. Neil. Art. on
  • 1821] Encyclop of Anat & Phys [Todd ed. 183659] [DAR *119: 14] Butler
  • … [Lacordaire 18348]: Reptiles [Duméril and Bibron 183454]: Crustacea Milne Edwards [Milne-Edwards
  • Traite Elementair  Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 18445]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it1844read
  • Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] Lambs
  • very poor Sir J 57  Brownes Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyells Book III 5th
  • References at end Mayo Pathology of Human mind [T. Mayo 1838] Evelyns Sylva [Evelyn
  • VII. part III or p 433. N.B. I think the three first of Hort T. volumes possibly might be reread
  • at end 23 d . Moores Life of Byron 6 volumes [T. Moore 1837].— poor.— —— T. Carlyles
  • …   der Säugethiere . Berlin119: 18a Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone. 1838Three

Books on the Beagle

Summary

The Beagle was a sort of floating library.  Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.

Matches: 22 hits

  • August 1833). Brongniart, Alexandre. Rapport fait à lAcadémie Royale des Sciences, sur les
  • 1817. (DAR 30.1: 29v.). Darwin LibraryCUL, 2d edition, 5 vols., Paris, 182930, vols. 4, 5,  …
  • Mines . . .  Trans. with Notes. London, 1824. (DAR 36.2: 522; Stoddart 1962, p. 14). Darwin Library
  • ThomasA geological manual.  London, 1831. (DAR 32.1: 53). Desaulses de Freycinet, L. C.  …
  • du monde . . . sur la corvette . . .La Coquille 18225. Zoologie  par MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] …
  • …  9 vols., 4 vols. plates, Paris, 182444. (DAR 32.1: 52v.). Frézier, Amédée FrançoisA
  • sur les recherches dhistoire naturelle faites dans lAmérique du Sud . . . 1830 et 1831Annales
  • 2 (18): 359452. (DAR 33: 21722Red notebook , pp. 5e, 7e, etc.). Darwin LibraryCUL ††. …
  • hémisphères.  2d ed. Paris, Strasbourg, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 56v.). Darwin LibraryCUL †. …
  • vols. 4th ed. London, 1806. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘Rob t  FitzRoy to Charles Darwin’;  Red
  • collection formed . . . 182630Zoological Journal  5 (18324). (InscribedCharles Darwin Esq
  • …  4 vols. London, 181526. (DAR 30.2: 119; 30.1: 54v.). Darwin LibraryCUL, vol. 1, 3d ed.; vol.2, 2d
  • by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vols. London, 1821. ( Narrative  2: 523). § Krusenstern, Adam Johann von
  • pour servir danalyse et dexplication à lAtlas de locéan Pacifique.  2 vols. St Petersburg, 1827
  • … . .  2 vols. Paris, [17991800]. ( Red notebook , pp. 5e, 12). Darwin LibraryDown. …
  • Jean Vincent FélixExposition méthodique des genres de lordre des polypiers.  Paris, 1821. (DAR
  • … , p. 15e). ‡ Latreille, Pierre André. Vols. 4 and 5Crustacés , etc., of Cuvier, Georges, …
  • edition. Lesson, René-Primevère. See also Duperrey, L. I. Lesson, René-Primevère.  …
  • 1802. (Notes on fly-leaf: ‘Taken from Jones’ (see Jones, T.)). Darwin LibraryCUL †. * Mawe, …
  • …  (Stoddart 1962, p. 14). Rang, SanderManuel de lhistoire naturelle des mollusques et
  • Le pilote du Brésil, ou description des côtes de lAmérique méridionale . . .  Paris, 1826. (DAR 32
  • in Syms Covington, MSJournal 18316’, p. 30; Mitchell Library, Sydney, N. S. W.). Darwin Library