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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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- … (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the …
- … in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on Geog. distrib: of Brit: …
- … Society ].— Flora of St Helena 1825 [A. Watson 1825] in Library of Hort. Soc Journal …
- … 14 s . [Downing 1845] (Brit. Museum) (read) good H. Watson in Phytologist. April May or …
- … Whewell on Education [Whewell 1845–52]. Dec: 26. Watson History of Philip 2 d . (3 vols:) …
- … [Seringe 1845–7]. (nothing) —— 9 th H. C. Watson. Cybele Britannica [H. C. Watson 1847–59] …
- … du rire. In–8. A. Durand . 3 fr. 117 [Dumont 1862] Goethe. — Œuvres d’histoires …
- … F. Smith on Apidæ [F. Smith 1855] 15 H C. Watson Remarks on Geograph distrib. of British …
- … à Buffon.) Paris. *119: 14v. Dumont, Léon. 1862. Des causes du rire. Paris. *128: …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
Summary
The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
