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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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- … climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular gradation in man [C. …
- … & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. …
- … ] Von Buch’s Travels [Buch 1813]— skimmed White’s Nat. Hist. of Selbourne [G. White …
- … notes Mitchells Australia [Mitchell 1838] Walter Scott’s life [Lockhart 1837–8] 1 st …
- … 13a] 1843 Feb 20 th . L. Jenyns notes to White’s Selbourn [Jenyns ed. 1843]. Ref …
- … be read —— Whites Regular Gradation of Man [C. White 1799] —— The Bee (by Anderson) [ …
- … Crawfords Embassy to Siam [Crawfurd 1828] May. Blanco White. Auto-biography [Blanco y Crespo …
- … Vol III & IV [J. Harris 1844] 28 Lockart Life of Walter Scot [Lockhart 1837–8] …
- … Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White [Collins 1860] } Hensleigh …
- … du rire. In–8. A. Durand . 3 fr. 117 [Dumont 1862] Goethe. — Œuvres d’histoires …
- … 1854 Jan 11 th . Pulsky Red, Black & White [Pulszky 1853] (moderate) [DAR …
- … [Beste 1855] good Londoners Walk to Lands End [W. White 1855] The Warden (a novel) …
- … (1837) and for James Rennie’s edition (1833) of Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne . …
- … history and antiquities of Selborne … [By Gilbert White.] A new edition with notes by Edward …
- … 13a Blanco y Crespo, José Maria (Joseph Blanco White). 1845. The life of the Rev. Joseph …
- … 1834. Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. London. [Other eds.] …
- … *119: 23; 119: 22b ——. 1860. The woman in white . New York and London. *128: 152 …
- … de Physique 94: 19–61. 128: 12 Devereux, Walter Bourchier. 1853. Lives and letters of …
- … 24 Doblado, Leucadio, pseud . (Joseph Blanco White). 1822. Letters from Spain . …
- … à Buffon.) Paris. *119: 14v. Dumont, Léon. 1862. Des causes du rire. Paris. *128: …
- … natural history of Selbourne by the late Rev. Gilbert White, M.A. A new edition, with notes. …
- … 1849. The natural history of Selborne … [By Gilbert White]\. With additions and supplementary …
- … and Colonial Library.) London. 119: 16b Landor, Walter Savage 1824–9. Imaginary …
- … 13b ——. 1837–8. Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart . 7 vols. Edinburgh …
- … between … 1811 and 1821 … In six letters to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 4 vols. London. *119: …
- … [Other eds.] 119: 9b Pulszky, Ferencz. 1853. White, red, black. Sketches of society …
- … of the Kite . London. *119: 14; 119: 18b Scott, Walter. 1808. The life of John Dryden …
- … Jessie ed. 1849, and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833. White, Walter. 1855. A Londoner’s walk to Land’s …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … concerned about the consequences of Wallace’s book. Henry Walter Bates urged Darwin to respond to it …
- … ‘Good rabbit news.! One of the latest litters has a white forefoot’ ( letter from Francis Galton, …
- … and fine breeding: ‘the father is descended from Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated “Maida”’ ( letter …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … organisms had become geographically dispersed , whether white blue-eyed cats really were …
- … in April 1861 1 st French edition published May 1862 2d German translation, 1863 …
- … edition, Bronn’s second German translation, published in 1862, contained revisions not made in the …
- … of these were made in response to discussions with Henry Walter Bates, friend and travelling …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … correspondents. Hooker’s research on alpine floras, Henry Walter Bates’s article on mimetic …
- … by debates about a suitable translator, Bronn having died in 1862. Finally, Julius Victor Carus, a …
- … on dimorphism and dichogamy. As he had done since 1862, Darwin relied on assistance from his …
- … of the common broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) and the white broom ( C. multiflorus ) in his …
