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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications

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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics.  Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…

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  • … appropriate, references are given to reprints available in John van Wyhe ed.,  Charles Darwin’s …
  • … Navy: and adapted for travellers in general , edited by John F. W. Herschel. London: John Murray. …

Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

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  • … In January, Darwin corresponded with George John Romanes about new varieties of sugar cane produced …
  • … Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an anonymous article on the …
  • … 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review to Murray. He was pleased by ‘the few first …
  • … or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author …
  • … Darwin had a less heated discussion with the painter John Collier on the topic of science and art. …
  • … himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had …
  • … be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley …
  • … and admirers. One of the most touching was from John Lubbock, whose interest in natural history at …
  • … we adjourned as a small tribute of respect’ (letter from John Lubbock to Francis Darwin, 20 April …
  • … pigeon breeder: ‘Skins are on their road to me sent by Mr. Murray from Persia, & I hope to get …
  • … ). Darwin’s former mentor at University of Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, was not a …
  • … Origin, a number of Darwin’s friends, Huxley, John Lubbock, and Charles Lyell, each addressed the …
  • … from Charlotte Papé to Francis Darwin, 21 April 1882, DAR 215: 7k). …

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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  • … The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
  • … 1766] Count Dandalo on silk worm Eng. Translat 1825—Murray [Dandolo 1825] /good/ M rs …
  • … B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray
  • … Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
  • … ] to end of Vol: XVIII & Part I. of V. 19 (1843) 25. Murray Domestic Poultry.— Domestic …
  • … d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th  Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
  • … Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th  St. John’s Highlands [Saint John 1846] 8 …
  • … Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor …
  • … 1848] Madam Malguet [Torrens] 1848] —— Lives of John & Alex. Belthune [?Bethune 1840 and …
  • … Ireland [Thompson 1849–56]. Vol. I. II & 3 May. St. John’s Tour in Sutherlandshire [Saint …
  • … 171] Pagets Travels in Hungary & Transylvania [John Paget 1839]— account of Dogs like …
  • … many vols. I have read.— [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William …
  • … Empire [Huc 1855] Feb 16 th  Pagets Hungary [John Paget 1839] —— Bechsteins …
  • … 23] 1858 Life of Montaigne by B. St. John [B. Saint John 1858].— Miss …
  • … in the  Botanist , 5 vols. (1837–41), edited by John Stevens Henslow and B. Maund. 37 …
  • … may have reissued both parts in 1844. 39  John Lindley served as assistant secretary …
  • … history of creation” . London. [Abstract in DAR 205.9(2): 215.]  119: 16a [——]. 1847.  …
  • … up the River   Amazon, including a residence at Pará . (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
  • … Translated from the German and French by Lady Duff Gordon. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
  • … in DAR 71: 180–91.]  *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866.  The geographical …
  • … Leveson Gower [afterwards Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere]. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) London. …
  • … of H. Steffens.  Translated from the German. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) London.  119: …
  • … of Varnhagen von Ense by Sir Alexander Duff Gordon. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) London.  …