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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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  • presented here makes this information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading
  • about the works were later additions to the notebook text. A number of entries in theBooks to be
  • the scientific works listed on the left-hand pages (labelledain the transcript) and the non
  • numbered as follows: the verso of the pages of DAR *119, theapages of DAR 119, the odd-numbered
  • identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is given in
  • until the shelves overflowed, and then, with much lamenting, a day was given up to the cataloguing. …
  • to be Read Humboldts New Spainmuch about castes [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardsons
  • … (Hooker 923) 7  read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle
  • paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 183647] …
  • des hommes & des Animaux by Isid. Geoffroy de S t  Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
  • 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] …
  • tulip. Rose. Hyacinth. 6 s . a catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] Pat. Neil. Art. on
  • 1724] Life of Wilkie [Cunningham 1843] & Chantry [G. Jones 1849]. Grotes History
  • Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] Lambs
  • … [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith
  • 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
  • … [ Asiatick Researches ] 5. vol. 8vo.— Chiefly Sir. W. Joneswork [W. Jones 1799a and 1799b].— re
  • never read his works ( Calendar  no. 11875). In February 1882, however, after reading the
  • 1848Memoirs of the life of William   Collins, Esq., R.A.  2 vols. London.  *119: 23; 119: …
  • by Richard Owen.  Vol. 4 of  The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
  • The botany . London. [Darwin Library.] 128: 6 Jones, George. 1849Sir Francis Chantrey
  • Robert. 1843Memoirs of the life of John   Constable, R.A., composed chiefly of his letters. …
  • Peacock, George. 1855Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S.  London.  *128: 172; 128: 21