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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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  • In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished
  • used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwins letters; the full transcript
  • … *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwins alterations. The spelling and
  • book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been
  • a few instances, primarily in theBooks Readsections, Darwin recorded that a work had been
  • of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the
  • own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific
  • quoted by Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 338 Schiede in 1825 [Schiede 1825] & Lasch. Linn in
  • prœsentum crypt. transitu at analogia commentatia [Fries 1825] Clarkes Travels [Clarke 1810
  • Horticultural Society ].— Flora of St Helena 1825 [A. Watson 1825] in Library of Hort. Soc
  • … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds  letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824
  • genres, par M. Latreille, 1 vol. 8vo. 9 s . [Latreille 1825] Mémoire sur la Conformité …
  • of Human wishes. 28 Bacons Essays [Bacon 182536].— Butler. 3. first sermons
  • 1828] Seguir. Russian Expedition French [Ségur 1825] Catlins Indians [Catlin 1841].— …
  • 183440]: In Portfolio ofabstracts34  —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm
  • M rs  Frys Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
  • Fellows Lycia (1 st  Travels) [Fellows 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins
  • Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleays letter to D r  Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
  • … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
  • of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to
  • to Khiva  (James Abbott 1843). 48  Emily Catherine Darwin. 49  Almost
  • list of the books read by CD (DAR 120), which was begun by Catherine Darwin and continued by CD. …
  • … ( Notebooks , pp. 31928). 55  The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors
  • to William Jackson Hooker. See  Correspondence  vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November
  • … . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.]  119: 8a Gore, Catherine Grace Frances. 1838The rose
  • … . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.]  119: 22b [Marsh, Catherine M.]. 1858English hearts and
  • …   Franklin . London119: 23b [Spence, Catherine Ellen]. 1856Tender and true. A   …

Books on the Beagle

Summary

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

Matches: 26 hits

  • … Captain FitzRoy in the  Narrative  (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
  • … . . . There will be  plenty  of room for Books.’ (Letter from Robert FitzRoy, 23 September 1831 …
  • … the ‘immense stock’ which CD mentions may be had from a letter FitzRoy wrote to his sister during an …
  • … from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 29–38), a brief …
  • … is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain …
  • … notes made by CD during the voyage. They are in the Darwin Archive in the Cambridge University …
  • … and symbols are used: DAR  —  Darwin Archive CUL  —  Cambridge University …
  • … on board the  Beagle §  —  mentioned in a letter or other source as being on board …
  • … , conveys the following information: CD’s copy, now in Darwin Libary–CUL, was used on board. The …
  • … 1 of volume 32 of CD’s geological diary (DAR 32.1) in the Darwin Archive. The copy in the Darwin …
  • … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin …
  • … of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s   Strait . . . 1825, 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31 …
  • … Naturelle  3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
  • … d’histoire naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). …
  • … a report of the proceedings . .  . Cambridge, 1833.  (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). …
  • … of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833.  (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and …
  • … America, during the years 1819 . . . 21 . 2 vols. London, 1825. (DAR 31.2: 319; 32.1: 60v.). …
  • … also Hawkesworth, John). (DAR 32.2: 89v.; Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
  • … residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). …
  • … 33: 254). § Euclid.  Elements of geometry.  (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). …
  • … in the gold and diamond districts of Brazil.  London, 1825. (Inscription: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 …
  • … . . . of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata.  London, 1825. (DAR 33: 269v.). Owen, …
  • … Poulett.  Considerations on volcanos . . .  London, 1825. (DAR 35.2: 381). Darwin Library–Down. …
  • … the South Pole performed in the years 1822–24. London, 1825. (DAR 32.2: 109v.). Werner, G. …
  • … Wood, James.  Elements of algebra.  8th ed. Cambridge, 1825. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October …
  • … der Natur , 2d ed., 1826. 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to Catherine Darwin, 5 July [1832]). …