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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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- … sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et Japon [Temminck 1833].— —Have read it. Ogleby Temminck. …
- … of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] read 19 : French [? Annales de la …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … Geograph Soc Siebold’s Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50]— d[itt]o Kalm’s Travels in …
- … Darby’s Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil …
- … Lives of Kepler & Galileo. Drinkwater [J. E. Drinkwater] 1833]— Prof. Smyth. French …
- … Boisduval is author of Fauna of Madagascar [Boisduval 1833]: Suite— Decandolle on Botany [A. de …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … countries Birds of Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50] Zoolog. Soc “Memoires du …
- … 5 s 1834–43 1. Humming Birds, Vol. 1 [Jardine 1833]. 3. Humming Birds, Vol 2 …
- … 1848] (Boot) 44 (read) Bethunes lives [Drinkwater 1833] (Boot) Leslie life of …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … [Mackintosh 1836] Bell on the Hand [C. Bell 1833] Wilkinson’s Egyptian remains [?J. G. …
- … 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. Fanning [Fanning 1833], Dixon [G. Dixon ed. 1789]. Voyages …
- … other numbers 25. Owen & Botelers Africa [W. F. Owen 1833 and Boteler 1835] well skimmed …
- … (for second time) Whewell’s Bridgewater Treatise [Whewell 1833] March 1 st . Philosoph. …
- … [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 …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 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 …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 22b Gray, Elizabeth Caroline. 1840. Tour to the sepulchres of …
- … by Bekhur to Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from … J. G. Gerard, Esq. …
- … 1830. On the dying struggle of the dichotomous sytem. In a letter to N. A. Vigors. Philosophical …
- … *119: 8v., 22v.; *128: 165 ——. 1850a. Letter to the Rev. John Bachman, on the question of …
- … art of improving the breeds of domestic animals. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir …
- … 1820. Remarks on the improvement of cattle, &c. in a letter to Sir John Saunders Sebright, …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
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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- … ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ) …
- … fertility of crosses between differently styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 …
- … François Marie Glaziou (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 …
- … quite untirable & I am glad to shirk any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January …
- … probably intending to test its effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). …
- … we know about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He …
- … of seeing the flowers & experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). …
- … find stooping over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). …
- … sooner or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The …
- … leaves into their burrows ( Correspondence vol. 29, letter from J. F. Simpson, 8 November 1881 …
- … on the summit, whence it rolls down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The …
- … light on it, which would have pleased me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, …
- … annelid seemed to have rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). …
- … by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the previous …
- … by the flippant witlings of the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice …
- … offers, and this was no exception. Another American, Caroline Kennard, had written on 26 …
- … men, and their role as providers for the family. In his letter, he conceded that there was ‘some …
- … of our homes, would in this case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … she be fairly judged, intellectually his inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January …
- … he has allied himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 …
- … Would my actions be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February …
- … a solid scientific foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] …
- … on horseback up the river Uruguay to Rio Negro in November 1833. Darwin also received a detailed map …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … bones at the British Association meeting in Cambridge in 1833 had caused great excitement. The …
- … by Darwin from a suggestion made by his uncle, Josiah Wedgwood II, during one of Darwin’s visits to …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … 1961, p. 53). Marriage Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. His hopes and …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his …
- … Had nineteen-year-old Darwin followed this instruction in a letter he received in 1828, there would …
- … creditors) to a ruined abbey in a forest. In Fanny’s first letter, and in many others she wrote to …
- … First and last pages of the letter from Fanny Owen, [late January 1828] (DAR …
- … Penny Post (1840), envelopes were rarely used. Instead, the letter was folded and held shut with …
- … awfully dull and prosy ’. She closed her letter with instructions to ‘ burn this, or if it …
- … ) Fanny’s thanks came in a characteristic letter. Apologies for not writing sooner, were …
- … mania go on, are you as constant as ever ?’ In this letter, the postilion and housemaid are …
- … ‘ la belle Fanny ’. Letter from Fanny Owen, 27 January [1830] (DAR …
- … Darwin that she would remember him. Responding to a recent letter he had written in a ‘ Blue …
- … there was not to be an end of them!! In her last letter before the Beagle sailed, she …
- … Little wonder that Darwin felt bereft when he learned in a letter from his sister Catherine, …
- … The first and last pages of Fanny Owen’s letter of 1 March 1832 (DAR 204:55), in which Fanny …
- … Although Fanny seemed ‘happy & attached to M r. B’, Caroline Darwin couldn’t help thinking, …
- … following the birth of her first daughter in May 1833, she was ‘deplorably ill & weak, and very …
- … so very engaging and delightful about her.— ’ In the letter accompanying his book in 1872, Darwin …
