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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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  • … [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardsons Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 182937] …
  • … [G. Montagu 180213]— facts about close species. Wilsons American Ornithology [A. Wilson
  • Paper on consciousness in brutes Blackwood June 1838 [J. F. Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on
  • to White Nat. Hist of Selbourne [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837 and [J. Rennie] ed. 1833] read 19  : …
  • what have they written.? “Hunt” [J. Hunt 1806] p. 290
  • chiefly on distribution of forms said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith
  • Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] recommended by Sir. J. Mackintosh J. Long Moral Nature
  • Playfair 1824] Humes Essay [?Hume 17412] J. Taylor Art of Dying [J. Taylor 1651] …
  • in the Himalayan Provinces by W. Moorcroft. Edited by Wilson 1841 [Moorcroft and Trebeck 1841
  • …   History ] Vol. 4: p. 377 to end. June 8 th  Wilson Voyage Round Scotland [J. Wilson
  • letters on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Nov. 15 th  Wilson Voyage. Scotland [J. Wilson 1842] …
  • farm. 93 Feb. Highland Agricultural Report for J. Wilson origin of Domestic animals. 94
  • never read his works ( Calendar  no. 11875). In February 1882, however, after reading the
  • paper has not been identified. It is possible that James Wilsons work on the origin of domestic
  • to the Hebrides . A new edition, greatly enlarged, by John Wilson Croker. 5 vols. London119: 4a
  • years 18381842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York. [Abstract in DAR 71: 512.]  …
  • years 18381842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia. [Abstract in DAR 205.3: …
  • ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et   variétés darbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet   …
  • sur la distribution géographique des animaux vertébrés, moins les oiseauxJournal de Physique 94
  • Drury, Robert. 1729Madagascar; or, Robert Drurys   journal, during fifteen   years
  • … [Vols. 3 and 4 in Darwin Library.]  119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832Memoir sur la
  • augmentée dun grand nombre de fruits, les uns échappés aux recherches de Duhamel, les autres
  • … . Vol. 37 in Jardine, William, ed.,  The naturalists library . 40 vols. Edinburgh. 1843.  *119: …

Diagrams and drawings in letters

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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…

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  • the highlights in chronological order: Adam Sedgwick's report on his geological work in
  • seen growing,  [123 July 1841] William Hopkins's comments on a compass diagram
  • geological formation3 March 1845 Edward Forbes's "Atlantis" theory,  …
  • their geometry,  [19 June 1858] . W. E. Darwin's observations on  Pulmonaria14
  • coloration of moths26 March 1868 Adolf Reuter's sketches of  Robinia rubra  and  …
  • Expression24 February [1872] Gerard Krefft's "Review of Owens Cuvierian
  • of  Gasteria7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch showing his system of
  • villa15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's information on  Cyclamen  and other
  • sides of which are reproduced29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's researches on
  • plants",  Collected papers  2: 23656],  22 February 1882