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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 to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
- … that a work had been entered in an alphabetical listing of books read. This notebook (DAR 120) is a …
- … Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology ] read …
- … in Library of Institute. Perhaps Bailliere has it. British Museum Traite Elementair …
- … in which species are shown to be not immutable see Brit. Museum Collect. (Anonymous) Wartmann …
- … B. von Siebold 1833–50] Zoolog. Soc “Memoires du Museum d’Histoire Naturelle” (Cuvier Paper …
- … A. Downing Wiley & Putnam. 14 s . [Downing 1845] (Brit. Museum) (read) good H. Watson …
- … [ Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal ] Mem: du Museum [ Mémoires du Muséum d' …
- … [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] Gibbon’s Life of …
- … my subjects Elie de Beaumont’s 2 vol of memoirs on Geology of France [Dufrénoy and Élie de …
- … life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. Phillips 1837–9] Lardners 2 …
- … [DAR 119: 18a] 1847. Jan 14 th Mem: du Museum [ Mémoires du Muséum d' …
- … in 1844. 39 John Lindley served as assistant secretary to the Horticultural Society …
- … of rural sports; or, a complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, …
- … 119: 17b, 22b ——. 1851. Emigration in its practical application to individuals and …
- … John. 1840. The moor and the loch: containing practical hints on most of the Highland sports, …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 457–82. …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 483–534. …
- … Shepherd). 1807. The sheperd’s guide; being a practical treatise on the diseases of sheep, …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
- … scientific correspondence. Six months later the volume of his correspondence dropped markedly, …
- … ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a letter of 23 [June 1863] he wrote to his …
- … Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where he underwent a course of the water-cure. The treatment was not …
- … with the challenges presented by the publication in February of books by his friends Charles Lyell, …
- … Huxley, the zoologist and anatomist. Lyell’s Antiquity of man and Huxley’s Evidence as to man …
- … bearing on Darwin’s species theory and on the problem of human origins. Specifically, Darwin …
- … similarities between humans and apes, Darwin was full of praise. He especially admired its …
- … In the same letter, he gave his reaction to the Antiquity of man , complaining that he was …
- … Britain’s scientific circles following the publication of Lyell’s and Huxley’s books. Three …
- … 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter he reminded Lyell of his belief that human beings were ‘in …
- … the famous line: ‘Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history’ (p. 488). Since the …
- … of which Haast was a founding member ( see letter from the secretary of the Philosophical Institute …
- … point again in his six lectures to working men, given at the Museum of Practical Geology at the end …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
- … son Bernard, occasionally comparing the mental faculties of the two-year-old with those of a monkey. …
- … ‘must be left the extending & fortifying the principles of Evolution’. After completing his two …
- … against heat loss. ‘I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves …
- … us great labour, as it has been a problem since the time of Linnaus. But we have killed or badly …
- … (young shoot) when it broke through the soil in the shape of an arch ( Movement in plants , pp. 96 …
- … gets more water, but I asked the gardener privately & he on practical grounds says he waters the …
- … July . Pinker later made a statue of Darwin for the Oxford Museum of Natural History; he used a …
- … was complicated by the fact that Haughton, a professor of geology at Trinity College, Dublin, had …
- … sign and help distribute a letter of protest to the foreign secretary, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne …