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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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- … facts about reproductive system Encyclop of Rural Sports [Blaine 1840] (at Athenæum?) Book II …
- … Ap. 1. Blaine D. P. [illeg] Encyclop. of Rural Sports [Blaine 1840]. (Abst) —— Several …
- … 1724] (nothing) scarcely —— 10 Johnson’s Field Sports of India [D. Johnson 1822] (nothing) …
- … [DAR 119: 15a] 1844 & 5 Oct 20. Lloyd Field Sports of N. of Europe [L. Lloyd …
- … on Pointer & Retriever &c Williamson Oriental Field Sports [Williamson 1807] …
- … ——. 1840. An encyclopædia of rural sports; or, a complete account, historical, practical, …
- … containing practical hints on most of the Highland sports, and notices of the habits of the …
- … 157 Johnson, Daniel. 1822. Sketches of field sports as followed by the natives of …
- … 128: 23 Lloyd, Llewellyn. 1830. Field sports in the north of Europe; comprised in a …
- … William George. 1846. Short sketches of the wild sports and natural history of the Highlands …
- … 5a, 17b Williamson, Thomas. 1807. Oriental field sports; being a complete … …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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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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- … finished, by 23 January 1863, a chapter on bud-variation, or sports, he had completed the first half …
