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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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  • 1842]. Life of D. of Marlborough [A. Alison 1848]— (read) Montagus Translat of Visa
  • 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 18327] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; well worth studying for
  • … [Dandolo 1825] /good/ M rs  Whitby [Whitby 1848] In Library of Entomological Society & …
  • … [E. Phipps 1850] L d . Harveys Memoirs [Hervey 1848] Cuming Lion Hunter [Cumming
  • 1818] (Brougham) Ermans Travels in Siberia [Erman 1848] (Boot) 44  (read) Bethunes
  • Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] Lambs Letters [Lamb 1837] (read) …
  • … [Godwin 1835] Brookes last Journal by Mundy [Mundy 1848] Goldsmiths life by Forster
  • Charing Crosssells Johnstons Maps [A. K. Johnston 1848] separatelyForbes is going to publish one. …
  • Emotions by G. Ramsay B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. Johns Nat. Hist. of
  • 1839] Catherine 48 Life of Collins R.A. [Collins 1848] Phases of Faith [Newman 1850
  • of Dublin ] Vol 1.— abstracted. Nov. Some vols. of GardenersMagazine [ Gardener's
  • Christian K.. Soc [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1848] 81 March 30 th . Life
  • Brown 1824, 1814, 1818]. [DAR 119: 21a] 1848 . Jan 1. Reports & …
  • 25. Bunbury Journal of Residence at C. of Good Hope [Bunbury 1848] March. 5. Memoires de la
  • 12. Arthur Adams. Notes from Journal of Nat. Hist. [Belcher 1848] May Kosmos [?A. von
  • 7 th  Supplements to Müllers Physiology [Baly and Kirkes 1848] 17 th  Thompsons Birds of
  • Oct 5. Gould Introduct. to Birds of Australia [Gould 1848] —— 20 Billings Voyage to N. Sea
  • … ] up to Tom IX inclusive [DAR 119: 21b] 1848 Jan 25. W. Tone
  • July 20. Sterlings Memoir of by Hare [Sterling 1848]— moderately good Campbells Chancellors
  • Novum organum.— Work on Hybridism reviewed in Gardeners Chronicle in 1852. by Wagner? [Unger
  • Horticole No 911 89  1853 [Lecoq 1853]. Reviewed in Gardeners Ch. July 3153 [Anon. 1853] …
  • in Nat. Hist. (Kippist) Linn. Soc. 95 The Gardeners Magazine of Botany [ Gardener& …
  • experiments performed by Lord Arthur Hervey in 1843 in  GardenersChronicle and Agricultural
  • Ungers book on hybridism was reviewed in  GardenersChronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 32
  • of H. Lecoq's work on  Mirabilis ].  GardenersChronicle and Agricultural Gazette  no. 31, …

Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications

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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics.  Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…

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  • is the action of common salt on carbonate of limeGardenersChronicle and Agricultural Gazette
  • higher levelProceedings of the Geological Society  4 (1848): 315-23.  [ Shorter publications

Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health

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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’.  Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…

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  • … nothing had interested him so much since his discovery in 1848 of what he called ‘Complemental males …
  • … on different species. of all classes of men Gardeners are the most troublesome …
  • … would be provoked by Scott’s position, suggesting that the gardeners were often at odds with one …
  • … warned Darwin: ‘Do pray take care, of all classes of men Gardeners are the most troublesome … they …
  • … for Variation , he asked readers of the  Gardeners’ Chronicle  to consult their old gardening …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • By the way I ventured to send a few days ago a copy of the GardenersChronicle, with a short report
  • XVII, 1882 4  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … family house in Shrewsbury after their father’s death in 1848 until Catherine married in 1863. …