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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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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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  • … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
  • … is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
  • … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
  • … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
  • … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
  • … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
  • … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
  • … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
  • … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
  • … researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
  • … about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
  • … down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
  • … me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
  • … best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently ended in a …
  • … edited by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the …
  • … the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice looked to Darwin to provide …
  • … case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard’s reply must be read in …
  • … inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). Automata and vivisection …
  • … Collier sent Darwin a copy of his Primer of art (Collier 1882), which seemed to follow Darwin’s …
  • … a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry …
  • … consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley 1881, pp. 199–245). …
  • … be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L …
  • … complete rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with …
  • … [28 October 1836] , letter from Emma Wedgwood and Louisa Holland to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [21 and 24 …
  • … domestic animals for study. He wrote to the gentleman expert Edward Harcourt, a specialist on birds …

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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  • … by Gallesio. Pisa 1816 [Gallesio 1816]— quoted by D r . Holland [Holland 1839] (p. 27) as good— …
  • … Hort. Soc Journal of a Hort. Tour through Flanders & Holland in 1817 [Neill, Hay, and …
  • … . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural History. By Edward Jesse, Surveyor of Her Majesty’s …
  • … French Translat. [Meckel 1828–38] in Royal Soc D r . Holland says facts about reproductive system …
  • … 7a] 1840 D r . Hollands Medical Notes [Holland 1839]— have added notes from 2 …
  • … Birds of Australia [Gould 1848]. —— 20 D r  Holland Chapters on Mental Phys: [Holland 1852] …
  • … never read his works ( Calendar  no. 11875). In February 1882, however, after reading the …
  • … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
  • … 44  Probably Francis Boott. 45  Edward Forbes provided sketches and notes for the …
  • … London. [Other eds.]  *119: 15; 119: 22b Belcher, Edward. 1848.  Narrative of the voyage …
  • … domesticorum . Hafniæ.  *128: 182 Bennett, Edward Turner, ed. 1837.  The natural history …
  • … …  [By Gilbert White.] A new edition with notes by Edward Turner Bennett. London. [Abstract in DAR …
  • … . Edinburgh. [Other eds.]  119: 21b Bevan, Edward. 1827. The honey-bee; its natural …
  • … collected in Melville Island. Appendix XI in Parry, William Edward,  A   supplement to the …
  • … and 12 atlases. Paris.  *119: 5v. [Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton]. 1835.  …
  • … Trilobites.  Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. London: Ray Society. …
  • … ser. 6: 142–214.  *119: 21v.; 119: 18a Clarke, Edward Daniel. 1810–23.  Travels in …
  • … of Oxford. London. [Other eds.]  119: 21b Eyre, Edward John. 1845.  Journals of …
  • … [Darwin Library.]  119: 18b; *128: 178 Forbes, Edward. 1841.  A history of British …
  • … London  2, pt 2: 483–534.  119: 22a Forbes, Edward and Hanley, Sylvanus. 1849–53.  A …
  • …  etc. 2d ed. Tiguri.  128: 16 Gibbon, Edward. 1776–88.  The history of the decline and   …
  • … ——. 1827.  Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward   Gibbon, composed by himself, and …
  • … . London. [Other eds.]  119: 11b Gray, John Edward. 1843–52.  Catalogue of the specimens …
  • … Richard Williams . Edinburgh.  128: 9 Harcourt, Edward Vernon. 1851.  A sketch of …
  • … of letters . London.  119: 6a Hickson, William Edward. 1849. Review of Thomas Robert …