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The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … in consequence, on growing a ‘long beard’ ( letter from Mary Butler, [before 25 December 1862] ). …
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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- … 28 Bacon’s Essays [Bacon 1825–36].— Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] …
- … & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] Butler’s Analogy [Butler 1736] …
- … 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
- … & Southey [Cottle 1847]— very good— —— Mary Woolstonecraft Tour in Sweden [Wollstonecraft …
- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White …
- … Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology …
- … 1803] (nothing) [DAR 128: 25] 1859 Feb. 28 Olmstead S. States [Olmsted …
- … Mast [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] …
- … The improvisatore; or, life in Italy . Translated by Mary Howitt. London. 119: 15b …
- … of every-day life . Translated from the Swedish by Mary Howitt. 2 vols. London. 119: 13b …
- … cares and family joys . Translated from the Swedish by Mary Howitt. 2 vols. London. 119: 12b …
- … of every-day life: a diary . Translated from the Swedish by Mary Howitt. London. 119: 13b …
- … Library. Abstract in DAR 71: 85–6.] 128: 12 Butler, Joseph. 1736. The analogy of …
- … of the author of a vindication of the rights of woman [Mary Wollstonecraft]. London. [Other …
- … islands . London. *119: 2v. Howitt, Mary. 1851. Biographical sketches of the queens of …
- … of Victoria, or, Royal book of beauty. Edited by Mary Howitt. London. 128: 11 Huc, …
- … Paris. *119: 14v. Meinhold, Wilhelm. 1844. Mary Schweidler, the amber witch. The …
- … 205.7(2): 192–8.] *119: 2v.; 119: 9a Montagu, Mary Wortley. 1837. The letters and works …
- … as a continuation of Hume . 6 vols. (Vol. 1: William and Mary; vol. 2: Anne.) London. [Other eds.] …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
