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Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … Chapter’, Darwin wrote to his sister Caroline, adding that Charles Lyell ‘ says it beats all the …
- … get lost as part of three-volume set. In September 1838, Charles Lyell reported that his father …
- … of his work, and especially appreciated the positive view of Charles Lyell Sr, claiming that ‘ to …
- … from Colburn, Darwin had few scruples when, in 1845, at Lyell’s suggestion, he asked whether the …
- … German edition produced in 1844, needed to be returned. ‘ Lyell recommended me to write to the …
- … however, not least because it would have been anathema to Charles Lyell, to whom Darwin dedicated …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin …
- … the proceedings . . . Cambridge, 1833. (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). …
- … ( Red notebook , pp. 8e, 10; ‘Beagle’ diary , p. 407). Daniell, John Frederic. …
- … 1806. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘Rob t FitzRoy to Charles Darwin’; Red notebook , pp. 75, 105e, …
- … Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). (Inscribed ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the Author Dunheved Jan 26 1836 …
- … (DAR 30.2: 182v., 184). Darwin Library–Down. * Lyell, Charles. Principles of geology . . . …
- … ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: Video. Novem r . 1832’; vol. 3 …
- … Reyno de Chile ). Part 2. Madrid, 1795. (Inscription: ‘Charles Darwin Valparaiso 1834’). Darwin …
- … * Richardson, Samuel. The history of Sir Charles Grandison . . . 7 vols. London, 1781. (Vols. 3 …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … the form of a poem: From the Insects to their friend, Charles Darwin We are very …
- … local vicar George Sketchley Ffinden resurfaced. In 1873, Charles and Emma Darwin and the Lubbocks …
- … despondent, yet benevolent man’ (‘Recollections’, p. 407). Even scientific colleagues could …
- … including one of his oldest and dearest friends, Charles Lyell. Darwin had learned of Lyell’s …
