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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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  • to read in Notebook C ( Notebooks , pp. 31928). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in
  • in the Royal Society of London (Royal Society of London 1839) has been heavily marked, and quite a
  • Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4  [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. …
  • 181429] D r  Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle 1839] (read) Smellie Philosophy of
  • 12  by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. Owen 1839] Dampier probably worth
  • on subjects of science connected with Nat. Theol: [Brougham 1839] on instinct & animal
  • 1823] of range of plants. 13 Books quoted by Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 338 Schiede
  • 1826]— has remarks on acclimatizing of plants. Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 348 gives reference
  • 1808] Brit. & Foreign Medical Rev. N o  14. Ap 1839 [Anon. 1839b] Rev. on Walker on
  • Read M r  Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of
  • … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds  letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824
  • 183440]: In Portfolio ofabstracts34  —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm
  • M rs  Frys Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
  • Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleays letter to D r  Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
  • Life of Haydn & Mozart [Beyle 1817] —— Herbert on Hybrid mixture [Herbert 1837]— marginal
  • 1841]. 2 d . vols. —— 30 th . Smollets William & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— …
  • Selbourn by Bennett [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837], notes by W. Herbert, Rennie [J. Rennie] ed. 1833]. …
  • … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
  • … [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2126 [A. Murray
  • …  Hinds Solar System [Hind 1852] April 20 th  William Humboldts letters [K. W. von Humboldt
  • 7  Probably a reference to the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph
  • In February 1882, however, after reading the introduction to William Ogles translation of Aristotle
  • Notebooks ). 19  According to the  DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both
  • of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to
  • … ( Notebooks , pp. 31928). 55  The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors

Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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  • … they show for one another’s sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at …
  • … and momentous conviction that species were mutable (S. Herbert 1980, p. 12; Sulloway 1982b). Using …
  • … and set in type by November 1837, though not published until 1839, when it appeared as the third …
  • … This explanation of a “new Geological Power”, as William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report …
  • … of the  Beagle  voyage. With the help of J. S. Henslow, William Whewell, and other prominent …
  • … by C. G. Ehrenberg; fungi by M. J. Berkeley; and corals by William Lonsdale ( Collected papers , 2 …
  • … Towards the end of 1843, he increasingly hoped that William Jackson Hooker or his son Joseph might …
  • … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
  • … Henslow, Jenyns, Waterhouse, and his second cousin, William Darwin Fox—knew, as he said to Henslow, …
  • … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
  • … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
  • … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
  • … selection preserved from this period are the exchanges with William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a …
  • … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
  • … Marriage Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. His hopes and fears about married life …
  • … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [  c.  February 1839] …
  • … for several months (See  Correspondence  vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
  • … the correspondence about the vitality of seeds discovered by William Kemp of Galashiels in a …
  • … sea-water. The letters about Kemp’s seeds and the William Herbert correspondence, which was …
  • … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the  …

Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage

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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…

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  • … gentry of the 1820s and 1830s. The letters from William Darwin Fox, Frederick William Hope, …
  • … scientific pursuits. In September 1828 he had John Maurice Herbert and Thomas Butler following his …
  • … fellows your friends at Barmouth must be’ ( see letter to J. M. Herbert, [13 September 1828] ). …
  • … until FitzRoy completed his volume of the Narrative  in 1839. London scientific society …

Experimenting with emotions

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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…

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  • … the behaviour of humans and animals. At the same time (1839), he embarked on a detailed study of his …
  • … for the eyes, so as to show the wrinkles round them’ ( letter to A. D. Kindermann, [27 March 1871] …
  • … physiologists such as Johannes Müller, Claude Bernard, and William Carpenter, as well as theorists …
  • … new network of correspondents. One of his first contacts was William Bowman, an eminent ophthalmic …
  • … sent sympathetically at the same time to the glands?” ( letter to William Bowman, 30 March [1868] …
  • … After several years, Donders eventually sent a 16 page letter containing a digest of his experiments …
  • … and the cerebrum, the seat of thought and volition ( letter from Frans Donders, 28 May 1870 ). The …
  • … post an attempt to answer your questions”. In a very long letter, he made his best guess, …
  • … distinct physiological (possibly anatomical) relation” (letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] …
  • … when nearly all agree in their answer, I trust him’ ( letter to James Crichton Browne, 8 June 1870 …

Darwin’s Photographic Portraits

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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…

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  • … It is a Daguerreotype – a process invented in France in 1839 by Louise Jacque Mandé Daguerre and …
  • … side of Darwin, as a young father with his young son, William. Image: Charles Darwin and …
  • … to the copy he had sent five years previously in his 1860 letter to Hooker , Darwin exclaimed …
  • … and again in 1864 Charles Darwin sat for his eldest son, William Darwin, and these two images became …
  • … Gidley King , and included the photograph taken by William, which Darwin deemed ‘a good likeness’. …
  • … beard’! Images: Charles Darwin, 1860-61, William Darwin, Courtesy of Harvard University …
  • … other nineteenth-century celebrities such as the astronomer William Herschel and later Alfred …
  • … gaze. These photographs were rarely included in a Darwin letter, save for perhaps a very few close …
  • … taken for public consumption. Responding to  a letter from a German translator – Adolph …
  • … which you do me the honour to wish to possess.” As the letter and photograph had to travel from Down …
  • … of his celebrity portrait, as they had done ever since William Darwin took the first portrait with …
  • … of Darwin would be produced by the London photographer Herbert Rose Barraud. Barraud produced both …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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  • … his publishers, he warned that it was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). …
  • … turned out, alas, very dull & has disappointed me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June …
  • … home again’, he fretted, just days before his departure ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26 …
  • … many blessings, was finding old age ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ) …
  • … wrinkles one all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 …
  • … itself, or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and …
  • … office to complete Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). …
  • … but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
  • … on your life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). …
  • … to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This letter crossed with one from Darwin, …
  • … the statement ‘In the beginning was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). …
  • … as the ‘organ of “uncultivated materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). …
  • … up the glory & would please Francis’, he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 …
  • … wholly & shamefully ignorant of my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 …
  • … known philosopher and poet’ ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Francis Beaufort to Robert …
  • … these things with the when & the where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May …
  • … paternal grandparents thought ‘perfect in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). …
  • … and Darwin had not met (nor, it seems, corresponded) since 1839, but because Darwin’s name was so …
  • … heard of him ‘constantly, & always with pride’ ( letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). …
  • … essay might end up ‘interfering with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin …
  • … made such an introduction ‘almost indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin …
  • … everything into ridicule. He hates scientific men’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 ). …
  • … must be ‘in some degree interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). …
  • … ‘very tastefully and well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and …
  • … ‘more perplexed than ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). …
  • … telling, and he regretted going beyond his ‘tether’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 …
  • … research (first during his stay in Southampton with Sara and William Darwin in May and then while on …
  • … Bernard had reached an altogether more advanced stage. ‘Herbert Spencer says in his new book ‘Data …
  • … about the nature of Malcolm Guthrie’s critique of Herbert Spencer’s views of the theory of natural …
  • … very pleasant, but, ‘Oh—such shouting’, she wrote to William Darwin: ‘He has been coasting round the …