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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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- … whom his work brought him into close contact. In November 1838, two years after his return, Darwin …
- … be as they are (Kohn 1980). Between April 1837 and September 1838 he filled several notebooks with …
- … it (in his referee’s report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been developed by Darwin from a …
- … by all the leading geologists of England—among them Charles Lyell, Sedgwick, and Buckland (see the …
- … of his Beagle work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological tour in …
- … of South America”, Darwin continued to defend his and Lyell’s theory that floating ice—rather than …
- … Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle from February 1838 to October 1843. The correspondence …
- … plant distribution and classification (see Henslow 1837a and 1838; W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott …
- … lists of Darwin’s plants (see D. M. Porter 1981). Charles Lyell In the extensive …
- … correspondent, both scientifically and personally, was Charles Lyell. The letters Darwin and Lyell …
- … had declared himself to be a ‘zealous disciple’ of Lyell, but his theory of coral reef formation, …
- … Their correspondence began in 1836 and from the start Lyell accepted Darwin on equal terms as a …
- … versions in Life and Letters , and from excerpts that Lyell made in his notebooks. Lyell’s …
- … material for her Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Darwin informs her that …
- … 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 …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … In 1840 the illness was different. As he wrote to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , “it is now …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
Darwin’s species notebooks: ‘I think . . .’
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I have lately been sadly tempted to be idle, that is as far as pure geology is concerned, by the delightful number of new views, which have been coming in, thickly & steadily, on the classification & affinities & instincts of animals—bearing…
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he …
- … arranged alphabetically, of the scientific books read from 1838 through 1846, but it was not kept up …
- … by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, …
- … Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 Stoke’s Library 1 …
- … read L. Jenyns paper on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol …
- … Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. forms compared …
- … 1827] Paxton on the culture of Dahlias [Paxton 1838] read Paper on consciousness in …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … Louisiana [darby 1816] & Finch Travels [Finch 1833]. (Lyell) Maximilian in Brazil [Wied …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … of Mexico [W. H. Prescott 1843], strongly recommended by Lyell (read) Berkeleys Works …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849] Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … round world 1803–6 [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] …
- … J 57 Browne’s Religio Medici [T. Browne 1643] Lyell’s Book III 5th Edit 58 [Lyell 1837] …
- … —— 30 th Lyells Principles. 3. Vol. 6 th Edit [Lyell 1840]— references at end.— April 6 …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … 1859]. (goodish) 1 The personal library of Charles Stokes from whom CD borrowed books …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … Erskine. 2 vols. London. *119: 14 Babington, Charles Cardale. 1839. Primitiæ floræ …
- … of Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 13 Badham, Charles David. 1845. Insect life . …
- … [Abstract in DAR 205.3: 180.] 119: 21a Bell, Charles. 1806. Essays on the anatomy of …
- … of the London Clay . London. *119: 12v. Brace, Charles Loring. 1852. Hungary in 1851: …
- … life from 1838 to the present time . Edited by John Charles Templer. 3 vols. London. 128: 9 …
Charles Lyell
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As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's scientific life. Born to a wealthy gentry family in Scotland in 1797, Lyell had a classical and legal education but by the 1820s had become entranced by…
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- … As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's …
- … than that allowed for by traditional Biblical criticism. Lyell believed, however, that the subject …
- … that could be viewed in action at the present time. In Lyell's view, this ruled out any sudden …
- … to keep up with the subsidence of the ocean floor. Although Lyell had originally suggested a …
- … Darwin always believed that his books 'came half out of Lyell's brains'. The …
- … against the transmutation of one species into another. (Lyell even suggested that looking for long …
- … the incomplete character of the fossil record.) Darwin told Lyell of his species work in a letter …
- … Alfred Russel Wallace did propose similar views, Lyell (with Joseph Hooker) engineered the ' …
- … in 1858. Darwin's views posed a terrible paradox for Lyell. In his view, what set humans …
- … from other forms of life. After an agonized struggle, Lyell did come round to accepting a limited …
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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- … are given to reprints available in John van Wyhe ed., Charles Darwin’s shorter publications, 1829 …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 210-12. —Observations of proofs …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 446-9. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 542-4. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1838): 552-4. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
- … F1660.] —Remarks on the preceding paper, in a letter from Charles Darwin, Esq., to Mr. …
- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & …
- … — The structure and distribution of coral reefs . By Charles Darwin. Revised edition. London: …
- … the action of worms, with observations on their habits . By Charles Darwin. London. 1881. [F1357.] …
- … by James Geikie, pp. 141-2. Also, Life and letters of Charles Darwin , edited by Francis Darwin, …
- … work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. 2005. Charles Darwin, geologist. Ithaca, NY: Cornell …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … of departure reviews of Origin . The second is a single letter from naturalist A. R. Wallace to …
- … everything is the result of “brute force”. Letter 2855 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 3 …
- … nature, as he is in a “muddle” on this issue. Letter 3256 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, …
- … shares a witty thought experiment about an angel. Letter 3342 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, …
- … He asks Gray some questions about design. Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 …
- … of my precipice”. Darwin and Wallace Letter 5140 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, …
- … of variations. Darwin and Graham Letter 13230 — Darwin, C. R. to Graham, …
- … of people, including members of his own family. Letter 441 — Wedgwood, Emma to Darwin, …
- … about his “honest & conscientious doubts”. Letter 471 — Darwin, Emma to Darwin, C. …
- … there is a danger in giving up revelation”. Letter 2534 — Kingsley, Charles to Darwin, …
- … need of an act of intervention to bring change. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, …
- … with that knowledge which only He can give me.” Letter 5303 — Boole, M. E. to Darwin, C …
- … that his theory be compatible with her faith. Letter 5307 — Darwin, C. R. to Boole, M. …
- … and science should each run its own course. Letter 8070 — Darwin, C. R. to Abbot, F. E. …
- … “with qualifications”, if he wishes. Letter 8837 — Darwin, C. R. to Doedes, N. D., 2 …
- … man’s intellect, “but man can do his duty”. Letter 12041 — Darwin, C. R. to Fordyce, …
- … most correct description of my state of mind”. Letter 12757 — Darwin, C. R. to Aveling, …
- … on beauty. Letter 4752 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 22 Jan [1865] Darwin …
- … of beauty by animals. Letter 5565 — Kingsley, Charles to Darwin, C. R., 6 June 1867 …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … of the formation of coral reefs that won the support of Charles Lyell, the leading English geologist …
- … on how species might have arisen. In September 1838, reading Thomas Malthus’s Essay on the principle …
- … his species doubts as has been commonly thought. Between 1838 and 1857, he told at least ten of his …
- … the mutability of species. As early as 14 September 1838, before reading Malthus, he wrote to Lyell …
- … the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. In his letter of 11 January 1844 , Darwin …
- … and space with a pre-existing closely allied species’. To Charles Lyell this was a warning that …
- … ‘big book’, when, in June 1858, he received the famous letter from Wallace in which was enclosed a …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large …
- … of Argyll, and an anonymous review by an engineer, Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin, challenged …
- … suppose abuse is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] …
- … to the printer, but without the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to …
- … books, Descent and Expression . In the same letter, Darwin revealed the conclusion to his …
- … variation of animals and plants under domestication . In a letter to his son William dated 27 …
- … of his brother’s embryological papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although …
- … . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send …
- … tell me, at what rate your work will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This …
- … & sent to him, he may wish to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). …
- … fit person’ to introduce the work to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). …
- … Vogt should translate my book in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). …
- … hypothesis of pangenesis’. Such was the case, reported by Charles Victor Naudin, of a fan palm, …
- … varieties at the eye, which resulted in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 …
- … seems to me, if true, a wonderful physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). …
- … anxious about the reception of pangenesis. He was happy that Charles Lyell had a positive response, …
- … it will be a somewhat important step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). …
- … if you attack it & me with unparalleled ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] …
- … of the emotions in humans for a long time. From around 1838, he had begun making observations on …
- … on the anatomy of expression by medical experts such as Charles Bell and Guillaume Benjamin Amand …
- … and ‘clever’, but with certain weak parts ( letter to Charles Lyell, 1 June [1867] ). Charles …
- … as one who feels himself likely to be beat’ ( letter from Charles Kingsley, 6 June 1867 ). Darwin …
- … c d hardly come into a scientific book’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] ). …
- … the most telling Reviews of the hostile kind’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] ). …
- … & botany, before writing about them’ ( letter from Charles Kingsley, 6 June 1867 ). The …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to …
- … his correspondents. First note [after 7 April 1838][1] Work finished [2] …
- … pleasure in direct observation, that I could not go on as Lyell does, correcting & adding up new …
- … Library, DAR 210.8:1 Second note [July 1838][12] This is the Question[13] …
- … note was written in pencil on the three blank pages of the letter from Leonard Horner, 7 April [1838 …
- … definite prospect in mind at the time of writing, but in a letter to Charles Lyell, [12 November …
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 …
- … or simply get lost as part of three-volume set. In September 1838, Charles Lyell reported that his …
- … because Darwin had circulated the page proofs from early 1838, not least to William Whewell, …
- … of his work, and especially appreciated the positive view of Charles Lyell Sr, claiming that ‘ to …
- … Alexander von Humboldt, who wrote a long and appreciative letter about the ‘ excellent et admirable …
- … 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 …
