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DARWIN Online was proposed in June 2002 by John van Wyhe while a Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. The goal was to provide scholarly digitizations of all of Darwin's writings (except correspondence which was already being done). At that time there was no single online resource for the writings of Darwin. One ultimate end was to create a resource which would enable searching electronically through the entire Darwin corpus. The many online Darwin texts at that time lacked essential bibliographical information such as edition, publisher, place of publication etc. Page numbers were nowhere to be seen. Such features vastly reduced the usefulness of online texts as they could not be easily cited. It was also impossible to know the precise date of the text on the screen. For example, the many online 'first editions' of Darwin's Origin of Species are often not first editions at all as they contain the phrase 'survival of the fittest'—famously coined by Herbert Spencer and first included in the 5th edition of 1869. Many other online copies of the Origin purported to be the first edition yet contained the 'Historical Sketch', first found in English in the 3rd edition of 1861. Most historical texts on the internet contain silent additions or omissions—footnotes are changed to endnotes or formatting altered without informing readers where this has been done. If scholars are to find digital texts more useful, it must be perfectly clear which historical text is represented and the text must be useable and citable in conventional ways.
The pilot website, The writings of Charles Darwin on the web (http://pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin/), was launched in August 2002, hosted by the British Library. The project was privately funded by van Wyhe. Many volunteers (most notably Sue Asscher of Project Gutenberg) were brought together along with some student labour at NUS. Between 2002-3 the majority of Darwin's publications were added, though due to lack of any external funding many only in late or American editions.
In mid-2003 it was decided to apply for funding to enlarge and improve Darwin Online. In January 2004 Antranig Basman joined as Technical director. Janet Browne joined after chairing a meeting at the Cambridge University Library between Darwin Online, The Charles Darwin Trust, The University Library and The Darwin Correspondence Project, to discuss future cooperation. Randal Keynes came to be an important key supporter.
October-December 2003 van Wyhe proposed, unsuccessfully, that the Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science Department host a project to digitize Darwin's complete publications and manuscripts.
January 2004 David Kohn was invited to join as manuscripts editor and given a copy of van Wyhe's work-in-progress Darwin Online proposal. Kohn later decided not to join.
In June 2004 The Charles Darwin Trust procured the copyright of the Freeman Bibliographical Handlist (1977) for Darwin Online. Also in 2004 the Project was elected (with van Wyhe as representative) to be a stakeholder in the partnership working up the case of Down House as a World Heritage site along with English Heritage, The Natural History Museum, English Nature and Bromley Council.
Van Wyhe invited Randal Keynes, Pietro Corsi, James Moore, Adrian Desmond, Patrick Zutshi, Mario di Gregorio and Rob Iliffe to join the Editorial advisory panel. Sue Asscher was appointed Associate Editor.
In July 2004 Browne and van Wyhe met with Ludmilla Jordanova, director of The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, to discuss acting as institutional host for an AHRB grant.
In October 2004 van Wyhe requested the permission of Cambridge University Library to reproduce images from microfilm and transcriptions of the Darwin Archive. Similar permission was also sought from English Heritage.
In January 2005 van Wyhe invited Gordon Chancellor to join Darwin Online as an Associate editor. David Kohn was sent a copy of the AHRC Darwin Online proposal to facilitate openess and cooperation.
The Charles Darwin Trust generously awarded 400 pounds per year towards server maintenance costs for three years, with the possibility of renewal.
In June 2005 an AHRC Resource Enhancement Grant was awarded to James Secord and Janet Browne for Darwin Online; van Wyhe purchased the web domain darwin-online.org.uk. An overview page was published there.
In August 2005 Kees Rookmaaker was appointed Research Associate.
In September 2005 van Wyhe and Peter Kjærgaard set up a Danish branch of Darwin Online at the University of Aarhus.
In October 2005 the funding began from the AHRC. The office was set up in Cambridge at CRASSH. From this date full-time work began to create the new Darwin Online website. John van Wyhe selected new computers and discussed details of the database construction with Basman. Work was begun to reformat materials from the pilot website to the specifications of the new site. Basman produced an initial technical specification for the database. Van Wyhe wrote transcription and tagging policies for outsource service provider, AEL Data, of Chennai, India and worked with them back and forth through a long process of adjustment. Rookmaaker began correcting the OCR of Freeman (1977). Rookmaaker then imported this to an interim Access database. Basman created the initial XHTML Content Markup Standard. Initial commercial server web space was purchased by van Wyhe. Browne, Secord and van Wyhe selected the list of Darwin's published works to be first priority for digitization and initial manuscripts to transcribe.
Between November 2005 and January 2006 Rookmaaker, van Wyhe and Basman imported and converted Nick Gill's massive catalogue of the Darwin Archive in Cambridge University Library to an interim database. Secord negotiated the permission of the The Correspondence of Charles Darwin to use their working transcription of Darwin's Journal.
From November 2005 AEL Data began supplying converted documents from the pilot site and new transcriptions from scans provided. Van Wyhe and Basman changed the dynamic page linking format - Basman proposed a clever compromise solution that was easier for AEL Data to implement and less sensitive to errors.
Also in November Rookmaaker began transcribing new Darwin manuscripts with DAR210.9.30.
On 15/12/2005 Darwin Online's launch event at CRASSH was held. It was introduced by Ludmilla Jordanova. Randal Keynes provided a stirring reading from the Origin of species. 
In December 2005 Secord, Browne and van Wyhe met with Karen Goldie-Morrison of The Charles Darwin Trust to discuss a copyright license for the Freeman materials.
In January 2006 Rookmaaker began transcribing the Beagle field notebooks based on Chancellor's (handwritten) transcription. In March 2006 Browne checked a number of new transcriptions against the manuscripts in the Darwin Archive.
Over three months Rookmaaker, van Wyhe and Basman imported the Darwin Catalogue of the Cambridge University Library (kindly provided by Nick Gill) to an interim Access database. Rookmaaker and van Wyhe created concise references for all entries in Freeman's Handlist in a new database.
Between February and August 2006 Kees Rookmaaker transcribed Darwin's Beagle diary.
By August 2006 Basman had a test site working on Darwin Online's new server at CARET. License agreements with the Cambridge University Library and English Heritage were received.
A set of 69 microfilm reels was delivered by the Cambridge University Library photographic service on 08/09/2006. These were sent the same day to AEL Data for scanning. (A further 20 reels were received in January 2008.)
10.2006 License agreement from The Charles Darwin Trust received.
19 October 2006 the new website is launched. See the press release.
The publication was a surprise sensation, probably unparalleled for an academic online publication on a single individual. According to the University Press Office it was by far the biggest news story from the University of Cambridge that year.
First was the BBC news website which put Darwin Online on their first page. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6064364.stm) From there the story quickly spread all over the world. Most importantly it was picked up by the major news services such as the Press Association, Reuters and the Associated Press. Eventually more than 900 websites and newspapers were carrying the story- literally all over the world and in many languages. Hundreds more blog sites carry the news. There was a feature in Nature and pieces in The Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Financial Times, The Independent, Singapore Today, Die Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Daily Telegraph, Washington Post, etc. etc.
The media storm had begun. Many media appearances and interviews with John van Wyhe followed on the 19th:
TELEVISION
BBC 1 Breakfast News
BBC News 24
BBC World
Look East
Anglia TV
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
RADIO
Radio 4 News Briefings
Radio 4 Today Programme
World Service
Radio Cambridgeshire
Radio Scotland
Radio Wales
Radio Shropshire
Radio Severn
During the 19th the story was the most e-mailed on the BBC website and the second most-watched video.
The news of the launch of Darwin Online reached well over 400 million people across the globe.
On Saturday the 21st Darwin Online was mentioned on 'Ant & Deck's Saturday Night Takeaway.'
The website was soon swamped with visitors and the counter began rising through the first night. The following morning there were already tens of thousands of hits on the front page and the site was running slowly.
At 11.14am the site succumbed to excessive traffic. Daniel Parry and Antranig Basman soon had it back up and running and by the end of the afternoon all problems had been resolved.
There were a few more interruptions as they carried out changes to improve the load capacity. By the late afternoon the site was running fast and smoothly despite an enormous load. The site received 80,000 hits to its home page the first day and the server received over 5 million requests altogether for files. At the peak there were 40 clicks on the site per second.
At the moment of writing (on 24 October) there have been 231,286 hits on the home page and perhaps 12 million server requests across the entire website. This shows that users are using the site and not just visiting the home page and leaving.
Darwin Online served 226 Gigabytes the first day, and even more the following day.
Before the launch Google showed 174 pages carried the exact words "the complete work of charles darwin online". A search on 25 October, less than one week later, showed 20,500. 
A large number of emails were also received. A sample is available here. These give a fascinating glimpse into what readers think.
A launch celebration was held at CRASSH on Friday. Ludmilla Jordanova spoke first, with some very kind words about the project and what it means. Jim Secord then spoke about the project and how important it is to have all the editions of Darwin's work available. Tom Kirk explained the media storm. Basman then gave a lively account of the site's first night and its rescue the following day. Van Wyhe spoke further about the site and then thanked most especially Asscher, Rookmaaker, Basman and Chancellor for their extraordinary achievements and contributions. Van Wyhe also thanked especially the AHRC and the institutions and individuals who have contributed. Finally Randal Keynes spoke, concluding with a moving reading of the final paragraph of the Origin.
So even at this early stage Darwin Online has fulfilled its aims. It has brought Darwin to the world, and people all over the world are reading Darwin.
17 April 2008 Darwin's Private Papers. The second major component of Darwin Online is launched. See the press release and the announcement page.
For decades available only to scholars at Cambridge University Library, the private papers of Charles Darwin, one of the most influential scientists in history, can now be seen by anyone online and free of charge. This is the largest publication of Darwin papers and manuscripts in history, totaling about 20,000 items in nearly 90,000 electronic images.
This vast and varied collection of papers includes the first draft of his theory of evolution, notes from the voyage of the Beagle and Emma Darwin's recipe book.
We are extremely grateful for the kind permission of Cambridge University Library to reproduce these online.
Millions of visitors on the 17th and 18th of April brought Darwin Online a few times to a standstill. In addition to the story being widely reported in the media and online, it was the second most emailed story of the day on the BBC news website. In addition to exploring the new online papers and manuscripts, on the 17th readers downloaded 14,000 copies of the first edition of Origin of Species as PDF. See also some of the reader feedback.
Millions of visitors on the 17th and 18th of April brought Darwin Online a few times to a standstill. In addition to the story being widely reported in the media and online, it was the second most emailed story of the day on the BBC news website. In addition to exploring the new online papers and manuscripts, on the 17th readers downloaded 14,000 copies of the first edition of Origin of Species as PDF. See also some of the reader feedback.
TELEVISION
ITV Anglia TV
Danish National Evening NewsRADIO
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
BBC Shropshire
BBC Radio Five Live breakfast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Breakfast
BBC Radio Kent
ABC Austrlia Breakfast
BBC Radio Five Live Drivetime
BBC World Service, Brazil
BBC WalesDigital Darwin. The Guardian
Online: Darwin's notes from small islands. The Independent, p. 3.
On the Origin of Muffin Pudding, by Emma Darwin. New Scientist
Darwin's treasure trove. New Humanist Magazine
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Christianity Today
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Washington Post
Liverpool Echo
Evening Standard
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. MSNBC
The origin of The Origin Of Species ... First version of Darwin's theory of evolution goes online. Daily Mail
Darwin's private papers launched on the Internet. Financial Mirror
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Mirror
Darwin's papers published online. ITWeb South Africa
Cambridge releases Darwin's writings on Internet. Xinhua, China
Darwin online opens new world. The West Australian
Darwin's first drafts of evolution theory online for first time. Tech Herald
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. US Daily
Darwin original theory goes online. Channel 4 News
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Yahoo news
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Scientific American
Darwin original theory goes online. The Press Association
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch. Reuters
GMTV website
Charles Darwin's theories hit the web. Cambridge Evening News
Darwin's diary dumps on Australia. Ninemsn, Australia
Darwin's private papers online. The Australian, Australia
Notes from Charles Darwins works and private life published online. Thaindian.com, Thailand
monthly newsletter of Leicester Secular Society
Online archive shows how Darwin's ideas evolved. EducationGuardian.co.uk
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
The Age, Australia
Brisbane Times, Australia
Times of India
Agence France-Presse
Channel Nine MSN, Australia
Daily Mirror
France 24
Der Spiegel, Germany
Yorkshire Post
STV (Scottish TV online)
US Daily
Philippines Inquirer
Net4Now
et al . ...
2008.06.16
Four newly recorded Darwin publications!
Darwin, C. R. 1840. [Notes on Chilean beetles.] In Waterhouse, G. R., Description of a new species of the genus Lophotus, from the collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (July): 330, 332. Text F2010
Darwin, C. R. 1841. [Notes on South American spiders.] In White, A., Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 (July): 474, 476. Text F2011
Darwin, C. R. 1841. [Note on a ground-beetle found off the Straits of Magellan.] In Waterhouse, G. R., Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (December): 254. Text F2012
Darwin, C. R. 1842. [Notes on South American beetles.] In Waterhouse, G. R., Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (April): 136-137. Text F2013
Darwin, C. R. 1842. [Note on a mushroom from Maldonado.] In Berkeley, M. J., Notice on some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (August): 446. Text F2014
More specimen transcriptions:
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 41-52. Text Image A152
Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 188-196, pl. XVII. Text Image A156
Babington, C. C. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae; or, Descriptions of the Species of Dytiscidae collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. Sec. G. S. &c., in South America and Australia during his Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3: 1-17. Text Image A38
Owen, R. 1838. Description d'une machoire inferieure et de dents de Toxodon trouvées à Bahia-Blanca, à 39° de latitude sur la cote Est de l'Amerique méridionale. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, second series (Zoologie) 2: 45-54, pls. 2-3. Text Image A137
Waterhouse, G. R. 1840. Descriptions of some new species of Carabideous insects, from the collection made by C. Darwin, Esq., in the southern parts of S. America. Magazine of Natural History 4: 354-362. Text Image A128
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. and T. Bridges, Esq.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 105-28. Text Image A92
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7: 120-129. Text Image A129
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae; or, descriptions of the species of Dytiscidae collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. Sec. G.S. &c., in South America and Australia, during his voyage in H.M.S. Beagle. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 1-17, pl. I. Text Image A157
Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered near Conception, in South America, by C. Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 30-32. Text Image A123
Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites found near Lima by C. Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 115-117. Text Image A124
Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in Coquimbo by C. Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 185-188. Text Image A126
Waterhouse, G. R. 1843. Description of a new genus of Carabideous insects brought from the Falkland Islands by Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 281-283. Text Image A133
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1844. Über einen die ganze Luft längere Zeit trübenden Staubregen im hohen atlantischen Ocean, in 70° 43' N.B. 26 W.L., und dessen Mischung aus zahlreichen Kieselthieren. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 194-207. Text Image A138
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über eine aus feinstem Kieselmehl von Infusorien bestehende Schminke der Feuerländer. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 63-64. Text Image A139
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen bedeutenden Infusorien haltenden vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobiolith) auf der Insel Ascension. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 140-42. Text Image A140
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen See-Infusorien haltenden weissen vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobioloth) als sehr grosse Gebirgsmasse in Patagonien. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 143-57. Text Image A141
Gray, John Edward. 1845. [Specimens presented by Darwin in] Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. London: Newman. Text Image A275
Waterhouse, G. R. 1845. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Heteromerous Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 317-324. Text Image A98
Waterhouse, G. R. 1845. Descriptions of Coleopterous Insects Collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 19-41. Text Image A99
Morris, J., Sharpe, D.1846. Description of eight species of brachyopodous shells from the Palaeozoic rocks of the Falkland Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 2: (25 March) 274-278, pls. X - XI. Text Image A147
Hooker, J. D. 1846. Description of Pleuropetalum, a new genus of Portulaceae, from the Galapagos Islands. London Journal of Botany 5: 108-9. Text Image A113
Hooker, J. D. 1851. An enumeration of the plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. [Read 4 March, 6 May, and 16 December 1845.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233. Text Image A149
Lubbock, J. 1853. Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1853: 25-29, pl. 1. Text Image A309
[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 2: Mammalia Placentalia. London: Taylor and Francis. Text Image A151
Owen, R. 1857. On the Scelidothere (Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Owen). [Read 18 December 1856] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 147: 101-110. Text Image A244
Ramsay, A. C., Bristow, H. W., Geikie, A. & Bauerman, H. 1862. A descriptive catalogue of the rock specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology, with explanatory notices of their nature and mode of occurrence in place. Third edition, revised and partly re-written. London: Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Text Image A155
Cobbold, T. S. 1873. Notes on Entozoa—Part I. [Read 10 October] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 (18 November): 736-742, 1 plate. Text Image A293
Cobbold, T. S. 1874. Notes on Entozoa. Part II. [Read 2 January] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48 (3 February): 124-8, 1 plate. Text Image A294
Waterhouse, C. O. 1875. On some new genera and species of Heteromerous Coleoptera (Helopidae) from Tierra del Fuego. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London IV (December): 331-337. Text Image A158
Harker, A. 1907. Notes on the rocks of the "Beagle" Collection. Geological Magazine 5th ser. 4: 100-106. Text Image A104
Hickson, S. J. 1921. On Some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 20: 366-73. Text Image A93
2008.06.12
Chancellor, Gordon. 'Runaway Rascals': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.6
Owen, R. 1838. Beschreibung eines zu Bahia Blanca, unter 39° Breite auf der Ostküste des südlichen America's, gefundenen Unterkiefers und Zähne von Toxodon. Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 8 (174): 308-312. Text A134
Walker, F. 1838. Descriptions of some Chalcidites discovered by C. Darwin, Esq. Entomogical Magazine 5: 469-477. Text A37
Waterhouse, G. R. 1840. Description of a New Species of the Genus Lophotus, from the Collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(July): 329-32. Text A100
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 351-355. Text A130
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (December): 254-257. Text A131
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. [A drawing, and the tail and jaws of a new species of Delphinus]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 23-24. Text A103
White, A. 1841. Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 (July): 471-477. Text A132
Berkeley, M. J. 1842. Notice on some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (August): 443-448. Text A127
Waterhouse, G. R. 1842. Description of a new species of lamellicorn beetle, brought from Valdivia by C. Darwin, Esq. The Entomologist 18 (April): 281-283. Text A135
Walker, F. 1842. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered by C. Darwin, Esq., near Valparaiso. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 113-117. Text A121
Waterhouse, G. R. 1842. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (April): 134-139. Text A136
Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered by C. Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 45-46. Text A122
Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in the Isle of Chonos by C. Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 184-185. Text A125
2008.06.11
Herbert, S. 1991. Charles Darwin as a prospective geological author. British Journal for the History of Science 24: 159-192. Text Image PDF A342
New colour images of:
Wallace, A. R. 1883. The debt of science to Darwin. Century magazine 25, 3 (January): 420-432. Text Image PDF A106
2008.06.10
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 250-254. Text A153
Martin, W. 1837. [Observations on a Specimen of Dasypus hybridus, Desm., from Mr. Darwin's Collection]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 13-14. Text A91
Gould, J. 1837. [Remarks on a Group of Ground Finches from Mr. Darwin's Collection, with Characters of the New Species]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 4-7. Text A88
Martin, W. 1837. [Observations upon a New Fox from Mr. Darwin's Collection (Vulpes fulvipes)]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 11-12. Text A90
Hope, F. W. 1837. Descriptions of some species of Carabidae, collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in his late Voyage. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 128-131. Text A101
Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus presented to the Society by Charles Darwin, continued. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (28 February): 27-32. Text A308
Waterhouse, George R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus presented to the Society by Charles Darwin. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (14 February ): 15-22. Text A307
Gould, J. 1837. [Observations on a species of Sterna in King's College, a species of cormorant in the United Service Museum and three species of the genus Orpheus, from the Galapagos, in the collection of Mr. Darwin]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (28 February): 26-27. Text A306
Owen, R. 1837. A description of the Cranium of the Toxodon Platensis, a gigantic extinct mammiferous species, referrible by its dentition to the Rodentia, but with affinities to the Pachydermata and the Herbivorous Cetacea. [Read 19 April] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2: 541-542. Text A235
Reid, J. 1837. [Notes on Several Quadrupeds in Mr. Darwin's Collection]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 4. Text A87
Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Descriptions of some of the insects brought to this country by C. Darwin, Esq. [Read 2 January] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 131-35. Text A102
Berkeley, M. J. 1839. Notice of Some Fungi Collected by C. Darwin, Esq., during the Expedition of H. M. Ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 291-93. Text A97
Newman, E. 1840. Entomological notes. The Entomologist 1: 7-13. Text A95
2008.06.06
Glick, T. F. 1982. Darwin en España. Barcelona: Col. Libros de Bolsillo 574, Ediciones Peninsula. Text Image PDF A338
Armstrong, P. 2002. Antlions: A link between Charles Darwin and an early Suffolk naturalist. Transactions of the Suffolk Natural History Society 38: 81-86. Text Image A339
Winstanley, D. A. ed. 1932. Henry Gunning: Reminiscences of Cambridge. Cambridge: University Press, pp. 32-41. Text Image A337
Haartman, L. von. 1960. Charles Darwin and ethology. Societas Scientiarum Fennica Commentationes Biologicae XXII. 7: 1-28. Text Image A340
Pemberton, S. G. and R. W. Frey. 1990. Darwin on worms: the advent of experimental neoichnology. Ichnos 1: 65-71. Text Image A341
2008.06.05
Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: Thomas Nelson. Image PDF F63
2008.06.02
Darwin, C. R. 1905. The voyage of the "Beagle" Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. "Beagle". London: Amalgamated Press, Harmsworth Library. Image F106 [Cover and front matter only - the first edition of Darwin's famous work to be called 'The Voyage of the Beagle']
2008.05.27
Text fully corrected by Sue Asscher:
Darwin, C. R. 1872. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th ed. Text Image PDF F391
2008.05.21
Chancellor, Gordon. 'Well wooded with willows': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.7
Chancellor, Gordon. 'Oh the difference with England!': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.16
2008.05.19
Colour images of:
Darwin, C. R. 1872. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th ed. Image PDF F391 By permission of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum (London). With thanks to Judith Magee and Jessica Warde of the Natural History Museum for scanning and providing this book.
2008.05.16
Improved colour images of:
Barlow, N. ed. 1945. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. Image PDF F1571
2008.05.15
[Buob, L.] [1882.] Darwin's Heim. Ueber Land und Meer. Allgemeine illustrierte Zeitung No. 34: 691-2, 1 plate. p. 688. Image A333 A newly recorded recollection of a visit to Down House.
2008.05.14
Darwin, C. R. The immersion of leaves in a solution of sugar [draft of `Insectivorous plants' pp. 293-4] (1874-1875). Text Image SA-Haandskrift394A[.1] A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN MANUSCRIPT! With thanks to Darwin in Denmark.
Darwin C. R. 1882. [Letter to New York Entomological Club]. In H. Edwards, Obituary. Charles Robert Darwin F.R.S. Papilio. Organ of the New York Entomological Club 2, no. 5 (May): 81. Text Image F2009 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Darwin, C. R. 1881. [Letter to Mrs. Emily Talbot on the mental and bodily development of infants]. Social science.—Infant education. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy 15, no. 2 (April): 206-7. Text Image PDF F1995 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Darwin, Emma. 1868. [Letter on the spinal ice-bag]. In J. Chapman, Sea-sickness and how to prevent it: an explanation of its nature and successful treatment, through the agency of the nervous system, by means of the spinal ice-bag. With an introduction on the general principles of neuro-therapeutics. London: Trübner and Co., p. 101. Text Image A329
2008.05.13
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[1835]. [Extracts from letters addressed to Professor Henslow]. Image PDF F1
Blomefield, Leonard Jenyns. 1887. Chapters in my life. Bath: [privately printed]. Text Image PDF A328 A new Darwin recollection
2008.05.09
'Admissions 1818-1828'. Christ's College, Cambridge. Images CC-T.1.4 New images of the complete book.
Huxley, T. H. 1860. On species and races, and their origin. The Medical Circular No. 401 (7 March): 149-150. Text Image A327
Waterhouse, F. H. 1878. [Coleoptera collected by Charles Darwin]. Nature 19 (19 December): 162. Text Image A324
Waterhouse, F.H. 1879. Descriptions of new Coleoptera of geographical interest, collected by Charles Darwin, Esq. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology 14: 530-534. Text Image A325
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. Bees collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the 'Beagle'. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 40 (December): 519-522. Text Image A322
Funkhouse, W.D. 1934. A new membracid collected by Charles Darwin (Homoptera). Entomological News 45 (8) (October): 203-204. Text Image A323
Bryant, G. E. 1942. New species of Chrysomelidae, Halticinae (Coleopt.), collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the 'Beagle', 1832-1836. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 9: 99-107. Text Image A326
2008.05.01
Wilder, B. G. 1880. The two kinds of vivisection—sentisection and callisection [forwarded to Nature by Darwin]. Nature 22 (30 September): 517-518. Text Image A231
Rosen, B. 1982. Darwin, coral reefs, and global geology. BioScience 32 (6): 519-525. Text Image PDF A320 [Source of the well-known 'Darwin was right!' sign placed by a borehole on a coral attol.]
2008.04.29
Darwin, C. R. 1845. [Letter on Patagonian stone]. In Ehrenberg, C. G. Vorläufige zweite Mittheilung über die . . . Beziehungen des kleinsten organischen Lebens zu den vulkanischen Massen der Erde. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 143-4. Text F1989 A newly recorded Darwin publication!
Anon. 1882. Darwin's kindness of heart. Literary News (July): 219. Text A319
2008.04.28
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Darwin, C. R. 1876. [Evidence given to the Commission]. Report of the Royal Commission on the practice of subjecting live animals to experiments for scientific purposes. Image PDF F1275
2008.04.23
Darwin, C. R. 1846. Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF F273
2008.04.22
New! Audio book of Darwin's Beagle diary here.
Darwin, C. R. 1874. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF F275
2008.04.17
A major new release: Darwin's private papers go online - the largest publication of Darwin's manuscripts and private papers in history. See the announcement here. Browse the papers here.
Darwin's first recorded doubt in 'the stability of species', from his Galapagos bird notes from the voyage of the Beagle, 1836
2008.04.14
Harmer, S. F and W. G. Ridewood eds. 1910. Memorials of Charles Darwin: a collection of manuscripts portraits medals books and natural history specimens to commemorate the centenary of his birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of "The origin of species" 2d edition. British Museum (Natural History). Special guide No. 4. Text Image PDF A313
Miall, L. C. 1883. The life and work of Charles Darwin: a lecture delivered to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, on February 6th, 1883. Leeds: Richard Jackson. Text Image PDF A314
Woodall, Edward. 1884. Charles Darwin. a paper contributed to the Transactions of the Shropshire Archæological Society. London: Trubner. Text Image PDF A317
H.A.S. [1888]. Darwin and his works: a biological & metaphysical study. London: John Bale and Sons. Text Image PDF A315
Parkyn, E. A. 1894. Darwin his work and influence a lecture delivered in the hall of Christ's College Cambridge. London: Methuen. Text Image PDF A316
Weismann, A. 1909. Charles Darwin und sein Lebenswerk: Festrede gehalten zu Freiburg i. Br. am 12. Februar 1909. Jena: Gustav Fischer. Text Image PDF A318
2008.04.09
Darwin C. R. 1881. [Letter on the expression of the eye]. In Plumptre, C. J. King’s College lectures on elocution: or, The physiology and culture of voice and speech, and the expression of the emotions by language, countenance, and gesture… New ed. London: Trübner, pp. 290-1. Text Image PDF F1994 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Darwin, C. R. 1880. [Letter to Samuel Butler on Kosmos and Erasmus Darwin]. In Butler, S. Unconscious memory. London: D. Bogue, pp. 72-3. Text Image PDF F1992
2008.04.01
Darwin, C. R. et al. 1875. [Memorial to A. H. Gordon, Governor of Mauritius, requesting the protection of the Giant Tortoise on Aldabra]. Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius n.s. 8: 106-9. Text Image PDF F2006 A newly recorded Darwin publication!
2008.04.01
[An autobiographical fragment] (08.1838). Text Image CUL-DAR91.56-63
2008.03.25
Darwin, C. R. 1870. [Letter on marine shells in the Amazon]. In Orton, J. The Andes and the Amazon; or, across the continent of South America. New York: Harper & brothers, p. [347]. Text Image F1990 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Chancellor, Gordon. 'State this with clearness': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.18.
2008.03.20
The Darwin Census: a project to identify and record extant copies of the 1st edition of On the Origin of Species (1859). Click here.
2008.03.19
Anon. 1868. Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist. American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated 48, No. 358 (October): [121]-123. Image A312
2008.03.18
Darwin, C. R. et al. 1877. [Memorial] Zoology of the 'Challenger' Expedition. Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science (14 June): 118. Text Image F2003 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
2008.03.17
Darwin, C. R. [Letter on wine and tobacco as stimulants]. 1883. In Reade, A. A. ed. Study and stimulants: or the use of intoxicants and narcotics in relation to intellectual life as illustrated by personal communications on the subject, from men of letters and of science . Manchester: A. Heywood and Son, p. 38. Text Image F1987
Huxley, T. H. 1882. Charles Darwin. Nature 25 (27 April): 597. Text Image A311
2008.03.11
Freeman, R. B. 1984. Darwin Pedigrees. London, printed for the author. Text Image PDF A303
2008.03.06
Darwin, C. R. 1879. [Report of conversation at Down]. A peep at Mr. Darwin. Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (5 November): 6. Text F2001 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Letter to N. A. von Mengden 'Science has nothing to do with Christ']. In Haeckel, Ernst. Die Naturanschauung von Darwin, Goethe und Lamarck. Vortrag in der ersten öffentlichen Sitzung der fünfundfünfzigsten Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte zu Eisenach am 18. September 1882. Jena: G. Fischer, p. 60. Text F1998
2008.03.05
Darwin, C. R. 1900. [Letter to L. A. Reeve supporting his election to the Royal Society]. In Melvill, James Cosmo. Lovell Reeve: a brief sketch of his life and career, with a fragment of an autobiography, excerpts from his diary (1849), and correspondence. Journal of Conchology 9 (July): 344-357, p. 352. Text Image F1997 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Gould, J. 1837. [Three species of the genus Orpheus, from the Galapagos, in the collection of Mr. Darwin]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (28 February): 26-27. Image A306
Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus presented to the Society by Charles Darwin. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (14 February ): 15-22. Image A307
Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus presented to the Society by Charles Darwin, continued. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5 (28 February): 27-32. Image A308
Lubbock, J. 1853. Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1853: 25-29, pl. 1. Image A309
Higgins, H. H. 1881. Note on a collection of Cirripedes, made by Mr. Charles Darwin, and now in the Free Public Museum. Proceedings of the literary and philosophical society of Liverpool 35: xlv-xlvi. Image A310
Lewins, R. 1882. Mr. Darwin and Professor Haeckel. Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology (Ser. 3) 4: 751-752. Image A304
Anon. 1882. Review of The Life of Charles Darwin by G.W. Bacon. Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology, (3rd series) 4: 549-550. Image A305
2008.03.04
Darwin, C. R. 1880. Encouragement of original research: The Darwin prize. The Midland Naturalist: The journal of the Associated Natural History, Philosophical, and Archæological Societies and Field Clubs of the Midland Counties 3, No. 32 (August): 181. Text Image F1993 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Mr. Darwin at Down. In [Yates, E. H.] 1878. Celebrities at Home. Reprinted from 'The World'. Second series. London: Office of 'The World', pp. 223-30. Text F1996 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
2008.02.19
New colour scans of the plates to Darwin's Glen Roy paper. Plate I Plate 2
Darwin, C. R. 1840. The Lagoon Islands of the Pacific Ocean. The Penny Magazine of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge 517 (25 April): 156. Image A302
2008.02.19
Darwin, C. R. [Notebook of observations on the Darwin children]. (1839-1856) CUL-DAR210.11.37 Text
2008.02.06
Darwin, C. R. 1880. Darwin's reply to a vegetarian. Herald of Health and Journal of Physical Culture n.s. 31: 180. Text Image F1984
2008.01.16
Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst von. 1880. Bei Charles Darwin [At Charles Darwin's]. Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt (30 July): 1-2. [English translation.] Text Image CUL-DAR226.1.228
2008.01.15
Darwin, C. R. 1858. [Letter on zoological nomenclature]. In Jardine, W. ed. Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland, M.A. London: John van Voorst, p. clxxv. Text Image A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
Newman, W. A. Dates of publication of two of Darwin’s volumes on the Cirripedia (barnacles).
2008.01.10
Chancellor, Gordon. 'Beautiful oranges': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.15
2007.12.18
Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only]. Text Image A300
2007.12.14
Darwin, C. R. 'Work finished If not marry' [Memorandum on marriage]. (1838) Text Image CUL-DAR210.8.1
Darwin, C. R. 'This is the Question Marry Not Marry' [Memorandum on marriage]. (7.1838) Text Image CUL-DAR210.8.2
Chancellor, Gordon. 'Hurrah Chiloe': an introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.8
2007.12.13
Enderby, C. 1839. Discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean, in February, 1839. Extracted from the Journal of the schooner Eliza Scott, commanded by Mr. John Balleny. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 9: 517-528. Image A301
2007.12.12
Darwin, C. R. 1890. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Image PDF F1146
2007.12.11
Darwin, C. R. et al. 1841. Queries respecting the human race, to be addressed to travellers and others. Drawn up by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, appointed in 1839. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Glasgow meeting, August 1840 10: 447-458. Text F1975
Darwin, C. R. 1879. [Extract from a letter]. In Torbitt, J., Cultivation of the potato. The Field (8 March): 272. Text Image F1982
Lyell, K. M. ed. 1881. Life letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. 2 vols. London: John Murray, vol. 2 [frontispiece only]. Image A296
2007.12.07
Darwin, C. R. et al. 1842. Varieties of human race: Queries respecting the human race, to be addressed to travellers and others. Drawn up by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, appointed in 1839. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Plymouth meeting, 1841 11: 332-339. Image F1976
Darwin, C. R. 1871. [Letter to C. L. Balch of the New York Liberal Club]. A letter from Mr. Darwin. New York World (8 May). Text F1981
Darwin, C. R. 1876. [Letters to J. Torbitt on potato propagation]. In Torbitt, J., Cras credemus. A treatise on the cultivation of the potato from the seed, having for proposed results the extinction of the disease, and a yield of thirty, forty or more tons of tubers per statute acre. Belfast: Alexander Mayne. Text F1978
Darwin, C. R. 1878. [Extracts of letters on potato cultivation.] In Torbitt, J., Cultivation of the Potato. To the Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote Bart., C.B., Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c., London. [Belfast: privately printed single sheet]. Text Image F1979
2007.11.29
[Price, John.] nd. Recollections of Darwin.] Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B101-B117
Rodwell, John Medows. nd. [Recollections of Darwin in Cambridge.] Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B118-B121
Litchfield, H. E. [Recollection of Darwin on Macaw cottage]. Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B99
Darwin, F. nd. Cambridge Recollections [of Charles Darwin]. Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B6
2007.11.28
CARET has upgraded the server for Darwin Online, providing greater speed and reliability.
2007.11.23
Anon. 1900. List of donations [books] received during the year 1899: From the executors of the late Mrs Darwin. Cambridge University Reporter 30 (41) 15 June: 1079-1080. Text Image Text & Image A298
2007.11.13
Darwin, C. R. 1869. [Extract of a letter on fertilisation of Vinca by insects]. In Bennett, A. W., Fertilisation of winter-flowering plants. Nature 1 (11 November): 58. Text Image Text & Image F1971 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
2007.11.12
Darwin. 1856. [Typical list of cirripedia]. In [On typical objects in natural history]. Report of the twenty-fifth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held at Glasgow in September 1855. London: Murray, p. 121. Text Image Text & Image PDF F1977 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
2007.11.02
Darwin, C. R. 1873. [Note on nematodes 'from the stomach of an American Ostrich at Bahia Blanca, North Patagonia, in 1832']. In Cobbold, T. S. Notes on Entozoa—Part I. [Read 10 October] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 (18 November): 737. Text F1974 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!
2007.11.01
Lubbock, J. 1870. [Attempt, at the behest of Darwin, 'to insert the words, "whether married to a first cousin" in the census.] Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 3rd series, 22 July 1870, col. 817; 26 July 1870, cols. 1006-1007). Image A292
Two newly discovered descriptions of Darwin's specimens:
Cobbold, T. S. 1873. Notes on Entozoa—Part I. [Read 10 October] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47 (18 November): 736-742, 1 plate. Image A293
Cobbold, T. S. 1874. Notes on Entozoa. Part II. [Read 2 January] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48 (3 February): 124-8, 1 plate. Image A294
Venn, J. A. ed. 1944. Alumni Cantabrigienses... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Part 2, vol. 2, pp. 228-9. [Darwin family entries] Image A291
2007.10.30
Chancellor, Gordon. 'A man who has seen half the world': Introduction to Beagle field notebook 1.9
Darwin, C. R. 1871. A letter from Mr. Darwin. The Index, a weekly paper devoted to free religion (Toledo, Ohio) 2 No. 51 (23 December): 404-5. Image PDF F1753
[Darwin, C. R.] 1871. [Letter praising Truths for the Times]. The Index, a weekly paper devoted to free religion (Toledo, Ohio) 2 No. 25 (24 June): 196. Image F1753a
2007.10.29
Barlow, Nora ed. 1967. Darwin and Henslow. The growth of an idea. London: Bentham-Moxon Trust. Text Image Text & Image PDF F1598
(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Bentham-Moxon Trust)
2007.10.26
Rejlander, O. G. [c. 1871] [Carte de visite of Charles Darwin]. Image A289
Wilder, B. G. 1880. The two kinds of vivisection—sentisection and callisection. Nature 23 (30 September): 517-8. [Forwarded for publication by Charles Darwin. First published in Science 1 (23 October 1880): 210.] Image A290
2007.10.25
Darwin, C. R. 1877. Scrofula and in-breeding. Agricultural Gazette (2 April): 324-5. Text Image Text & Image PDF F1972
Darwin, C. R. 1882. Mr. Darwin and revelation. Pall Mall Gazette (23 September): 2. Text Image Text & Image PDF F1973
2007.10.24
Darwin, C. R. 1878. The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. 2d edition. London: John Murray. Image PDF F1251
Comparison of three versions of Darwin's Queries about expression (John van Wyhe)
2007.10.23
Barrett, Paul H. 1974. The Sedgwick-Darwin geologic tour of North Wales. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 118, No. 2. (19 April): 146-164. Text Image Text & Image PDF F1964 (Reproduced with the kind permission of the American Philosophical Society)
2007.10.19
MAJOR ADDITION!
To mark the first anniversary of the launch of the new Darwin Online website, a major new resource has been added: Copies of Darwin's publications and many supplementary documents in PDF format to enable downloading for offline viewing and printing. See Publications.
2007.10.10
Darwin, C. R. 1888. Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray. 2nd edition. Revised by Francis Darwin. Image F1225 (Interim Image courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.botanicus.org)
2007.10.08
1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society. Text A281
Hovey, Edmund Otis ed. 1909. Darwin memorial celebration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 19, No. 1, Part 1 (31 July): 1-40. Text A288
2007.10.05
Darwin, C. R. 1867. Queries about expression. [N.p.: publisher or printer: ?London]. Text Image Text & image F876
2007.10.01
Müller, Fritz. 1869. Facts and arguments for Darwin. Translated by W. S. Dallas. London: John Murray. Text Image Text & Image A263
2007.09.28
Charles Robert Darwin [with photographic portrait]. In Reeve, L. and Edward Walford eds. 1866. Portraits of men of eminence in literature, science, and art with biographical memoirs. The photographs from life, by Ernest Edwards, B. A. London: Lovell Reeve & Co., vol. 5, pp. 49-52. Text Image Text & Image A286
[Darwin, C. R.] 1880. [Letter of thanks to the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union]. The naturalist 6, No. 65 (December): 65-68. Text Image Text & Image F1969
Oliver, Daniel. 1855. Memoranda of plants, collected by the Coquet, in 1855. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 3, part 2 (Read 15 November): 67. Image A285
Galton, Francis. 1871. Experiments in pangenesis, by breeding from rabbits of a pure variety, into whose circulation blood taken from other varieties had previously been transfused. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 19 (Read 30 March): 393-410. Image A287
2007.09.26
[Emma Darwin's memo about Darwin's religious doubts] (c. 2.1839) Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR210.8.14
2007.09.24
Darwin, C. R. 1829-1832. [Records of captured insects]. In Stephens, J. F. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects etc. London: Baldwin and Cradock, vols. 1-5. Text F1968
[Galton, Francis.] 1882. The late Mr. Darwin: a suggestion. Pall Mall Gazette (27 April). Text
2007.09.21
Sharper images of: Questions & experiments [1839-1844]. Image CUL-DAR206.1
2007.09.19
Darwin, C. R. 1863. Observations sur l'hétéromorphisme des fleurs, et ses conséquences pour la fécondation. Annales des sciences naturelles 19: 204-255. pl. 12. French translation of F1717, 1718 and 1723. Image F1967
1879 autograph of Charles Darwin
Darwin, Francis. 1920. The story of a childhood. Edinburgh: Privately printed. Text Image Text & Image A283
2007.09.18
Darwin, C. R. 1889. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 3d edition. With a preface to the third edition by Francis Darwin and an appendix by T. G. Bonney. London: Smith Elder and Co. Image F277
2007.09.17
'notes on the geology of places visited on the voyage' [Geological diary] All of DAR37 in one sequence of 311 Image] (1835). Image CUL-DAR37 [Itemized by locality]
'notes on the geology of places visited on the voyage' [Geological diary] All of DAR38 in one sequence of 224 Image (1836). Image CUL-DAR38 [Itemized by locality]
Overview of the illustrations to the 2d edition of Descent of man.
The Manuscript catalogue has been supplemented with records of the holdings of the following institutions with their kind permission:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Kew Gardens, London; the Linnean Society of London; John Murray Archive, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln; Zoological Society of London; Elgin Museum, Elgin, Moray; Keele University Library, Staffordshire and the New York Botanical Garden.
2007.08.31
Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2nd edition, fifteenth thousand. Text F955
2007.08.30
Lyell, Charles. 1863. The geological evidences of the antiquity of man with remarks on the origin of species by variation. 3rd edition, revised. London: John Murray. Image A282 [Image from Google books]
2007.08.29
[Recollections of Darwin at Cambridge by John Maurice Herbert] (2 June 1882). Text CUL-DAR112.B57-B76
[Recollections of Darwin by Rev. John Brodie Innes] (nd). Text CUL-DAR112.B85-B92
[Recollections of Darwin by William Allport Leighton] (c. 1886). Text CUL-DAR112.B94-B98
[Recollections of Charles Darwin] (c. mid 1880s). Text CUL-DAR112.B5
2007.08.28
Darwin, George and Francis Darwin eds. 1909. Darwin celebration, Cambridge, June, 1909. Speeches delivered at the banquet held on June 23rd. Cambridge: Cambridge Daily News. Text A279
2007.08.24
Improvements to the search engine and search results pages: for example, Darwin is now the default name and English the default language.
Darwin, C. R. 1861. Dun horses. The Field 17 (27 April): 358. Text Image Text & Image F1960
Darwin, C. R. 1861. Influence of the form of the brain on the character of fowls. The Field 17 (4 May): 383. Text Image Text & Image F1961
Bennett, T. 1861. Dun horses. The Field 17 (18 May): 431. Image A277
Darwin, C. R. 1861. On dun horses, and on the effect of crossing differently coloured breeds. The Field 17 (25 May): 451. Text Image Text & Image F1962
'Eques (Argyllshire)'. 1861. Dun horses. The Field 17 (8 June): 494-5. Image A278
Darwin, C. R. 1861. Dun horses. The Field 17 (15 June): 521. Text Image Text & Image F1963
Herschel, J. F. W. 1840. A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy. Part of Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet cyclopædia. London. Image A276 [Image from Google books]
2007.08.23
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1903. The dawn of a great discovery "My relations with Darwin in reference to the theory of natural selection". Black and White 25 (17 January): 78. Text A273
Owen, Richard. 1861. On the cerebral characters of man and the ape. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 7: 456-8. 3 pls. Text Image Text & Image A274
Gray, John Edward. 1845. [Specimens presented by Darwin in] Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. London: Newman. Image A275
2007.08.22
Darwin, C. R. 1838. [Notes on Cocos-Keeling Islands plants]. In J. S. Henslow, Florula Keelingensis. An account of the native plants of the Keeling Islands. By the Rev. J. S. HENSLOW, M.A., Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Annals of natural history 1, No. 5 (July): 337-347. 2 pls. Text Image Text & Image F1959
2007.08.21
Image added to existing transcript recollections of Darwin:
[Recollections of Charles Darwin by William Darwin (1883)]. Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B3b--B3f
[Recollections of Charles Darwin by George Darwin (5.1882)]. Text Image Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B9-B23
[Recollections of Charles Darwin by George Darwin (nd)]. Text mages Text & Image CUL-DAR112.B24-B29
New recollections of Darwin:
Martineau, Harriet. 1877. [Recollection of Darwin in] Harriet Martineau's autobiography. Edited by Maria Weston Chapman. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Company, Vol. 1, p. 268. Text A266
Lane, Edward. 1882. [Recollection of Darwin] Letter read by Dr. B. W. Richardson, F.R.S. at his lecture on Chas. Darwin, F.R.S. in St. George's Hall, Langham Place, October 22nd, 1882. by Edward Lane, M.A., M.D. [n.p: n.p] Text A267
2007.08.20
Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge Vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text A262
Darwin, Francis. 1920. Recollections. In idem, Springtime and other essays. London: John Murray, pp. 51-69. Text A265
Darwin, Bernard. [1933.] Introduction [with reminiscence of his grandmother Emma Darwin]. In Gertrude Jekyll, Children and Gardens. 2nd edition. London: Country Life Ltd.; New York: Scribners. Text A264
2007.08.17
Illustrations in Darwin Online - an overview of over 1000 illustrations
Darwin, Francis. 1899. The botanical work of Darwin. Annals of Botany 13: ix-xix. Text A261
Darwin, Leonard. 1929. Memories of Down House. The Nineteenth Century 106:118-123. Text A224
2007.08.16
Herbert, Sandra. 1995. From Charles Darwin's portfolio: An early essay on South American geology and species. Earth Sciences History 14, no. 1, pp. 23-36. Text Image Text & Image F1956
Fenton, Carroll Lane. [1924]. Darwin and the theory of evolution. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. Image A260
2007.08.09
Darwin, Francis. 1912. FitzRoy and Darwin, 1831-36. Nature 88 (12 February): 547-8. Text A259 Contains extracts from Fitzroy letters from the Beagle voyage mentioning Darwin.
The Table of Contents page, becoming too large, has been split into Publications and Manuscripts. Previously published manuscript transcripts are listed on both pages.
2007.08.07
Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Printed acknowledgment of correspondence]. np: np. [post 1868, c. 1860s-1870s] Text Image Text & Image F1958
Darwin, C. R. [1859]. Manual of geology<
