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Darwin Online contains 64,485 searchable pages and 164,515 page images (not including c. 400 PDFs & 2800 illustrations).

The majority of the day-to-day work on Darwin Online consists of editing Darwin's publications and manuscripts and transcribing further manuscripts. These additions and corrections are too numerous to list conveniently. Significant and interesting new items added to the website are listed below.

New! Audio book of Darwin's Beagle diary here.

2008.08.26

Darwin Online has been awarded the prestigious Thackray Medal by the Society for the History of Natural History which writes; 'The medal is awarded for a significant achievement in the history of those areas of interest to the Society in memory of John Thackray. ... [Darwin Online is] a monumental achievement: making freely available an exhaustive collection of primary sources and doing so in a way that is easy to use by both novices and experts'. The medal will be awarded by the President of the Society at its AGM on 28 March 2009 at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

2008.08.22

Chancellor, Gordon. 'Coccatoos & Crows': An introduction to the Sydney Notebook

2008.08.21

Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Quotation from a letter on civilizing the Fuegians]. Leisure Hour p. 533. Text Image F2022

2008.08.15

[Leifchild, John R.] 1859. [Review of] On the origin of species. Athenaeum no. 1673 (19 November): 659-660. Image A506

Anon. 1859. Charles Darwin on the origin of species. Chambers's Journal 11: 388-391. Image A507

Lewes, G. H. 1860. Studies in animal life. Cornhill Magazine 1: 438-447. (Reprinted from John Bull 24 December 1859) Image A508

Anon. 1860. Natural selection. All the Year Round 3 no.63 (7 July): 293-299. Image A509

D. T. A. 1860. Palaeontology. Dublin University Magazine 55 (June): 712-722. Image A510

Hooker, J. D. 1859. [Review of] On the origin of species. Gardeners' Chronicle (31 December): 1052. part 1 Image A511

[Church, W. R.] 1860. [Review of] On the origin of species. Guardian (London) (8 February): 134-135. Image A512

Hibberd, Shirley. 1861. The genesis of organic forms. Recreative Science 2 (January): 266-267. Image A513

Anon. 1859. [Review of] On the origin of species. Saturday Review (London) (24 December): 775-776. Image [Including 15 October 1859 advertizement for Origin of species] A514

Anon. 1839. [Review of] Narrative... [and] Journal of researches... Quarterly Review 65, no. 129 (December): 194-234. Image A515

[Pelligrini, Carlo]. 1873. Men of the day, no. 57. "Old Bones." [Richard Owen]. Vanity Fair (1 March). Image A516

2008.08.14

Ape [Carlo Pelligrini]. 1869. Statesmen no. 25: [Samuel Wilberforce]. Vanity Fair (24 July): 50. Image A504

Ape [Carlo Pelligrini]. 1871. Men of the day no 19: [Thomas Henry Huxley]. Vanity Fair (28 January): 306. Image A503

2008.08.12

Darwin, C. R. 1866. L'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle ou des lois de transformation des êtres organisés. Traduit en Français avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Clémence Royer avec une préface et des notes du traducteur. Deuxième édition augmentée d'après des notes de l'auteur. Paris: Victor Masson et fils; Guillaumin et Cie. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Google books) F656

Darwin, C. R. 1870. De la fécondation des orchidées par les insectes et des bons résultats du croisement. Trans. by Louis Rérolle. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F818

1873. L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle, ou La lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F660

Darwin, C. R. 1877. Les mouvements et les habitudes des plantes grimpantes. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais sur la deuxième édition par le Dr Richard Gordon. Paris: C.Reinwald et Cie. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F858

Darwin, C. R. 1877. Des effets de la fécondation croisée et de la fécondation directe dans le règne végétal. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais et annoté avec autorisation de l'auteur, par le Dr Edouard Heckel. Paris: C.Reinwald et Cie. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F1265

Darwin, C. R. 1879-1880. De la variation des animaux et des plantes à l'état domestique. Traduit sur la seconde édition anglaise par Ed. Barbier; préface de Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie. (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Vol. 1 Text Image PDF F913.1
Vol. 2 Text Image PDF F913.2

Darwin, C. R. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie von Ernst Krause. Mit seinem Lebens- und Charakterbilde von Charles Darwin. Leipzig: E. Günther. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F1323

Darwin, C. R. 1887. Über den Instinkt. In G. J. Romanes, Die geistige Entwicklung im Tierreich. Leipzig: E. Günther. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F1445

Darwin, C. R. 1890. L'expression des Émotions chez l'homme et les animaux. 2d ed. Trans. by S. Pozzi and René Benoit. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F1186

Darwin, C. R. 1891. La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. Trans. by Edmond Barbier. Preface by Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF (Interim images from Bibliothèque nationale de France http://gallica.bnf.fr) F1062

Darwin, C. R. 1902. Observations géologiques sur les iles volcaniques: explorées par l'expédition du "Beagle" et notes sure la géologie de l'Australie et du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Trans. by A. F. Renard. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF F310

2008.08.11

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838-1840. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by Richard Owen. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Image PDF F9.1

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838-1839. Mammalia Part 2 of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. by George R. Waterhouse. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Image PDF F9.2

2008.08.08

Beck, R. 1865. [Darwin's dissecting microscope.] A treatise on the construction, proper use, and capabilities of Smith, Beck, and Beck's achromatic microscopes. London: J. Van Voorst, pp. 102-104. Text Image A500

2008.08.04

Darwin, C. R. 1870. [Note on the age of certain birds]. In Lankester, E. R. On comparative longevity in man and the lower animals. London: Macmillan, p. 58. Text Image F1991 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!

Keynes, Neville. 1877. [Recollection of Darwin's honorary LLD degree]. Diary. Text CUL-Add.7831.2

Anon. 1883. Mr. Charles Darwin on infant development. The Field Naturalist pp. 5-7. Text Image A497

Darwin, C. R. Charles Darwin on animal mimicry. The Field Naturalist p. 134. Text Image F2021

Geldart, E. M. 1883. Anecdote of the late Charles Darwin. The Field Naturalist p. 21. Text Image A498

Anon. 1883. Darwin's handwriting. The Field Naturalist p. 78. Text Image A499

2008.07.30

Huxley, Leonard. 1921. The home life of Charles Darwin. R.P.A. Annual [Rationalist Press Association] pp. 5-9. Text Image A481

Fabre, Henri. 1913. My relations with Darwin. The Fortnightly Review n.s. 94: 661-675. Text Image A482

Vignoles, O. J. 1893. The home of a naturalist. Good Words 34: 95-101. Text Image A483

Bowen, Elizabeth. 1934. The mulberry tree [Downe House]. In Greene, Graham ed., The old school: essays by divers hands. London: Jonathan Cape, pp. 45-59. Text Image A484

[Litchfield, Henrietta Emma.] 1910. Richard Buckley Litchfield: a memoir written for his friends by his wife. Cambridge: privately printed. [Darwin extracts only] Text Image A485

Anon. 1882. [Obituary] Charles Robert Darwin. Punch (29 April): 203. Text Image A486

Nash, Wallis. 1919. A lawyer's life on two continents. Boston: Richard G. Badger, the Gorham Press. [Darwin reminiscences only] Text Image A488

[Duff, Ursula Grant ed.] 1924. The life-work of Lord Avebury (Sir John Lubbock) 1834-1913. London: Watts & Co. [Darwin recollections only] Text Image A489

[Shipley, Arthur Everett and James Crawford Simpson eds.] 1909. Darwin centenary: the portraits, prints and writings of Charles Robert Darwin, exhibited at Christ's College, Cambridge 1909. [Cambridge: University Press]. Text Image A490

Webster, A. D. 1888. Darwin's garden. Gardeners' Chronicle (24 March): 359-360. Text Image A491

2008.07.25

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text F9.3

2008.07.08

Darwin, C. R. 1875. The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d ed. Image PDF F836

2008.07.08

Besancenet, A. de. 1892. Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Les Contemporains (Paris) No. 11 (25 December): 1-16. Text Image A352

2008.07.03

Darwin, C. R. 1881. [Quotation from a letter]. In R[achel, G. W.], Mr. Darwin on Dr. Hahn's discovery of fossil organisms in meteorites. Science 2, No. 61 (27 August): 410. Text Image F1929 A NEWLY DISCOVERED DARWIN PUBLICATION!

2008.06.30

Anon. 1836. [Return of the Beagle and Darwin's observations]. Nautical Magazine 5: 755. Text A351

2008.06.27

Ashworth, J. H. 1935. Charles Darwin as a student in Edinburgh, 1825-1827. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 55: 97-113, pls. 1-2. Text Image A349

Bury, J. P. T. 1967. Romilly's Cambridge Diary 1832-42. Selected passages from the diary of the Rev. Joseph Romilly Fellow of Trinity College and Registrary of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge: University Press, p. 110. [Recollection of Darwin only] Text A348

Martin, A. Patchett. 1893. Life and letters of the Right Honourable Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke, G.C.B., D.C.L., etc., with a memoir of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, G.C.B. sometimes Governor-General of Canada. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 2 vols. [Darwin recollections only, vol. 1, pp. 19-20; vol. 2, pp. 198-207.] Text Image A350

2008.06.23

Blackman, F. F. 1932. Obituary notice of Francis Darwin. (With portrait). 1848-1925. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 110: i-xxi. Text Image A346

[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 1: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Marsupialia. London: Taylor and Francis. Text Image A150

2008.06.23

Herbert, Sandra. 1999. An 1830s View from Outside Switzerland: Charles Darwin on the "Beryl Blue" Glaciers of Tierra del Fuego. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 92: 339-346. Text Image A345

2008.06.19

Darwin, C. R. ed. 1841. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co. Image PDF F9.3 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.

2008.06.18

Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. 7th thousand. Corrected by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Image PDF F1364 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.

Darwin, C. R. [1891.] De reis van de "Beagle": dagboek van de onderzoekingen. Image PDF F176 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.

Huxley, T. H. 1888. [Obituary notice: Charles Robert Darwin.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 44 (269): i-xxv. Text Image A344

2008.06.17

Three newly recorded Darwin publications!

Darwin, C. R. 1837. [Note on an Australian insect.] In Waterhouse, G. R., Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. [Read 5 December 1836.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 194. Text F2015

Darwin, C. R. 1841. [Notes on South American beetles.] In Waterhouse, G. R., [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. and T. Bridges, Esq.] [Read 14 December 1841.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 9: 110, 128. Text F2016

Darwin, C. R. 1851. [Note on a Galapagos lichen]. In Hooker, J. D., 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: 164. Text F2017

More specimen transcriptions:

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 19-47. Text Image A145

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 310-348. Text Image A146

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