Publications communicated by Darwin
In addition to his own publications, Darwin facilitated many publications by others. This is the first time such a list has been compiled and many items were not previously known.
See the introduction to this collection by John van Wyhe here.
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Bollaert, William. 1838. Description of the insulated masses of silver found in the mines of Huantaxaya, in the province of Tarapaca, Peru. Communicated by Mr. Darwin. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2: 598-599. PDF link
Bain, A. G. 1839. An extract from a letter addressed to Dr. Andrew Smith, by A. G. Bain, Esq., dated Graham Town, Cape of Good Hope, February 21st 1839, announcing the discovery of the skull and piths of the horns of an ox. Communicated by Charles Darwin, Esq. Sec. G.S. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4: 152. Text A2616
[Lindley, John]. 1847. [Review of South America]. Gardeners' Chronicle (30 Jan.): 71. Text PDF A2114
[Lindley, John]. 1856. Cross breeding. Gardeners' Chronicle (6 Dec.): 808. Text PDF F3456
[Buckman, James] J. B. 1858. Foreign and native weeds. (Forwarded by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle no. 1, (2 January): 11. Text PDF A2885
Swale, William. 1858. Hive-Bees in New Zealand (Extract of a letter to Mr. Darwin). Gardeners' Chronicle (13 Nov.): 829. Text Image A84
Lubbock, John. 1858. An account of the two methods of reproduction in Daphnia, and of the structure of the Ephippium. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 29 Jan. 1857) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 147: 79-100. Text Image A243
[Blyth, Edward]. 1859. Notice of the various species of bovine animals. By the Editor of the 'Indian Field.' Communicated by Charles Darwin. The Zoologist 17: 6360-67; 6414-29; 6475-85; 6506-21; 6547-60; 6700-6701; 6777. PDF A2617
Brent, B. P. 1861. Period of incubation of call-duck [query on behalf of Darwin]. The Field (16 March): 17. Text A2935
Gray, Asa. 1860. Darwin on the Origin of species. (Forwarded by Darwin) Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 6: 373-86. Text PDF A2908
[Gray, Asa.] 1860. The origin of species. (Forwarded by Darwin) Athenaeum, no. 1710(4 Aug.): 161. Text PDF A2909
Wallace, A. R. 1860. On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 3 Nov. 1859) Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 4: 172-84. Text A269
Anon. 1861. The structure of fowls [query on behalf of Darwin]. The Field (25 May): 19. Text A2937
Gray, Asa. 1861. Natural Selection not inconsistent with Natural Theology. A free examination of Darwin's treatise on the Origin of Species, and of its American reviewers. Reprinted from the Atlantic monthly for July, August, and October, 1860. London: Trübner & Co., Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Text image A567
Dzierzon, Jan. 1862. Do bees vary?─Dzierzon's opinion on the point. Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener, n.s. 3 (9 Sept.; 11 Nov.): 463-4; 642-3. PDF A2910
Lincecum, Gideon. 1862. Notice on the habits of the "Agricultural Ant" of Texas ["Stinging Ant" or "Mound-making Ant," Myrmica (Atta) malefaciens, Buckley]. Communicated by Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. (Read 18 Apr. 1861) Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 6: 29-31. Text PDF F1938
Trimen, Roland. 1863. On the fertilisation of Disa grandiflora, Linn. By Roland Trimen, Esq., of the Colonial Office, Cape Town drawn up from notes and drawings sent to C. Darwin, Esq., F.L.S. &c. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 7: 144-7. Text Image A212
Scott, John. 1864. Notes on the sterility and hybridization of certain species of Passiflora, Disemma, and Tacsonia. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 16 Jun.) Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society 8: 197-206. PDF A2101
Scott, John. 1865. Observations on the functions and structure of the reproductive organs in the Primulaceæ. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 4 Feb. 1864) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 8: 78-126. PDF A1057
Scott, John. 1865. On the individual sterility and cross impregnation of certain species of Oncidium. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 2 Jun. 1864) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 8: 162-7. PDF A2618
Fonblanque, Albany. 1865. Notice of a mule breeding. (Communicated by Darwin) Natural History Review n.s. 5: 147-8. Text A2892
Crüger, H. 1865. A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 3 Mar. 1864) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 8: 127-35. [CUL-DAR70.14] PDF A2619
Trimen, Roland. 1865. On the structure of Bonatea speciosa, L., with reference to fertilization. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 1 Dec. 1864) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 9 (Oct.): 156-60. PDF A2103
Hildebrand, Friedrich H. G. 1863. On the impregnation in orchids as a proof of the two different effects of the pollen. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 12: 169-174. [Published through Darwin's invervention. CCD11:536] PDF A4525 link
Hildebrand, Friedrich H. G. 1866. On the necessity for insect agency in the fertilisation of Corydalis cava. Communicated by Charles Darwin, V.P. International Horticultural Exhibition (22-31 May): 157-8. PDF A2620
Müller, Fritz. 1866. Notes on some of the climbing-plants near Desterro, in South Brazil; in a letter to C. Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. (Read 7 Dec. 1865) Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9: 344-9, plate IX. Text Image PDF A928
Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1868. On the manner of fertilization of the scarlet runner and blue lobelia. (Publication suggested by Darwin) Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 2: 255-63. Text PDF A2911
Tegetmeier, W. B. 1868. Proportion of the sexes in horses and other domesticated animals. (By request of Darwin) The Field (22 February): 7. Text Image A2888
[Wedgwood, Lucy Caroline]. 1868. Worms. (Submitted by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle (28 March): 324. Text Image A598
Bonavia, E. 1868. Peloric form of Clitoria ternatea. (Forwarded by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle (26 September): 1013. Text PDF A2887
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1869. Notes on the structure and fertilization of the genus Bonatea, etc. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 16 Apr. 1868) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10: 470-6. PDF A2621
Anon. 1869. [Influence of the stock on the scion]. (Forwarded by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle (26 June): 686. Text A614
Müller, Fritz. 1869. Facts and arguments for Darwin. Trans. by W. S. Dallas. London: John Murray. Text Image PDF A263
Spruce, Richard. [1871]. Ant-agency in plant-structure, or the modifications in the structure of plants which have been caused by ants, by whose long-continued agency they have become hereditary, etc. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 15 Apr. 1869) Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 11: xliv. A2102 [Not published]
Wright, Chauncey. 1871. Darwinism: Being an examination of Mr. St. George Mivart's 'Genesis of species,' [Reprinted from the 'North American Review,' July 1871, with additions.] London: John Murray. Text Image A576 [Darwin's copy in CUL-DAR133.6.1]
Airy, Hubert. 1873. On leaf-arrangement. By Hubert Airy, M.A., M.D. Communicated by Charles Darwin, F.R.S. Received January 21, 1873. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 21: 176-9. Text Image A248
[Gray, Asa. Forwarded by Darwin.] 1873. Survival of the fittest. Nature (27 Mar.): 404. Text Image PDF A1028
Huggins, William & Darwin. 1873. Inherited instinct. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 7 (13 Feb.): 281. Text Image PDF F1757
Hague, James Duncan & Darwin. 1873. Instinct: Perception in ants. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 7 (10 Apr.): 443-4. Text Image PDF F1810
Hague, James Duncan & Darwin. 1873. Habits of ants. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 8 (24 Jul.): 244. Text Image PDF F1761
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1873. Notes on a solitary bee allied to the genus Anthidium, Latr. Communicated by Charles Darwin. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 11: xxvii. [Not published] A2104
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1873. Notes on a species of Disperis found in the Hagaberg, South Africa. Communicated by Charles Darwin. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 13 (Aug.): 42-5. PDF A2105
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1873. Some observations on the fertilization of Disa macrantha. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 23 Nov. 1870) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 13 (Aug.): 45-7. PDF A2106
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1873. Notes on some species of Habernaria found in South Africa. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 3 Nov. 1870) Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 13 (Aug.): 47-8. PDF A2107
Weale, J. P. Mansel. 1873. Observations on the mode in which certain species of Asclepiadeae are fertilized. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Read 3 Nov. 1870) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 13: 65 (Aug.): 48-58. PDF A2108
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1874. Recent researches on termites and honey-bees. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 9 (19 Feb.): 308-9. Text Image PDF F1768
Müller, Fritz. 1874. The habits of various insects. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 10 (11 June): 102-3. Text Image PDF A80
Lewis, Leyson. 1874. Specimen of the male Hop with apparently female flowers. (Forwarded by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle (8 August): 174, fig. 37. Text PDF A2889
Barber, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs). 1874. Notes on the peculiar habits and changes which take place in the larva and pupa of Papilio Nireus. Communicated by Charles Darwin. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Part IV, Dec.): 519-21. Text PDF A2100
Airy, Hubert. 1874. On the leaf-arrangement. Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Received 23 Mar.) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25 (30 Apr.): 298-307. PDF A2622
Gray, Asa. 1874. Robert Brown and Sprengel. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature (2 Jul.): 161. Text PDF A2913
A Lady. 1875. Extinction of the Macartney Rose. (Forwarded by Darwin) Gardeners' Chronicle (17 Jul.): 78. Text Image A2914
Tait, Lawson. 1875. Insectivorous plants. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature (29 Jul.): 251-2. Text A1053
Müller, Fritz. 1876. Fritz Müller on Brazil kitchen middens, habits of ants, etc. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 13 (17 Feb.): 304-5. Text Image PDF F1811
Airy, Hubert. 1876. On the leaf-arrangement of the Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum). Communicated by Charles Darwin. (Received 8 May 1876) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 25 (15 Jun.): 158-60. PDF A2623
Cohn, Ferdinand Julius & Darwin. 1877. The contractile filaments of the teasel. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 16 (23 Aug.): 339. Text Image PDF F1778
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1877. Fritz Müller on flowers and insects. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 17 (29 Nov.): 78-9. Text Image PDF F1781
Cheeseman, T. F. 1877. Fertilisation of Glossostigma. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 17 (27 Dec.): 163-4. Text Image PDF F1812
Darwin, Francis. 1878. On the protrusion of protoplasmic filaments from the glandular hairs of the common teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris). Communicated by Charles Darwin. [Abstract] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 26: 4-8. Text Image A242
Gray, Arthur H. & Darwin. 1878. Transplantation of shells. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 18 (30 May): 120-1. Text Image PDF F1783
Müller, Fritz. 1878. [Letter to Darwin, 27 Nov. 1877]. (Read 6 Feb.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, pp. ii-iii. Text PDF A2006
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1879. Fritz Müller on a frog having eggs on its back—on the abortion of the hairs on the legs of certain caddis-flies, &c. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 19 (20 Mar.): 462-3. Text Image PDF F1784
Krause, Ernst. 1879. Erasmus Darwin. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. Trans. by W. S. Dallas. Text Image PDF F1319. Darwin's annotated copy: Image PDF
Morse, Edward Sylvester & Darwin. 1880. The Omori shell mounds. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 21 (15 Apr.): 561. Text Image F1788
Wilder, Burt Green. 1880. The two kinds of vivisection—sentisection and callisection. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 23 (30 Sept.): 517-18. Text Image A290
Sanderson, John Sr., & Darwin. 1880. Black sheep. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 23 (30 Dec.): 193. Text Image PDF F1790
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1881. Movements of plants. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 23 (3 March): 409. Text Image PDF F1791
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1881. The movements of leaves. Nature (Forwarded by Darwin) 23 (28 April): 603-4. Text Image PDF F1794
Krause, Ernst. 1881. Unconscious Memory—Mr. Samuel Butler. (Translated at the behest of Darwin) Nature 23 (27 Jan.): 288. Text A629
Müller, Fritz & Darwin. 1881. Leaves injured at night by free radiation. (Forwarded by Darwin) Nature 24 (15 Sept.): 459. Text Image PDF F1796
Darwin, C. R. 1882. Preliminary notice. In Van Dyck. On the modification of a race of Syrian street-dogs by means of sexual selection. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. (Read 18 Apr.) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London no. 25: 367-9. Text Image PDF F1803
Villa Franca, Baron de & Dr Glass [Glaziou]. 1882. On new varieties of the sugar-cane produced by planting in apposition. By the Baron de Villa Franca, and Dr. Glass, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Rio de Janeiro. Communicated by the late Charles Darwin. Journal of Botany 20: 192. Text Image F2168
Hooker, J. D. ed. 1885. Index Kewensis: an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive together with their authors names, the works in which they were first published, their native countries and their synonyms: compiled at the expense of the late Charles Robert Darwin under the direction of Joseph D. Hooker. Oxford: Clarendon,
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