RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract 4to Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.98. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021, 9.2025. RN4
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.
See The Complete Library of Charles Darwin.
98
(7
Abstract 4to Pamphlets
164 Hoffman on struggle for existence in weeds
Hoffmann, Hermann. 1870. Ueber Verunkrautung. Ein Beitrag zur Lehre vom Kampfe um's Dasein. Oesterreichisches Landwirthschaftliches Wochenblatt 2: 6-9, 17-19. (whole issues) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 164] PDF
170 Lindstrom on connecting ancient corals
Lindström, Gustaf. 1870. A description of the Anthozoa perforata of Gotland. Presented to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences May 9, 1870. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1 pl. (from: Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 9(6).) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 170] PDF
174 Sharpe p XI.I - on Range coinciding with intermediate form in Kingfishers
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1868-1871. A monograph of the Alcedinidae: or, family of kingfishers. London: Published by the author. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 174] PDF
175 Review of Kerner on Tubocytisus.
N. 1871. [Review of Kerner] Zur Darwin'schen Hypothese. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung 47: 194-200. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 175] PDF
177 Hoffman on period of fertilisation affecting sex of Plants
Hoffmann, Hermann. 1871. Zur Geschlechtsbestimmung. Botanische Zeitung 29: 81-89, 97-109. (whole issues) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 177] PDF
178 Jäger on superiority of wild Horned Ruminants over the Sheath horn
Jäger, Gustav. 1871. Die thiergeographischen Stationen. Das Ausland 44 (30 October): 257-259. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 178] PDF
186 Malm on origin of Flat-fishes. Translate
Malm, August Wilhelm. 1867. Bidrag till kännedom af Pleuronektoidernas utveckling och byggnad. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 7 (1867-8): (4th paper) 1-28. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 186 with extensive manuscript translation by G. H. Darwin] PDF
189 On Locust — ranges, as means of carrying seed — p. 364 rate of flight
Köppen, Friedrich Theodor. 1871. Die geographische Verbreitung der Wanderheuschrecke (Pachtylus migratorius, L.). Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen 17: 361-366, pl. 18. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 189] PDF
— do — Instinct of migration. —
190 Pouchet on Protection by changed colour in flat-fishes
Pouchet, Georges. 1871. Sur les rapides changements de coloration provoqués expérimentalement chez les poissons. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 72: 866-869. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 190] PDF
197 Hildebrand, on means of Distrib. of Compositæ; curious diversified means.
Hildebrand, Friedrich Hermann Gustav. 1872. Ueber die Verbreitungsmittel der Compositenfrüchte. Botanische Zeitung 30: 1-14. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 197] PDF
— on means of Transition, viz pappus rudimentary & Hooks on the same achenia.—
203 Hildebrand — on do — on diversified nature & position of the Hairs
Hildebrand, Friedrich Hermann Gustav. 1872. Ueber die Entwicklung der haarigen Anhänge an Pflanzensamen. Botanische Zeitung 30: 233-239, 257-271, pl. IV. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 203] PDF
204 Wilckens on gradation in form of stomach leading to Ruminants
Wilckens, Martin. 1872. Untersuchungen über den Magen der wiederkäuenden Hausthiere. Berlin: Wiegandt. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 204] PDF
205 Wright Chauncey, on Phyllotaxy, thinks might be developed by Nat Selection.
Wright, Chauncey. 1871. The uses and origin of the arrangements of leaves in plants. [Read 10 October.] Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9 (1): 379-415. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 205] PDF
207 Gaudry, Representative close species of Fossil mammals.
Gaudry, Albert. 1873. Animaux fossiles du Mont Léberon (Vaucluse): Etude sur les Vertébrés. Paris: F. Savy. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 207] PDF
210 Bavay on Batrachians producing tadpole without water
Garnier, Jules. 1873. Un nouveau mode reproduction chez les grenouilles (étude de A. Bavay). Revue scientifique de la France et de l'étranger 4: 880-881. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 210] PDF
215 Hildebrand on diversity of means of Transport of seeds in Gramineæ
Hildebrand, Friedrich Hermann Gustav. 1872. Bestäubungsverhältnisse bei den Gramineen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1872): 737-764. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 1099, Quarto 215] PDF
— p. 15 Wonderful summary of nature — shortness of paleæ in ♂ flowers
— do p. 3 of 2d paper
217 Gaudry on number of Geological stages & thickness of all deposits
Gaudry, Albert. 1873. Cours de paléontologie II: Leçon d'ouverture. Paris: G. Baillière. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 217] PDF
218 Mayer, Gradation in successful Tertiary stages in Cardium &c
Mayer, Karl. 1873. Systematisches Verzeichniss der Versteinerungen des Helvetian der Schweiz und Schwabens. Zurich: Schabelitz. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 218] PDF
219 Aug. Agassiz Echinoderm & Annelids, not so closely related as Huxley thought.
Agassiz, Alexander. 1873. The history of Balanoglossus and Tornaria. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 421-436. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 219] PDF
220 Caspary on Nuphar p. 40 — cases of bad pollen — p 74 case of reciprocal hybrids unlike — 78 pollen of various plants bad.
Caspary, Robert. 1870. Die Nuphar der Vogesen und des Schwarzwaldes. Halle: H. W. Schmidt. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 220] PDF
p 81. Important criticism on Nägeli on Hieracium: maybe hybrids.
221 Munier Chalmas: at Silurian period. Di- & Tetra-branch. Cephalopod as distinct as now — only generic difference since.
Munier-Chalmas, Ernest. 1873. Sur le développement du phragmostracum des Céphalopodes et sur les rapports zoologiques des ammonites avec les spirules. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 77: 1557-1559. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 221] PDF
226 Heer on fossil Flora of Bear Isld p 23 from similar vars of Calamities, seen & elsewhere argues against slow variation
Heer, Oswald. 1871. Fossile Flora der Bären Insel. Stockholm: Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar. (from: Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar [Read 30 September.] 9 (5) (1871): 1-51, 15 pls.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 226] PDF
p 24 Tropical sea-animals at some time in Polar regions
227 Kowalevsky on Anchitherium — slow modification — character present in case individuals & absent in others — parallel, analogous vars not allied & distinct groups.
Kovalevsky, Vladimir Onufrievich. 1873. Sur l'Anchitherium aurelianense Cuv. [Read 5 September 1872.] Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 7th ser. 20 no. 5: 1-73, 3 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 227] PDF
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 6 September, 2025