| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849 | 'In order to pass the BA examination, it was also necessary to get up Paley's "Evidences of Christianity" and his "Mor... | Charles Darwin | William Paley | A View of the Evidences of Christianity | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In order to pass the BA examination, it was also necessary to get up Paley's "Evidences of Christianity" and his "Mor... | Charles Darwin | William Paley | Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'The logic of this book [Paley's Evidences] and as I may add of his Natural Theology gave me as much delight as did Eu... | Charles Darwin | William Paley | Natural Theology | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have been most shockingly idle, actually reading two novels at once. a good scolding would do me a vast deal of goo... | Charles Darwin | Thomas Henry Lister | Granby | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have been most shockingly idle, actually reading two novels at once. a good scolding would do me a vast deal of goo... | Charles Darwin | Humphry Davy | Researches, Chemical and Philosophical | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I have tried to follow your advice about the Bible, what part of the Bible do you like best? I like the Gospels. Do y... | Charles Darwin | | Bible | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I performed one Herculean task, having nearly finished Clarissa Harlowe, the most glorious novel ever written, & I ad... | Charles Darwin | Samuel Richardson | Clarissa Harlowe; or, The History of a Young Lady | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'If you have not read Herschel in Lardners Cyclo ? read it directly.'
| Charles Darwin | John Frederick William Herschel | Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'All the while I am writing now my head is running about the Tropics: in the morning I go and gaze at Palm trees in th... | Charles Darwin | Humboldt | unknown | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'I hope you continue to fan your Canary ardor: I read & reread Humboldt, do you do the same, & I am sure nothing will ... | Charles Darwin | Humboldt | unknown | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Have you Cap. Beecheys voyage to the Pacific? if you have not, I will buy it, as it contains some most excellent Mete... | Charles Darwin | Frederick W Beechey | Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom. London | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'After looking at my 11 books of Euclid, & first part of Algebra (including binomial theorem?) I may then begin Trigon... | Charles Darwin | Euclid | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I now first felt even moderately well, & I was picturing to myself all the delights of fresh fruit growing in beautif... | Charles Darwin | Humboldt | unknown | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'If you really want to have a [notion] of tropical countries, study Humboldt.? Skip th[e] scientific parts & commence ... | Charles Darwin | Alexander von Humboldt | unknown | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Nobody could possibly be better fitted out in every respect for collecting than I am: many cooks have not spoiled the... | Charles Darwin | | La Dictionnaire Classique | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I suppose you all well know Heads book.? for accuracy & animation it is beyond praise.' | Charles Darwin | Francis Bond Head | Gallop: Rapid journeys across the Pampas | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Judging from the Pamphlet, you gave me & which I have found very useful, the insects of the Rio Plata are tolerably w... | Charles Darwin | Jean Theodore Lacordaire | M?moire sur les habitudes des Col?opt?res de l'Am?rique m?ridionale. | |
| 1800-1849 | 'I am now reading the Oxford Report.' | Charles Darwin | | The Report of the second meeting of the British Association at Oxford in 1832. | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Give Mr Whewell my best thanks for sending me his tide paper: all on board are much interested by it.' | Charles Darwin | William Whewell | Essay Towards a First Approximation to a Map of Cotidal Lines | Print: Unknown |