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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … E. W. (3) Baer, K. E. von (1) Baikie …
- … (1) Baumhauer, E. H. von (2) Baxter, E. B. …
- … (1) Carneri, Bartholomäus von (5) Carpenter, W …
- … C. G. (18) Eichwald, Eduard von (1) …
- … Alfred (3) Estorff, Karl von (1) …
- … Felice (1) Fischer, Johann von (2) …
- … Humbert, Alois (1) Humboldt, Alexander von (2) …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library …
- … [DAR *119: 1v.] 6 Books to be Read Humboldt’s New Spain—much about castes [A. von …
- … Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] read Bory S t …
- … 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … Read M r Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of …
- … [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 1837–52].— I …
- … in Geograph Soc Siebold’s Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50]— d[itt]o Kalm’s Travels …
- … L d . Brougm. 26 merely advertisement Admiral Von Wrangel’s Travels [Wrangel 1840].— …
- … der Versuche üb das Geschtecht der Pflanzes—also Nacht. von einigen Berlin 1763? [Kölreuter 1761–6] …
- … [Morton 1839] (Preface) Royal Soc. Aspects of Nature Humboldt [A. von Humboldt 1849]— (d[itt …
- … 8] 1854 Jan 15. Seeman’s Narrative of H.M.S. Herald [Seeman 1853]. Feb 6. …
- … Belcher, Edward. 1848. Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang during the years 1843–46; …
- … Bernier, François. 1826. Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656–1668 . Translated by Irving …
- … Bethune, John. 1840. Poems by the late John Bethune; with a sketch of the author’s life by his …
- … eds.] 119: 11a Blacklock, Ambrose. 1838. A treatise on sheep; with the best means …
- … Blaine, Delabere Pritchett. 1824. Canine pathology; or, a full description of the diseases of …
- … ——. 1840. An encyclopædia of rural sports; or, a complete account, historical, practical, …
- … Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in H.M.S. Sulphur, 1836–42 . 2 vols. …
- … . Pt 1 of The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in …
- … by Richard Owen. Vol. 4 of The works of John Hunter, F.R.S. with notes . Edited by James F. …
- … Beete. 1847. Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly … in the Torres Strait, New …
- … Keppel, Henry. 1846. The expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the suppression of piracy; …
- … Peacock, George. 1855. Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S. London. *128: 172; 128: 21 …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A vicious dispute over an anonymous …
- … what would have been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin …
- … one of the greatest men the world has ever produced. He gave a wonderful impetus to science by …
- … to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … world. While Darwin was in London, his son George organised a séance at Erasmus’s house. The event …
- … William Henry Myers, and Thomas Henry Huxley, who sent a long report to Darwin with the spirit …
- … he was thus free to perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did …
- … sweetly all the horrid bother of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The …
- … I have pounded the enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical …
- … and never mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second …
- … subsequent print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). …
- … conciseness & clearness of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). …
- … the spread of various mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous …
- … over the ‘scurrilous libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, …
- … the subject & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … the hardest cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … more in my life than this day’s work’ ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ).Francis’s …
- … structure and mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin …
- … she valued the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). …
- … of his children shedding tears as tiny babies ( letter from F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 29 April …
- … do when they are sitting at rest’ ( letter from S. W. Pennypacker, 14 September 1874 ). …
- … edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February 1874 ). Barbier …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … chlorophyll by examining thin slices of plant tissue under a microscope. When not experimenting, he …
- … more weak than usual. To Lawson Tait, he remarked, ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly …
- … early April, he was being carried upstairs with the aid of a special chair. The end came on 19 April …
- … 1881. But some of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater …
- … the nature of their contents, if immersed for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. …
- … up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I had no intention to …
- … ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of Nitella opaca , a species …
- … It proved to be very popular, with reviews appearing in a wide range of journals and newspapers (see …
- … give a single kick to a fallen enemy!’ ( letter to T. F. Jamieson, 24 January [1863] ). …
- … was the comment that it gave the lie to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s famous dictum, ‘Nur die Lumpe …
- … at least be a valid ground for divorce’ ( letter to H. K. Rusden, [before 27 March 1875] ). In …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … restrict himself to ‘more confined & easy subjects’. A month earlier, on 23 February , he had …
- … of his book on earthworms, published in October, was a boost. His 5-year-old grandson Bernard, who …
- … on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in …
- … Kosmos article should be translated and also appear in a British journal. Darwin could see that …
- … seasoned journalist and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a hopeless division of opinion’ within the …
- … , hoping that he did not think them ‘all gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin …
- … avoid being pained at being publicly called in ones old age a liar, owing to having unintentionally …
- … avoided, even though he wished ‘to give Somebody such a slap in the face as he would have cause to …
- … try to banish the thoughts, & say to myself that so good a judge, as Leslie Stephen thinks …
- … published it in Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory …
- … Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, had received a civil list pension. ‘I hardly ever …
- … on 4 January . Buckley had suggested petitioning for a pension for Wallace, but it was Darwin’s …
- … sale of books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he …
- … would feel ‘less sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The degree of …
- … a list of queries and asked whether he could call Alexander von Humboldt the greatest scientific …
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