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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … subject. They concentrated on radicles—the embryonic roots of seedlings—and determined that the …
- … September 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his account of Erasmus Darwin, declaring, ‘My little …
- … to Francis Galton, 15 [June 1879] ). Even the prospect of a holiday in the Lake District in August …
- … ). From July, Darwin had an additional worry: the engagement of his son Horace to Ida Farrer, …
- … W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 ). The year ended with the start of one of the coldest winters on record …
- … or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and the …
- … Station conveyed ‘warmest congratulations to the veteran of Modern Zoology’, but it was in Germany …
- … and his wife sent birthday greetings and a photograph of their 2-year-old son named Darwin, who, …
- … from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of Greiz College in Thuringia …
- … on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This letter crossed with one …
- … German government. In order to attack the liberal minister of education, the Catholic political …
- … ). Carus Sterne was the pseudonym of Ernst Krause, editor of the journal Kosmos , which …
- … in connection with Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Kosmos was, as Francis Darwin reported from …
- … sent birthday greetings but also produced an issue of Kosmos honouring Darwin. Among the …
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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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing …
- … again to write on general & difficult points in the theory of Evolution’, he told the …
- … as the sweetest place on this earth’. From the start of the year, Darwin had his demise on his mind. …
- … affairs and began to make provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s …
- … who lived at Down House, remained a continual source of delight. A second grandchild was born in …
- … Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in Kosmos and sent …
- … press, the Darwins consulted the seasoned journalist and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a …
- … Darwin was enormously relieved. ‘Your note is one of the kindest which I have ever received,’ he …
- … that so good a judge, as Leslie Stephen thinks nothing of the false accusation’. Other friends …
- … Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory that Darwin …
- … shunned Butler and ignored his book. Sources of pleasure January also brought the good …
- … he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate you on the success of your undertaking—for yours it is totally …
- … he was that so many scientific men had so good an opinion of the ‘little scientific work’ he had …
- … overdue credit which you have always assigned to him, is one of those bright spots in the history of …
- … crown to the whole matter’. The positive reception of Movement in plants was another …
1879 Letters now online
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In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause on Erasmus’s scientific work. Darwin’s son…
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- … and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an …
- … in plant physiology. As well as their regular tour of visits to family, the Darwins spent most of …
- … initial resistance from her father, who, although an admirer of Charles Darwin, thought Horace a …
- … more about Darwin's life in 1879 and see a full list of the letters . Highlights …
- … In early 1879, as a tribute on Darwin’s 70th birthday, the editor of the German periodical Kosmos …
- … sons to search archives, and hired a genealogist. The strain of writing history rather than science …
- … and Darwin was relieved to hear that his friends approved of it. let me advise you …
- … in available securities.’ I have no shade of doubt that the apex is a kind of brain …
- … in plants—in this case, in root-tips—as his real work of the year. His son Francis spent three …
- … research, and about the difficult academic politics of Würzburg. What a pity there …
- … his support for other workers in science. At the urging of Arabella Buckley, he floated the idea of …
- … efforts to breed blight-resistant potatoes, with the help of Thomas Farrer, who was permanent …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the meaning …
- … The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers , his fifth book on a …
- … gathering observations made by others. With the exception of bloom, each of these projects would …
- … Francis, who had moved back to Down House after the death of his wife, Amy, the previous year. He …
- … and digestion. William, who had contributed to some of the early research on heterostyly, provided …
- … had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate …
- … had been many months in preparation, and involved hundreds of contributors from Germany, Austria, …
- … reflections, Darwin remarked: ‘no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the …
- … different flower forms, distinguished in part by the lengths of their pistils and stamens, that …
- … to aid his research, and he alluded here to the complexity of the work, namely that the length of …
- … the acquisition of language by children’. He wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 …
- … English. In Germany, the article appeared in the journal Kosmos , where it formed part of an …
- … on the subject and later sent his article and copies of Kosmos covering the German debate …
- … of German and Dutch albums When the first issue of Kosmos appeared in April 1877, its …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another …
- … a library – where well-dressed people sit in attitudes of sober thought. They are listening to a …
- … dramatically to the globe, positioned between ‘Books of scientific reference’ and ‘Books of …
- … A commentary on The Universal Church , written by the editor of Puck in 1893, noted, ‘The …
- … designed, the popular theological fad was the harmonization of science and religion’, but this …
- … physical location Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Other …
- … copyright holder Library of Congress, Washington DC. originator of image Joseph …
- … Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. 1883), centrespread. A Selection of Cartoons from Puck, by Joseph Keppler; …
- … Samuel West, What Fools These Mortals Be! The Story of Puck: America’s First and Most Influential …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another …
- … a library – where well-dressed people sit in attitudes of sober thought. They are listening to a …
- … dramatically to the globe, positioned between ‘Books of scientific reference’ and ‘Books of …
- … A commentary on The Universal Church , written by the editor of Puck in 1893, noted, ‘The …
- … designed, the popular theological fad was the harmonization of science and religion’, but this …
- … physical location Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC. Other …
- … copyright holder Library of Congress, Washington DC. originator of image Joseph …
- … Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. 1883), centrespread. A Selection of Cartoons from Puck, by Joseph Keppler; …
- … Samuel West, What Fools These Mortals Be! The Story of Puck: America’s First and Most Influential …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions Plants …
- … species, and botanical research had often been a source of personal satisfaction, providing relief …
- … on a book manuscript for some nine months. The pleasures of observation and experiment had given way …
- … was also revising another manuscript, the second edition of Climbing plants , which he hoped to …
- … had he completed these tasks, than he took up the revision of another, much longer book, the second …
- … to devote more time to research, returning to the subject of cross and self-fertilisation. On 3 …
- … Kew, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, about the prospect of obtaining new specimens: ‘I have great …
- … to prepare draft legislation for Parliament. At the end of the year, he campaigned vigorously …
- … dispute with Mivart came to a close. The final chapter of the controversy involved a slanderous …
- … Darwin had been supported during the affair by the loyalty of his close friends, Hooker and Thomas …
- … the anonymous reviewer (Mivart) as a blind antagonist of ‘all things Darwinian’ and a mere …
- … friend.’ Hooker was hampered by his position as president of the Royal Society from spurning Mivart …
- … let him feel it .’ Hooker also directed some of his anger toward John Murray, the …
- … was disgraced, that I should give the cold shoulder to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & …
- … of the same contributors were involved in the launch of Kosmos in April 1877. From Haeckel, …
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
- … that a work had been entered in an alphabetical listing of books read. This notebook (DAR 120) is a …
- … the right (labelled ‘b’). He continued this separation of entries in the second reading notebook. …
- … therefore, should concentrate on the alternate pages of the two notebooks, numbered as follows: the …
- … the surviving Darwin library.†In addition, if an abstract of the work has been identified in the …
- … went through numerous editions, we have given only the date of the first edition and indicated in …
- … a decision. References usually include the entire date-range of multi-volume editions, even if this …
- … de Phys. [ Observations sur la Physique ] (Rozier Editor) vol. 24 (1784) to vol. 27 70 skimmed …
- … Notes from Journal of Nat. Hist. [Belcher 1848] May Kosmos [?A. von Humboldt 1846–8]. 2 d …
- … 7: 47–5. 119: 21a ——. 1845–8. Kosmos; a general survey of the physical phenomena of …
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