From W. H. M. Christie 12 October 1874
Summary
Announces arrival of the Merope [Leonard Darwin’s ship] at Canterbury, New Zealand.
| Author: | William Henry Mahoney Christie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9677 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. H. M. Christie 12 October 1874 …
- … Henry Mahoney Christie Royal Observatory, Greenwich 12 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Observatory, Greenwich, | London, S.E. 1874 Oct. 12 Sir, The Astronomer Royal requests me …
- … Christchurch, Canterbury province, New Zealand, on 27 September 1874 (Airy ed. 1881, p. …
- … letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [after 26 June – 28 September 1874] ). CD’s son …
- … joined the expedition in Plymouth in June 1874 (see letter from Emma Darwin to J. …
- … B. Innes, 24 June [1874] ). The astronomer royal was George Biddell Airy ; for more on …
From D. F. Nevill [11 September 1874]
Summary
Has sent the Utricularia with the bladders that CD described.
In Variation CD does not mention a rare breed of Siamese cat, which she owns.
Asks for another photograph.
| Author: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Sept 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9633 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From D. F. Nevill [11 September 1874] …
- … Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill Dangstein, Petersfield [11 Sept 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Nevill, [ c. 14 March 1862]. See letter from D. F. Nevill, 8 [September 1874] and n. 2. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to D. F. Nevill, 11 September [1874] . …
- … In 1874, 11 September was a Friday. Nevill refers to Utricularia montana , an epiphytic …
- … bladderwort; see letters to D. F. Nevill, 7 September 1874 and …
- … 11 September [1874] and n. 2. Utricularia montana is a synonym of U. alpina. CD …
From Albert Wigand 11 March 1874
Summary
Sends copy of his book [Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung Newtons und Cuviers, vol. 1 (1874)]. Expresses respect for CD in spite of the book’s criticism of him.
| Author: | Julius Wilhelm Albert (Albert) Wigand |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9352 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Albert Wigand 11 March 1874 …
- … 181: 100 Julius Wilhelm Albert (Albert) Wigand Marburg 11 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Naturforschung Newtons und Cuviers , vol. 1 (1874)]. Expresses respect for CD in spite of …
- … been of service in the past. The second volume of Wigand 1874–7 was published in 1876. …
- … London: John Murray. 1872. Wigand, Albert. 1874–7. Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung …
- … Marburg den 11 Merz 1874 Hochgeehrter Herr! Wenn ich mir die Freiheit nehme, Ihnen …
- … und Cuviers (Darwinism and the natural researches of Newton and Cuvier; Wigand 1874–7 ). …
- … CD’s copy of Wigand 1874–7 is in the Darwin Library–Down. In Origin 6th ed. , pp. 170–6, …
- … Marburg 11 March 1874 Most honoured Sir! If I allow myself to present you with a recently …
From J. D. Hooker 11 October 1874
Summary
Oliver will attend to his letter.
Tells of discovery and rediscovery of Aldrovanda.
Asks what CD thinks of "old Pritchard’s discourse" [C. Pritchard, Natural science and natural religion (1874)]. Does not affect evolution at all. It does affect the rather unprofitable doctrine of materialism.
His plans for the Royal Society Presidential Address.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 226–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9673 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 11 October 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 226–7 Joseph Dalton Hooker Wotton-under-Edge 11 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Natural science and natural religion (1874)]. Does not affect evolution at all. It does …
- … John Murray. 1875. Pritchard, Charles. 1874. Modern science and natural religion: an essay …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 October 1874 and n. 1. Hooker refers to Daniel Oliver …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 October 1874 and nn. 2 and 6. Hooker refers to Aldrovanda …
- … 1875b ). In the preface (dated September 1874), Lubbock wrote, ‘I have to thank various …
- … Modern science and natural religion ( Pritchard 1874 ) summarised well-known criticisms of …
- … Society of London was given on 30 November 1874, and printed in Proceedings of the Royal …
- … Society of London ( J. D. Hooker 1874 ). On pp. 61–2, Hooker discussed the donation …
From G. H. Darwin 24 October 1874
Summary
GHD explains conduction, radiation, and convection.
His paper on political economy for Royal Institution lecture has reached 60 pages. Plans to send it to Contemporary Review.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 54; 210.2: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9695 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 24 October 1874 …
- … 42 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 24 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with his letter to George of 22 October [1874] . The superfluous words were not cut from …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … See letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 3. Isaac Newton’s observations …
- … 22 (1701): 825–9. See letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] , and letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 24 October 1874 . George had been invited by William Spottiswoode to give a …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 and n. 19. CD added a reference to Colbert …
- … See letter to G. H. Darwin, 19 October [1874] and n. 3. ) Aut Caesar aut nihil (Latin): …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 and n. 7. Jim was a nickname for Horace …
- … letter from Horace Darwin, 17 August 1874 . Claudius James and Emily Georgina Erskine . …
- … see letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] . Henry Jackson . St George Mivart had …
- … marriage ( G. H. Darwin 1873a ) in an anonymous review ( [Mivart] 1874 ); see letter to …
- … John Murray, 18 October 1874 and n. 1, and letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 19 October [1874] and n. 7. Montague Hughes Cookson , and his wife, Blanche …
From E. T. S. [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter from ’ETS’.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425J |
From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874
Summary
His note on brain [in man and apes for 2d ed. of Descent] nearly finished.
Has heard nothing about Dohrn.
THH has been invited to lecture in America.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9380 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874 …
- … 332 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 31 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 March [1874] and n. 3). Michael Foster was attempting to …
- … see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and n. 4). CD had sent Dohrn a donation of …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 March [1874] ). Huxley did not undertake his lecture tour …
- … letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 and n. 2), after which Wedgwood sent him …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW March 31. 1874 My dear Darwin The brain business is more than …
From J. D. Hooker 29 December 1874
Summary
Explains that his letter had to do with how he should act publicly to Mivart if he retracted. He would not forgive him. If he does not retract, it would no longer be possible to keep him Secretary of the Linnean Society.
Drosophyllum will be sent when weather permits.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 243–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9788 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 29 December 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 243–4 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 29 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 December [1874] . CD, Hooker, and Thomas Henry Huxley had …
- … Howard Darwin ( G. H. Darwin 1873a , [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). Assoilzied: absolved ( …
- … was secretary of the Linnean Society from 1874 until 1880 ( ODNB ). George James Allman …
- … in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 ). Hooker presumably refers also to Lubbock’s …
- … Portuguese sundew or dewy pine). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . …
From ? [after 14 January 1874]
Summary
Extract from the Honolulu Gazette on the decreasing population of the Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Jan 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8794 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From ? [after 14 January 1874] …
- … DAR 89: 120 Unidentified unstated [after 14 Jan 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … letter to T. N. Staley, 13 January [1874] , in which CD seemed unaware of census data …
- … Titus Munson Coan (see letter from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 , and letter from T. …
- … M. Coan, 14 February 1874 ) and may have sought information from others via Henry Walter …
- … letter from H. W. Bates, 7 February 1874 ) or Edward Livingston Youmans ( letter from …
- … T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 ). The handwriting has not been recognised and may be a …
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 October 1874
Summary
Suggests an explanation for difference in excitability of Drosera leaves to meat and albumen on the one hand and, on the other, fibrin, areolar tissue, gelatin, and fibrous basis of bone.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 101–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9676 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 October 1874 …
- … Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet London, Queen Anne St, 49 12 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 October 1874 . See letter to J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 October 1874 and n. 1. See letter to …
- … J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 October 1874 . See letter to J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 October 1874 . …
From J. D. Hooker [3 December 1874?]
Summary
Probably a discussiion of J. D. Hooker’s feelings after death of his wife, Frances Harriet, on 13 November 1874: the letter is badly damaged.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Dec 1874?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9719F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [3 December 1874? ] …
- … DAR 166: 263 Joseph Dalton Hooker [3 Dec 1874? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … death of his wife, Frances Harriet, on 13 November 1874: the letter is badly damaged. …
- … D. Hooker, 2 December [ 1874] ; in fact, he stayed until 12 December, probably due to an …
- … and the letter to Hooker of 2 December [1874] , and from the apparent references to the …
- … who had died suddenly on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). Hooker seems to be …
- … Kew; CD had written that he would be in London from 3 to 10 December 1874 ( letter to J. …
From J. D. Hooker 18 July 1874
Summary
Two Nepenthes have devoured two pieces of fibrin [sketch shows size] in three days.
Has CD any objection to JDH’s giving an account of CD’s Drosera observations at Belfast [BAAS meeting] in a résumé of pitcher-plant results ["Address to the department of botany and zoology", Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 102–16]?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 208–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9553 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 18 July 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 208–9 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 18 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … results ["Address to the department of botany and zoology", Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 102–16]? …
- … advice from CD (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [before 15 July 1874] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 15 July 1874 , and n. 4). CD was interested in the digestive ability of the …
- … performed at the Mozart Festival ( Theatrical Observer and Musical Review , 20 July 1874). …
- … for the Advancement of Science in August 1874 ( J. D. Hooker 1874a and 1874b). …
- … was a concert that took place on 16 July 1874, to raise funds for the Mozart Institution …
- … Observer and Musical Review , 20 July 1874). Emma Albani sang ‘Dove sono’, an aria from …
From J. D. Hooker 1 July 1874
Summary
Has "given the slip" to Nepenthes, but is setting a plant up in an enclosure for special observation.
Has some splendid Sarracenia and will perform any miracle regarding them CD puts him up to.
Charmed with CD’s account of Pinguicula. Would like to try whether Lychnis has the same use of viscid fluid.
Has written for English Utricularia for CD.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 200–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9526 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 1 July 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 200–1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 1 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on the stem. In his letter of 26 June 1874 , CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer whether they had …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1874] and n. 12). Sarracenia (trumpet pitchers) …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] and n. 4). Lychnis viscosa is a synonym …
- … William Turner Thiselton-Dyer of 26 June 1874, CD mentioned that Hooker was going to try …
- … Hooker arrived at Down on Saturday 11 July 1874. In October and November 1873, Hooker had …
From J. D. Hooker 15 July 1874
Summary
Asks what can be the meaning of appendages to tips of leaflets of enclosed Acacia or Mimosa.
Is at fibrin today.
Michael Foster suggests coagulation of protoplasm may be diseased, not digestive, symptom.
F. M. Balfour is at Kew today.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 206–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9548 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 15 July 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 206–7 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 15 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [before 15 July 1874] ). Nepenthes is the genus of tropical pitcher- …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [before 15 July 1874] . Francis Maitland Balfour . According to …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD had a bad attack of diarrhoea and sickness on 13 July 1874. …
- … bladderwort) was sent to CD on 19 September 1874 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards …
- … nectar glands, and food bodies in Belt 1874 , pp. 218–20. The genus Acacia was formerly …
- … viscosa in his letter to Hooker of 2 July 1874 . ( Lychnis viscaria is a synonym, but the …
From Thomas Belt 28 July 1874
Summary
Has observed in his garden hive-bees using the holes bored at the base of flowers by humble-bees.
| Author: | Thomas Belt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.2: C58–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9572 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Thomas Belt 28 July 1874 …
- … DAR 46.2: C58–9 Thomas Belt Ealing 28 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the bees that visited the flowers ( Farrer 1874 ). Farrer had described nectar excreted …
- … John Murray. 1876. Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1874. Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers— …
- … Coronilla. Nature , 2 July 1874, pp. 169–70. …
- … a published account by Belt (in Belt 1874 ) of a crop of Phaseolus multiflorus rendered …
- … Cornwall House Ealing July 28 th 1874 My Dear Sir, I send you the following as it may …
From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874]
Summary
Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8709 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874] …
- … 90: 8 Leonard Darwin Naval College, Greenwich [after 14 Feb 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … dates given by Coan were correct; see also letter from ? , [after 14 January 1874] . …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 . Titus Munson Coan’s figures suggested that …
- … letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 ). When CD published these figures in Descent …
From Joseph Fayrer 22 July 1874
Summary
Is glad CD approves of his book;
has not yet done any more experiments on snake poison.
| Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9559 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Joseph Fayrer 22 July 1874 …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet London, Granville Place, 16 22 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Francis Darwin and Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874, but no record of a visit to or from Fayrer …
- … J. and A. Churchill. Fayrer, Joseph. 1874. The Thanatophidia of India: being a description …
- … 16 Granville Place 22 July 1874 Dear Sir Many thanks for the book which has reached me …
- … s book on poisonous snakes of India (either Fayrer 1872 or Fayrer 1874 ; see letter from …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 6 July 1874 and n. 3). CD evidently commented on the book, but no letter …
- … venom (see letter to Joseph Fayrer, 4 July [1874] and n. 2). Results of experiments that …
From T. L. Brunton 9 March 1874
Summary
Writes on the possible origin of serpent-worship.
Is glad CD does not think his view regarding the two sides of the face is erroneous.
| Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9345 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From T. L. Brunton 9 March 1874 …
- … Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet London, Somerset St, 23 9 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to T. L. Brunton, 4 March 1874 . See letter to T. …
- … L. Brunton, 4 March 1874 and n. 5. CD was interested in the relative nutritional values …
- … hydrolysed forms of collagen); see letter to T. L. Brunton, 4 March 1874 and n. 4. …
- … S t . Portman Sq | London W. March 9 th . 1874 Dear Sir Many thanks for your kind letter & …
From J. D. Hooker 8 December 1874
Summary
Delighted with Farrer’s assistance. A. Helps has also spoken to Sir S. Northcote.
JDH is getting on well but has periods of great depression.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 232–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9750 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 8 December 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 232–3 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 8 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the meeting of the Royal Society of London on 10 December 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal …
- … Society of London 23 (1874–5): 93). …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 December [1874] ). He had asked Thomas Henry Farrer to …
- … Hooker , Hooker’s wife, died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). Harriet Anne …
From W. C. Marshall 5 September [1874]
Summary
Sends Pinguicula vulgaris leaves with seeds on them, together with his observations on proportion of leaves with insects on them.
| Author: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 128–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9626 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. C. Marshall 5 September [1874] …
- … 128–9 William Cecil (Bill) Marshall Derwent Island 5 Sept [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 9 June 1874) . Horace Darwin was a friend of Marshall; …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] . Marshall had …
- … sent leaves of Pinguicula (butterwort) on 30 August 1874 (see letter from W. …
- … C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] ). CD had written that he would be interested in seeing a …
- … to W. C. Marshall, [after 30 August 1874] ). The list has not been found; see, however, …
- … to W. C. Marshall, [after 30 August 1874] , has been found; it did not mention tracing …
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| Darwin, G. H. | (14) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (11) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (8) |
| Brunton, T. L. | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (306) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (25) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (14) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (11) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (8) |
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 23 hits
- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
- … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
- … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
- … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
- … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Matches: 9 hits
- … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
- … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
- … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
- … signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
- … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
- … must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
- … the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
- … day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
- … have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
Matches: 16 hits
- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
- … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
- … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
- … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
- … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
- … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
- … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
- … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
- … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
- … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
- … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
- … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
- … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
- … this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
- … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …
Joseph Simms
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The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
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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- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
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- … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
- … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
- … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
- … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
- … at bottom left. date of creation February 1874 computer-readable date c. …
- … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
- … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
- … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
- … bottom right) date of creation September 1874 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
- … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
- … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
- … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
- … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
- … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. computer-readable date c …
- … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
