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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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- … 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 …
- … was granted. In this case you would I feel sure, no longer treat me as your friend, and you would …
- … Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American correspondent Mary Treat sent observations of the prey …
- … carnivorous plants that she had seen’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 2 December 1874 ). The …
- … see letter John Murray, 9 May [1874] ). He communicated Mary Elizabeth Barber’s paper on the pupae …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
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- … He also corresponded with the New Jersey naturalist, Mary Treat , about carnivorous plants. …
- … is a known or common phenomenon. Letter 8113 - Mary Treat to Charles Darwin, 20 December …
- … own work. Letter 9005 - Charles Darwin to Mary Treat, 12 August 1873 Darwin …
- … does he find this significant? 3. Does Darwin address Mary Treat differently from his other …
- … able to appreciate the awe of utricularia expressed by Mary Treat in an 1874 letter to …
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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- … to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August 1849] Darwin thanks Mary Whitby for passing on the results …
- … - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber responds to Darwin’s queries …
- … 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 …
- … 12389 - Johnson, M. to Darwin, [January 1880] Mary Johnson tells Darwin about her work on …
- … Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close instructions on how …
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…
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- … without aid. Letter 8146 - Darwin to Treat, M., [5 January 1872] Darwin …
- … in gold. Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin …
- … Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., [1 August 1874] Darwin gives feedback on work …
- … Letter 9613 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [30 August 1874] Darwin comments on a “clever” …
- … ought to be published. Letter 10523 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 June 1876] …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … the masses and thinking people of this country’, wrote Mary Treat from the United States; it was …
- … to be the theme. Surely the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 ). & …
- … 24 August 1872 ). In January, Darwin wrote to Mary Treat, encouraging her in the strongest …
- … as known to me, which have ever been made’ ( letter to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). In …
- … to thank Darwin for sending her one; she and her companion, Mary Lloyd, were vying to read it first …
- … Ruck, the sister of an old schoolfriend; he married Amy in 1874. Francis, still a medical student …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … Mivart made a slanderous attack on George Darwin in late 1874 in an anonymous article, which …
- … that it contains is truly amazing.’ On 15 May, Mary Treat admitted to being so fascinated by the …
- … also distinguished him from his valued correspondent Mary Treat, who published her work on the …
- … in the face of death, and it was Francis’s mother-in-law, Mary Anne Ruck, who provided emotional …
- … to H. E. Litchfield, [31 August 1876] (DAR 219.9: 138)). But Mary Anne Ruck’s ability to console …
- … too, expressed his gratitude, stating that he had never seen Mary Anne Ruck’s equal ‘for goodness …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Insectivorous plants
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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…
