From W. J. L. Wharton [15 September 1874]
Summary
Describes the coral formations of Zanzibar and east coast of Africa.
| Author: | William James Lloyd Wharton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Sept 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: A63–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9641 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Rodriguez … hills. 15.4] scored pencil End of letter : ‘Mauritius Sept 15. — 1874. —’ ink …
- … From W. J. L. Wharton [15 September 1874] …
- … DAR 69: A63–6 William James Lloyd Wharton Mauritius [15 Sept 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the measurement of the transit of Venus in 1874 (G. B. Airy ed. 1881, pp. 352–3). CD had …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … reduced to a sandhead always visible. Now (1874) even this has entirely disappeared, and …
- … and Arabia ( Boteler 1835 ). Coral reefs 2d ed. was published in June 1874 ( Publisher’ …
- … s circular 1874). William Fitzwilliam Owen commanded the British voyage to Africa from …
To ? [1874–5?]
Summary
Although he formed a high opinion of one of the correspondent’s papers, regrets that he could not presume to give an opinion of the merits of a candidate in chemistry.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1874–5?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9217 |
To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875?]
Summary
Regrets the trouble GHD has had.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Dec 1874 - Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9221 |
To Thomas Woolner 9 March 1874
Summary
Seeks support for election of his nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Woolner |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A26/112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9342 |
To John Lubbock 3 April 1874
Summary
Thanks for JL’s willingness to sell land.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 9 (EH 88205934) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9386 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Lubbock 3 April 1874 …
- … EH 88205934) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1874 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 2 April 1874 . CD’s letter to William Mackmurdo Hacon has …
- … William Denby was Lubbock’s solicitor (see letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. April 3 rd 1874. My dear Lubbock, I am much obliged to you for …
To William Crookes 9 May [1874]
Summary
Regrets he cannot comply with request because of his work and poor health.
Delighted to have seen correspondent’s "wonderful experiment" at Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crookes |
| Date: | 9 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9449 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To William Crookes 9 May [1874] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 May [1874] William Crookes …
- … by the stationery, which is of a sort that CD used between 1872 and 1874, and by the …
- … fact that only in 1874 had CD made a recent visit to London. Crookes’s request has not …
- … the Royal Society of London on 22 April 1874, experiments showing attraction and repulsion …
- … Crookes 1873 ; soirée programme; see also letter to Michael Foster, 23 April [1874] ). …
To J. T. Knowles 5 August 1874
Summary
CD understands JTK’s reasons [for not republishing W. D. Whitney’s article]. Cannot undertake to write anything himself; he needs rest and is unwilling to enter into controversy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Thomas Knowles |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9584 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. T. Knowles 5 August 1874 …
- … Collection Charles Robert Darwin Bassett Down letterhead 5 Aug 1874 James Thomas Knowles …
- … letter from J. T. Knowles, 4 August 1874 ). Knowles had asked CD to consider writing for …
- … the Contemporary Review ( letter from J. T. Knowles, 4 August 1874 ). …
- … Bassett Southampton Aug—5 1874 Dear Sir I thank you for your extremely kind note. I had …
To J. T. Knowles 31 July 1874
Summary
Asks whether it would be possible for Contemporary Review to republish an article on language from North American Review [119 (1874): 61–88] by William Dwight Whitney which answers F. Max Müller; would pay expense of printing if necessary.
CD has been abused in the Quarterly Review for "amazing ignorance".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Thomas Knowles |
| Date: | 31 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9577 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. T. Knowles 31 July 1874 …
- … Wellcome Collection Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 31 July 1874 James Thomas Knowles …
- … on language from North American Review [119 (1874): 61–88] by William Dwight Whitney which …
- … Wilhelm Engelmann. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of …
- … Bassett Southampton July 31 1874 Dear Sir I fear that you never republish articles which …
- … article, ‘Darwinism and language’ ( Whitney 1874 ), that focused mainly on Friedrich Max …
- … CD’s heavily annotated copy of Whitney 1874 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. The …
To Thomas Belt 31 July 1874
Summary
Comments on bees.
Praises TB’s The naturalist in Nicaragua.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
| Date: | 31 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9578 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Thomas Belt 31 July 1874 …
- … DAR 143: 79 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 31 July 1874 Thomas Belt …
- … Bassett | Southampton July 31, 1874. My dear Sir Your letter has been forwarded to me …
- … See letter from Thomas Belt, 28 July 1874 . CD had discussed the boring of holes in the …
- … s book, The naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ) to friends, and sent a copy to Fritz …
- … Müller in Brazil (see letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 ). …
To J. V. Carus 20 November [1874]
Summary
Thanks JVC for a correction to 2d English edition of Descent, which is now finished. 1350 copies were sold at Murray’s sale.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1874] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 125–126) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9725 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 20 November [1874] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 125–126) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Nov [1874] Julius Victor Carus …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 17 November 1874 and n. 2). CD was sending Carus proof-sheets …
- … letter from J. V Carus, 18 November 1874 . In Descent 2d ed. , CD had given an incomplete …
- … to bees ( H. Müller 1872 ; see letter from J. V Carus, 18 November 1874 and n. 2). …
- … See letter from J. V Carus, 18 November 1874 and n. 3. John Murray’s sale dinner, at …
From J. D. Hooker 3 March 1874
Summary
The row at the Linnean Society and other troubles.
The Agricultural Society has sent Anton De Bary £100 to investigate the potato disease – an insult to M. J. Berkeley, who had worked on it for 30 years.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 189–92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9331 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 3 March 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 189–92 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 3 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 March [1874] ). …
- … CD had been elected in January 1874 (see letter from American Academy …
- … of Arts and Sciences, 28 January 1874 ). The disputes at the Linnean Society concerned …
- … to the bylaws (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 January 1874 and n. 2). Bentham’s …
- … by a single vote at a meeting on 15 January 1874 had been opposed by the Scottish botanist …
- … suggesting at a special meeting of 5 March 1874 (see n. 5, below) that the society obtain …
- … Society had requested a meeting on 5 March 1874 to see whether the disagreements regarding …
- … first commissioner of public works in 1874. The Royal Agricultural Society’s initiatives …
- … widely criticised (see Nature , 1 January 1874, pp. 161–2). Miles Joseph Berkeley , when …
From Robert Swinhoe 14 January 1874
Summary
Wants CD to propose him for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9242 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Robert Swinhoe 14 January 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 337 Robert Swinhoe London, Carlyle Square, 33 14 Jan 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … presented to the Zoological Society of London in January 1874 ( Swinhoe 1873 ; Morning …
- … Post , 23 January 1874, p. 6). …
- … 33 Carlyle Sq r . | SW. 14 January, 1874 My dear M r . Darwin, You may not have heard that …
- … 1 June 1876. CD proposed him on 3 March 1874 along with (in order of signing) John Edward …
From J. M. Grandclément [after 15 June 1874]
Summary
Thanks CD for his answer to his letter. It has not convinced him – he still sees no reason to believe in the prophylactic effect of the vaccine.
Sends an article he has written answering Émile Blanchard of the Academy. Naturalists in France who occupy official positions are not independent.
| Author: | Joseph Marie Grandclément |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 15 June 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9479 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. M. Grandclément [after 15 June 1874] …
- … 88 Joseph Marie Grandclément Clermont-Ferrand [after 15 June 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Blanchard, Emile. 1874. L’origine des êtres. Revue des deux mondes 3: 837–67, …
- … by the date of publication of the first part of Blanchard 1874 (see n. 4, below). See …
- … letter from J. M. Grandclément, [May 1874] ; CD’s reply has not been found. Blanchard …
- … to humans, in an article in Revue des deux mondes ( Blanchard 1874 ), the first part of …
- … which appeared on 15 June 1874 with subsequent parts …
- … on 1 August 1874 and …
- … 1 October 1874. Grandclément’s response has not been identified. Blanchard had opposed …
From H. W. Bates 7 February 1874
Summary
Books CD requested have been packed and sent.
He will present CD with the classified catalogue [of Royal Geographical Society].
He has not learned whereabouts of Thomas Staley.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9275 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 7 February 1874 …
- … DAR 160: 91 Henry Walter Bates R. Geogr. Soc. 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to H. W. Bates, 6 February 1874 ). G. M. Evans 1871 . Thomas Nettleship …
- … Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in his letter to Staley of 13 January [1874] ; Staley did not …
- … answer until 12 February 1874. …
- … Savile Row, | Burlington Gardens, | W Feb 7 1874 My dear Mr Darwin All the books you asked …
To T. W. Denby 1 March 1874
Summary
Writes concerning the land he wishes to purchase from Sir John Lubbock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas William Denby |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9327 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. W. Denby 1 March 1874 …
- … DAR 97: C43 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Mar 1874 Thomas William Denby …
- … his letter to John Lubbock, 23 February 1874 (see n. 1, above); Denby therefore had all …
- … of his letter to John Lubbock, 23 February 1874 , concerning his wish to purchase, instead …
- … the land to CD (see the letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 ). Both Lubbock’s note …
- … the letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 , were written at the bottom of the sheet …
To D. F. Nevill 7 September 1874
Summary
Thanks her for specimen of Drosera. Asks for an epiphytic Utricularia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 7 Sept 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.449) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9627 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To D. F. Nevill 7 September 1874 …
- … Mss.B.D25.449) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Sept 1874 Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny …
- … of the bladders in Uticularia , see the letter to Edward Frankland, 31 August 1874 . …
- … see letter to D. F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 ). Drosera dichotoma is a synonym of D. …
- … binata , the forked-leaf sundew. In 1874, the Saturday before 7 September was 5 September. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 7. 1874 Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill The Drosera arrived quite …
From Hubert Airy 8 January 1874
Summary
W. J. Beal’s paper ["Phyllotaxis of cones", Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 449–53] shows incompleteness of HA’s theory, but does not invalidate his basic principles on origin of leaf arrangement or the broad applicability of the theory.
| Author: | Hubert Airy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9232 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Hubert Airy 8 January 1874 …
- … DAR 159: 28 Hubert Airy Blackheath 8 Jan 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Society of London 21 (1872–3): 176–9. Airy, Hubert. 1874. On leaf-arrangement. Abstract. …
- … Communicated by Charles Darwin. [Read 30 April 1874. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of …
- … Kidbrook Grove. | Blackheath S.E. 8 Jan y . 1874. My dear Sir Herewith I return the “ …
- … was published in H. Airy 1873 ; he corrected and extended his theory in H. Airy 1874 . …
From J. V. Carus 27 October 1874
Summary
On German translation of Descent [3d German, 2d English ed.]. Lists some misprints in proofs.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9700 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 27 October 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 97 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 27 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … works in German ( Freeman 1977 ; see also letter from J. V. Carus, 15 March 1874 ). …
- … also letter from J. V. Carus, 7 July 1874 ). Descent 2d ed. was published as a single …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 and n. 1). In Carus trans. 1875a, the …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … Leipzig, Oct 27 th . 1874. My dear Sir, It is a long time since you sent me the last proof …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). Carus was planning to translate the latest …
From T. H. Huxley 23 December 1874
Summary
Entirely sympathises with CD about Mivart’s attack on George. THH has had a letter from Mivart in which he pleads guilty, but THH has decided there is no patching the matter up. Advises against doing anything unless Mivart takes initiative.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 356–7; DAR 166: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9773 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 23 December 1874 …
- … 336 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 23 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on marriage by George Howard Darwin ( [Mivart] 1874 ; G. H. Darwin 1873a ). Leonard was …
- … J. Mivart to T. H. Huxley, 20 December 1874 , see Appendix V. Huxley sent a message to …
- … et des beaux-arts de Belgique on 15 December 1874 (www.academieroyale.be/n6456/Thomas_ …
- … see letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 ). Mivart’s apology appeared after …
- … George’s response to his allegations in Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9. …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW. Dc 23. 1874 My dear Darwin I entirely sympathise with your …
- … to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). Huxley refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . …
To J. D. Hooker [20 September 1874]
Summary
Asks JDH to cut a bit of root from old Utricularia and bring it with him to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [20 Sept 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9647 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [20 September 1874] …
- … DAR 95: 338 Charles Robert Darwin Down [20 Sept 1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 September [1874] . …
- … In 1874, the Sunday following 18 September was 20 September. Hooker planned to visit Down …
- … work on Utricularia (bladderwort; see letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 September [1874] ). …
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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…
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- … 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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
‘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
Summary
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…
