To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 June 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
To Charles Lyell [5 July 1845]
Summary
Sends the first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.]. Explains his dedication of book to CL. Describes revisions.
Has received CL’s book [Travels in North America, 2 vols. (1845)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [5 July 1845] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-882 |
To J. S. Henslow 16 May [1845]
Summary
Is at work on second edition of Journal of researches.
Hopes to finish geology of the Beagle by autumn.
Hooker gives "a wonderful account" of Galapagos plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 16 May [1845] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-868 |
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- … Bromley Kent May 16 th My dear Henslow The Lyells have been staying here & we have just …
To John Murray [31 May 1845]
Summary
Will send MS of first part [of Journal of researches] on Thursday morning, enclosing suggested title and dedication. Urges inclusion of map. Requests another £50 for copyright, as offer of £100 was made when only two parts were planned.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | [31 May 1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.24–25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-872 |
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- … I do not know how far you value M r Lyells’ judgment, but he approves of it. Should you [ …
To J. S. Henslow 25 July 1845
Summary
CD has bought a farm in Lincolnshire. Criticises primogeniture and stamp laws on land purchase.
Announces birth of G. H. Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 25 July 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-895 |
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- … s blood burn with indignation. Have you seen Lyells Travels? He says the poorer classes in …
From J. D. Hooker [mid-July 1845]
Summary
The translation of Humboldt’s Kosmos [Cosmos (1846–58)] is delayed.
Gives instances of peculiar genera with several good species in very small islands. Scarcity of insects on islands.
JDH cannot prove that there is much hybridising, but does not see why there should not be. "Bother variation, development & all such subjects, it is reasoning in a circle I believe after all."
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [mid-July 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 49–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-884 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … to Diana. After class I go to old Chas. Lyells at Kinnordy, & shall not be home till …
| letter | (6) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Matches: 1 hits
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 July 1865] ): Lyells corrected pages came when I was …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … sur les Glaciers [Agassiz 1840] —— 30 th Lyells Principles. 3. Vol. 6 th Edit [Lyell …
- … ] all——3 vols.——well abstracted 22 d Lyells Elem. 2 d Edit. [Lyell 1841] d[itt]o.— …
- … 1841–54]. slightly skimmed Miserable Aug. 5 th Lyells Travels in N. America [Lyell 1845] …
- … Tribe &c by George Vasey. 1851 [Vasey 1851]. May 28. Lyells Elements 5 th . Edit [Lyell …
Visiting the Darwins
Summary
'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
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- … on Saturday— I have appointed next Monday to call on the Lyells; & mean to try & persuade Dr …
