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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 Darwins son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
  • … … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin
  • 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 Romaness
  • white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ).   Testing Pangenesis
  • in another as the result of a review of William Dwight Whitneys work on language (G. H. Darwin
  • animal language, which had become a debating point between Whitney and Max Müller. In Descent 2d
  • presentation copy of Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such
  • agreed to see him at Down with Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It
  • had learned of Lyells failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was