From Eugène Desmarest 27 February 1874
Summary
CD has been elected an Honorary Member of the Society.
| Author: | Eugène Desmarest |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9320 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Eugène Desmarest 27 February 1874 …
- … See letter to Eugène Desmarest, 4 March 1874 . …
- … DAR 162: 172 Eugène Desmarest Paris 27 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … de la Société auxquelles vous avez droit à partir de 1874. M r . Charles Darwin …
- … sa séance de mercredi dernier (25 fevrier 1874) vous a-t-elle élu membre honoraire ; elle …
- … at last Wednesday’s meeting (25 February 1874), it elected you an honorary member . In …
- … s publications in Paris, to which you are entitled from 1874 onwards. M r . Charles Darwin …
- … was published in Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5th ser. 4 (1874): XLVI. …
- … communication à notre prochain séance (11 Mars 1874). La Société n’ose espérer que vous …
- … can present it at our next meeting (11 March 1874). The Society hardly dares hope that you …
From W. S. Dallas 27 February 1874
Summary
Asks CD to allow his name to be put on a committee to establish a Scientific Societies Club for the fellows of the six societies that will have rooms in Burlington House.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9319 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. S. Dallas 27 February 1874 …
- … DAR 162: 29 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 27 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … references have been found to the club after 1874. No reply to this letter has been found. …
- … to plans to form a Scientific Societies’ Club in Nature , 12 February 1874, p. …
- … 292, Popular Science Review 13 (1874): 77, and John …
- … Bull , 4 April 1874, p. 217. Burlington House was occupied …
- … Chemical Society, who were joined in 1874 by the Geological Society (Horace B. Woodward …
- … Society, Somerset House. | W.C. 27 February 1874 My dear Sir I have no doubt that you have …
From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874
Summary
Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.
Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9293 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874 …
- … 303 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 15 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was published in Nature , 19 February 1874. Müller refers to his paper ‘Anwendung der …
- … The second edition of Descent was published in 1874; the German translation of the first …
- … Lippstadt Feb. 15 1874. My dear Sir Many thanks for your very kind letter I received two …
- … Müller 1864 , Dallas trans. 1869) on 12 February 1874; the letter has not been found, but …
- … the letter to Fritz Müller, 13 February 1874 . See also Correspondence vol. 21, letter to …
- … 25 September 1873 . See letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874], and letter to …
- … Nature , 11 February 1874. Fritz’s …
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 B. J. Sulivan 7 February 1874
Summary
The Bishop of Falkland [Waite Hockin Stirling] is coming to visit BJS, who will question him for CD.
Discusses politics; regrets they have been badly beaten by the Tory candidate.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9273 |
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- … laws would be relaxed: they were to be disappointed ( Annual register (1874), pp. 44–5). …
- … From B. J. Sulivan 7 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 300 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from B. J. Sulivan, 23 February 1874 ). For a photograph of the four Fuegian ( …
- … on 4 February ( Morning Post , 5 February 1874, p. 2). Henry Drummond Charles Wolff ( …
- … Liberal). Haviland-Burke resigned in 1874. (See Stenton 1976 and Craig ed. 1989 . ) In …
- … American Missionary Magazine , 2 February 1874, contained a letter from Thomas Bridges at …
- … at the end of January and early February 1874; the Liberal government of William Ewart …
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 |
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- … 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 …
From C.-F. Reinwald 4 February 1874
Summary
Sends £40 for copyright to Édmond Barbier’s revision of Moulinié’s Descent translation.
Journal of researches translation is in press.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9265 |
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- … From C. -F. Reinwald 4 February 1874 …
- … DAR 176: 102 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 4 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … researches 2d ed. The French translation of Expression was Pozzi and Benôit trans. 1874 . …
- … Cie. Pozzi, Samuel and Benoît, René, trans. 1874. L’expression des émotions chez l’ homme …
- … Paris. | 15 Rue des Saints Pères Febr 4 th 1874. Dear Sir We duely received your kind …
- … to Reinwald’s letter to him of 17 January 1874 . The French second edition of Descent was …
- … account (Down House MS) on 5 February 1874. Reinwald had been dissatisfied with the late …
From J. A. Gammie 16 February 1874
Summary
Sends his observations on the fertilisation of Hedychium gardnerianum by sphinx moths. Did not look for pollen on the wing tips.
| Author: | James Alexander Gammie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 157a: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9296A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. A. Gammie 16 February 1874 …
- … the Himalayas. See also letter from J. A. Gammie, 28 August 1874 . Also spelled Mangpu. …
- … DAR 157a: 98 James Alexander Gammie Monarpur, Darjeeling 16 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with the letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 March 1874 . No letter from CD to Gammie has been …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 17 February 1874
Summary
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9298 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 17 February 1874 …
- … DAR 90: 98–9 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Finchley 17 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Lee, Rawdon Briggs. 1894. A history and …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 5 February 1874 . CD was interested in the numbers of each …
- … of dogs and other animals (see also letters from George Cupples , 3 February 1874 and …
- … 7 February 1874 ). John Henry Walsh , who wrote under the pen name Stonehenge, was editor …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 February 1874 , and Descent 2d ed. , p. 19 n. 41). It …
From John Lubbock 27 February 1874
Summary
The land CD wants to buy probably belongs to his marriage-settlement and would thus be difficult to sell.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 8 (EH 88205933) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9318 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Lubbock 27 February 1874 …
- … Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury High Elms 27 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … High Elms. 27 th . Feb. 1874. Private. My dear M r . Darwin, I should have been very glad …
- … that he rented from Lubbock (see letter to John Lubbock, 23 February 1874 ). John …
- … Birkbeck Lubbock (who turned 16 in 1874) was Lubbock’s eldest son. Thomas William Denby …
- … his reply and the note to Denby at the foot of CD’s letter to him of 23 February 1874. …
From E. A. Darwin 7 February [1874?]
Summary
George brought a plant from Cambridge, which he is keeping for CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1874?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9270 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 7 February [1874? ] …
- … DAR 105: B93 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 7 Feb [1874? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD finished working on Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) in 1874 (see letter to D. …
- … F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 ). …
- … Down House MS)). For some years, including 1874, no payment was recorded. CD and each of …
From Albert Günther 14 February 1874
Summary
Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.
| Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9291 |
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- … From Albert Günther 14 February 1874 …
- … Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther British Museum 14 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … British Museum Febr. 14 th . 1874 My dear Sir I have had great pleasure in signing Mr …
- … see letter to Albert Günther, 12 February 1874 ). Swinhoe was not successful until 1876 ( …
- … also letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 . Günther had asked CD about Galápagos …
From George Cupples 3 February 1874
Summary
Responds to CD’s queries about breeders’ practices in destroying and saving males or females in litters of deerhounds.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 85–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9263 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From George Cupples 3 February 1874 …
- … DAR 90: 85–90 George Cupples unstated 3 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … George Cupples, 14 November 1870 ). Duncan McNeill died on 31 January 1874 ( Pall Mall …
- … Gazette , 2 February 1874, p. 6). …
- … See also letters to William Waring , 6 January 1874 and …
- … 12 January [1874] . CD cited Cupples for this information in Descent 2d ed. , p. 258 n. …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. MacKillop, James. 1998. Dictionary of …
- … s death yesterday. Deerhounds Feb y . 3 d . 1874 Query 1 “If one bitch produced 4 females …
From A. S. G. Canning 23 February 1874
Summary
More details on pea-fowl.
| Author: | Albert Stratford George Canning |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9313 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From A. S. G. Canning 23 February 1874 …
- … Stratford George Canning London, Portman Square, 31 23 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … has not been found, but see the letters from A. S. G. Canning, 16 February 1874 and …
- … 18 February 1874 . Canning had offered information on peafowl for the second edition of …
- … 31. Portman Square Feb ry 23 d . | 1874. Sir I received your letter & wish to supply any …
From T. N. Staley 25 February [1874]
Summary
Introduction of tropical fruits in Hawaiian Islands.
| Author: | Thomas Nettleship Staley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 195–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9314 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From T. N. Staley 25 February [1874] …
- … DAR 89: 195–6 Thomas Nettleship Staley Croxall 25 Feb [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from T. N. Staley, 20 February 1874 . CD’s letter to Staley has not been found; …
- … see, however, the letter from T. N. Staley, 20 February 1874 . 77 o F. : 25 o C. …
From K. S. Sievert 1 February 1874
Summary
Thanks CD for copy of Examiner.
Fear of communism is making CD’s theory popular among possessing classes.
Describes reception of Lyell’s Antiquity of man among German country people.
| Author: | Karl Siegwart Sievert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9262 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From K. S. Sievert 1 February 1874 …
- … 177: 161 Karl Siegwart Sievert Pechylswerder a.d. Havel 1 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Pechÿl’swerder a. d. Havel 1. Febr. 1874. Herrn Darwin Hochgeehrte Herr! The Examiner ( …
- … auf Pechÿl’swerder a. d. Havel 1. Febr. 1874. To Mister Darwin Most venerated Sir! Have …
- … 1873a ) in the Examiner , 24 January 1874, pp. 88–9 ( G. H. Darwin 1874a ). Sievert …
- … 1873b ) in the Darwin Library–Down, and an 1874 reprint in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …
From George Cupples 7 February 1874
Summary
Will send CD’s query to eight or ten people.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9274 |
From Robert Swinhoe 9 February 1874
Summary
Matters of etiquette concerning his certificate for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9277 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Robert Swinhoe 9 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 338 Robert Swinhoe London, Carlyle Square, 33 9 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was announced at the meeting of 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … 33 Carlyle Square | SW. 9 February. 1874. My dear M r . Darwin, I sent my Certificate for …
From C. G. Semper 8 February 1874
Summary
Comments on G. H. Lewes’s book [The life and works of Goethe (1855)].
| Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9276 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From C. G. Semper 8 February 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 136 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 8 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Coral reefs , which was published in 1874. CD cited Semper 1863 in Coral reefs 2d …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … 1863 with his letter of 25 January 1874 . Lewes referred to William Ellery Channing , an …
From T. N. Staley 12 February 1874
Summary
On the decline of population of the Hawaiian Islands, before advent of Europeans; infanticide, polyandry.
| Author: | Thomas Nettleship Staley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 188–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9286 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From T. N. Staley 12 February 1874 …
- … DAR 89: 188–90 Thomas Nettleship Staley Croxall 12 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
- … letter to T. N. Staley, 13 January [1874] . James Cook had first sighted the Hawaiian …
- … Croxall Vicarage | Lichfield Feb y 12 th | 1874 Sir, I only received a few days ago your …
| Canning, A. S. G. | (3) |
| Cupples, George | (3) |
| Staley, T. N. | (3) |
| Günther, Albert | (2) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
| Canning, A. S. G. | (3) |
| Cupples, George | (3) |
| Staley, T. N. | (3) |
| Günther, Albert | (2) |
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…
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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 …
- … 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,…
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- … 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: 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 …
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 …
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…
