From R. F. Cooke 26 June 1875
Summary
Sends first copy of Insectivorous plants to CD. Price must be 15s.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 455 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10031 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 26 June 1875 …
- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 26 June 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 24 June [1875] . In fact, Insectivorous plants was priced …
- … at 14 s . ( Publishers’ circular , 16 July 1875, p. 498). For CD’s presentation list for …
From R. F. Cooke 30 August 1875
Summary
Apologises for the annoyance caused about the size of proof paper. Clears up misunderstanding. As for Climbing plants, RC thinks no less than 1500 copies of a book by CD should be printed.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 468 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10139 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 30 August 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 30 Aug 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Descent 2d ed. : The descent of man, and …
- … second editions of Variation , see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 6 August 1875 and n. 3. …
- … had asked CD in his letter of 27 August 1875 whether D. Appleton & Co . wanted to print a …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 August [1875] . CD had requested that the printers, William …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species by …
To R. F. Cooke 17 December [1875]
Summary
Discusses payment of £10 owed by Italians.
"No corrections for Voyage of Beagle [Journal of researches]."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 292 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10304 |
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- … To R. F. Cooke 17 December [1875] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 17 Dec [1875] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … the letter from R. F. Cooke, 14 December 1875 . CD had written to the Italian publisher …
- … the letter to R. F. Cooke, 6 October [1875] ); CD’s letter has not been found. John Murray …
- … to Down from London on Monday 20 December 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Cooke had …
- … plants 2d ed. and Origin 6th ed. (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 14 December 1875 ). …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … 2d ed. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 26 May 1875 and nn. 1 and 3). The first edition of …
To R. F. Cooke 4 July [1875]
Summary
Very glad about sales [of Insectivorous plants]. CD had hard work to persuade Murray to increase printing to 1250 copies, but owns he thought that number would last for eternity. U. S. publication and French, German, and Russian translations in the offing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 4 July [1875] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 332–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10041 |
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- … To R. F. Cooke 4 July [1875] …
- … 332–3) Charles Robert Darwin Abinger Hall 4 July [1875] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Insectivorous plants Russian trans. : …
- … between this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 3 July 1875 . See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 3 July 1875 and n. 1. CD’s publisher, John Murray , had proposed printing …
- … costs for an additional 250 copies ( letter from John Murray, 1 May [1875] , and letter to …
- … John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 3 July 1875 and n. 3. Charles Layton was the agent of CD’s US publisher, D. …
From R. F. Cooke 5 October 1875
Summary
Hopes printing of Variation [2d ed.] is going satisfactorily.
Climbing plants [2d ed.] is finished.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 470 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10183 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 5 October 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 5 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … 1 March 1876, p. 168), although it carried an 1875 publication date. Climbing plants 2d …
- … ed. was published in November 1875 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 16 November 1875, p. 932). The enclosure has not been found, but Giovanni Canestrini’s …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1875
Summary
Stereotype plates of Climbing plants sent to D. Appleton’s agent.
A revised edition of Orchids would be desirable.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 476 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10224 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from R. F. Cooke, 22 October 1875 . CD often commented on both the price and …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1875] and n. 3. Charles Layton was the agent of the …
- … D. Appleton & Co . See letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1875] and nn. 2 and 4. See …
- … letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1875] and n. 7. The first edition of Orchids had been …
To R. F. Cooke 23 May [1875]
Summary
Discusses the price to be charged to Appleton’s for the plates of Insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 23 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9989 |
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- … To R. F. Cooke 23 May [1875] …
- … DAR 97: C27 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 May [1875] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … a second US edition of Descent in 1875 using stereotypes provided by John Murray ( …
- … John Murray. 1871. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 24 May 1875 . D. Appleton & Co . , CD’s US publisher, …
- … The US edition of Insectivorous plants was published in 1875. D. Appleton & Co . …
From R. F. Cooke 3 July 1875
Summary
CD’s pessimistic view [of prospective sale of Insectivorous plants] is to blame for the small printing. Murray’s printed only 1250 copies and sold 1700. A thousand more have been ordered.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 456 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10040 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 3 July 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 3 July 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … John Murray. 1872. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … sell very poorly’ ( letter to John Murray, 29 April [1875] ). See also letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] . Murray had requested that the printers, William Clowes & …
- … were required ( letter from John Murray, 1 May [1875] ). CD had negotiated the charges for …
From R. F. Cooke 16 July 1875
Summary
The second printing of 1000 copies [of Insectivorous plants] has sold out. Will print 750 more [3000 in all]. Mudie’s Library and Simpkin & Co. have ordered more copies.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 457 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10071 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 16 July 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 16 July 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … London: Routledge. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … plants , see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 3 July 1875 , and the letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 4 July [1875] and n. 2. Mudie’s Select Library was a large commercial library …
From R. F. Cooke 16 November 1875
Summary
Electrotypes of woodcuts in Climbing plants [2d ed.]
and Variation [2d ed.] for Appleton.
Asks CD whether he has any corrections for Insectivorous plants before stereotypes are made.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 477 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10260 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 16 November 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 16 Nov 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Expression : The expression of the emotions …
- … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 November [1875] and n. 5. Permanent stereotype plates were …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
From R. F. Cooke 31 July 1875
Summary
RC will confer with printer about type, etc., for reprint of Variation.
Only 250 copies remain of [2d ed. of] Descent – will print 1000 more for annual sale.
Expression does not move.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 460 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10105 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 31 July 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 31 July 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … firm D. Appleton & Co . reprinted Descent 2d ed. in 1875 and 1876 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … copies of Descent 2d ed. were printed in 1875 (the eleventh thousand; Freeman 1977 ). On …
From R. F. Cooke 14 December 1875
Summary
Copies remaining in stock of Climbing plants [2d ed.], 105,
and Origin [6th ed.], 100.
CD should send the printer any corrections he wants made before reprinting.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 480 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10297 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 14 December 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 14 Dec 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … ed. , which had been published in November 1875 ( Freeman 1977 ). William Clowes was John …
From R. F. Cooke 9 August 1875
Summary
Sends papers concerned with [copyright?] registration for French and German editions [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 463 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10112 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 9 August 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 9 Aug 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 50 A , Albemarle S t . Aug t . 9. 1875 My dear Sir Please to sign the enclosed papers …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Nowell-Smith, Simon. 1968. International …
From R. F. Cooke 21 April 1875
Summary
V. O. Kovalevsky has paid for the Expression plates.
Still has 400 copies of Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet
and 450 of Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 448 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9944 |
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- … From R. F. Cooke 21 April 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 21 Apr 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. [Kovalevsky, Vladimir Onufrievich], trans. …
- … also letter from R. F. Cooke, 19 March 1875 ). John Murray charged £75 for 1000 plates ( …
From R. F. Cooke 12 October 1875
Summary
Charge for 500 sets of the heliotype illustrations of Expression is £37 10s 6d.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 472 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10192 |
From R. F. Cooke 26 May 1875
Summary
A set of electros of the woodcuts to Variation was sent to an Italian publisher in 1869, but no reply or payment has been made since then.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 453 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9995 |
From R. F. Cooke 29 July 1875
Summary
Sends CD specimen pages, with two different type spacings, for Climbing plants.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 459 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10100 |
From R. F. Cooke 19 March 1875
Summary
A curious alteration in the reprint of Variation.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 445 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9893 |
From R. F. Cooke 21 February 1876
Summary
Murray wishes to settle payments for Descent [2d ed., 11th thousand]. Over 500 copies of the 1000 printed have been sold.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 482 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10404 |
From R. F. Cooke 23 February 1876
Summary
Sends cheque for Descent [2d ed., 1875 issue].
Has sent corrections to printer for Climbing plants
and Origin. Has ordered to print: 1250 copies of Origin,
500 of Climbing plants,
and 1000 of Naturalist’s voyage [Journal of researches].
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 483 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10407 |
| letter | (48) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (34) |
| John Murray | (34) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (34) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (14) |
| John Murray | (11) |
| Cooke, R. F. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (48) |
| John Murray | (45) |
Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
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To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1875…
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- … of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first …
- … it behaved in similar ways to the Drosera secretion. In 1875, Klein was a very controversial …
- … I liked the man .’ Other highlights from the 1875 letters include: I am very …
- … of my books. ( Letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] ) Darwin wrote this to his …
- … new Editions . ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 August [1875] ) Darwin also completed …
- … this possible ( Letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Agitation for a law …
- … made false statements ( Letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 ) Relations between the …
- … always succeeds ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 October [1875] ) Darwin wrote …
- … help his father and brothers with scientific instruments: in 1875, he designed a hygrometer. …
- … his great works ( Letter to A. B. Buckley, 23 February 1875 ) The year was saddened …
- … in my time ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ) In December, Darwin was …
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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- … during his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close …
- … mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have …
- … again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered …
- … learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : ‘I declare to you I did not believe …
- … carried out on live animals in laboratories. In January 1875, he received details of experiments by …
- … printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In the event, the book …
- … in a review of the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia …
- … born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back over old ground …
- … which I had long wished to see,’ he wrote on 21 April 1875 , ‘and now that I have seen it, I am …
- … do a good deal of “hammering”,’ he wrote on 14 July 1875 . ‘I shall not let Pangenesis alone …
- … his own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February 1875?] ). By May, having finished …
- … proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] ). But Francis also found …
- … on astronomy, or the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max …
- … researches (Carus trans. 1875b; the series is Carus trans. 1875–87). More controversial was the …
- … Darwin wrote: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875’. The great and the good …
- … Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such visitors from the upper …
- … I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the …
- … of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 March [1875] and 27 March [1875] ). ‘As I am …
- … Nepenthes & will soon publish’, Darwin warned on 17 July 1875 . But Tait was undaunted. He …
- … Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer who …
- … was appropriate for so distinguished a nominee. Already in 1875, Lankester had been elected a fellow …
- … of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was notified of …
- … ‘high type’ ( letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 ). …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ). Darwin also worried that any bill …
- … their own petition (letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ). In the event, Darwin became …
- … within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, Darwin mentioned the effect …
- … (letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, 14 January [1875] ). In the course of the public …
- … to Huxley (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 …
- … sketch for a petition (letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] ). This was evidently passed back …
- … on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 7 April [1875] ), and circulating it to others in …
- … were made (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 10 April 1875 ), and another version was prepared …
- … of Lords (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875] ). He was still unsure whether …
- … Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 April [1875] ). The next day he wrote to …
- … else you think best’ (letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). After further consultations, a …
- … are evident in Darwin’s correspondence in April and May 1875. The initial petition (DAR …
- … order of the clauses. In the revised sketch, dated 24 April 1875, the penalty for unlawful …
- … at this alteration (letter from T. H. Huxley, 19 May 1875 , letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, …
- … corrections had been made (letter to Lyon Playfair, 26 May 1875 , and letter from Lyon Playfair, …
- … ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a …
- … the RSPCA. The commission met between 5 June and 15 December 1875, examining fifty-three witnesses, …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
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Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on …
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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- … but inconclusive (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 July 1875 ). Eventually Romanes, who had …
- … physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 July 1875 ). Darwin was concerned that the method be …
- … let loose from hell’ ( letter to F. B. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). Darwin’s involvement in …
- … position most frankly in a letter to Henrietta, 4 January [1875] . I have long thought …
- … present agitation. ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Darwin worked closely …
- … death in this country. ( letter To T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ) Legislation was passed …
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…
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- … on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had planned a new set of …
- … fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier papers on plants with …
- … any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him that he …
- … to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann Müller had also read Meehan …
- … obscure this matter’ ( From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1875 ). The Italian botanists were …
- … plants that crossing was of little importance (Pedicino 1875; Comes 1875). Darwin was philosophical, …
- … Kölreuter’s papers’ ( To Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). Darwin’s copy of Johann Kölreuter’s …
- … in the conditions’ ( To Ernst Haeckel, 13 November 1875 ). He added on a darker note, ‘What I …
- … papers in the same book ( To J. V. Carus, 25 December 1875 ). As Darwin continued to write …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was written from Rainow, a …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … sketch showing his system of selection, 21 May 1875 J. G. Joyce's report of …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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- … book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of …
- … forms. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in March 1875 remarked that Darwin had ‘invested …
- … Sambourne date of creation December 1875 computer-readable date …
- … references and bibliography Punch vol. 69 (11 December 1875), p. 242. Gardeners’ Chronicle …
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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- … vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 September 1875 ). He began to compile an account …
- … end of the previous year. He had been incensed in December 1875 when the zoologist Edwin Ray …
- … The controversial issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission …
- … to Insectivorous plants , which was published in July 1875, with a US edition published later …
- … in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date of 1875), Darwin must have been gratified by …
- … Darwin, who had communicated the paper to the society in 1875 at Tait’s request, with the ‘awful job …
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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- … not retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack Mivart in …
- … Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair …
- … wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any future …
- … and a second French edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Vivisection: Darwin's testimony to the Royal Commission
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Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. 4661. (Chairman.) We are very sensible of your kindness in coming at some sacrifice to yourself to express your opinions to the Commission. We attribute it to the great…
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- … Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … cited for all purposes as “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875.” SCHEDULE. …
- … under the provisions of “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875,” empowering me to make experiments on …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, that the above-named M.N. is enaged in …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, accompanied by Certificate, such as is …
1.6 Ouless oil portrait
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< Back to Introduction The first commissioned oil portrait of Darwin was painted by Walter William Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from Darwin’s son William, who as far back as 1872 had…
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- … Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from …
- … the resulting picture was shown at the Royal Academy in May 1875, the Times reviewer noted …
- … Walter William Ouless date of creation March 1875 computer-readable date …
- … and letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker, 30 March [1875], DCP-LETT-9905. ‘The Royal Academy’ …
St George Jackson Mivart
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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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- … to an end. The dispute was not resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). By January 1875, Mivart had still not made any …
- … book Anthropogenie , in the Academy , 2 January 1875. ‘Possessed by a blind animosity against …
- … (Mivart was a Catholic convert.) On 12 January 1875 , Darwin finally wrote to Mivart, …
- … article in a letter published in the Academy , 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly …
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…
