To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 4 March [1851]
Summary
Asks EL to request the Council [of the Ray Society] to permit him to have nine plates [for vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] instead of eight (of which two were to be in colour) and a tenth plate if he pays for it himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 4 Mar [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1395 |
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- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Mar [1851] Edwin Lankester Ray Society …
- … To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 4 March [1851] …
- … of the Ray Society . The Ray Society published Living Cirripedia ( 1851 , 1854 ). Living …
- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Living Cirripedia (1854): A …
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 22 July [1851]
Summary
Will bring MS [of vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] on the last day of July, and proofs of the eight plates now engraved will be sent soon. CD has failed to get materials for the one coloured plate he wanted, so none will be in colour. There will be ten altogether. He will ask later whether he must pay for the extra one. G. B. Sowerby Jr comes next day to complete drawings for two not yet engraved.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 22 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1444 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 26 July [1851]
Summary
Asks EL whether he should use both Latin and English descriptions of specific characters [in vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 26 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1446 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 19 July [1851]
Summary
Finds he needs four woodcuts for the introduction [to vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia], which calls for quick action. Will send entire MS by the end of the month.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 19 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1443 |
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- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 July [1851] Edwin Lankester Ray Society …
- … To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 19 July [1851] …
- … Office London directory 1851), were printers to the Ray Society . Baird 1850 contained …
- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Post Office London directory : …
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 30 July [1851]
Summary
Sends completed MS [vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] with instructions for the printers; reviews number of plates and woodcuts, and offers to pay for extras and for excess corrections, if they occur. Hopes the Council [of the Ray Society] will print his second volume at the end of the ensuing year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 30 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1447 |
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- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 July [1851] Edwin Lankester Ray Society …
- … To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 30 July [1851] …
- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Living Cirripedia (1854): A …
- … book (Down House MS) shows a payment to the Ray Society of £1 1 s . on 24 July 1851. …
- … 1851) includes a preface of 7 pages, 375 pages of text, and an explanation of the plates and index of 24 pages. It is set in the same fount and type size as William Baird’s The natural history of the British Entomostraca published the previous year by the Ray Society ( …
From the Ray Society [after 7 October 1850]
Summary
"Resolved that the Secretary be requested to ask Mr. Darwin if he would agree to the publication of his work [Living Cirripedia] in parts."
| Author: | Ray Society |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 7 Oct 1850] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library MSS RAY) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1361 |
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- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Living Cirripedia (1854): A …
- … Ray Society in January or February 1848 (minutes of council meeting, 4 February 1848). The offer had been accepted by the society on 18 February 1848. CD evidently complied with this request. Living Cirripedia ( 1851 , …
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society [9 August 1851]
Summary
Wants his MS [of Living Cirripedia] taken to Adlard by a trustworthy person and wants to be told when and how it was done; leaves a note for Adlard that he wants proof on the 17th or 18th.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | [9 Aug 1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1449 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society [7 August 1851]
Summary
CD returns home Saturday and would like his servant to take his MS [of Living Cirripedia] to Adlard that morning; he does not have a copy and would on no account re-undergo the labour he has spent on it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | [7 Aug 1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1448 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 7 November [1850]
Summary
Has sent G. B. Sowerby Jr some skeleton plates [for vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] which the Council [of the Ray Society] may also wish to see, along with GBS’s finished drawings. He reminds EL that he has not heard about colour for the plates and adds he has not been told what type should be used; gives estimated lengths of part 1 in different sizes of type (part 2 will be fully twice the size of this). Hopes if the Council does not publish part 1 in 1851 it will publish all in 1852.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 7 Nov [1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1367 |
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- … publish M r . Darwin’s Part I of the Cirripedes for the year 1851’ ( Ray Society Minutes). …
- … cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851. Living Cirripedia (1854): A …
- … published by the Ray Society . The first volume of Living Cirripedia ( 1851 ) came to 400 …
- … Ray Society] may also wish to see, along with GBS’s finished drawings. He reminds EL that he has not heard about colour for the plates and adds he has not been told what type should be used; gives estimated lengths of part 1 in different sizes of type (part 2 will be fully twice the size of this). Hopes if the Council does not publish part 1 in 1851 …
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 5 December [1850]
Summary
Discusses illustrations [for Living Cirripedia 1 (1851)]. Mentions drawings by G. B. Sowerby [Jr].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 5 Dec [1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.98) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1374 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 27 October [1850]
Summary
MS [of Living Cirripedia, vol. 1] can be ready in two weeks, but CD would like a decision from the Council of the Ray Society on number of plates. Thinks specimen should be sent to G. B. Sowerby Jr for an estimate on price of engraving. Regrets he is not familiar with routine of the Society. Systematic section will be in two parts; the third part will be on anatomy, habits, etc.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1850] |
| Classmark: | Empire Autograph Auctions (dealers) (29 March 2000) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1364 |
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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…
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
Summary
The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. …
Living and fossil cirripedia
Summary
Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … Darwin published four volumes on the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia between 1851 and 1854, two on …
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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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
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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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
