To Fritz Müller [late December 1866 and] 1 January 1867
Summary
Thanks for observations on dimorphic plants. Dimorphism prevalent in certain groups throughout the world.
Retarded fertilisation in certain orchids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 31 Dec 1866 and 1 Jan 1867 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5331 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … seeds with his letter of 1 and 3 October 1866 (see letter to Fritz Müller, [ …
- … before 10 December 1866] , and letter to J. D. …
- … of Oxalis sent by Müller in October 1866 (see letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December …
- … la Société Botanique de France (see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 August [1866] and n. 8). …
- … a now missing part of his letter of [2 November 1866] . He later sent CD seeds of Gesneria …
- … Oncidium were contained in a now missing part of his letter of [2 November 1866] . For his …
- … by the postscript. See letter from Fritz Müller, [2 November 1866] . Müller sent a …
- … recently found (see letter from Fritz Müller, [2 November 1866] ). CD was working on the …
- … and Hooker 1862 –83; see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 August [1866] ). Müller had sent the …
- … to in his letter (see letter from Fritz Müller, [ 2 November 1866] and n. 1). A species …
- … by Müller as dimorphic. See letter from Fritz Müller, [2 November 1866] and nn. 8 and 12. …
- … to the plant as Ipomoea (see letter from Fritz Müller, [2 November 1866] and n. 11). …
- … individual plant (see letters from Fritz Müller , 2 August 1866 and [2 November 1866] ). …
- … orchid genus, see the letter from Fritz Müller, 1 December 1866 . Müller had speculated …
- … ready for fertilisation (see letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 ). CD had received …
- … was dimorphic (see letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 and nn. 2 and 6). In …
- … 1866] and n. 3). The reference is to Müller’s paper on climbing plants, which had been sent to the Linnean Society by CD ( F. Müller 1865b ; see also Correspondence vol. 13, letter …
To Fritz Müller 23 May 1866
Summary
Thanks for information on orchids
and facts on coastal flora and fauna.
Asks FM to look out for dimorphic aquatic and marsh plants.
Has read pamphlets "in our favour" by Carl v. Nägeli and Oscar Schmidt.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 23 May 1866 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5097 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … Müller , 1 July 1866; the letters are reproduced in Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 83–4, 86–9. …
- … the orchid was contained in the letter of 3 April 1866 (see nn. 1 and 2, above). It has …
- … Müller’s letter of 6 March 1866 is …
- … 1); the letter of 3 April 1866 has not been found. …
- … Müller’s account of the orchid was contained in his letter of 3 April 1866 (see n. …
- … been contained either in the missing portion of Müller’s letter of 6 March 1866 or in …
- … his missing letter of 3 April 1866 (see n. 1, above). Müller had earlier discussed …
- … CUL. For more on Schmidt and Unger 1866, see the letter from Rudolf Suchsland, 16 April …
- … incomplete (see letter from Fritz Müller, 6 March 1866 and n. …
- … 1, above; see also letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 ). …
- … have not been found. See letter from Fritz Müller, 6 March 1866 . The ‘larger work’ was …
- … Hildebrand 1866c ). See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 11 May 1866 and nn. …
- … 2 and 3, and letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and n. 10. CD had earlier …
- … the orchid in letters to Max Johann Sigismund Schultze , 2 June 1866, and Hermann …
- … Kent May 23. 1866 My dear Sir I thank you sincerely for your two letters of Mar. 6 & …
- … Origin (see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 10 May 1866 and nn. …
- … letter to Daniel Oliver, 20 [January 1863] ). See also Forms of flowers , p. 257 n. CD had begun preparing the fourth edition of Origin on 1 March 1866 ( …
To J. D. Hooker 16 May [1866]
Summary
Glad to see Asa Gray’s letter.
Asks whether he may insert a sentence about Cape Verde alpine plants in new edition [4th] of Origin.
Fears "twaddle" may also be the word for his two chapters on cultivated plants. Asks for Crawfurd’s paper.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 May [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 289, 289b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5091 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … letter from Robert Caspary, 7 May 1866 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 May 1866] ). CD …
- … 2 and 3, and letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and n. 10. Hooker and his …
- … to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] , and his letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February …
- … distribution of plants. In his letter of 13 May 1866 , Hooker had suggested that he meet …
- … to Gray, see the letter from J. D. Hooker, [17 May 1866] . See letter from J. D. …
- … 1865] . Hildebrand 1866d . See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and nn. …
- … 3–5. See letter to George Henslow, 16 April [1866] . Hildebrand had published a paper on …
- … refers to Hildebrand 1866c . See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 11 May 1866 and nn. …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 . Hooker had enclosed a letter from Asa Gray . …
- … 5. Crawfurd 1866 . See letter from J. D. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 and n. 1. For Hooker’s notes on the content …
- … D. Hooker, 4 April [1866] ; see also Correspondence vol. 13, letters to T. H. Huxley, …
- … Hooker, 13 May 1866 and n. 7. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 . CD refers to …
- … Wentworth Dilke (see letter from C. W. Dilke, 24 April 1866) . CD had stayed in London …
- … Society of London on 28 April (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 and n. 3). …
- … CD refers to Edward Burnett Tylor . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 and n. …
- … also been invited (see letter from J. E. Gray, 9 April 1866 ). CD had also been invited …
- … 1866 and n. 13. The enclosure has not been found. CD had praised Hooker’s 1861 paper on the vegetation of Clarence Peak on Fernando Po, now known as Bioko Island, in his letter …
To Fritz Müller 25 September [1866]
Summary
Fertilisation in orchids: Friedrich Hildebrand’s paper.
Self-sterility.
Climbing plants.
Agassiz’s attempts to eliminate all Darwinian views.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 25 Sept [1866] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5216 |
Matches: 21 hits
- … 6). See letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 ; see also Lurie 1960 , p. 345. …
- … In his letter of 2 August 1866 , Müller had discussed dimorphism in Brazilian species of …
- … were in a now missing section of his letter of 2 August 1866 ; CD refers to his own recent …
- … seeds of various plants in his letter of 2 August 1866 . Passiflora gracilis is annual …
- … remarks on Liriope were in a now missing section of his letter of 2 August 1866 ; however, …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 . …
- … discussing Agassiz’s claims (see letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September [1866] and n. …
- … found seed capsules (see letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 ). Müller later confirmed …
- … the flower had been opened for some time (see letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 ). …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 and n. 8. The list of plants to which CD …
- … of the species (see letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 ). CD discussed self-sterility …
- … of Müller’s findings. See letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] and n. 13. Hildebrand …
- … Hildebrand 1866d ; see letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 11 May 1866 and n. 5). CD made …
- … papers 2: 104). See also letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 . In Origin 4th ed. , …
- … CD’s views on beauty see also the letter to James Shaw, 11 February [1866] . CD probably …
- … Society ( Botany ) (see letter from Frederick Currey, 5 July 1866 and n. 1). In Climbing …
- … in a letter to Ernst Haeckel of 3 June 1866 (Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 84–6), Müller …
- … pollinating a specimen (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1866] and n. 11). Müller …
- … their seed might be disseminated. See letter to C. W. Nägeli, 12 June [1866] and n. 4. …
- … Caroline Wedgwood (see letter to L. C. Wedgwood, [before 25 September 1866] and n. 3). …
- … letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] and n. 6, and the experimental note in DAR 70: 114). In August 1866, …
To Fritz Müller 23 August [1866]
Summary
Thanks for observations on orchids.
FM’s paper on climbing plants [see 5146]; CD has received proofs.
Carl Claus’s pamphlet on copepods [Die Copepodenfauna von Nizza (1866)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 23 Aug [1866] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5196 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 3 and 4 August [1866] , letter to Ernst …
- … that CD returned the drawing (see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 May 1866 and nn. 2 and 4). …
- … plants (see n. 8, below). Müller’s letter of 1 June 1866 has not been found. CD mentioned …
- … Haeckel, 18 August [1866] , and letter to B. D. Walsh, 20 August [1866] ). Claus praised …
- … or dried flowers that Müller enclosed with the letter of 1 June 1866 has been found. …
- … orchids seeding badly. See letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 and nn. 3 and 5. In …
- … probably one sent with the letter from Fritz Müller, 3 April 1866 . Neither the letter nor …
- … in the outer whorl (see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 May 1866 and nn. 2 and 3). CD’s …
- … Society ( Botany ) (see letter from Frederick Currey, 5 July 1866 and n. 1). The other …
- … selected recipients before publication (see letter to John Murray, 15 July [1866] and n. …
- … 3, and letter from John Murray, 18 July [1866] ). Müller’s name is on CD’s presentation …
- … In a letter to Müller of [9 and] 15 April [1866] , CD had suggested that Müller should ‘ …
- … 1866 ). CD had commented on the book to several correspondents (see second postscript to letter …
- … letter to his brother, Hermann, of 30 May 1867 (see Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 123–7; a diagram made by Müller in May 1866 …
From Fritz Müller [2 November 1866]
Summary
Sends his observations on sterility of Eschscholzia,
on Oxalis,
and on recently found dimorphic plants.
Sends specimen of Hedyotis [see Forms of flowers, p. 133].
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2 Nov 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 111: B59, DAR 142: 100, 101, 105, Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 93–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5264 |
Matches: 22 hits
- … Möller dated this fragment of the letter 1 October 1866, but CD’s annotations as well …
- … Möller dated the fragment of the letter 1 October 1866, but CD’s annotations as well …
- … before the general release of the new edition in mid-November 1866 (see letter from John …
- … to Müller’s endorsement, he received the letter on 25 October 1866; in …
- … of Müller’s letters to CD, see the letter from Fritz Müller, 13 February 1866 , n. 1. …
- … in Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 93–4 (see letter from Fritz Müller, 13 February 1866 , n. 1). …
- … see n. 6, below). See letter from Fritz Müller, 2 August 1866 . …
- … Oxalis with a woody stem in his letter of 1 and 3 October 1866 . CD had recently expressed …
- … received from Müller. See letter to Fritz Müller, 23 May 1866 and n. 13. This section of …
- … parts. The observations on Hillia are in the letter from Fritz Müller, 1 December 1866 . …
- … See letter to Fritz Müller, 23 August [1866] . According …
- … the letter, but see the letter to Fritz Müller, [late December 1866 and] 1 January 1867 …
- … Keep’ added blue crayon Top of letter : ‘Fritz Muller Nov. 2 d —1866. ’ on cover : ‘ …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 and nn. 2–6. In the family …
- … Cordia (see the letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 and n. 9). CD discussed …
- … a letter to his brother Hermann Müller of 29 October 1866, he mentioned having just …
- … Fritz Muller. Letter of Nov. 2 d . 1866’ ink, crossed blue crayon ; ‘Oxalis with …
- … was dated 1 October 1866 by Möller, but is clearly part of the present letter (see n. 1, …
- … December 1866 &] 1 January 1867 refer to items mentioned only in this part of the letter ( …
- … 1866 and] 1 January 1867 refer to items mentioned only in this part of the letter (see …
- … were the largest (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] and nn. 5 and 6). In Forms …
- … 1866] ). In John Lindley’s classificatory arrangement, the family Primulaceae is adjacent to the family Plumbaginaceae (see Lindley 1853 , p. 641). The section of the letter …
To George Bentham 27 September [1866]
Summary
His memory deceived him about GB’s statement [on propagation of thistles].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Bentham |
Date: | 27 Sept [1866] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 705–6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5220 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … to George Bentham, [July–September 1866] , and letter from George Bentham, 25 September …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from George Bentham, 25 September 1866 . …
- … See letter from George Bentham, 25 September 1866 . …
- … In a missing portion of his letter to Bentham of [July–September 1866] CD had asked about …
- … thistle not producing fertile seed. See letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] and n. …
- … 11, and letter from George Bentham, 25 September 1866 and nn. 2 and 3. CD had asked …
To Ernst Haeckel 20 January [1866]
Summary
Sends copies of photographs of himself. Asks for photographs of German naturalists.
Comments on EH’s account of Protogenes primordialis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Date: | 20 Jan [1866] |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1-52/8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4980 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … For CD’s work on Variation in 1866, see the letter to W. B. …
- … at a lesser rate if not accompanied by a letter ( Post Office London directory 1866). …
- … philologist. The reference is to Haeckel 1866 (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 . …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 15. CD refers to Heinrich Georg …
- … a photograph taken in October 1865 with his letter of 11 January 1866 . Fritz Müller …
- … who admired him (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 ). Haeckel sent his own …
- … of himself in 1865 (see letter to Fritz Müller, 11 January 1866 and n. 5). There is no …
- … into English. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and nn. 6 and 7. Protogenes …
- … by Wilhelm Engelmann (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 4). For CD’s …
- … in the preceding months, see the letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [ 1866] and nn. 2–8. …
- … Tegetmeier, 16 January [1866] and n. 1. See n. 3, above. A letter to Germany weighing …
From C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell 20 February 1866
Summary
Discusses CD’s and J. D. Hooker’s letters to Lyell concerning Louis Agassiz’s theory of the glaciation of the Amazon basin in Brazil.
Author: | Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 Feb 1866 |
Classmark: | F. J. Bunbury ed. 1891–3, Later life 1: 144–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5011F |
Matches: 17 hits
- … South America (see letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] ), Bunbury’s journal entry …
- … from CD to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] , possibly also to the letter to Charles …
- … Lyell, 15 February [1866] and, probably, to the letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker to Lyell …
- … was mentioned in CD’s letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] . The letter from Hooker …
- … de Janeiro state, Brazil, see the letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and nn. 7 …
- … and 8. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] and n. 5. For Bunbury’s …
- … Habenaria as ‘temperate’ genera (see letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. …
- … 8). See letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 8. Gaylussacia is closely …
- … DAR 50: E47). See also letter to Charles Lyell, 22 February [1866] , n. 2. The reference …
- … the Amazon basin (see letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 5). CD had argued …
- … global cooling (see the letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 25). Chiloé and …
- … and 40 o , respectively; see letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 25. CD had …
- … pp. 268 and 271). See the letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 16. …
- … formerly been higher (see letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] ). In support of CD’s …
- … entry for 20 February 1866, written after receiving from Lyell letters by Hooker and CD, …
- … 20th, 1866. My Dear Lyell, Very many thanks for sending me Hooker’s and Darwin’s letters, …
- … Brazil, see the letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 . CD had …
From Asa Gray 27 August 1866
Summary
Hopes to make good arrangement for publication of CD’s Variation.
Agassiz claims to have proved all of America was covered with unbroken ice during the glacial period.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Aug 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5198 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1866] , and letter from Asa Gray, 7 August 1866 and …
- … but was only published in November 1866 (see letter from John Murray, 18 July [1866] ). No …
- … are for his reply to Gray’s letter (see letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). …
- … rough draft for a part of his letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September [1866] . CD’s notes …
- … Ticknor & Fields . See the letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1866] and n. 5. Louis Agassiz …
- … s glacier theory, see the letters to Charles Lyell , 7 February [1866] and 15 February [ …
To Fritz Müller [before 10 December 1866]
Summary
Hildebrand’s paper on trimorphism in Oxalis ["Über den Trimorphismus in der Gattung Oxalis", Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866): 352–74].
Problems of explaining brightly coloured, attractive seeds.
Haeckel has visited Down.
FM’s climbing plants paper is printed [J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | [before 10 Dec 1866] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5261 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … of Origin to Müller in August (see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 August [1866] ). Müller …
- … received it in late October (see letter from Fritz Müller, [2 November 1866] and n. 14). …
- … to F. Müller 1865b (see letter to Fritz Müller, 23 August [1866] ; this paper is also …
- … and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ). See letter to Linnean Society, 7 December [1866] . …
- … and 7, below). See letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 . ‘Bulbillas’: i.e. …
- … 1866c . See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 23 October 1866 and n. 1. Cordia belongs …
- … sent by Müller with his letter of 1 and 3 October 1866 , concluding that they were …
- … on Haeckel’s research trip, see the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 19 October 1866 and n. 2. …
- … with no pollen (see letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 and nn. 2 and 6). …
- … heterostyled. See letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 . Müller had sent these …
- … refers to Haeckel’s Generelle Morphologie ( Haeckel 1866 ). See letter from Fritz Müller, …
- … aerial roots (see letter from Fritz Müller, 1 and 3 October 1866 ; for a description of …
- … between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] (see nn. 6 …
- … leguminous plant (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 December [1866] ). CD enclosed some of …
- … pavonina ) with his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . CD recorded the trial …
- … of the experiment in his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . CD had referred to …
- … 1866 . CD included Müller’s estimate of the number of seeds in Maxillaria in Variation 2: 379, in ‘Fertilization of orchids’ , p. 158 ( Collected papers 2: 155), and in Orchids 2d ed. , p. 278. In 1864, CD had received information from John Scott on the number of seeds in an Acropera capsule (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
From Robert Caspary 7 May 1866
Summary
Thanks CD for invitation. Solicitous of CD’s health. Will let Hooker decide whether CD’s health will allow his visit.
[Alexander] Braun in poor health.
Author: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 120 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5082 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker , Caspary visited CD at Down on 27 May 1866 (see letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, [12 May 1866] , and letter from Robert Caspary, 25 May 1866 and n. 2). Caspary …
- … Congress, held in South Kensington, London, from 22 to 31 May 1866 (see letter from Robert …
- … in Caspary’s work on graft hybrids (see letters to Robert Caspary , 21 February [1866] and …
- … did not attend (see letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] ). CD had read Alexander …
- … 4 March 1866 ). On CD’s recent state of health, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 …
- … Caspary, 26 April 1866 ). CD was a member of the congress committee (see letter from M. …
- … of May 1866 My dear Sir I am very much obliged to you indeed for your very kind letter and …
To Friedrich Rolle 1 February [1866]
Summary
Thanks for all five numbers of Der Mensch [1866].
Had not known that Rütimeyer had written on modification of species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Rolle |
Date: | 1 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt (SNG-Archiv: Malakol.: Nachlass Rolle) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4992 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … CD refers to Rolle 1866 and the letter from Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 . …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 . …
- … refers to Ludwig Rütimeyer ; see letter from Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 and n. 11. …
- … Weinland and Gustav Jäger ; see letter from Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 and nn. …
- … 8–10. See letter from Friedrich Rolle, 28 January 1866 and nn. 3 and 4. …
From John Murray 24 February [1866]
Summary
Sends sheets of Origin [4th edition] for CD to correct [for 3d German edition?].
Still has 600 copies of Orchids, but deficit reduced to £30.
Undertakes to pay two-thirds of profits of the [fourth] edition of Origin as soon as one-half of the copies are sold.
Author: | John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 346 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5417 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … his illustrations for Variation in October 1866 (see letter to G. B. Sowerby Jr, 19 …
- … this letter and the letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . In order to make revisions …
- … CD had requested a clean copy of Origin (see letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] ). …
- … See letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . …
- … See letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . Murray made a copy of this sentence that …
- … of fixing a price with Sowerby in his letter to Murray of 22 February [1866] . Sowerby had …
- … Jr and Variation. See letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] and nn. 13 and 14. …
From Asa Gray 7 May 1866
Summary
Thinks a new U. S. edition of Origin is needed.
Gives observations on the climbing habits of Bignonia capreolata.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5081 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] . …
- … In his letter to Gray of 16 April [1866] , CD mentioned that he had been working on a new …
- … his publisher John Murray . See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 11. Gray had …
- … 1960 , pp. 221–2). See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 17. On Andrew Johnson’ …
- … in the southern states, see the letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. …
- … 16. See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 9. Variation was published in January …
- … 1861 and 1865 has been found. See letter from Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 . Gray refers to …
- … of Ticknor & Fields (see letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 ). D. Appleton and Co. did …
- … vol. 14, Appendix IV). See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and nn. 13 …
- … and 14. See also letter to Thomas Rivers, 27 April [1866] . CD had been interested in the …
- … the United States, see the letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 15. Fenian troops …
- … Mass. May 7, 1866. My Dear Darwin I am so delighted to get a letter from you, written with …
To Charles Lyell 22 February [1866]
Summary
Comments on errors [in Origin] pointed out in C. J. F. Bunbury’s letters.
Mentions CD’s notes on Drimys, Fuchsia, and fossil mammals of Brazilian caves.
Sorrowful that his work must be put aside because Murray wants a new [4th] edition of Origin. Remarks on changes to be made regarding Organ Mountains and Agassiz’s glacial markings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 22 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.314) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5015 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … fourth edition of Origin , see the letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] and n. …
- … of Origin on this point, see the letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 7. …
- … to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] , see the letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles …
- … Fox Bunbury and the letter from Bunbury to Lyell of 20 February 1866 (see this volume). …
- … Cabot Cary Agassiz (see n. 2, above, letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. …
- … 2, and letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] and n. …
- … 2). See letter from John Murray, 21 February [1866] . For the changes …
- … 5. See also letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, 20 February 1866 . For CD’s …
- … and the letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, 20 February 1866 (see n. 2, …
- … s admission ( letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, 20 February 1866 ) that …
To Asa Gray 10 September [1866]
Summary
L. Agassiz’s evidence [for glaciation of America] is very weak.
Thanks AG for arranging for American edition of Variation, but doubts that the book will be successful.
Has found no differences in pollen of Rhamnus so cannot conjecture whether it is dimorphic.
The common oxlip of England is certainly a hybrid between the primrose and the cowslip whereas Primula elatior is a good species.
Reports experiments on the relative vigour of seedlings from cross- and self-fertilised plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 10 Sept [1866] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (92) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5210 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … For the portion of Gray’s 27 August 1866 letter that CD copied and sent to …
- … Rhamnus lanceolatus with his letter of 7 August 1866 . In CD’s notes on R. lanceolatus ( …
- … between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 . When Leonard Darwin was …
- … 28 July [1862] ). See letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 . Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz’ …
- … 6. See letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 . CD had asked his publisher, John Murray , to …
- … to a number of people (see letter to John Murray, 15 July [1866] and n. 3). Gray’s name …
- … recast most of the book. See letter from Asa Gray, 18 July 1866 and n. 6. CD refers to …
- … Fields to publish it (see letter from Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 ). Gray had enclosed …
- … not been found, but see the letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [–9] September [1866] and n. 5. …
- … Lyell, see the postscript to the letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September [1866] . On the …
- … behind Agassiz’s theory, see the letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September [1866] and n. …
- … R. cathartica (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] and n. 5, and Forms of …
From Friedrich Hildebrand 24 July 1866
Summary
Assures CD of his belief in descent from his first reading of Origin.
Describes a case of dichogamy.
Author: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 July 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 204; DAR 49: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5166 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … s paper on Oxalis ( Hildebrand 1866c ) in his letter of 16 May [1866] ; he asked where it …
- … s paper, see the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 23 October 1866 and nn. 4 and 5. …
- … s observations, see the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 23 October 1866 and n. 3. …
- … of Lythrum salicaria. ’ See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 22 July [1866] and n. 5. …
- … had been published in his letter to Hildebrand of 22 July [1866] . For CD’ …
- … in the paper, see also the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 11 May 1866 , nn. 2 and 3. …
- … Hildebrand 1866d ). See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 22 July [1866] ) For CD’s comments …
- … Hildebrand 1866d , see the letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and nn. 5 and 6. …
- … claviculata as British species. See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and n. …
- … 6. See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 May [1866] and n. 13. Hildebrand alludes to CD’ …
- … 1866. Dear and honoured Sir I must excuse myself that I have not answered your former letter, …
To B. D. Walsh 20 August [1866]
Summary
On various subjects: Dana’s misquotations,
H. J. Clark’s book Mind in nature [1865],
BDW’s Cynips experiments, galls,
Balbiani’s paper on aphids ["Sur la reproduction et l’embryogénie des pucerons", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 62 (1866): 1231–4, 1285–9, 1390–4].
Claus and other Germans testing CD’s views of variability in common lower animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Date: | 20 Aug [1866] |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh 5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5194 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … to Carl Friedrich Claus and Claus 1866 (see letter to Ernst Haeckel, 18 August [1866] and …
- … In his letter of 17 July 1866 , Walsh had asked CD to send a copy of the fourth edition of …
- … refers to Walsh 1866c , to James Dwight Dana and to Dana 1866 . See letter from B. D. …
- … from B. D. Walsh, 17 July 1866 and n. 14). See letter from B. D. …
- … Walsh, 17 July 1866 and n. 16. A letter, signed ‘C. ’, commenting on the large increase …
- … Walsh, 17 July 1866 and nn. 17–19. See letter from B. D. …
- … in The Times , 17 August 1866, p. 10. A second letter, signed A. W. Digby & Co. ( The …
- … 1866 and n. 1. Henry James Clark’s book, Mind in nature ( H. J. Clark 1865 ), discussed spontaneous generation as proof of the existence of a Creator (see letter …
From Asa Gray 18 July 1866
Summary
Appleton’s cannot alter their plates so as to reproduce revised work [Origin, 4th ed.]. Has made it clear that CD could not do otherwise than object strenuously to course they intend to pursue, and has asked them to return the sheets. Wishes CD’s publisher would supply U. S. market with large numbers of copies, as the English edition could well compete with any American one. Encloses [statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin to 1 February 1866].
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 July 1866 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 149–150); DAR 159: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5160 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … of the American edition of Origin , see the letter from Asa Gray, 7 May 1866 and n. 3. …
- … John Murray (see letter to John Murray, 16 October [1866] , and letter from John …
- … Appleton’s for years’ (see letter from Asa Gray, 7 May 1866 and n. 3, and n. 8, below). …
- … edition of the work. See letter from Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 and n. 5. ‘Sign n. ’: i.e. , …
- … by Gray ( Freeman 1977 , p. 124). See letter from Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 , n. 7. The …
- … the American edition of Origin , see the letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 11. …
- … have not been found; see letter from Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 . CD forwarded Gray’s letter to …
- … letter to Gray from D. Appleton & Co . Other statements, giving the amounts credited to Gray’s or CD’s account, for 1867 to 1870, 1872, and 1874 to 1881, are in DAR 159; no statements for the years before 1866 …
- … 1866] ). Gray had previously approached the Boston firm of Ticknor & Fields about publishing the first American edition, but they withdrew on learning that D. Appleton & Co . had already stereotyped and printed the book for sale in the United States (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter …
- … 1866 Dear Darwin I received the enclosed to-day. The Appleton’s have the sheets up to p. 288, (to sign n. ) I have just collated the sheets O , Q , R, ( P , has not come), and it is perfectly clear that the Appletons cannot alter their plates so as really to reproduce your revised work. I have written to them that the collation I have made shows me that you could not do otherwise than object decidedly, as you did in your letter, …
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Darwin, W. E. | (10) |
Murray, John (b) | (10) |
Henslow, George | (9) |
Darwin, C. R. | (200) |
Hooker, J. D. | (31) |
Lyell, Charles | (10) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (9) |
Müller, Fritz | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (366) |
Hooker, J. D. | (65) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (18) |
Murray, John (b) | (16) |
Darwin, W. E. | (15) |
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Beauty and the seed
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One of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of areas of research on which he never published, but which interested him deeply. We can gain many insights about Darwin’s research methods by following these …
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- … One of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … I gave two seeds to a confounded old cock, but his gizzard ground them up; at least I cd. not …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
Summary
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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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Religion
Summary
Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Design | Personal Belief | Beauty | The Church Perhaps the most notorious …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
Summary
The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … This term is the plain expression of the facts,—Nat. selection is a metaphorical …
Bartholomew James Sulivan
Summary
On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
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- … On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to …
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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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
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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- … Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Specialism | Experiment | Microscopes | Collecting | Theory Letter writing …
3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
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< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …