To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for answering his query on greyhound puppies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9300 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 18. 1874 My dear Sir You have, as usual, answered my query …
- … from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 . CD had enquired about the number of each sex …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 and n. 4. CD cited Alexander von Brandt …
To Hugo de Vries 19 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for copies of HdV’s two articles on climbing plants (Vries 1873a and 1873b).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9303F |
To Octavius Pickard-Cambridge [before 20 February 1874]
Summary
Discusses meaning of term "sexual selection".
Comments on variability in males.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Octavius Pickard-Cambridge |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.437) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9304 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Octavius Pickard-Cambridge [before 20 February 1874] …
- … Mss.B.D25.437) Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 20 Feb 1874] Octavius Pickard-Cambridge …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … from Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 17 February 1874 . CD had asked Pickard-Cambridge for …
- … the females. In his letter to 17 February 1874, Pickard-Cambridge had suggested that ‘ …
To J. P. Cooke 20 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for his election as Foreign Honorary Member.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Parsons Cooke |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Letterbook 07-36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9305 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. P. Cooke 20 February 1874 …
- … Sciences (Letterbook 07-36) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Feb 1874 Josiah Parsons Cooke …
- … Academy of Arts and Sciences , 28 January 1874. For the diploma, see Appendix III. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb. 20 th 1874 Sir I beg leave to acknowledge your letter of …
To Ludwig Rütimeyer 20 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for LR’s essay on living and fossil turtles [Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 9 (1873): 439–41].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl Ludwig (Ludwig) Rütimeyer |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriften (G IV 91, 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9306 |
To John Lubbock 23 February 1874
Summary
CD wishes to acquire a piece of JL’s land.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 8 (EH 88205933) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9310 |
To Albert Günther 25 February 1874
Summary
Has given in Descent 2: 12, an account from AG of the brushes on the sides of Monacanthus; has now learned of brush-like scales on the males of Mallotus. Asks whether the two genera are related.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 25 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (38) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9315 |
To W. T. Goodale 26 February [1874]
Summary
Has not the strength to discuss WTG’s letter, and points out that every organism develops from a single cell.
Does not wish to see the Book WTG offered.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Temple Goodale |
| Date: | 26 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Stephen R. Marzilli (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9313F |
Matches: 4 hits
To H. B. Tristram 26 February [1874]
Summary
Asks HBT whether he received the certificate nominating Robert Swinhoe for the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Baker Tristram |
| Date: | 26 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Wheldon & Wesley (dealers) (1984) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9317A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. B. Tristram 26 February [1874] …
- … Wesley (dealers) (1984) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Feb [1874] Henry Baker Tristram …
- … letter to H. B. Tristram, 16 February 1874 . Robert Swinhoe had asked CD to propose him …
- … letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 ). Swinhoe was not elected until 1876 ( Record …
To T. W. Denby 1 March 1874
Summary
Writes concerning the land he wishes to purchase from Sir John Lubbock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas William Denby |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9327 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. W. Denby 1 March 1874 …
- … DAR 97: C43 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Mar 1874 Thomas William Denby …
- … his letter to John Lubbock, 23 February 1874 (see n. 1, above); Denby therefore had all …
- … of his letter to John Lubbock, 23 February 1874 , concerning his wish to purchase, instead …
- … the land to CD (see the letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 ). Both Lubbock’s note …
- … the letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 , were written at the bottom of the sheet …
To Edmund Hartnack 1 March 1874
Summary
Has been waiting several months for a microscope objective and would like it without delay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edmund Hartnack |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9326 |
To Albert Günther [c. 2 March 1874]
Summary
Encloses a circular [9384?] to explain the predicament he is in. Asks whether AG can get anyone at the British Museum, other than Owen, to join J. E. Gray in signing.
Believes the account of the Mallotus in American Naturalist [5 (1871): 119] is trustworthy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | [c. 2 Mar 1874] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9383 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Albert Günther [ c. 2 March 1874] …
- … 39) Charles Robert Darwin Down [ c. 2 Mar 1874] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
- … Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 . See …
- … letter from Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 and n. 5. In Descent 1: 308–9, CD described …
- … to the Royal Society of London, 2 March [1874] , and by the date of the meeting at which …
- … meeting of the Royal Society on 5 March 1874, at which the candidates for election were …
- … letter to the Royal Society of London, 2 March [1874] and nn. 2 and 3, and letter to H. …
- … B. Tristram, 3 March [1874] and n. 1). Richard Owen and John Edward Gray worked at the …
- … 372). See letter from Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 . See the discussion of Mallotus …
- … the capelin) in the letter to Albert Günther, 25 February 1874 , and the letter from …
To the Royal Society of London 2 March [1874]
Summary
A certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for another so he can get the signatures anew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Royal Society of London |
| Date: | 2 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9329 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To the Royal Society of London 2 March [1874] …
- … M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar [1874] Royal Society of London …
- … The secretaries of the Royal Society of London in 1874 were Thomas Henry Huxley and George …
- … and the letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 , and by the form of the printed …
- … address, which CD used only until November 1874. Swinhoe was put forward for election …
- … Royal Society twice; he was unsuccessful in 1874, but was elected in 1876 ( Record of the …
- … letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 ); this involved CD’s obtaining six signatures …
- … also letter to H. B. Tristram, 3 March [1874] ). The certificates had to be suspended in …
- … s, were read out at a meeting on 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
To H. B. Tristram 3 March [1874]
Summary
Thanks HBT for all the trouble he has taken for Robert Swinhoe and himself. Will try to get six signatures on a new certificate and deliver it to the Royal Society in time.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Baker Tristram |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | New York Academy of Medicine (MS 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9330 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To H. B. Tristram 3 March [1874] …
- … Academy of Medicine (MS 14) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Mar [1874] Henry Baker Tristram …
- … secretary, Royal Society of London , 2 March [1874]); evidently CD obtained six signatures …
- … was announced at the meeting of 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … 228). Swinhoe was not elected a fellow in 1874, but was successful when proposed again in …
To Walter White [3? March 1874]
Summary
Sending the membership certificate for Robert Swinhoe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter White |
| Date: | [3? Mar 1874] |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (5 April 2022, lot 147) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9335F |
To T. L. Brunton 4 March 1874
Summary
On digestive powers of Drosera and those of higher animals.
Comments on expression on two halves of human face.
Responds to TLB’s views of serpent- and fire-worship.
Poison of venomous snakes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9334 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To T. L. Brunton 4 March 1874 …
- … DAR 143: 159 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Mar 1874 Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet …
- … See letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 . CD described the ability of Drosera ( …
- … Down. Beckenham— Kent Mar. 4. 1874 Dear Sir I thank you for your long letter which has …
- … 1873, pp. 36–7. See letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 and n. 7. See letter …
- … from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 . Brunton had first suggested that expression could …
- … letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 , to keep in his collection of letters for …
- … of the letter from Brunton, 28 February 1874 , indicate that he discussed this topic, but …
To Eugène Desmarest 4 March 1874
Summary
Thanks for letter announcing election to honorary member of the Entomological Society of France. Has always felt entomology admirable for throwing light on general problems in biology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eugène Desmarest |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5th ser. 4 (1874): xlvi |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9334F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Eugène Desmarest 4 March 1874 …
- … Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5th ser. 4 (1874): xlvi Charles Robert …
- … Darwin [Down] 4 Mar 1874 Eugène Desmarest …
- … January (see Journal géneral de l’imprimerie et de la librarie , 31 January 1874, p. 51). …
- … from Eugène Desmarest, 27 February 1874 . Possibly a mistranscription of or misprint for ‘ …
To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874]
Summary
CD guessed Carruthers was stirred up by Owen. Disgraceful treatment of Bentham.
Work on Descent and Coral reefs stops his doing anything of real interest.
Asa Gray’s letter. CD has acknowledged the honour [honorary membership in the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.].
"What a demon on earth Owen is. I do hate him."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 313–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9333 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 313–16 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Mar [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of the Linnean Society , see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 2. …
- … general meeting to be held on 5 March 1874 to see whether the disagreements regarding the …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 4). George Russell had been caught …
- … club (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 6). CD had begun preparing the …
- … work on it for the first three months of 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 21, Appendix II; this …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 ), evidently giving news of CD’s election to …
- … Academy of Arts and Sciences, 28 January 1874 . CD’s relationship with Richard Owen had …
To Anton Dohrn 7 March 1874
Summary
CD is grieved to hear that AD is overworked and troubled about the Zoological Station. Glad he is now writing to seek assistance from English naturalists. Sends a subscription of £100 and £10 each from George and Francis Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 712) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9338 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … recently changed his mind (see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and enclosures). …
- … To Anton Dohrn 7 March 1874 …
- … München (Ana 525. Ba 712) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Mar 1874 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. March 7 th . 1874 My dear D r Dohrn I have just heard from Huxley …
- … See letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 . CD’s letter has not been found. Thomas …
To J. V. Carus 8 March [1874]
Summary
Looks forward to a visit from JVC and family in August.
Sheets of vol. 1 of Descent [2d ed.] are going to printer;
new edition of Coral reefs is half printed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 114–115) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9340 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 8 March [1874] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 114–115) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Mar [1874] Julius Victor Carus …
- … Darwin received a copy of Coral reefs 2d ed. in late May 1874 (see letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 30 May 1874 ); the publication of the work was …
- … recorded in Publishers’ circular , 1 July 1874. …
- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Descent 2d ed. : The descent of man, and …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 January 1874 ); evidently Carus suggested early August in …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). Sophie Catherine Carus was Carus’s wife, …
| Darwin, C. R. | (334) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (30) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (22) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (10) |
| Frankland, Edward | (10) |
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: 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 …
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 …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … attack upon 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
Summary
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…
