From J. V. Carus 26 January 1871
Summary
A bibliographical query arising in translation of Descent. Two misprints noted.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7457 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From J. V. Carus 22 April 1871
Summary
On ratios of the sexes in insects, and other facts relating to sexual selection.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7708 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From J. V. Carus 28 May 1871
Summary
Sends corrections for Descent.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 106–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7774 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From J. V. Carus 7 October 1871
Summary
Publisher would like to produce a translation of Expression. JVC offers to translate it.
Sends passage from Albertus Magnus on colour of horses.
Offers explanation of white colour of sea-birds.
Schweizerbart is now reprinting Descent, nearly all the first 3000 copies having been sold;
new editions of Origin
and of Variation are also planned.
Possibility of a new German translation of Journal of researches.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 80, DAR 161: 81/2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7991 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1871
Summary
Horns of castrated merino rams remain almost undeveloped.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 117–118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8077 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Sison, Robert. 1867. Lohmen. Königliche …
From J. V. Carus 7 October 1872
Summary
Has translated half of Expression; is delighted with it. Comments on some points that he questions.
Is at work on concluding part of his handbook of zoology [Handbuch der Zoologie, 2 vols. (1863–75), with A. Gerstaecker].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8548 |
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- … at Edinburgh in the summers of 1873 and 1874 ( DSB ). The name Spenser, referring to the …
From J. V. Carus 29 January 1873
Summary
A new [German] edition of Expression is to be done. Has CD anything to add or alter?
JVC cites an article on cessation of breathing during mental concentration that supports Gratiolet as quoted in Expression, p. 179.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8751 |
From J. V. Carus 19 January 1874
Summary
A new German edition of Descent is planned. Would like to work on proofs before leaving for lectures at Edinburgh.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9248 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 19 January 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 92 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 19 Jan 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the second English edition, which was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). The third German edition, based on the second English …
- … of Edinburgh in the summers of 1873 and 1874, replacing Charles Wyville Thomson , who …
- … Leipzig, Jan 19, 1874 My dear Sir, The publisher wants me to prepare the new edition of …
From J. V. Carus 15 March 1874
Summary
Proposal to collect all of CD’s works in a German edition. Asks CD’s opinion and suggests an outline of volumes.
Lists German sales of various volumes.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9363 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 15 March 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 93 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 15 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. V. Carus, 21 January 1874 . Carus refers to Bronn trans. 1860, Bronn …
- … Carus trans. 1872 and Carus trans. 1874 (editions of Expression ); Bronn trans. 1862 ( …
- … Leipzig March 15 th . 1874 My dear Sir, I ought to have written to you long before now, …
- … give lectures at the University of Edinburgh in the summer of 1874 (see letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 January 1874 and n. 2). Eduard Koch of E. Schweizerbart’sche …
From J. V. Carus 5 April 1874
Summary
Hopes to visit CD during a stay in London.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9391 |
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From J. V. Carus 22 May 1874
Summary
Sends Edinburgh address so he may be sent sheets of Descent [2d English, for 3d German ed.].
Has a large class for his lectures.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9463 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 22 May 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 95 Julius Victor Carus Edinburgh 22 May 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 January 1874 ). It was published by E. Schweizerbart’sche …
- … University in the summers of 1873 and 1874; he was standing in for Charles Wyville …
- … 53, George Street | Edinburgh, May 22 d | 1874. My dear Sir, I write only a line to-day to …
From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for proofs [of Descent, 2d English ed.].
Publisher would like better photographs for Expression [2d German ed.].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9536 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 96 Julius Victor Carus Edinburgh 7 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pp. 108–10. In the summers of 1873 and 1874, Carus gave a course of lectures on natural …
- … before 8 May 1873] , and this volume, letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1874] ). After visiting Frans Cornelis Donders in …
- … better’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 7 July 1874 ; DAR 239.23: 1.19). …
- … George arrived back at Down on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Carus was …
- … George Street, | Edinburgh, 7 th . July | 1874 My dear Sir, I was very sorry to learn from …
- … foreign editions, including Carus trans. 1874, had been supplied by John Murray from the …
From J. V. Carus 27 October 1874
Summary
On German translation of Descent [3d German, 2d English ed.]. Lists some misprints in proofs.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9700 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 27 October 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 97 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 27 Oct 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … works in German ( Freeman 1977 ; see also letter from J. V. Carus, 15 March 1874 ). …
- … also letter from J. V. Carus, 7 July 1874 ). Descent 2d ed. was published as a single …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 and n. 1). In Carus trans. 1875a, the …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … Leipzig, Oct 27 th . 1874. My dear Sir, It is a long time since you sent me the last proof …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). Carus was planning to translate the latest …
From J. V. Carus 18 November 1874
Summary
An omission in a bibliographical note in Descent [2d English ed.].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9723 |
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- … From J. V. Carus 18 November 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 98 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 18 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … Leipzig Novbr 18 th . 1874. My dear Sir, I am sorry, I am again obliged to trouble you …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 . In Descent 2d ed. , in footnotes to pages …
From J. V. Carus 5 February 1875
Summary
New [3d] German edition of Descent will soon be out.
Will begin translating Journal of researches, which will be first volume of CD’s collected works.
JVC has proposed bringing out all CD’s botanical papers in one or two volumes.
Errata in Descent enclosed.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9841 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From J. V. Carus 19 March 1876
Summary
Insectivorous plants is out
and Climbing plants is at the printer’s.
He is now at work on the geological writings.
Thinks all of CD’s papers extremely interesting "for the spirit and the method".
Cites some misprints in Climbing plants.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10419 |
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- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … of lectures in the summers of 1873 and 1874 (see Correspondence vol 22, letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). LLD: legum doctor (Latin; doctor of laws) ( Chambers ). Carus …
- … ed. ). In his letter to Carus of 19 March [1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22), CD said that ‘ …
From J. V. Carus 21 March 1876
Summary
A difficulty with a passage in Coral reefs about "vertical thickness", which JVC thinks should read "horizontal extent".
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10423 |
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- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs 3d ed. : The structure and …
From J. V. Carus 16 April 1876
Summary
Queries about some references in Coral reefs and a list of misprints.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: A74–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10453 |
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for [2d English edition of] Volcanic islands and South America [1876].
Is at work on Cross and self-fertilisation. Asks about some doubtful points.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10681 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 6. In his letter to Carus of 19 March [ 1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22), CD had written, ‘ …
From J. V. Carus 20 January 1877
Summary
Lists misprints in Cross and self-fertilisation.
Sends observations and references relevant to a new edition of Expression.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10807 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Carus, J. V. | (21) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
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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- … 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
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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
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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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- … 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
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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
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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
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
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- … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
- … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
- … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
- … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
- … at bottom left. date of creation February 1874 computer-readable date c. …
- … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
- … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
- … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
- … bottom right) date of creation September 1874 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
- … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
- … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
- … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
- … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
- … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. computer-readable date c …
- … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
