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From W. T. Goodale   11 February 1874

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Asks CD if he can reconcile a passage in Mark Hopkins’ Outline study of man [1873] with the theory of development.

Author:  Walter Temple Goodale
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 165: 72
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9282

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  • … From W.  T.  Goodale   11 February 1874
  • … Walter Temple Goodale Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 11 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bowdoin College | Brunswick Maine USA Feb 11. 1874 My Dear Sir, Will you pardon a Student …

To Nature   11 February [1874]

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Prefaces Fritz Müller’s observations on termites and stingless bees [see 9281].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  11 Feb [1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 19 February 1874, pp. 308–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9283

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  • … To Nature    11 February [1874] …
  • … Nature , 19 February 1874, pp.  308– …
  • … 9 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1874] Nature …
  • … letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874]. CD refers to the first three parts of F.   …
  • … pp. 205–6; 25 September 1873, pp. 433–5; 20 November 1873, pp. 44–6; 1 January 1874, pp. …
  • … 164–6; 18 June 1874, pp. …
  • … 129–30; 12 November 1874, pp. …
  • … 32–3; 10 December 1874, pp. …
  • … 110–12; 31 December 1874, pp. 169–71; 20 May 1875, pp. 50–1; 8 July 1875, pp. 190–1; 13 …

From Anton Dohrn   12 February 1874

Summary

Birthday greetings.

Author:  Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 172: 1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9285

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  • … From Anton Dohrn   12 February 1874
  • … DAR 172: 1 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn Naples 12 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …

To Albert Günther   12 February 1874

Summary

Asks AG to sign an enclosure [see 9291].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Date:  12 Feb 1874
Classmark:  Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (38)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9287

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  • … To Albert Günther   12 February 1874
  • … Library (38) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb 1874 Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent . Feb 12 1874 My dear Dr Günther If you have no objection will you …
  • … of the Royal Society of London ). See also letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 . …

To George Harris   12 February 1874

Summary

Has read GH’s proofs and, although not entirely in agreement, has no criticisms worth sending.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Harris
Date:  12 Feb 1874
Classmark:  University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division (Ms. 10, Letters concerning George Harris’s A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9284

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  • … To George Harris   12 February 1874
  • … See letter from George Harris, 10 February 1874 . Harris had sent CD proof-sheets of his …
  • … the Nature and Constitution of Man ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb 1874 George Harris …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 12— 1874 Dear Sir I am much obliged for your extremely kind …

From T. N. Staley   12 February 1874

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On the decline of population of the Hawaiian Islands, before advent of Europeans; infanticide, polyandry.

Author:  Thomas Nettleship Staley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 89: 188–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9286

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  • … From T.  N.  Staley   12 February 1874
  • … DAR 89: 188–90 Thomas Nettleship Staley Croxall 12 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
  • … letter to T.  N.  Staley, 13 January [1874] . James Cook had first sighted the Hawaiian …
  • … Croxall Vicarage | Lichfield Feb y 12 th | 1874 Sir, I only received a few days ago your …

To Anton Dohrn   13 February 1874

Summary

Thanks for birthday greetings.

Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.

Health indifferent.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
Date:  13 Feb 1874
Classmark:  Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9289

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  • … To Anton Dohrn   13 February 1874
  • … München (Ana 525. Ba 711) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1874 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 13 1874 My dear D r Dohrn I was astonished yesterday by …
  • … telegram from Anton Dohrn , 12 February 1874). See Correspondence vol.  21, letter from …
  • … Darwin’s diary, Francis Maitland Balfour arrived on Saturday 7 February 1874 (DAR 242). …
  • … Francis Darwin married Amy Ruck in July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), ODNB ). CD …

To Fritz Müller   13 February 1874

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Has sent FM’s letter on termites to Nature ["Habits of various insects", Nature 10 (1874): 102–3].

Would be interested in observations on the stingless bees of Brazil.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:  13 Feb 1874
Classmark:  The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 37)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9288

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  • … To Fritz Müller   13 February 1874
  • … 10 no 37) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1874 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
  • … Habits of various insects", Nature 10 (1874): 102–3]. Would be interested in observations …
  • … letter from Hermann Müller, 15 February 1874 . See also Correspondence vol.  21, letter to …
  • … letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874]. CD refers to the first three parts of F.   …
  • … 5 . See letter to Nature , 11 February [1874]. Müller’s name appears on CD’s presentation …
  • … sent Müller a copy of Thomas Belt’s Naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ; see letter to …
  • … Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 ). CD had sent Hermann Müller the money from the profits of …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 13 1874. My dear Sir Your letter rec d yesterday has …

From T. M. Coan   14 February 1874

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On the declining population of the Hawaiian Islands [see Descent (1875), pp. 186–7, 187–8 n. 43].

Author:  Titus Munson Coan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 69: A11, DAR 90: 40–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9290

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  • … From T.  M.  Coan   14 February 1874
  • … DAR 69: A11, DAR 90: 40–3 Titus Munson Coan New York 14 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … West 27 th S t . , | New York, Feby.  14 th 1874. Mr.  Charles Darwin, Dear Sir: My friend …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Dibble, Sheldon. 1843. History of the …

From Albert Günther   14 February 1874

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Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.

Author:  Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 97: C39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9291

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  • … From Albert Günther   14 February 1874
  • … Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther British Museum 14 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … British Museum Febr.  14 th . 1874 My dear Sir I have had great pleasure in signing Mr …
  • … see letter to Albert Günther, 12 February 1874 ). Swinhoe was not successful until 1876 ( …
  • … also letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 . Günther had asked CD about Galápagos …

From Leonard Darwin   [after 14 February 1874]

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Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.

Author:  Leonard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 14 Feb 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 90: 8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8709

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  • … From Leonard Darwin   [after 14 February 1874] …
  • … 90: 8 Leonard Darwin Naval College, Greenwich [after 14 Feb 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … dates given by Coan were correct; see also letter from ? , [after 14 January 1874] . …
  • … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
  • … letter from T.  M.  Coan, 14 February 1874 . Titus Munson Coan’s figures suggested that …
  • … letter from T.  M.  Coan, 14 February 1874 ). When CD published these figures in Descent …

From Hermann Müller   15 February 1874

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Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.

Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.

Author:  Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 303
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9293

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  • … From Hermann Müller   15 February 1874
  • … 303 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 15 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … was published in Nature , 19 February 1874. Müller refers to his paper ‘Anwendung der …
  • … The second edition of Descent was published in 1874; the German translation of the first …
  • … Lippstadt Feb.  15 1874. My dear Sir Many thanks for your very kind letter I received two …
  • … Müller 1864 , Dallas trans.  1869) on 12 February 1874; the letter has not been found, but …
  • … the letter to Fritz Müller, 13 February 1874 . See also Correspondence vol.  21, letter to …
  • … 25 September 1873 . See letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874], and letter to …
  • … Nature , 11 February 1874. Fritz’s …

From C. S. Tomes   [before 16 February 1874]

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Inherited dental abnormalities in man. [Enclosed are proofs of pp. 113–16 from J. Tomes, A system of dental surgery, 2d ed. (1873).]

Author:  Charles Sissmore Tomes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 16 Feb 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 178: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9195

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  • … From C.  S.  Tomes   [before 16 February 1874] …
  • … Sissmore Tomes London, Cavendish Square, 37 [before 16 Feb 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the letter to C.  S.  Tomes, 16 February [1874] . J. Tomes and Tomes 1873 . The memorandum …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …

From A. S. G. Canning   16 February 1874

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Offers information on pea-fowl for new edition of Variation.

Author:  Albert Stratford George Canning
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9296

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  • … From A.  S.  G.  Canning   16 February 1874
  • … Stratford George Canning London, Portman Square, 31 16 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter has not been found, but see the letter from A.  S.  G.  Canning, 23 February 1874 . …
  • … 31. Portman Square Feb ry 16 th | 1874. Sir Understanding from M r Murray that another …

From J. A. Gammie   16 February 1874

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Sends his observations on the fertilisation of Hedychium gardnerianum by sphinx moths. Did not look for pollen on the wing tips.

Author:  James Alexander Gammie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 157a: 98
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9296A

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  • … From J.  A.  Gammie   16 February 1874
  • … the Himalayas. See also letter from J.  A.  Gammie, 28 August 1874 . Also spelled Mangpu. …
  • … DAR 157a: 98 James Alexander Gammie Monarpur, Darjeeling 16 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … with the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 24 March 1874 . No letter from CD to Gammie has been …

To George Harris   16 February [1874]

Summary

Returns proofs; has no criticisms or remarks worth sending.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Harris
Date:  16 Feb [1874]
Classmark:  University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division (Ms. 10, Letters concerning George Harris’s A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9294

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  • … To George Harris   16 February [1874] …
  • … Nature and Constitution of Man ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1874] George Harris …
  • … the letter from George Harris, 10 February 1874 . No letter from Harris requesting return …
  • … the proof-sheets with his letter of 10 February 1874 , and CD had thanked him for them …
  • … in his letter to Harris of 12 February 1874 . CD was working on the second editions of …

To H. E. Litchfield   16 February [1874?]

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On the "doubtful & obscure" subject of marriage of cousins, CD believes, that judging from the analogy of animals, no direct evil would follow from their marriage. He would, however, expect the offspring of unrelated parents to be somewhat superior in size and vigour. The injury from the increase of any bad tendency common to the family seems to CD more to be feared than mere consanguinity; "the good effects of crossing distinct families I look at as great & undoubted".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  16 Feb [1874?]
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8207

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  • … To H.  E.  Litchfield   16 February [1874? ] …
  • … Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1874? ] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma …
  • … s research (see letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 6 February 1874 ). The letter is written on a …
  • … CD used between January 1872 and November 1874. In 1872, Henrietta and her husband Richard …

To C. S. Tomes   16 February [1874]

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Thanks for facts on inheritance

Thinks CST’s paper (C. S. Tomes 1874) about the enamel on the teeth of the armadillo is most remarkable.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Sissmore Tomes
Date:  16 Feb [1874]
Classmark:  Andrusier Autographs (dealer) (Spring 2013)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8216F

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  • … To C.  S.  Tomes   16 February [1874] …
  • … dealer) (Spring 2013) Charles Robert Darwin 16 Feb [1874] Down Charles Sissmore Tomes …
  • … Bibliography Tomes, Charles Sissmore. 1874. On the existence of an enamel organ in an …
  • … on inheritance Thinks CST’s paper (C. S. Tomes 1874) about the enamel on the teeth of the …
  • … found, but see n.  1, above. In C. S. Tomes 1874 , Tomes had written that in the armadillo …
  • … from C.  S.  Tomes, [before 16 February [1874] . Alexander von Brandt’s letter has not …

To H. B. Tristram   16 February 1874

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Asks HBT to sign certificate [for Royal Society] for Robert Swinhoe.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Baker Tristram
Date:  16 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 148: 148
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9295

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  • … To H.  B.  Tristram   16 February 1874
  • … DAR 148: 148 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb 1874 Henry Baker Tristram …
  • … letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 ). Swinhoe was not elected until 1876 ( Record …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb.  16. 1874. Dear Sir, I hope that you will be so good as to …

From Octavius Pickard-Cambridge   17 February 1874

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Criticises sexual selection theory. Supports natural selection.

Gives CD references on proportion of sexes in spiders.

Author:  Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9299

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  • … From Octavius Pickard-Cambridge   17 February 1874
  • … DAR 161: 7 Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Blandford 17 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
  • … Bloxworth Rectory | Blandford Febry 17. 1874 My dear Sir I am most pleased to give you the …
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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…

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  • … physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874 , while he was staying in London. …
  • … stockings. (Letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ) The foot could tell …

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 …

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 …

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…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a …
  • … [1861] (DCP-LETT-3256]. Simms’s letter to Darwin, 14 Sept. 1874 (DCP-LETT-9637; from DAR 177:164). …

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…

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  • … Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., [1 August 1874] Darwin gives feedback on work …
  • … Letter 9613 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [30 August 1874] Darwin comments on a “clever” …

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…

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  • … ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to have arisen when …
  • … with new & related matter. ( To J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). A year later, Darwin still …

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…

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  • … as a steel engraving, which was published in Nature in 1874, and was included in Francis Darwin …
  • … to the Subscribers to Nature no.  240 June 4 th 1874’. Wood engraving in The Graphic , XI:278 …
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