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From G. H. Darwin   18 April 1874

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Sends queries [on proofs of Descent, 2d ed.]. Will be finished, except for the index, in two days.

Is now less satisfied than formerly with his statistics on cousin marriage.

[Enclosure is a copy by GHD of J. S. Mill’s statement about Origin (Logic 2: 18 n.).]

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 34
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9417

Matches: 6 hits

  • … From G.  H.  Darwin   18 April 1874
  • … 34 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 18 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles …
  • … had returned to Cambridge on 15 April 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). William Aldis …
  • … see letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). For George’s findings on cousin marriage, …
  • … the letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 6 February 1874 . George probably refers to William Robson …

To Nature   18 April [1874]

Summary

CD has observed hundreds of primrose flowers cut off their stalks, and conjectures that this was done by birds to obtain the nectar. Asks readers of Nature in England and abroad whether primroses are subject to such destruction in their localities.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  18 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 23 April 1874, p. 482
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9418

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To Nature    18 April [1874] …
  • … Nature , 23 April 1874, p.   …
  • … 482 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Apr [1874] Nature …

To Leonard Rudd   18 April [1874]

Summary

Discusses LR’s communication concerning supernumerary mammae.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Leonard Rudd
Date:  18 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.441)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9416

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To Leonard Rudd   18 April [1874] …
  • … Society (Mss.B.D25.441) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Apr [1874] Leonard Rudd …
  • … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Leonard Rudd, 12 April 1874 . See …
  • … letter from Leonard Rudd, 12 April 1874 . For reported cases of supernumerary mammae, see …

To G. H. Darwin   19 April [1874]

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Is sorry to hear the news about the cousin question – a real misfortune.

Congratulates GHD on being nearly finished with work on Descent.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  19 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9419

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To G.  H.  Darwin   19 April [1874] …
  • … DAR 210.1: 19 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Apr [1874] George Howard Darwin …
  • … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
  • … Buckley Litchfield , from 21 to 29 April 1874 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from …
  • … G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874  and n.  4. William Clowes and Sons were the printers of …
  • … and the letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874 . George was correcting the proofs for …
  • … See letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874  and n.  7. George was investigating whether …

To Henry Willett   19 April [1874]

Summary

F. M. Balfour is in Naples. Comments on rate at which sea eats back the land, as given in early editions of Origin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Willett
Date:  19 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 359
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9420

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  • … To Henry Willett   19 April [1874] …
  • … DAR 148: 359 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Apr [1874] Henry Willett …
  • … below). Balfour was in Naples in April 1874; he had been doing research at the Zoological …
  • … see letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] and n.  2). No letter from Willett has been …

From G. H. Darwin   20 April 1874

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Sends Descent material. Is staggered by CD’s power of marshalling facts and his conciseness and clearness of thought. The only fault he finds is some slight want of conciseness of diction.

He feels CD’s power more now "that I quail before the thought of arranging the few paltry facts I’ve got about those d––d cousins".

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 35
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9421

Matches: 5 hits

  • … From G.  H.  Darwin   20 April 1874
  • … 35 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 20 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
  • … see letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874  and n.  7). George refers to Laurence Ithel …
  • … See letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874  and n.  6. The ‘Backs’ are the grounds …

From Eliza Meteyard   20 April 1874

Summary

The memorial failed last autumn. She asks for CD’s signature again so that it may be presented now that there is a new Government.

Her [Wedgwood] Handbook is now in press.

Author:  Eliza Meteyard
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 163
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9422

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  • … From Eliza Meteyard   20 April 1874
  • … DAR 171: 163 Eliza Meteyard Hampstead 20 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 5 Squires Mount. | Hampstead. N.W. April 20. 1874 Dear Sir, I send you my Memorial to ask …
  • … vice-president of the Privy Council in 1874 under the Conservative government of Benjamin …

From Fritz Müller   20 April [1874]

Summary

FM gives his own observations of leaf-cutting ants, which support those of Thomas Belt in his book [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1873)]. [See 9223.] These ants feed only upon the fungus that grows upon the leaves that they carry to their nests.

He has caught a moth of the Glaucopidæ that when touched emitted a cloud of snow-white wool.

Observations on the stingless bees of Brazil.

Author:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 11 June 1874, pp. 102–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9422A

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  • … From Fritz Müller   20 April [1874] …
  • … Nature , 11 June 1874, pp.  102–3 Johann …
  • … Fritz) Müller Itajahy, Santa Catharina, Brazil 20 Apr [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Westphalian provincial association in December 1874, and an enlarged version was published …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 . See …
  • … letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 . CD sent Müller a …
  • … copy of Thomas Belt’s Naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ). For CD’s high opinion …
  • … of the book, see the letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 . For the …
  • … of Chontales in central Nicaragua, see Belt 1874 , pp.  155–75. Müller’s home on the …
  • … See letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874  and n.  6. Cecropia (the embauba or trumpet …
  • … honey-bees in his letter of [ c. January 1874]. Anthophora fulvifrons is a synonym of …
  • … a letter to Hermann Müller of 23 March 1874, Fritz Müller sent the text and illustrations …

From Henry Cecil   21 April 1874

Summary

Affirms his belief in an impassable spiritual gulf between man and the lower creatures.

Author:  Henry Cecil
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9424

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  • … From Henry Cecil   21 April 1874
  • … DAR 161: 129 Henry Cecil Bournemouth 21 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter from Henry Cecil, 9 April 1874 . CD’s reply to Cecil has not been found. CD …
  • … Bregner, | Bournemouth. April 21 st . , 1874. My dear Sir, I was from home last week when …

To G. H. Darwin   [21 April 1874]

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GHD’s corrections seem very good. Murray hopes there will be few corrections in Descent. CD assured him no changes have been made merely for improving style.

Wants very much to hear about "the terrible cousin affair".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [21 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9423

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  • … To G.  H.  Darwin   [21 April 1874] …
  • … 210.1: 20 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [21 Apr 1874] George Howard Darwin …
  • … CD refers to Motley 1873 (see letter to John Murray, 12 April 1874  and n.  3). See letter …
  • … from G.  H.  Darwin, 20 April 1874 . George had been compiling statistics on cousin …
  • … marriage (see letters from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 April 1874  and …
  • … 20 April 1874 ). …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Motley, John Lothrop. 1873. Rise of the …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 20 April 1874 . …
  • … In 1874, the first Tuesday following 20 April was 21 April. CD was staying at 2 Bryanston …
  • … would visit CD in London in his letter of 20 April 1874 . John Murray was CD’s publisher. …

To Edward Frankland   22 April [1874]

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Requests permission to call briefly to discuss Drosera.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Frankland
Date:  22 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9424A

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  • … To Edward Frankland   22 April [1874] …
  • … of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 22 Apr [1874] Edward Frankland …
  • … in Bryanston Street, London, only in April 1874. CD had been corresponding with Frankland …
  • … in the digestive secretions of Drosera (see letter to Edward Frankland, 12 April 1874 ). …

From J. H. Gladstone to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

Summary

Cancel: third-party letter.

Author:  John Hall Gladstone
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425F

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  • … From J.  H.  Gladstone to Nature    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.   …
  • … 509 John Hall Gladstone [23-30 Apr 1874] Nature …

From H. C. Key to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

Summary

Cancelled: third-party letter from H. C. Key.

Author:  Henry Cooper Key
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425G

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  • … From H.  C.  Key to Nature    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.   …
  • … 509 Henry Cooper Key [23-30 Apr 1874] Nature …

From G. M. Seabroke to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

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Cancelled: third-party letter from G. M. Seabrook.

Author:  George Mitchell Seabroke
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425H

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  • … From G.  M.  Seabroke to Nature    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.   …
  • … 509 George Mitchell Seabroke [23-30 Apr 1874] Nature …

From T. R. Stebbing to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

Summary

Cancelled: third-party letter.

Author:  Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425I

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  • … From T.  R.  Stebbing to Nature    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.  509 …
  • … Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing [23-30 Apr 1874] Nature …

From W. T. Thiselton Dyer to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

Summary

Cancelled: third-party letter.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9424F

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  • … From W.  T.  Thiselton Dyer to Nature    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.  509 …
  • … William Turner Thiselton-Dyer [23-30 Apr 1874] Nature …

From E. T. S.   [23–30 April 1874]

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Cancelled: third-party letter from ’ETS’.

Author:  Unidentified
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425J

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  • … From E.  T.  S.    [23–30 April 1874] …
  • … Nature , 30 April 1874, p.   …
  • … 509 Unidentified [23-30 Apr 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …

To Michael Foster   23 April [1874]

Summary

Approves of proof [of subscription appeal for Dohrn’s Naples station]. Suggests names.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  23 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 69)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To Michael Foster   23 April [1874] …
  • … of London soirée on 22 April (see letter to Anton Dohrn, 16 April and 9 August 1874 ). …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 23 Apr [1874] Michael Foster …
  • … subscribers (see circular to various scientific men, [7 April 1874], and letter from …
  • … Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] ). William Cavendish was the seventh duke of Devonshire. …

From Charles Lyell   24 April 1874

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Will subscribe £25 towards F. A. Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples.

Author:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Apr 1874
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Lyell correspondence Mss.B.L981)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9426F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From Charles Lyell   24 April 1874
  • … correspondence Mss.B.L981) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet 24 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the names of subscribers (see letter to Michael Foster, 23 April [1874] and n.  2). …

From J. S. Burdon Sanderson   25 April 1874

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Purpose of experiments was to determine digestive activity of liquids containing pepsin. Gives required amounts of hydrochloric, propionic, butyric and valerianic acids. Describes experiment and gives results. Also experimented on digestive activity of butyric acid at greater temperatures than the termperature of the body.

Author:  John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 58.2: 65–70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9427F

Matches: 6 hits

  • … From J.  S.  Burdon Sanderson   25 April 1874
  • … DAR 58.2: 65–70 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet 25 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … to J.  S.  Burdon Sanderson, 31 March [1874] . CD had asked Edward Frankland to supply …
  • … of the results in his letter of 30 March [1874] , and CD had asked for further information …
  • … Note for Mr.  Darwin April 25 1874 1. The purpose of the experiments was to determine the …
  • … Acid at the same temp. — 15 . 6. 0.1 Note …1874] del ink 1.1 1. The purpose] right angle …
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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: 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…

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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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