To J. D. Hooker 22 December 1874
Summary
Expresses his gratitude to JDH and Huxley in the Mivart affair. Thinks he should write directly to Mivart, if Mivart does not retract.
Would be glad to have another Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 354–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9770 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 22 December 1874 …
- … DAR 95: 354–5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Dec 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … Jackson Mivart in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). See, for example, letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 . See letter to T. …
- … H. Huxley, 22 December [1874] ; see also letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . Huxley had sent a message to Mivart via William Walter …
- … see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). See also letter to T. …
- … H. Huxley, 22 December [1874] and n. 3. John Murray was the publisher of the Quarterly …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . CD discussed the tentacles and sessile …
From J. D. Hooker 22 December 1874
Summary
Will help Romanes. Offers Kew’s facilities for experiments. Is writing to the Board [of Works?] about a physiological laboratory, which Sir Philip Joddrell has offered to build. Thinks Government should support original research like Romanes’.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 239–40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9771 |
Matches: 4 hits
To T. H. Huxley 22 December [1874]
Summary
Thanks THH and Hooker for defending George Darwin against Mivart’s libel.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 22 Dec [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 273 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9769 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 22 December [1874] …
- … DAR 145: 273 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Dec [1874] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … See enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . Pro bono publico : for the public good (Latin). Huxley and …
- … Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). CD refers to ‘Difficulties of …
To Arnold Dodel 23 December 1874
Summary
Thanks AD-P for sending his work, not yet received, on evolution [Die neuere Schöpfungsgeschichte (1875)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9775 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Arnold Dodel 23 December 1874 …
- … Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Dec 1874 Arnold Dodel-Port …
- … In his letter of 13 December 1874 , Dodel announced that he had sent CD a copy of his Die …
- … copy in the Darwin Library–CUL. See also letter to Arnold Dodel, 27 December 1874 . See …
- … letter from Arnold Dodel, 13 December 1874 . …
From T. H. Huxley 23 December 1874
Summary
Entirely sympathises with CD about Mivart’s attack on George. THH has had a letter from Mivart in which he pleads guilty, but THH has decided there is no patching the matter up. Advises against doing anything unless Mivart takes initiative.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 356–7; DAR 166: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9773 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 23 December 1874 …
- … 336 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 23 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on marriage by George Howard Darwin ( [Mivart] 1874 ; G. H. Darwin 1873a ). Leonard was …
- … J. Mivart to T. H. Huxley, 20 December 1874 , see Appendix V. Huxley sent a message to …
- … et des beaux-arts de Belgique on 15 December 1874 (www.academieroyale.be/n6456/Thomas_ …
- … see letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 ). Mivart’s apology appeared after …
- … George’s response to his allegations in Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9. …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW. Dc 23. 1874 My dear Darwin I entirely sympathise with your …
- … to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). Huxley refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . …
From T. H. Huxley To St. G. J. Mivart [23 December 1874]
Summary
A severe letter of rebuke to Mivart for his attack on G. H. Darwin.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Date: | [23 Dec 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9774 |
To G. J. Romanes 23 December 1874
Summary
Urges GJR to visit Hooker at Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.456) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9772 |
To J. D. Hooker 24 December [1874]
Summary
Encloses note from Huxley and copy of Huxley’s answer to Mivart – a tremendous reproof. On Huxley’s advice, CD will not write to Mivart. Thinks Mivart’s private apology to Huxley makes the case even worse.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 358–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9777 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 24 December [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 358–9 Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Dec [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . See letter and enclosure from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 23 December 1874. Thomas Henry Huxley had sent CD a copy of his letter to St …
- … Darwin . For Mivart’s rejoinder, see Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9, and Appendix V. …
To T. H. Huxley 24 December [1874]
Summary
THH’s letter to Mivart is "tremendous". CD’s feelings and intentions about the matter.
If THH has made out homology of the skull, it is grandest discovery in years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1874] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 311) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9776 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 24 December [1874] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 311) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Dec [1874] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . For CD and Mivart’s correspondence about Mivart 1871a , …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . Huxley’s paper on the skull of Amphioxus ( …
- … was read at the Royal Society of London on 17 December 1874. See also letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 8 December 1874 and n. 4. …
- … and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . See enclosure to letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . Huxley had censured St George Jackson Mivart for failing to …
- … 1874b, p. 70). See Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9, and Appendix V. See letter to J. …
From St. G. J. Mivart to T. H. Huxley 24 December 1874
Summary
A confidential letter explaining in detail the extent to which he regrets his attack upon [George] Darwin’s article.
| Author: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 369 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9778F |
From Daniel Oliver 24 December 1874
Summary
Sends capsules with results from Genlisea specimens and fragments of Polypompholyx.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9778 |
Matches: 4 hits
To ? 24 December [1874–81]
Summary
Sends compliments and thanks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1874-81] |
| Classmark: | William Patrick Watson (dealer) (catalogue 21, 2016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9778G |
To Asa Gray 25 December 1874
Summary
Read AG’s article [see 9753] on longevity and duration of varieties with great interest.
Death of Mrs Hooker.
Hopes Insectivorous plants will be out in the spring.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (110) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9779 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Asa Gray 25 December 1874 …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (110) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Dec 1874 Asa Gray …
- … Dalton Hooker’s wife, died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). According to Emma …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 11 December 1874 . There is a lightly annotated copy of Gray’s …
- … See letter from Mary Treat, 2 December 1874 . CD cited a later article by Treat on …
To Ernst Haeckel 26 December 1874
Summary
Comments on review of EH’s Anthropogenie [1874].
Mentions recent work of Huxley and other scientists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 26 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9781 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … To Ernst Haeckel 26 December 1874 …
- … 1: 1–52/32) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Dec 1874 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … Comments on review of EH’s Anthropogenie [1874]. Mentions recent work of Huxley and other …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 . Haeckel had complained of the reception …
- … history of humans; Haeckel 1874a ). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 . The …
- … review was in Nature , 5 November 1874, pp. …
- … 4–5, 12 November 1874, pp. 22–4. There is a copy of …
- … in the Darwin Library–Down. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 and n. 10. …
- … before the Linnean Society on 3 December 1874; it was not published until the May 1875 …
- … it was summarised in Nature , 10 December 1874, pp. 101–2. In the paper, Huxley wrote, ‘ …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Dec 26 1874 My dear Haeckel According to our English fashion, I …
- … CD refers to Friedrich von Hellwald and Hellwald 1874; see letter from …
- … Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 and n. 9. …
- … See letter from Arnold Dodel, 13 December 1874 , and letter to …
- … Arnold Dodel, 23 December 1874 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 8 December 1874 . For Thomas Henry Huxley’s own letter to Haeckel on the …
From J. D. Hooker [26 December 1874]
Summary
Has gone over Huxley’s letter, thinks it a model. All must now await developments. If Mivart does not apologise, JDH will write to him.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Dec 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 241–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9780 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [26 December 1874] …
- … DAR 103: 241–2 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [26 Dec 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . …
- … In 1874, the Saturday after 24 December was 26 December. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . CD had sent Hooker the letter and enclosure from …
- … T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874. Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley were discussing with CD …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 December [1874] ). Asa and Jane Loring Gray were in Europe …
- … Howard Darwin’s article on marriage ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70; G. H. Darwin 1873a ). …
- … See letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . Robert Cary Barnard (Major Barnard) was …
- … was aged 12. Frances died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). Hooker also refers …
From D. F. Nevill 26 [December 1874]
Summary
Would like to know the results of CD’s Utricularia experiments.
A Brazilian love-bird, escaped from captivity, has been found in a robin’s nest, apparently starved to death along with three young robins.
| Author: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 [Dec 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9782 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From D. F. Nevill 26 [December 1874] …
- … Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill Dangstein, Petersfield 26 [Dec 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to D. F. Nevill, 29 December 1874 . In …
- … his letter to Nevill of 18 September [1874] , CD had described experiments that he planned …
- … Frances Harriet Hooker , died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). George Howard …
To Arnold Dodel 27 December 1874
Summary
Thanks AD-P for the copy of his work [see 9756].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
| Date: | 27 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9786 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Arnold Dodel 27 December 1874 …
- … Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Dec 1874 Arnold Dodel-Port …
- … CUL (see Marginalia 1: 203–4). See letter from Arnold Dodel, 13 December 1874 . See …
- … letter to Arnold Dodel, 23 December 1874 . …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 27. 1874 Dear Sir I am glad to say that I have …
To J. D. Hooker 27 December [1874]
Summary
Has not heard from Mivart. He is not so good a Christian as JDH and cannot forgive a man for malicious lying merely because he says he is sorry. Does not think Mivart will apologise. Still thinks the simple, most manly thing, is to write to Mivart directly and tell him what he thinks of him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 27 Dec [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 360–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9785 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 27 December [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 360–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Dec [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s letter to Huxley was dated 20 December 1874 (see Appendix V). Law: indulgence, mercy ( …
- … Frances Harriet Hooker , died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). Mivart had …
- … been misrepresented ( Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9). Richard Buckley Litchfield was …
- … Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 December 1874] ). Hooker, Thomas Henry Huxley , and CD had …
- … Darwin’s article on marriage ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70; G. H. Darwin 1873a ). Huxley had …
- … CD (see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 , and letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). Huxley had …
- … sent a message to Mivart on 18 December 1874 (see enclosure to letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ); on …
- … 23 December 1874, Huxley wrote to CD that he had received a letter from Mivart, and …
To G. J. Romanes 27 December 1874
Summary
Discourages grafting ears of rabbits. Suggests comb of fowl.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 27 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.457) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9783 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 27 December 1874 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.457) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Dec 1874 George John Romanes …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 27 th 1874 Dear M r Romanes I am glad that you are …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 22 December 1874 . Hooker had offered Romanes facilities at …
To John Tyndall 27 December 1874
Summary
Asks JT to persuade Lady Lubbock to change physicians and put herself in the care of Andrew Clark. Thinks this alone will save her.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 27 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 22 (EH 88205960) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9784 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Tyndall 27 December 1874 …
- … DAR 261.8: 22 (EH 88205960) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Dec 1874 John Tyndall …
- … Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] . CD had been treated by Clark since 1873 (see …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 27 1874 (Private) My dear Tyndall I know how deep …
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| Reinwald, C.-F. | (2) |
| Rejlander, O. G. | (1) |
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| Walpole, D. F. | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Matches: 23 hits
- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
- … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
- … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
- … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
- … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
- … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
- … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
- … signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
- … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
- … must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
- … the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
- … day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
- … have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
- … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
- … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
- … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
- … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
- … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
- … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
- … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
- … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
- … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
- … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
- … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
- … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
- … this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
- … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …
Joseph Simms
Summary
The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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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…
