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From D. Appleton & Co.   1 February 1874

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Statement of U. S. sales of Origin, Expression, and Descent.

Author:  D. Appleton & Co
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 159: A92
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9261

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  • … From D.  Appleton & Co.    1 February 1874
  • … DAR 159: A92 D. Appleton & Co unstated 1 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Feby 1/ 603 " Printed 1000 Ed over 16 1619 1874 Feby 1. On hand Vol 1 & 2 728 Sold 891 …

From K. S. Sievert   1 February 1874

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Thanks CD for copy of Examiner.

Fear of communism is making CD’s theory popular among possessing classes.

Describes reception of Lyell’s Antiquity of man among German country people.

Author:  Karl Siegwart Sievert
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 161
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9262

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  • … From K.  S.  Sievert    1 February 1874
  • … 177: 161 Karl Siegwart Sievert Pechylswerder a.d. Havel 1 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Pechÿl’swerder a.  d. Havel 1. Febr.  1874. Herrn Darwin Hochgeehrte Herr! The Examiner ( …
  • … auf Pechÿl’swerder a.  d. Havel 1. Febr.  1874. To Mister Darwin Most venerated Sir! Have …
  • … 1873a ) in the Examiner , 24 January 1874, pp.  88–9 ( G.  H.  Darwin 1874a ). Sievert  …
  • … 1873b ) in the Darwin Library–Down, and an 1874 reprint in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …

From George Cupples   3 February 1874

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Responds to CD’s queries about breeders’ practices in destroying and saving males or females in litters of deerhounds.

Author:  George Cupples
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 90: 85–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9263

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  • … From George Cupples   3 February 1874
  • … DAR 90: 85–90 George Cupples unstated 3 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … George Cupples, 14 November 1870 ). Duncan McNeill died on 31 January 1874 ( Pall Mall …
  • … Gazette , 2 February 1874, p.  6). …
  • … See also letters to William Waring , 6 January 1874  and …
  • … 12 January [1874] . CD cited Cupples for this information in Descent 2d ed. , p.  258 n.   …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. MacKillop, James. 1998. Dictionary of …
  • … s death yesterday. Deerhounds Feb y . 3 d . 1874 Query 1 “If one bitch produced 4 females …

From J. F. McLennan   3 February 1874

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Discusses the evolution of marriage systems; considers the scheme of development CD proposes: 1. Polygyny and monogamy; 2. Polyandry; 3. Promiscuity; 4. Polygyny and monogamy in recurrence. Explains what he understands by promiscuity. JFM believes that polygyny, monogamy, and polyandry must have occurred in "every district from the first, and grown up together into systems sanctioned by usage first and then law". Considers polygyny necessarily the privilege of the few and, as a system, believes it had less to do than any other with the history of marriage. He sees polyandry as an advance from promiscuity and the stage at which contractual obligations between men and their wives begin.

Author:  John Ferguson McLennan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Feb 1874
Classmark:  McLennan 1896, pp. 50–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9264

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  • … From J.  F.  McLennan   3 February 1874
  • … McLennan 1896, pp. 50–5 John Ferguson McLennan unstated 3 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
  • … 3rd February 1874. Your scheme of the development of marriage systems is (1) Polygyny and …

From C.-F. Reinwald   4 February 1874

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Sends £40 for copyright to Édmond Barbier’s revision of Moulinié’s Descent translation.

Journal of researches translation is in press.

Author:  Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 176: 102
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9265

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  • … From C. -F.  Reinwald   4 February 1874
  • … DAR 176: 102 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 4 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … researches 2d ed. The French translation of Expression was Pozzi and Benôit trans.  1874 . …
  • … Cie. Pozzi, Samuel and Benoît, René, trans. 1874. L’expression des émotions chez l’ homme …
  • … Paris. | 15 Rue des Saints Pères Febr 4 th 1874. Dear Sir We duely received your kind …
  • … to Reinwald’s letter to him of 17 January 1874 . The French second edition of Descent was …
  • … account (Down House MS) on 5 February 1874. Reinwald had been dissatisfied with the late …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   5 February 1874

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Do breeders rear more male than female greyhound puppies?

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  5 Feb 1874
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9266

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  • … To W.  B.  Tegetmeier   5 February 1874
  • … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Feb 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
  • … newspaper ( ODNB ). See also letter to William Waring, 6 January 1874 , and letter from …
  • … George Cupples, 3 February 1874  and n.  5. CD was working on the second edition of …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 5 1874 My dear Sir If you yourself (or through any of the …

To H. W. Bates   6 February 1874

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Orders five works on the Sandwich Islands from the Royal Geographical Society Library for his investigation of infanticide and population trends there.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Walter Bates
Date:  6 Feb 1874
Classmark:  Royal Geographical Society
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9267

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  • … To H.  W.  Bates   6 February 1874
  • … Royal Geographical Society Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb 1874 Henry Walter Bates …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 6 1874 My dear Bates Will you be so kind as to send me, …

From G. H. Darwin   6 February 1874

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Finds statistical evidence that cousin marriages are at least three times as frequent in "our rank" as in the lower.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9268

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  • … From G.  H.  Darwin   6 February 1874
  • … 210.2: 33 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 6 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter from T.  H.  Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . 3–4 o centigrade. …

From J. C. Symmes   6 February 1874

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Believes that he has an important physical theory: all atoms revolve.

Author:  John Cleves Symmes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 339
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9269

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  • … From J.  C.  Symmes   6 February 1874
  • … DAR 177: 339 John Cleves Symmes Hamburg 6 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Hamburg v.  d. Höhe 6 2. 1874 Mr.  Darwin, Honored Sir. I take the liberty of sending you …
  • … In the Louisville Commercial , 15 January 1874, p.  7, an article appeared headed ‘An …

From H. W. Bates   7 February 1874

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Books CD requested have been packed and sent.

He will present CD with the classified catalogue [of Royal Geographical Society].

He has not learned whereabouts of Thomas Staley.

Author:  Henry Walter Bates
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 160: 91
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9275

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  • … From H.  W.  Bates   7 February 1874
  • … DAR 160: 91 Henry Walter Bates R. Geogr. Soc. 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … see letter to H.  W.  Bates, 6 February 1874 ). G. M. Evans 1871 . Thomas Nettleship …
  • … Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) in his letter to Staley of 13 January [1874] ; Staley did not …
  • … answer until 12 February 1874. …
  • … Savile Row, | Burlington Gardens, | W Feb 7 1874 My dear Mr Darwin All the books you asked …

From R. F. Cooke   7 February 1874

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Asks CD’s help in finding original woodcuts for "Voyage of a naturalist" [Journal of researches] for Reinwald.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 438
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9271

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  • … From R.  F.  Cooke   7 February 1874
  • … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter from C. -F.  Reinwald, 4 February 1874 . CD had probably asked Cooke to support the …
  • … Club (see letter to R.  F.  Cooke, 10 April [1874] ). In 1871, John Murray had asked CD to …

From George Cupples   7 February 1874

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Will send CD’s query to eight or ten people.

Author:  George Cupples
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 161: 300
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9274

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  • … From George Cupples   7 February 1874
  • … DAR 161: 300 George Cupples Guard Bridge 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … For CD’s queries, see the letter from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 , enclosure 5. …

From E. A. Darwin   7 February [1874?]

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George brought a plant from Cambridge, which he is keeping for CD.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb [1874?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B93
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9270

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  • … From E.  A.  Darwin   7 February [1874? ] …
  • … DAR 105: B93 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 7 Feb [1874? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … CD finished working on Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) in 1874 (see letter to D.   …
  • … F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 ). …
  • … Down House MS)). For some years, including 1874, no payment was recorded. CD and each of …

From O. G. Rejlander   7 February 1874

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Thanks CD for £10 to help with his law case.

Author:  Oscar Gustaf Rejlander
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 176: 117
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9272

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  • … From O.  G.  Rejlander   7 February 1874
  • … DAR 176: 117 Oscar Gustaf Rejlander London, Victoria St 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … cheque for £10 to Rejlander on 2 February 1874 in his Account books–banking account (Down …

From B. J. Sulivan   7 February 1874

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The Bishop of Falkland [Waite Hockin Stirling] is coming to visit BJS, who will question him for CD.

Discusses politics; regrets they have been badly beaten by the Tory candidate.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 300
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9273

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  • … laws would be relaxed: they were to be disappointed ( Annual register (1874), pp.  44–5). …
  • … From B.  J.  Sulivan   7 February 1874
  • … DAR 177: 300 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 7 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter from B.  J.  Sulivan, 23 February 1874 ). For a photograph of the four Fuegian ( …
  • … on 4 February ( Morning Post , 5 February 1874, p.  2). Henry Drummond Charles Wolff ( …
  • … Liberal). Haviland-Burke resigned in 1874. (See Stenton 1976  and Craig ed.  1989 . ) In …
  • … American Missionary Magazine , 2 February 1874, contained a letter from Thomas Bridges at …
  • … at the end of January and early February 1874; the Liberal government of William Ewart …

From C. G. Semper   8 February 1874

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Comments on G. H. Lewes’s book [The life and works of Goethe (1855)].

Author:  Carl Gottfried Semper
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 136
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9276

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  • … From C.  G.  Semper    8 February 1874
  • … DAR 177: 136 Carl Gottfried Semper Würzburg 8 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … of Coral reefs , which was published in 1874. CD cited Semper 1863  in Coral reefs 2d …
  • … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
  • … 1863  with his letter of 25 January 1874 . Lewes referred to William Ellery Channing , an …

From W. N. Massey to George Cupples   9 February 1874

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Number of males or females raised depends entirely on preference of greyhound breeders.

Author:  W. N Massey
Addressee:  George Cupples
Date:  9 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 90: 117–19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9278

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  • … From W.  N.  Massey to George Cupples   9 February 1874
  • … DAR 90: 117–19 W. N Massey Mount Massey 9 Feb 1874 George Cupples …

From Robert Swinhoe   9 February 1874

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Matters of etiquette concerning his certificate for the Royal Society.

Author:  Robert Swinhoe
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 338
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9277

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  • … From Robert Swinhoe   9 February 1874
  • … DAR 177: 338 Robert Swinhoe London, Carlyle Square, 33 9 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … was announced at the meeting of 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
  • … 33 Carlyle Square | SW. 9 February.  1874. My dear M r . Darwin, I sent my Certificate for …

From George Harris   10 February 1874

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Sends about 15 sheets on instinct from his book [A philosophical treatise on the nature and constitution of man (1876)] for CD’s comments.

Author:  George Harris
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 166: 106
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9280

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  • … From George Harris   10 February 1874
  • … DAR 166: 106 George Harris Southall 10 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Northolt, | Southall. | W. 10 th . February 1874. Dear Sir, You were so obliging as to say …

From E. L. Williams to George Cupples   10 February 1874

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Breeders prefer to destroy bitch pups.

Author:  Williams, E. L.
Addressee:  George Cupples
Date:  10 Feb 1874
Classmark:  DAR 90: 91–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9279

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  • … From E.  L.  Williams to George Cupples   10 February 1874
  • … DAR 90: 91–2 Williams, E. L. Gloucester 10 Feb 1874 George Cupples …
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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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