From John Murray 12 August 1874
Summary
Acknowledges CD’s complaint against a paper [by St George Mivart] in the last Quarterly Review [see 9568]. Agrees to print George Darwin’s answer [see 9596].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 41914 p. 203) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9599A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Murray 12 August 1874 …
- … John Murray Archive) (Ms. 41914 p. 203) John Murray 12 Aug 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … See letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 . CD had complained of remarks made about …
- … Howard Darwin in an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 ). George’s …
- … was printed in the Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 587–8 (the October issue). The editor was …
- … 50 Albemarle Street August. 12. (1874 My dear Sir, I regret to hear of your complaint …
To John Tyndall 12 August [1874]
Summary
Returns proofs [of JT’s Belfast address, Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): lxvi–xcvii]. Gratified by what it says about his work and is anxious to read the whole address; it is a grand subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 12 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 21 (EH 88205959) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9599 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Tyndall 12 August [1874] …
- … DAR 261.8: 21 (EH 88205959) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 12 Aug [1874] John Tyndall …
- … of JT’s Belfast address, Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): lxvi–xcvii]. Gratified by what it says about …
- … and the letter from John Tyndall, 5 August 1874 . Tyndall had asked CD to read the proof- …
- … CD’s theory of natural selection (see letter from John Tyndall, 5 August 1874 , and …
- … Tyndall 1874 , pp. lxxxiii–lxxxvii). …
From D. T. Gardner 13 August 1874
Summary
The Club is proposing to celebrate Humboldt’s 105th birthday and would welcome a message from CD.
| Author: | Daniel T. Gardner |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9600 |
From Horace Darwin 17 August 1874
Summary
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9603 |
From J. D. Hooker 17 August 1874
Summary
Describes his work on Nepenthes.
Cephalotus is a beast.
His address is a history of Dionaea, Sarracenia, and Drosera.
Thiselton-Dyer has helped enormously except with the observations; but his health is so poor that JDH thinks he is "evidently cut out for a Literate not a working botanist".
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 214–18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9602 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 17 August 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 214–18 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 17 Aug 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 22 July 1874 . John Scott Burdon Sanderson (see J. D. …
- … took place in Belfast from 19 to 26 August 1874 ( J. D. Hooker 1874a ); his subject was …
- … pp. 97, 361). See also letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1874 and n. 3. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 18 July 1874 . CD had asked Hooker to see whether seeds that had been …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [before 15 July 1874] ). See also letter from J. D. Hooker, …
- … See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1874 . Cephalotus , the Albany pitcher-plant, is …
To G. H. Darwin [20? August 1874]
Summary
Likes GHD’s article ["Professor Whitney on the origin of language", Contemp. Rev. (1874): 894]. "You have defended me nobly."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [20? Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9711 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [20? August 1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down [20? Aug 1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … on the origin of language", Contemp. Rev. (1874): 894]. "You have defended me nobly." …
- … or proof-sheets. See also letter to J. T. Knowles, 31 July 1874 , and letter from J. …
- … T. Knowles, 4 August 1874 . On the issues under discussion, see Radick 2008 , pp. 19–49. …
- … of Chicago Press. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of …
- … Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 23 August [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.21). In this letter, Emma …
- … H. Darwin 1874c (see n. 2, below). In 1874 the Thursday before 23 August was 20 August. …
- … s ‘Darwinism and language’ ( Whitney 1874 ), and defended CD’ s views on language against …
To J. D. Hooker 20 August 1874
Summary
It is splendid how Nepenthes is behaving. Drosera and Dionaea are insignificant by comparison.
Takes rather a malicious pleasure in JDH’s failure with Cephalotus as a match to his with Utricularia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 20 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 332–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9604 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 20 August 1874 …
- … DAR 95: 332–3 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 20 Aug 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 17 August 1874 . CD refers to Grace Ellen Hooker . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 17 August 1874 . Hooker had reported on the ‘prodigious’ …
- … Kent. [Bassett, Southampton. ] Aug. 20 1874 My dear Hooker I was very glad to get yr …
- … pp. 395–453. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 16 July 1874 . CD stayed with Thomas …
- … at Abinger, Surrey, from 25 to 30 July 1874, and with his son William Erasmus Darwin …
- … in Southampton from 30 July to 24 August 1874 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). John Tyndall …
- … for the Advancement of Science ( Tyndall 1874 ). John Lubbock gave an evening lecture on …
- … It was reported in The Times , 24 August 1874, pp. 6–7; Lubbock published a small book on …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 21 August [1874]
Summary
Reports difficulties in experiments on digestion of fibro-cartilage. Asks about JSBS’s experiments with artificial digestive fluids.
JSBS must read Hooker’s address at Belfast [Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 103–16] to see what a magnificent digester Nepenthes is.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 21 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-25); DAR 147: 415 (copy) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9605 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 21 August [1874] …
- … copy) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Aug [1874] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … s address at Belfast [ Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 103–16] to see what a magnificent digester …
- … reference to CD’s visit to Southampton; in 1874, CD returned from visiting his son William …
- … of Insectivorous plants since April 1874 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He presumably …
- … took place in Belfast from 19 to 26 August 1874 ( J. D. Hooker 1874a ); his subject was …
From L. C. Harrison [22 August 1874]
Summary
Sends specimens of Pinguicula with insects adhering. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 369.]
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22 Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 81–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9606 |
To Edward Nicholson 26 August [1874]
Summary
Thanks EN for his book [Indian snakes, 2d ed. (1874)]. CD is pleased that it calls attention to gradation in the character of snake poison.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Nicholson |
| Date: | 26 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9607 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Edward Nicholson 26 August [1874] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Aug [1874] Edward Nicholson …
- … EN for his book [ Indian snakes , 2d ed. (1874)]. CD is pleased that it calls attention to …
- … University Press. 1975. Nicholson, Edward. 1874. Indian snakes. An elementary treatise on …
- … at Abinger, Surrey, from 25 to 30 July 1874, and with his son William Erasmus Darwin …
- … in Southampton from 30 July to 24 August 1874 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). There is a …
- … treatise of ophiology ( Nicholson 1874 ) in the Darwin Library–Down ( Marginalia 1: 641– …
- … 2). In Nicholson 1874 , p. 10 and n. , Nicholson remarked that there was a ‘clearly …
From A. V. W. Bikkers 27 August 1874
Summary
Reports on a crossbreed between a duck and a fowl, having duck’s beak, partly webbed feet, and fowl’s feathers.
| Author: | Alexander V. W Bikkers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 184 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9608 |
To D. T. Gardner [c. 27 August 1874]
Summary
States his indebtedness to and admiration for Humboldt and his work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel T. Gardner |
| Date: | [c. 27 Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | New York Times, 15 September 1874 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9601 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To D. T. Gardner [ c. 27 August 1874] …
- … New York Times , 15 September 1874 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [ c. …
- … 27 Aug 1874] Daniel T. Gardner …
- … and the letter from D. T. Gardner, 13 August 1874 . Postal time between the eastern …
- … the United Kingdom was around two weeks in 1874. There is a draft of this letter in DAR …
- … letter from D. T. Gardner, 13 August 1874 . CD later wrote that reading Alexander von …
From J. A. Gammie 28 August 1874
Summary
Sends his observations on the method of fertilisation of Hedychium coronarium by Sphinx and other hawk-moths.
| Author: | James Alexander Gammie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9609 |
Matches: 4 hits
From J. D. Hooker [29 August 1874]
Summary
Lady Dorothy Nevill is CD’s best chance for Dionaea.
Reports on Belfast meeting of BAAS. Lubbock’s lecture went off admirably. Huxley’s was the magnum opus.
Encloses letter from Mrs Barber on protective coloration of animals.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 219–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9610 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [29 August 1874] …
- … DAR 103: 219–20 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [29 Aug 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1854 , 1: 37. CD’s annotation is a note for his letter to Hooker of 30 August [1874] . …
- … Bibliography Barber, Mary Elizabeth. 1874. Notes on the peculiar habits and changes which …
- … pupa of Papilio nireus. [Read 2 November 1874. ] Transactions of the Entomological Society …
- … in Belfast. The meeting finished on 26 August 1874; the following Saturday was 29 August. …
- … Letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1874 . Dionaea muscipula ( Dionaea is a monospecific …
- … to insects (see The Times , 24 August 1874, pp. 6–7; see also Lubbock 1875b ). Thomas …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1874), Transactions of the sections, p. 134). …
- … to match their surroundings ( Barber 1874 ). She questioned whether the colour change was …
- … it, ‘a sun picture or photograph’ ( Barber 1874 , p. 521). Hooker also refers to William …
From Henryk Stecki 29 August 1874
Summary
Reports observations on a chicken with a human face.
| Author: | Henryk Stecki |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9611 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Henryk Stecki 29 August 1874 …
- … DAR 177: 252 Henryk Stecki Zhitomir 29 Aug 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Tros’cianica 29 17 Août 1874. Monsieur La bienveillance avec laquelle vous avez bien voulu …
- … See letter from Henryk Stecki, 18 March 1874 . Madame Skorupska and Canon Wielobycki have …
- … Tros’cianica 29 17 August 1874. Sir The benevolence with which you were so good as to …
To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1874]
Summary
Thanks JDH for his "quite admirable" address [Rep. BAAS 44 (1874) pt 2: 102–16]. Suggests revisions.
CD thinks he is "now on right track about Utricularia" after wasting several weeks "in fruitless trials and observations".
Mrs Barber’s paper is very curious and ought to be published.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/6/3 Insectivorous plants 1873–8: 40) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9613 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1874] …
- … plants 1873–8: 40) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Aug [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … plant), see letter from J. D. Hooker, 17 August 1874 and nn. 6 and 9. Hooker discussed …
- … his "quite admirable" address [ Rep. BAAS 44 (1874) pt 2: 102–16]. Suggests revisions. CD …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 August 1874] . Hooker had sent CD a pre-print of his …
- … Bibliography Barber, Mary Elizabeth. 1874. Notes on the peculiar habits and changes which …
- … pupa of Papilio nireus. [Read 2 November 1874. ] Transactions of the Entomological Society …
- … p. 105). In his letter of [29 August 1874] , Hooker had offered to send CD the best …
- … Entomological Society of London by CD and published as Barber 1874 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [29 August 1874] and n. 8. On Cephalotus (the Albany pitcher- …
From W. C. Marshall 30 August [1874]
Summary
Sends CD a box of Pinguicula leaves.
| Author: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 125–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9612 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From W. C. Marshall 30 August [1874] …
- … 125–6 William Cecil (Bill) Marshall Derwent Island 30 Aug [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter to W. C. Marshall, 8 June [1874] . In Insectivorous plants , p. 369, CD …
- … leaves to be sent to him in his letter to Marshall of 8 June [1874] . See letter from W. …
- … C. Marshall, 5 September [1874] . …
To W. C. Marshall [after 30 August 1874]
Summary
Glad to hear about sticky fluid on leaves. WCM need not bother to count leaves.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
| Date: | [after 30 Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 126v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9614 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. C. Marshall [after 30 August 1874] …
- … 58.1: 126v Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 30 Aug 1874] William Cecil (Bill) Marshall …
- … letter from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] . It is written in pencil on the verso of …
- … offer of making further observations (see letter from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] . …
To Edward Frankland 31 August 1874
Summary
Utricularia catch freshwater Crustaceans, which cannot be digested and rot in the bladders. CD is interested to identify any substance produced in the putrefaction before it is resolved into gases and salts of ammonia. He has reason to believe that the plant absorbs such products.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9614A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 31 August 1874 …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Aug 1874 Edward Frankland …
- … given both by Frankland in his letter of 9 October 1874 , and in Watts 1863–8 , 4: 553. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 31 1874 My dear Professor Frankland I hope that you will …
- … the letter to Edward Frankland, 22 July 1874 . CD discussed Utricularia (bladderwort) in …
- … 453. See letter to Edward Frankland, 22 July 1874 . Frankland had not answered CD’s letter …
- … see letter from Edward Frankland, 9 October 1874 ). CD’s annotated copy of Henry Watts’s …
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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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … 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,…
Matches: 16 hits
- … 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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
Summary
‘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…
Matches: 7 hits
- … 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…
