To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 27 May [1874]
Summary
Thanks JSBS for his work. CD concludes the ferment of Drosera must differ from pepsin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 27 May [1874] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9473 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 27 May [1874] …
- … 1-3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 May [1874] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … letter and the letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 26 May [1874] . See letter from J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 26 May [1874] and n. 3. CD was comparing the digestive secretions …
To G. H. Darwin 27 May [1874]
Summary
D. A. Spalding has asked for information to help with his experiments on sense of direction in animals. Has arrived at same results as GHD with blindfolded children. Will GHD let him have his results?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 27 May [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9472 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 27 May [1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 21 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 May [1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … found (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 June 1874 and n. 4). For details of Spalding’s …
- … the letter from D. A. Spalding, 21 July 1874 . Douglas Alexander Spalding’s visit is not …
- … letter from D. A. Spalding, 21 July 1874 . The article may have been Benjamin Apthorp …
To G. H. Darwin [29 May 1874]
Summary
CD has forwarded proofs of Descent [2d edition]. Urges GHD not to work on them if his poor health makes them too tiring.
Thanks GHD about Spalding [i.e., for responding to Spalding’s request, see 9472].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [29 May 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 22 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9474 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [29 May 1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 22 Charles Robert Darwin Down [29 May 1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … this letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] , and the letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 30 May 1874 . CD was preparing the second edition of Descent . The letter from …
- … Down (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] and n. 2). William Clowes & Sons were …
- … took place between 8 and 13 June 1874 (Trinity College Archive, Head Lecturer’s Book 1801– …
- … a German translation of Descent 2d ed. (see letter to J. V. Carus, 23 May [1874] ). …
From G. H. Darwin 30 May 1874
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9475 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 30 May 1874 …
- … 36 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 30 May 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to G. H. Darwin, [29 May 1874] ). In the second edition of Descent , chapter …
- … see letter to G. H. Darwin, [29 May 1874] ). George’s name appears on CD’s presentation …
- … appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette , 29 May 1874, pp. 4–5, and stated: ‘The last census …
To Gaston de Saporta 30 May 1874
Summary
Thanks GdeS for his "Études sur la végétation" [Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) 5th ser. 15 (1872): 277–315]. "Nothing can be more important … than your evidence of the extremely slow and gradual manner in which specific forms change."
Hopes GdeS will shed light on whether polymorphic forms like Rubus and Hieracium are generating new species at present; CD doubts this.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
Date: | 30 May 1874 |
Classmark: | Archives Gaston de Saporta (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9476 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Gaston de Saporta 30 May 1874 …
- … collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 May 1874 Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. May 30 1874 Dear Sir I have been very neglectful in not having …
- … 1872): 277–351; 17 (1873): 5–44; 18 (1874): 23–146. Tort, Patrick. 2008. The interminable …
To Charles Lyell 31 May [1874]
Summary
Comments on CL’s planned bequest to science. CD would do the same if he had fewer sons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 31 May [1874] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.442) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9477 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 31 May [1874] …
- … Mss.B.D25.442) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 May [1874] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Lyell, 24 April 1874 . …
- … In his letter of 24 April 1874 , Lyell pledged to give £25 to the subscription to complete …
- … Scrope has not been found. In his will, dated 1874, Lyell made a bequest to the Geological …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 May 1874
Summary
Movement in plants; effect of syringing on Opuntia plants that capture insects with their flowers.
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9478 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 May 1874 …
- … Turner Thiselton-Dyer London, Gloucester Rd, Kew, 10 31 May 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 April 1874 . Opuntia is the genus of paddle cacti. …
- … letter to W. H. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 April 1874 and n. 6. Asclepiadaceae is now subsumed …
- … 10 Gloucester Road, Kew May 31. 1874 My dear M r Darwin Some time ago you asked me to try …
To C. H. Merriam 1 June 1874
Summary
Thanks CHM for a report about birds of the United States [see 9461].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Clinton Hart Merriam |
Date: | 1 June 1874 |
Classmark: | Waverly Auctions (dealers) (9 March 1983) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9479A |
Matches: 4 hits
To Asa Gray 3 June [1874]
Summary
CD is deeply pleased by AG’s article on him in Nature [10 (1874): 79–81].
Is preparing book on "Drosera and Co." for the printers. Reports observations on digestion in Drosera and Pinguicula.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 3 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9480 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … To Asa Gray 3 June [1874] …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 June [1874] Asa Gray …
- … by AG’s article on him in Nature [10 (1874): 79–81]. Is preparing book on " Drosera and …
- … John Murray. 1871. [Gray, Asa. ] 1874a. Insectivorous plants. Nation , 2 April 1874, pp. …
- … 216–7; 9 April 1874, pp. 232–4. [Gray, Asa. ] …
- … 1874b. Do plants eat insects? Gardeners’ Chronicle , 2 May 1874, pp. …
- … 565–6; 9 May 1874, pp. 597–9. Reprinted from the New York Nation . Gray, Asa. …
- … Charles Robert Darwin. Nature , 4 June 1874, pp. 79–81. Insectivorous plants. By Charles …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . Gray …
- … had enclosed a letter of 4 May 1874 from Ogden Nicholas Rood with …
- … his own letter of 12 May 1874 ; no letter from Gray dated 4 May has been found. In a …
- … also letter to Norman Lockyer, 13 May [1874] and n. 2). For CD’s relationship with Brown …
- … see also annotations to letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . For Rood’s sketch, see …
- … to the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . CD had discussed vestigial pointed ears in …
- … finished revisions to the second edition of Descent by early April 1874 ( letter to John …
- … Murray, 4 April 1874 ). Ohr-spitze : ear-tip. Jane Loring Gray bought a backgammon board …
- … in two parts as ‘Do plants eat insects? ’ in the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 2 May 1874 and …
- … 9 May 1874 ( [A. Gray] 1874b ); Gray was identified as the author by his initials …
- … only in the second part. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 and nn. 2 and 3. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 and n. 4. CD was particularly interested in the …
- … in various species of Pinguicula (butterwort) in June and July 1874 are in DAR 59.1; …
- … those for 1 June 1874 are in DAR 59.1: 35. Gray had enclosed a copy of a spoof article ‘ …
- … The man-eating tree of Madagascar’ from a New York newspaper, World , 28 April 1874, p. …
- … 7, with his letter of 12 May 1874 ; the copy has not been found. The pretext of the …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 June 1874
Summary
Discusses effects of water on movement of insectivorous plants.
Has just found that Pinguicula can digest albumen.
Asa Gray writes that Sarracenia secretes trail of fluid to attract insects [see 9455].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 4 June 1874 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 8–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9481 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 June 1874 …
- … Darwin 1873–81: 8–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 June 1874 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 May 1874 . See letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 April 1874 . See also letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] , and n. 7. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1874] and n. 12. CD’s notes on …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 4 1874 My dear Professor Dyer I am greatly obliged to you …
- … in various species of Pinguicula (butterwort) in June and July 1874 are in DAR 59.1 33– …
- … 119; his notes for 1 June 1874 are in DAR 59.1: 35. See also Insectivorous plants , pp. …
- … with cabbage seeds carried out between 5 June and 25 July 1874 are in DAR 59.1: 47 and 93. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 and n. 4. …
To I. L. Donnelly 5 June [1874]
Summary
Thanks ID for interesting and curious facts but doubts that he will have time to enter more closely into the subject of the intellect of animals.
Nothing would give CD more "pleasure & interest" than to see ID’s country, "now so great & destined to be so much greater", but he is quite incapable of "so great an exertion as crossing the Atlantic".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ignatius Loyola (Ignatius) Donnelly |
Date: | 5 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Minnesota Historical Society (Ignatius Donnelly papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9482 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To I. L. Donnelly 5 June [1874] …
- … papers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 June [1874] Ignatius Loyola (Ignatius) Donnelly …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … of a sort that CD stopped using in November 1874. Donnelly’s letter has not been found. CD …
- … were completed around the end of March 1874 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See, for …
To Asa Gray 5 June [1874]
Summary
Profoundly grateful for AG’s article in Nature; he is especially pleased by what AG says about teleology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 5 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (104) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9483 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Asa Gray 5 June [1874] …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (104) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 June [1874] Asa Gray …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] . See …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n. 3. The copy of Gray’s article in DAR 140.1: 2 …
- … p. 81). Letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] . In the penultimate paragraph of his article …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 June 1874
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 56–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9484 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 June 1874 …
- … DAR 58.1: 56–7 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 5 June 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 June 1874 . Brassica campestris (rape) is a synonym of …
- … seeds ( Brassica oleracea ) on 3 June 1874 (DAR 59.1: 39), and had reported that to …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 June 1874 ), there is no record that he used rapeseed …
- … 10 Gloucester Road | Kew June 5. 1874 Dear M r Darwin Let me thank you very much indeed …
To W. C. Marshall 8 June [1874]
Summary
Asks what proportion of leaves of Pinguicula have insects adhering to them. Also, whether seeds of any plants ever adhere to the leaves, and in what situations does P. vulgaris grow.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
Date: | 8 June [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C61–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9485F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To W. C. Marshall 8 June [1874] …
- … DAR 97: C61–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 June [1874] William Cecil (Bill) Marshall …
- … T. Thiselton- Dyer, 9 June 1874 and n. 3). The other known versions of the letter …
- … s response to that query, see his letter of 30 August [1874] (see also letter from W. …
- … C. Marshall, 5 September [1874] ). …
- … this draft and the letter to ? , 8 June 1874 (see n. 2, below); William Cecil Marshall is …
- … between this draft and the letters from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] and …
- … 5 September [1874] . This draft text was used as the basis for …
- … letters sent to several correspondents ( letter to ? , 8 June 1874 , and letter to John …
- … Ralfs, [after 25 June 1874] ; see also letter to W. …
From Mary Treat 8 June 1874
Author: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 58–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9485 |
To ? 8 June 1874
Summary
Asks about insects and seeds on leaves of Pinguicula.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 8 June 1874 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.435) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9230 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To ? 8 June 1874 …
- … what kind of other plants grow round it. ? Ch. Darwin Down Beckenham Kent Jun 8 th . 1874 …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.435) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 June 1874 Unidentified …
- … letter to John Ralfs, [after 25 June 1874] ; CD marked the alterations for the letter to …
- … draft letter to W. C. Marshall, 8 June [1874] . For possible recipients see the letter …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 and n. 3. The amanuensis, possibly Horace …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 ). Emma Darwin’s version, now in DAR 59.1: …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 June 1874
Summary
Did not know cabbage contained so much nitrogen.
Pinguicula more excited by seeds than Drosera. Asks for information about Pinguicula.
Asks name of weed.
Asks to borrow Utricularia plant.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 9 June 1874 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9486 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 June 1874 …
- … Darwin 1873–81: 10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 June 1874 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1874 . For CD’s conclusions, see Insectivorous …
- … also letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 June 1874 and n. 4. Pinguicula is butterwort; …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 . CD’s interest in Utricularia was inspired by a …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 9 1874 My dear Professor Dyer I was much obliged for your …
- … John Ralfs (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 ; see also letters from …
- … John Ralfs , 8 July 1874 and …
- … 9 July 1874). Thiselton-Dyer also suggested David Moore (see letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] ); in his letter to …
- … Moore of 28 June 1874 , CD requested help only with Utricularia (bladderwort), but Moore …
- … Pinguicula ( letter from David Moore, 9 July 1874 ). Others who made observations on CD’s …
- … Amy Ruck (see letter from T. L. Marshall, 16 July [1874] , letter from Francis and …
- … Amy Darwin, 8 August [1874] , letter from L. …
- … C. Harrison, [22 August 1874] , and letter from W. …
- … C. Marshall, 5 September [1874] ). See also letter …
- … to ? , 8 June 1874 , and letter to W. …
- … D. Fox, 18 June 1874 . Among the seeds CD used in experiments on Pinguicula were those of …
To G. H. Darwin 10 June 1874
Summary
Comments on GHD’s paper ["Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 18 (1875): 22–41]. Hopes it will be published and read at the Statistical Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9487 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 10 June 1874 …
- … DAR 210.1: 23 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 June 1874 George Howard Darwin …
- … George’s notes have not been found (see letters to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] and [ …
- … 29 May 1874] ). …
- … and letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 and n. 2). The draft seen by CD has not …
- … of ill health in his letter of 30 May 1874 . George was an examiner in mathematics and …
- … took place between 8 and 13 June 1874 (Trinity College Archive, Head Lecturer’s Book 1801– …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, 30 May 1874 and n. 1). Douglas Alexander Spalding had …
From J. T. Moggridge 11 June 1874
Summary
Charles Martins has given the first Darwinian lectures on zoology at Montpellier.
Joseph Duval-Jouve is also a Darwinian. The latter has lost his position as Inspector of the Academy because of his liberal views.
Wallace suggests that a trap-door spider with an exposed nest preys on nocturnal insects.
Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 225 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9488 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From J. T. Moggridge 11 June 1874 …
- … DAR 171: 225 John Traherne Moggridge Paddington 11 June 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in his published account of the spider ( Moggridge 1874 , p. 190). Moggridge’s supplement …
- … ants and trapdoor spiders appeared shortly before his death in November 1874 ( Moggridge …
- … 1873 and 1874). …
- … Ballière Brothers. Duval-Jouve, Joseph. 1874. Étude histotaxique des Cyperus de France. …
- … Eastbourne Terr. | Paddington | W. 11 June 1874 My dear Sir When I was at Montpellier in …
- … described three types of nest in Moggridge 1873 and a further three in Moggridge 1874 . …
- … The spider is identified in Moggridge 1874 , pp. 188–90, as Cyrtauchenius elongatus from …
- … L. Reeve & Co. Moggridge, John Traherne. 1874. Supplement to Harvesting ants and trap-door …
- … his inspectorship of the academy at Montpellier by March 1874, although he retained an …
- … honorary position ( Duval-Jouve 1874 ). For a complete list of Duval-Jouve’s publications, …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 June 1874
Summary
JSBS’s article in Nature ["Venus’s fly-trap", 10 (1874): 105–7, 127–8] could not have been better done.
Has found another plant, Pinguicula, which can catch and digest flies.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12 June 1874 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-18) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9489 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 June 1874 …
- … 1-18) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 June 1874 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … article in Nature ["Venus’s fly-trap", 10 (1874): 105–7, 127–8] could not have been better …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 12 1874 My dear D r Sanderson I have just read your article …
- … appeared in Nature , 11 and 18 June 1874 ( Burdon Sanderson 1874a ). The article was the …
- … Institution of Great Britain on 5 June 1874. In the first part Burdon Sanderson described …
- … recent extant letter from Burdon Sanderson is that of 26 May [1874], which CD answered in …
- … his letter of 27 May [1874] . CD had recently begun to investigate the digestive ability …
- … butterwort); see letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n. 8. Alexander Crum Brown and …
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Carus, J. V. | (15) |
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
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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…
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…