To T. H. Huxley 28 March [1874]
Summary
Asks for THH’s description of brain and skull [of man and apes] for 2d ed. of Descent [supplement to ch. 7].
Asks about Dohrn affair and contributions for Naples station. Doubts subscriptions will be successful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 28 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 293) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9376 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 28 March [1874] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 293) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Mar [1874] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … fund for the Zoological Station (see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 ). …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 . CD was preparing the second edition of …
- … see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and n. 4). Charles Grant . Huxley had …
To F. E. Abbot 30 March 1874
Summary
FEA has expressed CD’s views on the moral sense with remarkable clearness and correctness; his eulogy is magnificent ["Darwin’s theory of conscience and its relation to scientific ethics", Index 12 Mar 1874]. Cannot give a judgment on the essay because he has had "no practice in following abstract and abstruse reasoning".
CD does not see how morality can be "objective and universal". No one would call the maternal bond in lower animals a "moral obligation". When a social animal "becomes in some slight incipient degree" a moral creature "capable of approving or disapproving of its own conduct" do not such obligations remain of a so-called instinctive nature rather than becoming at once moral obligations?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Folder: Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9377 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To F. E. Abbot 30 March 1874 …
- … Bibliography Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. 1874. Darwin’s theory of conscience: its …
- … relation to scientific ethics. Index , 12 March 1874, 122–5. …
- … 1883, box 44. HUG 1101) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Mar 1874 Francis Ellingwood Abbot …
- … of the ultimate Nature of Things’ that made society possible. See Abbot 1874 , p. 123. …
- … CD scored these passages in his annotated copy of Abbot 1874 (DAR 139.12.3). …
- … Abbot had hoped that CD would review Abbot 1874 in the form of a letter that could be …
- … published in the Index (see letter from F. E. Abbot, 3 March 1874 ). …
- … to scientific ethics", Index 12 Mar 1874]. Cannot give a judgment on the essay because he …
- … Down Beckenham Kent Mar 30 1874 My dear Sir I have rec d your kind letter of the 3 rd & …
- … See letter from F. E. Abbot, 3 March 1874 ; the copies of the Index contained Abbot’s …
- … its relation to scientific ethics’ ( Abbot 1874 ). Abbot, in addition to the generally …
- … England’s greatest living thinker’ ( Abbot 1874 , p. 123). Abbot argued that CD’s theory …
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 30 March [1874]
Summary
Sends results of experiments on digestion. Encloses two sets of notes: "Experiments on the digestibility of certain preparations sent by Mr Darwin" and "Note for Mr Darwin" [marked by CD for insertion in ch. 6 of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-28); DAR 58.2: 59–64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9378A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 30 March [1874] …
- … Sanderson, 1st baronet London, Queen Anne St, 49 30 Mar [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 25 April 1874 ), were included in Insectivorous plants , …
- … letter, the letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 21 March 1874 , and the letter from J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 23 March [1874] . Burdon Sanderson had undertaken a series of …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 31 March [1874]
Summary
Thanks for the careful experiments, particularly on organic acids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9381 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 31 March [1874] …
- … 1-5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar [1874] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 March [1874] ). CD refers to Insectivorous plants . …
- … and the letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 March [1874] . See letter from J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 March [1874] and enclosure and n. 6. CD wanted to determine …
From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874
Summary
His note on brain [in man and apes for 2d ed. of Descent] nearly finished.
Has heard nothing about Dohrn.
THH has been invited to lecture in America.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9380 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 31 March 1874 …
- … 332 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 31 Mar 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 March [1874] and n. 3). Michael Foster was attempting to …
- … see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and n. 4). CD had sent Dohrn a donation of …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 March [1874] ). Huxley did not undertake his lecture tour …
- … letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 and n. 2), after which Wedgwood sent him …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW March 31. 1874 My dear Darwin The brain business is more than …
To John Phillips 31 March [1874]
Summary
Regrets he cannot visit Oxford.
Comments on sketches in letter from JP [9360].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Phillips |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.439) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9379 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Phillips 31 March [1874] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.439) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar [1874] John Phillips …
- … the letter from John Phillips, 14 March 1874 . Phillips had invited CD to see his specimen …
- … the letter from John Phillips, 14 March 1874 . Phillips was keeper of the Yorkshire Museum …
To Albert Wigand 31 March 1874
Summary
Confirms receipt of a book that had been lost by the Post Office (Vol. 1 Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung Newtons und Cuviers (Darwinism and the natural researches of Newton and Cuvier; Wigand 1874–7).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Wilhelm Albert (Albert) Wigand |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (12 July 2017) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9381F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Albert Wigand 31 March 1874 …
- … 12 July 2017) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Mar 1874 Julius Wilhelm Albert (Albert) Wigand …
- … und Cuviers (Darwinism and the natural researches of Newton and Cuvier; Wigand 1874–7). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Mar 31 1874 Dear Sir I have the pleasure to inform you that I …
- … and the natural researches of Newton and Cuvier; Wigand 1874–7 ). See Correspondence vol. …
- … 22, letter to Albert Wigand, 17 March 1874 . …
- … University Press. 1985–. Wigand, Albert. 1874–7. Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung …
To A. C. H. Gordon April 1874
Summary
Petition to protect gigantic tortoises on the Mascarene.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore |
| Date: | Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius n.s. 8 (1875): 106–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9382F |
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- … To A. C. H. Gordon April 1874 …
- … ODNB ). Alfred Newton was vice-president of the Zoological Society of London in 1874. …
- … 8 (1875): 106–9 Charles Robert Darwin Apr 1874 Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, 1st Baron …
- … of the Dodo and Solitaire. London, April 1874. (Signed by) Jos. D. H ooker , P.R.S. H. …
- … Dalton Hooker was president of the Royal Society of London in 1874. Henry Bartle Edward …
- … of the Royal Geographical Society in 1874. Richard Owen was superintendent of the natural …
From G. J. Romanes to Herbert Spencer [April 1874]
Summary
Discusses at length the factors acting in reducing rudimentary organs, and their relative importance.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Herbert Spencer |
| Date: | [Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 52: D10–14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9382 |
From T. G. Appleton 2 April 1874
Summary
Sends old Japanese picture suggesting evolution, found by Charles Longfellow.
Is pleased to hear CD attended a séance [18 Jan 1874]; asks for his views about communication among spirits.
| Author: | Thomas Gold Appleton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9385 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From T. G. Appleton 2 April 1874 …
- … DAR 159: 113 Thomas Gold Appleton Boston Mass. 2 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pleased to hear CD attended a séance [18 Jan 1874]; asks for his views about communication …
- … returning to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1874. (Laidlaw ed. 1998. ) On the fashion for …
- … was held at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London on 16 January 1874. See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] and n. 3. Appleton refers to Mary Louisa Bruce , widow of …
- … Boston. April 2 d 1874. My dear Sir, Mr Charles Longfellow, the oldest son of Mr …
From John Lubbock 2 April 1874
Summary
Is willing to sell the land CD wants for £300.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 198: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9385F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From John Lubbock 2 April 1874 …
- … 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 2 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 . CD wanted to buy a piece of land that he …
- … 15 Lombard Street EC. 2 April 1874. (Copy) Dear M r . Darwin, I find that I can sell the …
To John Lubbock 3 April 1874
Summary
Thanks for JL’s willingness to sell land.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 9 (EH 88205934) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9386 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Lubbock 3 April 1874 …
- … EH 88205934) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1874 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 2 April 1874 . CD’s letter to William Mackmurdo Hacon has …
- … William Denby was Lubbock’s solicitor (see letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. April 3 rd 1874. My dear Lubbock, I am much obliged to you for …
To G. H. Ford [before 4 April 1874]
Summary
Regrets that a cut [for Descent] does not do justice to TWW’s original drawing and if it cannot be improved then CD will have to omit it. [Refers to fig. 60 in Descent (1874).]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Ford |
| Date: | [before 4 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9220 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Ford [before 4 April 1874] …
- … DAR 97: C41 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 4 Apr 1874] George Henry Ford …
- … cannot be improved then CD will have to omit it. [Refers to fig. 60 in Descent (1874). ] …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … and the letter to John Murray, 4 April 1874 . Ford had produced illustrations of the …
To John Murray 4 April 1874
Summary
Has finished corrections for 2d edition of Descent – "as hard work as I have ever had in my life". Estimates it is 40 pages longer than 1st edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 350–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9388 |
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- … To John Murray 4 April 1874 …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 350–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Apr 1874 John Murray …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … a payment to Norman of £7 5 s. 3 d. on 7 May 1874. The first edition of Descent had been …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap. 4 th 1874 My dear M r Murray I have at last finished after …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 April 1874
Summary
Wants some plants for observation and for experimentation on their powers of movement.
Asks WTT-D to make observations on plants with sensitive stamens or pistil.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 5–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9387 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier [before 5 April 1874]
Summary
Subscribes to a reprint of Pieter Boddaert’s Table des planches enluminéez d’histoire naturelle [check ‘éez’!?] [1874].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [before 5 Apr 1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.458) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9389 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier [before 5 April 1874] …
- … names on the principle of priority (see Tegetmeier ed. 1874, editor’s preface). …
- … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 5 Apr 1874] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Boddaert’s Table des planches enluminéez d’histoire naturelle [check ‘éez’!? ] [1874]. …
- … the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 5 April 1874 . CD wrote ‘y’ over the original printed ‘ …
From J. V. Carus 5 April 1874
Summary
Hopes to visit CD during a stay in London.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9391 |
Matches: 4 hits
To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 April 1874
Summary
Many thanks for Boddaert [see 9389].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9390 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 April 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Apr 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … to Tegetmeier’s edition of Boddaert 1783 (Tegetmeier ed. 1874; see letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, [before 5 April 1874] ). He evidently paid Tegetmeier by Post Office …
- … the argus pheasant’, in the Field , 28 March 1874, p. 296; a copy is in DAR 88: 188. The …
From Anton Dohrn 6 April 1874
Summary
His gratitude for CD’s gift. An account of his difficulties with the Zoological Station and his health.
F. M. Balfour has told him that CD would like to see the question of complemental males in cirripedes studied again. AD would like to enter the field and to study the whole morphological development of cirripedes.
Describes the interest in embryological work in Russia and Germany.
| Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 214 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9394 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Anton Dohrn 6 April 1874 …
- … DAR 162: 214 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn Sorrento 6 Apr 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … but see the letter to Dohrn of 16 April and 9 August 1874 . The photograph has not been …
- … found; see, however, the letter to Anton Dohrn, 16 April 1874 . …
- … Sorrento. 6. April. 1874. Dear Mr. Darwin! It is only now, that I feel myself able to …
- … See letter to Anton Dohrn, 7 March 1874 . CD sent £100 in aid of the Zoological Station at …
- … Station (see letter to Anton Dohrn, 7 March 1874 ). Dohrn planned to let research space at …
- … W. Engelmann. Goette, Alexander Wilhelm. 1874–5. Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Unke ( …
- … letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 ). Dohrn’s father, Carl August Dohrn , lived in …
- … comparative morphology of vertebrates ( Goette 1874–5 ). Bombinator igneus is a synonym of …
- … letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and n. 10. No insert by Edwin Ray Lankester to …
To Nature 6 April [1874]
Summary
Comments on J. T. Moggridge’s article on the fertilisation of Fumaria capreolata [Nature 9 (1874): 423].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 16 April 1874, p. 460 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9393 |
Matches: 5 hits
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| Darwin, G. H. | (15) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (11) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (9) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (306) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (30) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (22) |
| Unidentified | (11) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (640) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (55) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (37) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (21) |
| 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
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …
Joseph Simms
Summary
The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
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- … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
- … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
- … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
- … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
- … at bottom left. date of creation February 1874 computer-readable date c. …
- … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
- … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
- … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
- … bottom right) date of creation September 1874 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
- … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
- … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
- … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
- … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
- … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. computer-readable date c …
- … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
