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To Francis Galton   [November 1874 – April 1882]

Summary

Invites FG to visit.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  [Nov 1874 – Apr 1882]
Classmark:  The British Library (IOL Mss Eur F127)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13811

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  • … To Francis Galton   [November 1874 – April 1882] …
  • … Library (IOL Mss Eur F127) Charles Robert Darwin Down [Nov 1874 – Apr 1882] Francis Galton …
  • … notepaper, which is of a sort that CD used from November 1874; CD died in April 1882. …

To Williams & Norgate   [November 1874 – May 1880]

Summary

Orders a copy of Dassen 1837, Onderzoek aangaande de bladbewegingen (research on leaf movements), published in Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie IV p. 106.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Williams & Norgate
Date:  [Nov 1874 – May 1880]
Classmark:  Ms Caroline Waid (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11028F

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  • … To Williams & Norgate   [November 1874 – May 1880] …
  • … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down [Nov 1874 – May 1880] Williams & Norgate …
  • … is of a sort that CD used from November 1874 onwards, and by the fact that CD sent the …

From T. L. Brunton   2 November [1874]

Summary

CD may keep the photograph of "the holy Mary of Egypt". TLB may have been led away by his imagination in thinking that one side of the face expressed repentance and the other devout joy.

Comments on David Ferrier’s observations on electrical stimulation of the brain. Extent of response relates to intensity of stimulus.

Crichton-Browne’s observations on the asymmetry of convolutions on the two sides of the brains of maniacs.

Author:  Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 342
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9705

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  • … From T.  L.  Brunton   2 November [1874] …
  • … Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet London, Somerset St, 23 2 Nov [1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter from T.  L.  Brunton, [29] October [1874] . Brunton had sent CD a postcard showing …
  • … letter from T.  L.  Brunton, [29] October [1874] and n.  2); this postcard is in DAR 53.1: …

To John Fiske   3 November [1874]

Summary

Thanks JF for copy of Cosmic philosophy [1874].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Fiske
Date:  3 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9706

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  • … To John Fiske   3 November [1874] …
  • … Thanks JF for copy of Cosmic philosophy [1874]. …
  • … The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Nov [1874] John Fiske …
  • … University Press. 1985–. Fiske, John. 1874. Outlines of cosmic philosophy: based on the …
  • … based on the doctrine of evolution ( Fiske 1874 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. CD and …

From John Murray   3 November 1874

Summary

Statement of stock on hand of CD’s works.

Expression, curiously, at a dead stand-still.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 441
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9707

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  • … From John Murray   3 November 1874
  • … DAR 171: 441 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 3 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the anticipated sales did not occur (see letter from John Murray Jr, 15 September 1874 ). …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Expression : The expression of the emotions …

From G. H. Darwin   [4 November 1874]

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GHD has been using E. Norman [CD’s copyist], and he apologises if this has caused delays to CD’s work.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [4 Nov 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 44
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9708

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  • … From G.  H.  Darwin   [4 November 1874] …
  • … DAR 210.2: 44 George Howard Darwin unstated [4 Nov 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 5 November [1874] . …
  • … In 1874, the Wednesday before 5 November was 4 November. Ebenezer Norman , schoolmaster in …
  • … see letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 5 November [1874] and n.  6). Emma Darwin’s letter to George …

To D. Appleton & Co.   5 November 1874

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Has just had printed a new edition of Descent [1874] and is anxious that this improved version be circulated in America.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  D. Appleton & Co
Date:  5 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 97: C63–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9713

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  • … To D.  Appleton & Co.    5 November 1874
  • … DAR 97: C63–4 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov 1874 D. Appleton & Co …
  • … just had printed a new edition of Descent [1874] and is anxious that this improved version …
  • … proof-sheets of Descent 2d ed. (see letter to J.  V.  Carus, 30 October 1874  and n.  1). …
  • … The second edition was published in one volume in November 1874 (see letter from R.   …
  • … F.  Cooke, 12 November 1874  and n.  4). John Murray was the publisher of …
  • … see letter to John Murray, 4 April 1874  and n.   4). D.  Appleton & Co .  published the …
  • … a carnivorous plant’ in Hardwicke’s Science Gossip (1874): 230–3 and 235, and in America, …
  • … the notice in Scientific American , 4 April 1874, in which, under the heading ‘Carnivorous …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent 2d US ed. : The descent of man, and …
  • … November 5 1874 Messrs Appleton | New York | Messrs Appleton | New York Dear Sir I have …

To G. H. Darwin   5 November [1874]

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Mainly family news.

Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  5 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 37
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9712

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  • … To G.  H.  Darwin   5 November [1874] …
  • … DAR 210.1: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov [1874] George Howard Darwin …
  • … see letter from G.  H.  Darwin, [4 November 1874] and n.  2). CD refers to the …
  • … letter from G.  H.  Darwin, [4 November 1874] ; the card from George has not been found. …
  • … letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 19 October [1874] ). After discussion with CD, George decided to …
  • … the invitation (see letters from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin , 15 November [1874] and …
  • … 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.24 and 25)). The account was probably in the card sent …
  • … Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.25)). Emma recorded in her …
  • … and confined her to bed on 3, 4, and 5 November 1874 (DAR 242). Emma recorded in her …
  • … DAR 242) that ‘Jossi & Harrison’ arrived on Saturday 7 November 1874, and in a letter …
  • … to Leonard Darwin, 15 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.24), she mentioned that Lucy Caroline …

To John Murray   5 November [1874]

Summary

Thanks JM for granting his request. Will write to D. Appleton.

CD is sorry about heavy loss from Expression; still thinks the book will sell in the course of years.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Murray
Date:  5 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 344)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9710

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  • … To John Murray   5 November [1874] …
  • … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 344) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov [1874] John Murray …
  • … and the letter from John Murray, 3 November 1874 . Murray’s note has not been found. …
  • … See letter to D.  Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 . See …
  • … letter from John Murray, 3 November 1874  and n.  5. …

From G. H. Darwin   [8 November 1874]

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Spottiswoode is pressing for an answer to invitation to GHD to lecture at the Royal Institution. GHD is having MS of the paper he has written sent to CD, so that CD can advise whether he should accept the invitation.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [8 Nov 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9688

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  • … From G.  H.  Darwin   [8 November 1874] …
  • … DAR 210.2: 43 George Howard Darwin unstated [8 Nov 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 5 November [1874] . …
  • … In 1874, the Saturday after 5 November was 8 November. William Spottiswoode had invited …
  • … letter from G.  H.  Darwin, 18 October 1874 ). Ebenezer Norman was employed as a copyist …
  • … s arriving at Down on Wednesday 11 November 1874, but Emma Darwin’s diary records that ‘G’ …

To W. J. Beal   9 November 1874

Summary

Thanks WJB for his reference [see 9691]. Is curious fact that the humble bees did not use the pollen, but the hive bees did.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William James Beal
Date:  9 Nov 1874
Classmark:  Sarah Baker Topper (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9713F

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  • … To W.  J.  Beal   9 November 1874
  • … Baker Topper (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Nov 1874 William James Beal …
  • … See letter from W.  J.  Beal, 22 October 1874 , in which Beal mentioned his note ‘The …
  • … Darwin Library–CUL, is dated March 1871. See letter from W.  J.  Beal, 22 October 1874 . …

To J. F. McLennan   10 November [1874]

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Will send Alexis Giraud-Teulon’s book [Origines de la famille (1874)], which he has received but not read, if JFM cares to read it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Ferguson McLennan
Date:  10 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  R. F. Batchelder (dealer) (Catalogue 44 no date)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9715

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  • … To J.  F.  McLennan   10 November [1874] …
  • … Catalogue 44 no date) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Nov [1874] John Ferguson McLennan …
  • … Teulon’s book [ Origines de la famille (1874)], which he has received but not read, if JFM …
  • … the origins of the family ( Giraud-Teulon 1874 ), inscribed to CD from the author, is in …
  • … work Primitive marriage ( McLennan 1865 ); see letter from J.  F.  McLennan, 13 May 1874 . …
  • … Bibliography Giraud-Teulon, Alexis. 1874. Les origines de la famille: questions sur les …

From F. E. Nipher   10 November 1874

Summary

Cites examples of the inheritance of maternal impressions.

Author:  Francis Eugene Nipher
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 172: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9714

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  • … From F.  E.  Nipher   10 November 1874
  • … 69 Francis Eugene Nipher Washington University, St Louis 10 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
  • … letter from F.  E.  Nipher, 11 December 1874 ). Roxalana Powell Tilden Nipher . Several …

To W. G. Kemp   11 November [1874]

Summary

Responds to the correspondent's comments on natural selection.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Walter Gustav Kemp
Date:  11 Nov [1874]
Classmark:  West Berkshire Museum, Newbury (NEBYM:1986.63.1.1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9716F

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  • … To W. G. Kemp   11 November [1874] …
  • … Newbury (NEBYM:1986.63.1.1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Nov [1874] Walter Gustav Kemp …

From Herbert Spencer   11 November 1874

Summary

Wishes to know where, in his works, CD refers to some particular behaviour in dogs.

Mentions the sensitivity of cirripedes to passing shadows.

Author:  Herbert Spencer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 177: 233
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9716

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  • … From Herbert Spencer   11 November 1874
  • … DAR 177: 233 Herbert Spencer Bayswater 11 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …

From R. F. Cooke   12 November 1874

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New edition of Descent just off the press. Murray feels price must be 9s instead of 12s, if it is to sell. This will reduce profit to almost nil.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 171: 442
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9717

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  • … From R.  F.  Cooke   12 November 1874
  • … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 12 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
  • … The student’s elements of geology ( C.  Lyell 1874 ). Stereotyped plates could be kept and …
  • … London: John Murray. 1871. Lyell, Charles. 1874. The student’s elements of geology. 2d …

From Auguste Forel   12 November 1874

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Thanks for the present of the book [Thomas Belt, The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)].

Author:  Auguste-Henri (Auguste) Forel
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 164: 155
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9718

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  • … From Auguste Forel    12 November 1874
  • … DAR 164: 155 Auguste-Henri (Auguste) Forel Munich 12 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Thanks for the present of the book [Thomas Belt, The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)]. …
  • … of the defending ants without harming the ants themselves. See Belt 1874 , pp.  20–22. …
  • … Forel had sent CD a copy of his book on ants ( Forel 1874 ); see letter from …
  • … Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 . …
  • … Bibliography Forel, Auguste. 1874. Les fourmis de la Suisse. Zurich: Zurcher & Furrer. [ …
  • … Münich 12 XI 1874 Monsieur, Je vous remercie beaucoup du beau cadeau que vous m’avez fait …
  • … Münich 12 XI 1874 Sir, I am most grateful to you for the fine present you have made me, …
  • … copy of Thomas Belt’s book The naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ) to Forel (see letter …
  • … to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874  and n.  9). The head nurse of the Oberbayerischern …
  • … morning from eight to nine, using Belt 1874  as the basis for the lessons. ‘By the time we …

To ?   12 November 1874

Summary

Is obliged for addressee’s courteous note and is indifferent to how his name is used.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  12 Nov 1874
Classmark:  Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection (MiscMS 253)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9717F

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  • … To ?    12 November 1874
  • … Rare Book Collection (MiscMS 253) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Nov 1874 Unidentified …

From F. T. Köppen   13 November 1874

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Calls CD’s attention to a book that deals with subjects related to both Descent and Expression: Ferdinand Jahn, Die abnormen Zustände des menschlichen Lebens als Nachbildungen und Wiederholungen normaler Zustände des Thierlebens [1842].

Author:  Friedrich Theodor Köppen (Fedor Petrovich Keppen)
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Nov 1874
Classmark:  DAR 91: 84
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9719

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  • … From F.  T.  Köppen    13 November 1874
  • … Theodor Köppen (Fedor Petrovich Keppen) St Petersburg 13 Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … St Petersburg, d.  13/1 Nov br . 1874. Hochgeehrter Herr, Ich halte es, der Wissenschaft …
  • … St Petersburg, 13/1 Nov br . 1874 Most honoured Sir, I consider it my duty towards science …

To Down School Board   16 November 1874

Summary

Must resign because of his health.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Down School Board
Date:  16 Nov 1874
Classmark:  Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/10/1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9720

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  • … To Down School Board   16 November 1874
  • … Central Library (P/123/25/10/1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Nov 1874 Down School Board …
  • … this important duty Gentlemen | Your obedient servant | Ch. R.  Darwin Nov.  16 th 1874. — …
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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
  • … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
  • … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ).  Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
  • … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
  • … old & helpless’  ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
  • … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
  • … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
  • … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
  • … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
  • … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
  • … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
  • … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
  • … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
  • … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
  • … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
  • … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
  • … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
  • … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of  …
  • … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
  • … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
  • … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
  • … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ).  George, however, consulted with his …
  • … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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  • … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
  • … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
  • … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
  • … signifying so much.  ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
  • … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
  • … must be enough for me  ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
  • … the positive  ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
  • … day’s work  ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
  • … have to do—  ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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  • … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
  • … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
  • … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
  • … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
  • … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
  • … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
  • … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
  • … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
  • … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
  • … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
  • … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
  • … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
  • … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
  • … this.   124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
  • … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
  • … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …

Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874

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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…

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  • … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …

Joseph Simms

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The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…

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  • … physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874 , while he was staying in London. …
  • … stockings. (Letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ) The foot could tell …

Essay: 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 …

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 …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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  • … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
  • … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
  • … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
  • … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
  • … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
  • … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ).   Testing Pangenesis …
  • … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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  • … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
  • … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
  • … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
  • … Letter 9616  - Marshall, T.  to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
  • … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …

4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1

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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
  • … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
  • … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
  • … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
  • … at bottom left. 
 date of creation February 1874 
 computer-readable date c. …
  • … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…

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  • … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …

4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire

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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
  • … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
  • … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
  • … bottom right) 
 date of creation September 1874 
 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
  • … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
  • … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
  • … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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  • … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …

Animals, ethics, and the progress of science

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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…

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  • … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …

4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy

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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a …
  • … [1861] (DCP-LETT-3256]. Simms’s letter to Darwin, 14 Sept. 1874 (DCP-LETT-9637; from DAR 177:164). …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201  TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202  FROM A GRAY 16 …

Darwin as mentor

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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…

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  • … Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., [1 August 1874] Darwin gives feedback on work …
  • … Letter 9613 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [30 August 1874] Darwin comments on a “clever” …

3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871

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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…

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  • … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874.   Elliott and Fry were …
  • … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
  • … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. 
 computer-readable date c …
  • … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • … ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to have arisen when …
  • … with new & related matter. ( To J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). A year later, Darwin still …

3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos

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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…

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  • … as a steel engraving, which was published in Nature in 1874, and was included in Francis Darwin …
  • … to the Subscribers to Nature no.  240 June 4 th 1874’. Wood engraving in The Graphic , XI:278 …
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