To R. A. Cross May 1875
Summary
Sends a copy of the draft vivisection bill [see 9933] and hopes that it may be approved of and supported by the Government.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Assheton Cross, Viscount Cross of Broughton in Furness |
| Date: | May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C19–21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To R. A. Cross May 1875 …
- … 97: C19–21 Charles Robert Darwin Down May 1875 Richard Assheton Cross, Viscount Cross of …
- … Down | Beckenham May 1875 Sir, The Earl of Derby has been good enough to forward to you a …
- … Stanley , the earl of Derby, of 15 April 1875, had been forwarded to Cross, who was home …
- … letter from E. H. Stanley, 17 April 1875 ). The draft vivisection bill had been approved …
- … CD (see letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). Private bills are legislative bills that …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 May [1875]
Summary
CD is delighted to hear that JSBS’s exertions and labour will probably be rewarded by success. He has had a note from Playfair who, like Lubbock, thinks the title and preamble [of the proposed bill] "had better wear a more humanitarian aspect".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 1 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9963 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 May [1875] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 May [1875] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … in drafting the bill (see letter to R. B. Litchfield, [24 April 1875] and n. 3). …
- … CD’s daughter Henrietta Emma, visited Down on 1 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … See letter from Edward Cardwell, 29 April 1875 . …
- … the letter from Edward Cardwell, 29 April 1875 . Burdon Sanderson had worked with CD to …
- … to regulate vivisection (see letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 April [1875] ). See …
- … letter from Lyon Playfair, 29 April 1875 . For John Lubbock’s comments, see the letter to …
- … R. B. Litchfield, [24 April 1875] . Richard Buckley Litchfield had provided legal …
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 31 Francis Darwin Pantludw 1 May [1875] 2 …
- … May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Lucy Bird’s work on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered …
- … from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR 219.1: 88)). See n. 3, above. …
- … Bibliography Bird, Isabella Lucy. 1875. The Hawaiian archipelago: six months among the …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Post Office directory of the six home …
- … CD began receiving proof-sheets of Insectivorous plants in April 1875 (see letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 April [1875] , and letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 21 April 1875 ). Francis had received the proofs of …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). CD had asked Francis to correct an error …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). This does not correlate with page 86 of …
From John Murray 1 May [1875]
Summary
JM proposes to print 1000 copies [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 449 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9964 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 1 May [1875] …
- … DAR 171: 449 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 1 May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Shoe String Press. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Insectivorous plants was published on 2 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). William …
- … second and third thousand were printed in 1875, and the fourth thousand in 1876 ( Freeman …
To J. J. Weir 1 May 1875
Summary
August Weismann is interested in JJW’s experiments on birds and the caterpillars they eat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 1 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.468) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9962 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. J. Weir 1 May 1875 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.468) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 May 1875 John Jenner Weir …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 1 st 1875 My dear Sir I have had a letter from …
- … his letter to August Weismann, 1 and 4 May 1875 . Weir’s reply to CD’s query has not been …
- … in his letter to August Weismann, 1 and 4 May 1875 . Weir had published two papers in the …
To August Weismann 1 and 4 May 1875
Summary
Comments on AW’s work [Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie, vol. 1 (1875)].
On seasonal dimorphism in Lepidoptera in relation to sexual selection.
Discusses evolutionary reversion.
Comments on birds’ avoiding brightly coloured caterpillars. Offers references on subject.
Alpheus Hyatt says Franz Hilgendorf mistaken [about Planorbis multiformis].
Quotes from letter from J. J. Weir on birds’ rejection of brightly-coloured caterpillars.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 1 and 4 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 344 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9965 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To August Weismann 1 and 4 May 1875 …
- … 344 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 and 4 May 1875 Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann …
- … Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie , vol. 1 (1875)]. On seasonal dimorphism in Lepidoptera in …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent May 1 st . 1875 My dear Sir I did not receive your essay for some …
- … to the letter to J. J. Weir, 1 May 1875 . Weir’s articles on the colour and edibility ( …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Weir, John Jenner. 1869. On insects and …
- … 350, 369). See letter to J. J. Weir, 1 May 1875 . John Jenner Weir’s reply has not been …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 5 February 1875 ). Thomas Belt , in The naturalist in …
- … letter from Alpheus Hyatt, 8 January [1875] and n. 4); no letter disputing Hilgendorf’s …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 3 May 1875
Summary
Encloses the bill with its corrected preamble. How many copies would he like?
Hopes JSBS can attend the meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on 5 May 1875.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 3 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9966F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 3 May 1875 …
- … Sanderson) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May 1875 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … the meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on 5 May 1875. …
- … vol. 23, letter from E. H. Stanley, 17 April 1875 ). See Correspondence vol. 23, …
- … letter from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 30 April 1875 . …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 3. 1875 My dear Sanderson I enclose the bill with …
- … Correspondence vol. 23, letter from Lyon Playfair, 29 April 1875 , and letter to J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 1 May [1875] ). CD’s son-in-law, Richard Buckley Litchfield , was a …
To John Lubbock 3 May [1875]
Summary
Arrangements to meet a Duke [unidentified] at High Elms [Lubbock residence].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49644: 79–80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9968 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Lubbock 3 May [1875] …
- … 79–80) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May [1875] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
- … it would never take place in her letter to G. H. Darwin, [14 May 1875] (DAR 251: 1408). …
- … The meeting eventually took place on 9 August 1875, when the duke visited CD at Down House …
- … Castle on that day ( The Times , 13 May 1875, p. 11). Elizabeth Darwin expressed the …
To John Murray 3 May 1875
Summary
CD proposes setting price [of Insectivorous plants] on a printing of 1000 copies, but to have 250 additional copies printed – with CD paying for paper and press work. JM would not repay CD until 1000 are sold; and profits on the 250 to be divided as usual. CD proposes this because he does not think a second edition will ever be needed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 3 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 310–11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9967 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray 3 May 1875 …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 310–11) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May 1875 John Murray …
- … Shoe String Press. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 3 1875 My dear Sir If Mess rs Clowes cannot keep …
- … exceeded a thousand copies (see letter from John Murray, 1 May [1875] ). Contrary to CD’ …
- … two thousand more copies were printed in 1875 and another thousand in 1876 ( Freeman …
- … 1977 ). On 23 November 1875, CD noted that he had received £560 from the sales of the …
To James Paget 3 May 1875
Summary
Thanks JP for volume of his lectures [Clinical lectures and essays, ed. H. Marsh (1875)].
Mentions "vivisection question".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 3 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.467) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9966 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To James Paget 3 May 1875 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.467) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May 1875 James Paget, 1st baronet …
- … Clinical lectures and essays , ed. H. Marsh (1875)]. Mentions "vivisection question". …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 3 | 1875. My dear Paget I am very much obliged for …
- … Brown, Green, and Longmans. Paget, James. 1875. Clinical lectures and essays . Edited by …
- … s Clinical lectures and essays ( Paget 1875 ) contained sixteen essays, fifteen of which …
- … be presented to Parliament (see letter to from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 April [1875]. …
To the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 3 May 1875
Summary
Regrets he cannot attend proposed meeting [on vivisection]. Hopes legislation may be passed limiting vivisection while not interfering with the progress of physiology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| Date: | 3 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles (dealers) (November 2011) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9959 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 3 May 1875 …
- … 2011) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 May 1875 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to …
- … for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 30 April 1875 . See letter from the Royal …
- … for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 30 April 1875 and n. 1. CD had been working with …
- … bill regulating vivisection (see letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 April [1875] ). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 3 1875 Sir I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt …
From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875]
Summary
Will send corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 May 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961G |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875] …
- … DAR 274.1: 34 Francis Darwin Machynlleth [4 May 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Movement in plants : The power of movement …
- … corrections and to ‘Lady D’. In April 1875, CD received proof-sheets of Insectivorous …
- … was helping to correct (see letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). …
- … Dorothy Fanny Nevill visited CD on 4 May 1875 (see n. 4, below). …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] , was 4 May. Francis was correcting proof- …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). Emma Darwin’s letter has not …
- … came to lunch with the Darwins on 4 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); Emma Darwin …
- … from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 May 1875] (DAR 219.1: 89)). ‘The rest of the Royal …
- … for 11 May (see letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] and n. 3). The golden-crested wren or …
From John Murray 4 May [1875]
Summary
JM agrees to raise number of first printing [of Insectivorous plants] to 1250 if CD will wait for his share of profits until sales reach 750 or 800.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 450 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9969 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 4 May [1875] …
- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … DAR 171: 450 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 4 May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter and the letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 . CD had requested an increase in the …
- … print run of Insectivorous plants (see letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 and n. 1). …
From E. B. Tylor 4 May 1875
Summary
EBT’s brother, Alfred Tylor, wishes to visit CD with George Young.
AT’s "pluvial period" theory.
| Author: | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 204 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9971 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From E. B. Tylor 4 May 1875 …
- … DAR 178: 204 Edward Burnett Tylor Wellington, Somerset 4 May 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Linden | Wellington Som. May 4 1875. My dear Sir My brother, who lives at Carshalton, …
- … George Young visited CD and had lunch at Down House on 8 May 1875 (see letter to J. …
- … B. Innes, 10 May [1875] ); presumably he was accompanied by Alfred Tylor . Young served …
To ? 4 May [1875]
Summary
Sends photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 4 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-Darwin-Autographed-Letter-and-Carte-de-Visite-/222539494617, accessed 5 June 2018) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9970 |
To John Murray 5 May 1875
Summary
Agrees not to receive his share of sales on Insectivorous plants until 750 or 800 copies are sold. 1250 to be printed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 5 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 f. 50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9972 |
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From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 6 May [1875]
Summary
Informs CD that Lyon Playfair would introduce the bill in the House of Commons, and that Lord Cardwell and Lord Shaftesbury had agreed to support it, the former introducing the bill in the House of Lords.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9972A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 6 May [1875] …
- … Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet London, Queen Anne St, 49 6 May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 1 May [1875] . Playfair and Edward Cardwell supported …
- … letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 1 May [1875] ). Lord Shaftesbury: the politician and …
From J. B. Innes 7 May 1875
Summary
Writes about a white rabbit which is turning fawn-coloured,
and about Scottish education.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9973 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. B. Innes 7 May 1875 …
- … DAR 167: 32 John Brodie Innes Milton Brodie 7 May 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Milton Brodie | Forres 7 th . May 1875— Dear Darwin, In March 1874 my Keeper turned about …
- … in his garden. The Bromley Record , 1 May 1875, p. 226, reported that Francis Darwin had …
- … held in the Down National School on 9 April 1875. A national system of publicly funded …
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson [8 May 1875]
Summary
Further discussion of the introduction of a bill by Lyon Playfair on animal experimentation.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8 May 1875] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9974A |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From J. S. Burdon Sanderson [8 May 1875] …
- … Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet London, Queen Anne St, 49 [8 May 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … vol. 224 (1875), col. 542). John Henniker-Major, …
- … bill on vivisection in the House of Lords on 4 May 1875. The bill had been prepared at the …
- … from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 6 May [1875] , and by Lyon Playfair’s request to present …
- … the vivisection bill to Parliament on 10 May 1875 (see n. …
- … 2, below). In 1875, 8 May was a Saturday. , …
- … On Monday 10 May 1875, Lyon Playfair requested leave to present a bill to the House …
- … of Commons for the regulation of vivisection ( The Times , 11 May 1875, p. 6); …
- … he introduced the bill on Wednesday 12 May 1875 ( Hansard parliamentary debates 3d ser. …
To W. D. Whitney 8 May 1875
Summary
Hopes WDW will come to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
| Date: | 8 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 22, folder 600 1875 May 6-10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9974 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (3) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (3) |
| John Murray | (3) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (3) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Unidentified | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (5) |
| Murray, John (b) | (5) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (4) |
Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
Summary
To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1875…
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- … of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first …
- … it behaved in similar ways to the Drosera secretion. In 1875, Klein was a very controversial …
- … I liked the man .’ Other highlights from the 1875 letters include: I am very …
- … of my books. ( Letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] ) Darwin wrote this to his …
- … new Editions . ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 August [1875] ) Darwin also completed …
- … this possible ( Letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Agitation for a law …
- … made false statements ( Letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 ) Relations between the …
- … always succeeds ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 October [1875] ) Darwin wrote …
- … help his father and brothers with scientific instruments: in 1875, he designed a hygrometer. …
- … his great works ( Letter to A. B. Buckley, 23 February 1875 ) The year was saddened …
- … in my time ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ) In December, Darwin was …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … during his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close …
- … mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have …
- … again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered …
- … learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : ‘I declare to you I did not believe …
- … carried out on live animals in laboratories. In January 1875, he received details of experiments by …
- … printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In the event, the book …
- … in a review of the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia …
- … born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back over old ground …
- … which I had long wished to see,’ he wrote on 21 April 1875 , ‘and now that I have seen it, I am …
- … do a good deal of “hammering”,’ he wrote on 14 July 1875 . ‘I shall not let Pangenesis alone …
- … his own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February 1875?] ). By May, having finished …
- … proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] ). But Francis also found …
- … on astronomy, or the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max …
- … researches (Carus trans. 1875b; the series is Carus trans. 1875–87). More controversial was the …
- … Darwin wrote: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875’. The great and the good …
- … Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such visitors from the upper …
- … I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the …
- … of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 March [1875] and 27 March [1875] ). ‘As I am …
- … Nepenthes & will soon publish’, Darwin warned on 17 July 1875 . But Tait was undaunted. He …
- … Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer who …
- … was appropriate for so distinguished a nominee. Already in 1875, Lankester had been elected a fellow …
- … of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was notified of …
- … ‘high type’ ( letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 ). …
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ). Darwin also worried that any bill …
- … their own petition (letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ). In the event, Darwin became …
- … within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, Darwin mentioned the effect …
- … (letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, 14 January [1875] ). In the course of the public …
- … to Huxley (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 …
- … sketch for a petition (letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] ). This was evidently passed back …
- … on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 7 April [1875] ), and circulating it to others in …
- … were made (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 10 April 1875 ), and another version was prepared …
- … of Lords (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875] ). He was still unsure whether …
- … Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 April [1875] ). The next day he wrote to …
- … else you think best’ (letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). After further consultations, a …
- … are evident in Darwin’s correspondence in April and May 1875. The initial petition (DAR …
- … order of the clauses. In the revised sketch, dated 24 April 1875, the penalty for unlawful …
- … at this alteration (letter from T. H. Huxley, 19 May 1875 , letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, …
- … corrections had been made (letter to Lyon Playfair, 26 May 1875 , and letter from Lyon Playfair, …
- … ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a …
- … the RSPCA. The commission met between 5 June and 15 December 1875, examining fifty-three witnesses, …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
Summary
Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
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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- … but inconclusive (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 July 1875 ). Eventually Romanes, who had …
- … physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 July 1875 ). Darwin was concerned that the method be …
- … let loose from hell’ ( letter to F. B. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). Darwin’s involvement in …
- … position most frankly in a letter to Henrietta, 4 January [1875] . I have long thought …
- … present agitation. ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Darwin worked closely …
- … death in this country. ( letter To T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ) Legislation was passed …
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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- … on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had planned a new set of …
- … fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier papers on plants with …
- … any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him that he …
- … to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann Müller had also read Meehan …
- … obscure this matter’ ( From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1875 ). The Italian botanists were …
- … plants that crossing was of little importance (Pedicino 1875; Comes 1875). Darwin was philosophical, …
- … Kölreuter’s papers’ ( To Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). Darwin’s copy of Johann Kölreuter’s …
- … in the conditions’ ( To Ernst Haeckel, 13 November 1875 ). He added on a darker note, ‘What I …
- … papers in the same book ( To J. V. Carus, 25 December 1875 ). As Darwin continued to write …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was written from Rainow, a …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … sketch showing his system of selection, 21 May 1875 J. G. Joyce's report of …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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- … book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of …
- … forms. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in March 1875 remarked that Darwin had ‘invested …
- … Sambourne date of creation December 1875 computer-readable date …
- … references and bibliography Punch vol. 69 (11 December 1875), p. 242. Gardeners’ Chronicle …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 September 1875 ). He began to compile an account …
- … end of the previous year. He had been incensed in December 1875 when the zoologist Edwin Ray …
- … The controversial issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission …
- … to Insectivorous plants , which was published in July 1875, with a US edition published later …
- … in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date of 1875), Darwin must have been gratified by …
- … Darwin, who had communicated the paper to the society in 1875 at Tait’s request, with the ‘awful job …
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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- … not retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack Mivart in …
- … Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair …
- … wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any future …
- … and a second French edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Vivisection: Darwin's testimony to the Royal Commission
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Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. 4661. (Chairman.) We are very sensible of your kindness in coming at some sacrifice to yourself to express your opinions to the Commission. We attribute it to the great…
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- … Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … cited for all purposes as “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875.” SCHEDULE. …
- … under the provisions of “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875,” empowering me to make experiments on …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, that the above-named M.N. is enaged in …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, accompanied by Certificate, such as is …
1.6 Ouless oil portrait
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< Back to Introduction The first commissioned oil portrait of Darwin was painted by Walter William Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from Darwin’s son William, who as far back as 1872 had…
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- … Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from …
- … the resulting picture was shown at the Royal Academy in May 1875, the Times reviewer noted …
- … Walter William Ouless date of creation March 1875 computer-readable date …
- … and letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker, 30 March [1875], DCP-LETT-9905. ‘The Royal Academy’ …
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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- … to an end. The dispute was not resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). By January 1875, Mivart had still not made any …
- … book Anthropogenie , in the Academy , 2 January 1875. ‘Possessed by a blind animosity against …
- … (Mivart was a Catholic convert.) On 12 January 1875 , Darwin finally wrote to Mivart, …
- … article in a letter published in the Academy , 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
