From Francis Darwin [1875?]
Summary
Had two mornings working on Drosera but it was sluggish. Frog preparations are pretty good.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1875?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9791F |
From W. D. Fox to [G. H. Darwin] [1875–80]
Summary
Sends date of his mother’s death – 7 Apr 1859.
Was completely mystified by conjuring performance of [John Nevil] Maskelyne.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [1875–80] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13810 |
To Octavius March [1875]
Summary
His opinion of the couvade.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Octavius March |
| Date: | [1875] |
| Classmark: | March 1883, p. 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9795H |
From Octavius March [1875]
Summary
Wonders if it is possible that the couvade had its origin in an early habit of the male sex to take part in the nourishment of the offspring.
| Author: | Octavius March |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1875] |
| Classmark: | H. C. March 1883, p. 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9795G |
To F. J. Cohn 1 January 1875
Summary
Asks whether he might copy two of FJC’s drawings of Aldrovanda. He would like to have a proof of the plate for two woodcuts to be used in his forthcoming book [Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9795A |
To Linnean Society 1 January [1875]
Summary
Asks permission to republish his climbing plants paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 1–118] in a corrected form [Climbing plants].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Linnean Society |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10004 |
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- … To Linnean Society 1 January [1875] …
- … plants 2d ed. as a separate volume (see letter from John Murray, 9 April [1875] ). …
- … DAR 97: C12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Jan [1875] Linnean Society …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Climbing plants : On the movements and …
- … Climbing plants ). Climbing plants 2d ed. was published in November 1875 ( letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 25 October 1875 ). CD originally planned to publish the material on climbing …
- … 9 (1867): 1–118. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
To Daniel Oliver 1 January [1875]
Summary
Returning the plants DO had sent him from Kew
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Newcastle University Special Collections (Spence Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9795F |
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- … To Daniel Oliver 1 January [1875] …
- … Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Jan [1875] Daniel Oliver …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Warming, Eugenius. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben …
- … the letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23). Oliver had sent …
From Daniel Oliver 2 January 1875
Summary
The generic name Genlisea must be preserved for Utriculariaceae with five-part calyces.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9796 |
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- … From Daniel Oliver 2 January 1875 …
- … DAR 58.1: 115 Daniel Oliver Kew 2 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … n. and 446 and n. For CD’s reply, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] . …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Warming, Eugenius. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben …
- … Royal Gardens Kew 2 Jan. 1875. My dear M r Darwin The generic name Genlisea must of …
- … have four. CD’s letter to Oliver of 1 January 1875 is published in Correspondence vol. 30, …
From J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875]
Summary
Disapproves of Huxley’s article [review of Ernst Haeckel’s Anthropogenie] in Academy [7 (1875): 16–18].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9797 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875] …
- … DAR 104: 1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 3 Jan [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Huxley’s article [review of Ernst Haeckel’s Anthropogenie ] in Academy [7 (1875): 16–18]. …
- … December 1874, pp. 175–8, and 7 January 1875, pp. 196–9, under the heading ‘The present …
- … Haeckel 1874 ) in the Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16 and 17: Possessed by a blind …
To J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875]
Summary
Has not heard from Mivart; CD is convinced he is a hypocrite.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 363–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9798 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 363–4 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and the letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 . CD and Hooker had been debating what …
- … December 1874, pp. 175–8, and 7 January 1875, pp. 196–9, under the heading ‘The present …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 . CD refers to Eugenius Warming ; there is …
To H. E. Litchfield 4 January [1875]
Summary
Describes his views on vivisection. Cannot sign petition of F. P. Cobbe, with its attack on Rudolf Virchow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9799 |
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- … To H. E. Litchfield 4 January [1875] …
- … 36 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Jan [1875] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … 1904 , pp. 633–5. The memorial was presented on 25 January 1875 ( Cobbe 1904 , p. 635). …
- … See also The Times , 26 January 1875, p. 7. Francis Maitland Balfour and George Howard …
To F. B. Goodacre 5 January 1875
Summary
CD would be pleased to have FBG’s essay dedicated to him but fears that he will be unable to give any assistance towards FBG’s ‘excellent scheme’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | Dr John Goodacre (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9801 |
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- … To F. B. Goodacre 5 January 1875 …
- … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Jan 1875 Francis Burges Goodacre …
- … Press. 1985–. Goodacre, Francis Burges. 1875. A few remarks on hemerozoology; or the study …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 5. 1875 Dear Sir I am much obliged for yr kind …
- … dedicated his essay Hemerozoology ( Goodacre 1875 ) to CD. There is a lightly annotated …
- … letter to F. B. Goodacre, 20 February 1875 . In his essay, Goodacre included a plan for …
From J. D. Hooker 5 January 1875
Summary
Huxley strongly dissuades JDH from writing to Mivart because of his Presidency of Royal Society. JDH will hold his letter until he hears what Bentham says.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 2–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9800 |
To Friedrich Max Müller 5 January 1875
Summary
Has read FMM’s article in Contemporary Review [25 (1875): 305–26].
Never suspected FMM was responsible for the Quarterly Review article ["Primitive man", Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 40–77]; knows it was written by Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 89, October 2002) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9802 |
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- … To Friedrich Max Müller 5 January 1875 …
- … Catalogue 89, October 2002) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Jan 1875 Friedrich Max Müller …
- … s article in Contemporary Review [25 (1875): 305–26]. Never suspected FMM was responsible …
- … Press. 1985–. Max Müller, Friedrich. 1875. My reply to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan. 5 th 1875 My dear Sir I have just read the few first …
- … Max Müller had written a paper titled ‘My reply to Mr. Darwin’ ( Max Müller 1875 ) for …
- … the January 1875 issue of the Contemporary Review , in answer to George Howard Darwin’s …
From Joseph Fayrer 6 January 1875
Summary
Encloses results of experiments on influence of snake poison on ciliary action and vegetable protoplasm.
| Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 71, 73–82, DAR 164: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9806 |
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- … From Joseph Fayrer 6 January 1875 …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet London, Granville Place, 16 6 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Fayrer, Joseph. 1875. The royal tiger of Bengal, his life and death. London: …
- … J. & A. Churchill. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … came in two parts) and Brunton and Fayrer 1875 were published in the Proceedings of the …
- … were later published in Brunton and Fayrer 1875 , pp. 272–7. Vallisneria (tape grass) is a …
- … p. 208, CD cited Brunton and Fayrer 1875 , concluding that cobra poison acted far more …
- … New Year had been followed by a rapid thaw ( The Times , 5 January 1875, p. 11). Brunton …
- … 16 Granville Place, 6 Jany 1875 Dear M r . Darwin I have the pleasure of enclosing the …
To J. D. Hooker 6 January [1875]
Summary
Is not inclined to restrain himself from expressing his opinion of Mivart. Huxley’s article in Academy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 365–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9805 |
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- … To J. D. Hooker 6 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 365–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Press. 1985–. Draper, John William. 1875. History of the conflict between religion and …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] and n. 4). CD had been working on specimens …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 ). CD’s notes on G. ornata , G. filiformis , …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] . It is possible that …
- … not received Hooker’s letter of 5 January 1875 when he wrote this letter. Hooker may have …
- … Draper’s History of the conflict between religion and science ( Draper 1875 ; Athenaeum , …
- … 2 January 1875, pp. 21–2). Draper had given a paper offering a Darwinian view of the …
- … 3 July [1860] . In his letter of 3 January [1875] , Hooker had written to CD that he was …
- … John Lubbock’s book was on British wild flowers ( Lubbock 1875 ). In his review of Ernst …
- … Haeckel 1874 ) in the Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17, Thomas Henry Huxley had …
- … also letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] . Hooker had offered to try to acquire …
To T. H. Huxley 6 January 1875
Summary
Thanks THH for his article in the Academy and his defence of CD and G. H. Darwin against Mivart. Still thinks he should write plainly to Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 313) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9804 |
To Daniel Oliver 6 January [1875]
Summary
CD’s observations [for Insectivorous plants] seem to indicate that the same species of Genlisea may bear two kinds of bladders, so he asks for rhizomes and leaves of three species to test this possibility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9803 |
From Francis Darwin to Daniel Oliver [after 6 January 1875]
Summary
Asks DO to return enclosed post-card with locality of Genlisea aurea specimen that DO had sent.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | [after 6 Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | Newcastle University Special Collections (Spence Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9803F |
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- … From Francis Darwin to Daniel Oliver [after 6 January 1875] …
- … Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/8) Francis Darwin Down [after 6 Jan 1875] Daniel Oliver …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb. 1841. Nomenclator …
- … the letter to Daniel Oliver, 6 January [1875] ( Correspondence vol. 23). Genlisea aurea is …
From J. D. Hooker 7 January 1875
Summary
Tyndall, T. A. Hirst and Spencer dissuade him from writing to Mivart, but he will let him feel his disapproval.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9807 |
| letter | (658) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (307) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (26) |
| John Murray | (26) |
| Tait, Lawson | (26) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (636) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (43) |
| Tait, Lawson | (41) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (38) |
| John Murray | (35) |
Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
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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
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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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- … 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
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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
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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
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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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- … 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…
