From Friedrich Max Müller 7 January 1875
Summary
FMM discusses his reply to George Darwin’s article [see 9711].
Intends within a year to place his whole argument before CD when, he hopes, his difficulties connected with the origin of language will be carefully considered by CD.
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9808 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Friedrich Max Müller 7 January 1875 …
- … DAR 171: 285 Friedrich Max Müller Taplow 7 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to Friedrich Max Müller, 5 January 1875 . The article in the Quarterly Review was [ …
- … 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’s paper defending …
- … Elibank, | Taplow. 7 Jan. 1875 My dear Sir, It was very kind of you to write to me. I had …
- … Müller himself. In his letter of 5 January 1875 , CD had revealed that the author of the …
- … Press. 1985–. Max Müller, Friedrich. 1875. My reply to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review …
To J. D. Hooker 8 January [1875]
Summary
JDH would be rash not to follow advice of his friends. [CD’s] wife and George oppose his writing to Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 367–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9809 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Cohn 1875a ) is in DAR 58.2: 35–43. See letter to F. J. Cohn, 1 January 1875 . …
- … To J. D. Hooker 8 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 367–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 January 1875 . John Tyndall , Thomas Archer Hirst , and …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 January 1875 ). Thomas Henry Huxley had written to Mivart, …
- … Edinburgh (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] and n. 4). Daniel Oliver’ …
- … the letter to Oliver of 6 January [1875] . Genlisea (the corkscrew plant), Aldrovanda (the …
From Alpheus Hyatt 8 January [1875]
Summary
Encloses report on his paper "Old age characteristics among ammonites", [Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17 (1875): 236–41].
Stability of long inherited characters. Dependence of some recently acquired characters on the environment.
| Author: | Alpheus Hyatt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 358 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9233 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Alpheus Hyatt 8 January [1875] …
- … 358 Alpheus Hyatt Boston Society of Natural History 8 Jan [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … ammonites", [ Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 17 (1875): 236–41]. Stability of long inherited …
- … the Boston Society of Natural History in 1875 ( Hyatt 1874 ). Hyatt refers to Emma Darwin …
From F. J. Cohn 9 January 1875
Summary
Thanks CD for his letter of 1 Jan 1875. Will send a paper on the genus Volvox ["Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Gattung Volvox", Cohn Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 1 (1875) Heft 3: 99–115].
Informs CD of his discoveries of the "house"-building capacity of Difflugia, one of the lowest forms of organism.
Sends CD his writing on Aldrovanda and Utricularia, which he is welcome to use in his forthcoming book [Insectivorous plants].
Has observed a Dionaea fertilised without insect aid.
| Author: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9810 |
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- … From F. J. Cohn 9 January 1875 …
- … DAR 161: 199 Ferdinand Julius Cohn Breslau 9 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Thanks CD for his letter of 1 Jan 1875. Will send a paper on the genus Volvox ["Die …
- … Volvox", Cohn Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 1 (1875) Heft 3: 99–115]. Informs CD of his discoveries …
- … Stadtgraben Nro. 26. | Breslau 9 Januar 1875 Hochverehrter Herr Nicht ohne Beschämung …
- … German, see pp. 19–21. See letter to F. J. Cohn, 1 January 1875 . The celebrations …
- … in question were held on 11 January 1875 in Breslau, on the occasion of the fiftieth …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Rice, A. L. 1983. Thomas Henry Huxley and …
- … Stadtgraben Nro. 26. | Breslau 9 January 1875 Highly honoured Sir It is not without …
- … ed. 1900, 2: 295–6; Nature , 19 August 1875, p. 316). See also Rice 1983 . Difflugia , …
- … also letter to F. J. Cohn, 1 January 1875 . Darlingtonia californica , the California …
To Ernst Haeckel 11 January [1875]
Summary
Thanks for F. v. Hellwald [Culturgeschichte (1875)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 11 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/ 33 [9886]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9811 |
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- … To Ernst Haeckel 11 January [1875] …
- … Thanks for F. v. Hellwald [ Culturgeschichte (1875)]. …
- … 33 [9886]) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Jan [1875] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … Press. 1985–. Hellwald, Friedrich von. 1875. Culturgeschichte in ihrer natürlichen …
- … development up to the present; Hellwald 1875 ). There is no copy of it in CD’s libraries …
To St G. J. Mivart 12 January 1875
Summary
StGJM’s article in the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 40–77] contains wholly false and malicious accusations against CD’s son George. Since StGJM has refused to make any sort of retraction, CD will not hold any future communication with him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9812 |
To T. H. Huxley [after 12 January 1875]
Summary
CD has written to Mivart to say that he will never hold any communication with him in future.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | [after 12 Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9813 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley [after 12 January 1875] …
- … DAR 145: 276 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 12 Jan 1875] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 . CD had written to St George Jackson Mivart …
- … Darwin’s views condoned immorality; see the letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 . …
To G. J. Romanes 13 January [1875]
Summary
Describes accounts of potato grafting in a German journal.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 13 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.461) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9814 |
To F. P. Cobbe [14 January 1875]
Summary
Explains why he cannot sign Miss Cobbe’s anti-vivisection petition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [14 Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | Hull University Archives, Hull History Centre (British Union for Anti-Vivisection archives: U DBV/25/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9814F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To F. P. Cobbe [14 January 1875] …
- … archives: U DBV/25/1) Charles Robert Darwin Down [14 Jan 1875] Frances Power Cobbe …
- … be from one of Cobbe’s pamphlets (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 and n. 5. …
- … the letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 , and the letter from Emma Darwin to F. …
- … P. Cobbe, 14 January 1875 . Cobbe had written two pamphlets describing experiments on …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 and n. 5). A committee was appointed to report …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 and n. 6). Cobbe had requested that CD sign a …
- … see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] and n. 3). CD had just received another …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 and n. 1). CD and Emma Darwin were involved in …
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe 14 January [1875]
Summary
Explains more fully why CD cannot sign Miss Cobbe’ anti-vivisection petition.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Hull University Archives, Hull History Centre (British Union for Anti-Vivisection archives: U DBV/25/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9814G |
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- … From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe 14 January [1875] …
- … archives: U DBV/25/1) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 14 Jan [1875] Frances Power Cobbe …
- … and the letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 . Cobbe had sent CD a memorial on the …
- … see letter to F. P. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). The memorial mentioned Rudolf Carl …
- … on rabbits (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] and n. 5). Letter to …
- … H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] . Letter to T. …
- … H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 . Cobbe’s memorial was eventually signed by about 1000 persons, …
- … 2005 , p. 115). The memorial was published in The Times , 26 January 1875, p. 7; …
- … it also appeared in Animal World 6 (1875): 38 with a list of leading signatories. …
From J. D. Hooker 14 January 1875
Summary
Is on the eve of another row with the Office of Works about his application for assistance.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 6–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9815 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 14 January 1875 …
- … DAR 104: 6–8 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 14 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 January [1875] . Hooker was seeking to have an assistant …
- … Dyer became assistant director at Kew in 1875 ( Allan 1967 , pp. 224, 228; letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, 20 June 1875 ). Benjamin Disraeli was the prime minister. It is not known …
To T. H. Huxley 14 January 1875
Summary
Is alarmed by the petitions against vivisection that are being circulated. Believes there is scope for reasonable legislation and would like to see eminent physiologists prepare a petition so that the science could be protected and animals saved from needless suffering.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C37–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9817 |
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From G. J. Romanes 14 January 1875
Summary
Would like to see papers [on potato grafting] mentioned by CD.
CD has doubtless seen case in Gardeners’ Chronicle of vine in which scion has affected the stock [P. Grieve, "Singular sport upon a grape vine", Gard. Chron. (1875): 21].
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9816 |
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- … From G. J. Romanes 14 January 1875 …
- … 19–20 George John Romanes London, Cornwall Terrace, 18 14 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the stock [P. Grieve, "Singular sport upon a grape vine", Gard. Chron. (1875): 21]. …
- … Terrace, Regent’s Park, N.W. : January 14, 1875. Dear Mr. Darwin,— I should very much …
- … letter to G. J. Romanes, 13 January [1875] ). Chapter 27 of Variation , ‘Provisional …
- … In the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 2 January 1875, p. 21, under the heading ‘Singular sport …
From W. B. Dawkins 15 January 1875
Summary
Wants references to facts quoted in Variation for an essay he is writing on origin of British cattle.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 129 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9819 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1875]
Summary
Hopes JDH will beat Sir Douglas Galton.
Continues to work on insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 369–71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9818 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 369–71 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Roxburgh, William. 1820–4. Flora Indica; or …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 . Douglas Strutt Galton was director of works …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 and n. 2. Hooker had had a long-running …
- … and Utricularia (bladderworts; letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 , and letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 6 January [1875] ). The pamphlets have not been identified; one of them was …
- … was transferred to another post in 1873. Galton retired in August 1875 ( The Times , …
- … 21 August 1875, p. 9). CD had asked Thomas Henry Farrer to use his influence to have an …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 and n. 3). The pamphlet has not been …
To W. B. Dawkins 16 January [1875]
Summary
Can give no more information about white and dark cattle than William Youatt gave in his book on cattle (Youatt 1834).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Bloomsbury Auctions (dealers) (15 May 2008) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9819F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Dawkins 16 January [1875] …
- … dealers) (15 May 2008) Charles Robert Darwin 16 Jan [1875] Down William Boyd Dawkins …
- … letter from W. B. Dawkins, 15 January 1875 . Dawkins had asked CD for a reference for a …
- … cattle ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 15 January 1875 ). William Youatt . Youatt 1834 . …
From J. D. Hooker 16 January 1875
Summary
JDH wins over Douglas Galton and Lord Henry Lennox on assistant secretary for himself.
Has called on Murray and told him Quarterly Review had disgraced itself by attacking George and CD.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 9–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9820 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 16 January 1875 …
- … DAR 104: 9–10 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated 16 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … are not known. The Daily News , 19 January 1875, p. 5, announced that the Treasury had …
- … at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 ). …
- … Galton retired in August 1875 ( The Times , …
- … 21 August 1875, p. 9). Galton had been an officer in the Royal Engineers, a member of the …
- … and resigned owing to ill health in August 1875 ( ODNB ). Alexander Ross Clarke was head …
From A. G. Dew-Smith 17 January 1875
Summary
Sends a letter from Anton Dohrn, which, if CD approves, will be printed with a list of all donors to the Naples Zoological Station. AGD-S has just returned from a visit to the Station and gives an account of its status. German government has made a grant.
| Author: | Albert George Dew-Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9822 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From A. G. Dew-Smith 17 January 1875 …
- … DAR 162: 174 Albert George Dew-Smith Cambridge 17 Jan 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from Michael Foster, 30 January 1875 . The original letter concerned the successful …
- … 24 Green St | Cambridge. Jany 17 th 1875 My dear Sir D r Foster has asked me to send the …
To J. D. Hooker 17 January [1875]
Summary
Astonished at JDH’s success versus Galton
and his attack on Murray is superb. Has written a formal letter to Mivart enumerating his offences.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 372–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9821 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 17 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 372–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 . Hooker had heard that Douglas Strutt …
- … Survey ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 and n. 2). Benjamin Disraeli …
- … prime minister. In his letter of 16 January 1875 , Hooker had told CD of his visit to John …
- … see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 January 1875 and n. 4). The copy is in DAR 210.1: 2. …
- … 70). See letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 . Henrietta Emma Litchfield , CD’s …
- … wrote to her brother Leonard on 8 January 1875 (DAR 258: 1643): Also we’ve been concocting …
To George Bentham 18 January [1875]
Summary
Thanks GB for his "Report on [the recent progress and present state of] systematic botany" [Rep. BAAS (1874): 27–54] and for the way in which he refers to CD’s book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GEB/1/3: Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree-Dyer, (1830–1884) 719) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9824 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (307) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (26) |
| John Murray | (26) |
| Tait, Lawson | (26) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (329) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (20) |
| Tait, Lawson | (15) |
| Unidentified | (15) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (12) |
| 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
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
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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
Summary
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…
