From Lawson Tait 26 March [1876]
Summary
Cat born tailless as a consequence of a spina bifida.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10429 |
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- … Cat born tailless as a consequence of a spina bifida. …
- … from Lawson Tait, 1 March 1876 . CD discussed the crossing of tailless Manx cats with …
- … ordinary cats in Variation 2: 66. Spina bifida is a condition in which the vertebrae of …
- … a kitten of known parentage, both tailed cats, yet born with a characteristic Manx tail. …
From Lawson Tait 12 March [1875]
Summary
Purpose of bushy tails; their usefulness to their owners as a means of keeping warm.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9885 |
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- … to examine for the point. We found the civet cat & others coiled up & their noses covered …
- … save for the bushy tail of such animals as the civet cat, some dogs, wolf &c. That variety …
- … supra-condyloid foramen of the humerus. The civet cat is Civettictis civetta , the African …
- … civet; it is not a cat, but a member of the family Viverridae. Samuel Haughton . Tait …
- … accidental observation of a favourite white cat, who is perfectly deaf, solved the riddle …
To Lawson Tait 15 June [1877]
Summary
Thanks RLT for his work, Diseases of women.
CD is also interested by RLT’s letter reporting a cat rearing chickens. "What a wonderful instinct is the maternal one."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 15 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11001 |
From Lawson Tait 16 August 1875
Summary
Digestive fluid in insectivorous plants. RLT’s work on tails.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10122 |
From Lawson Tait 12 June [1875]
Summary
Intends sending a paper containing some of his histological work [see "Freezing process for section-cutting; … staining and mounting sections", J. Anat. & Physiol. 9 (1875): 249–58].
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10016 |
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- … mice (see letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] and n. 5). Felidae is the family of cats. …
From Lawson Tait 27 March [1876]
Summary
Regrowth of amputated digits is a capacity possessed by the new-born but rapidly lost.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10431 |
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- … to work it out. I have a polydactylous Tom cat but unfortunately I trimmed him, but I’ll …
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| Tait, Lawson | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Tait, Lawson | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Tait, Lawson |
Correlation of growth: deaf blue-eyed cats, pigs, and poison
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As he was first developing his ideas, among the potential problems Darwin recognised with natural selection was how to account for developmental change that conferred no apparent advantage. He proposed a ‘mysterious law’ of ‘correlation of growth’ where…
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Darwin, cats and cat shows
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One of the more unusual invitations Darwin received was to be a patron of the Crystal Palace cat show, the first nationwide cat show in Britain. The man who first came up with the idea for the show, Harrison Weir, was one of Darwin’s correspondents, as…
Darwin soundbites
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From atheistical cats to old fogies in Cambridge, we've collected some of Darwin's pithier remarks - some funny, some serious - but all quotes from letters you can read in full here. We particularly like this one: Will you be so kind as…
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … at FitzRoy’s command, while on the left the ship’s cat sniffs at a bundle of dead birds and a …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Variation under domestication
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A fascination with domestication Throughout his working life, Darwin retained an interest in the history, techniques, practices, and processes of domestication. Artificial selection, as practiced by plant and…
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- … of natural selection. For example, you could visit a dog, cat, or horse breeder. Before visiting the …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … but it was sold to a vicar and ‘after 3 months his cat ate it.’ Darwin also learned of a South …
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … in the natural tendencies of our domestic animals: one cat, for instance, taking to catching rats, …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … performed in Belgium on cats: ‘it is customary to turn a cat round in a bag if one wants to take it …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … or hurt, & may be compared to young mice trembling at a cat the first time, they see one.— …
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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- … Edward Emanuel Klein subjected the bones of the skull of a cat to digestion with artificial gastric …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … from John Jenner Weir to act as a patron of the annual cat show at the Crystal Palace: “You are …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
