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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second half of …
- … been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). …
- … allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back …
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 January 1874 , and …
- … for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did …
- … conciseness & clearness of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). …
- … the spread of various mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous …
- … George’s article as a defence of such immoral practices, Mivart was indirectly accusing Darwin …
- … over the ‘scurrilous libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, …
- … scurrilous accusation of [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He …
- … with Murray on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ): …
- … whether he was the author of the review ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley …
St George Jackson Mivart
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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George serious …
- … resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete satisfaction. The story sheds …
- … 98–114, and Dawson 2007, pp. 77–81. George Darwin's article on marriage In August …
- … to liberty of marriage’ in the Contemporary Review (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In this article, George …
- … and others granted divorce on very slight causes. Mivart's review George’s …
- … of its created image, the mind of man’ (p. 76). Mivart’s argument did not win general assent. …
- … throughout the paper. The following quotations from Mivart’s paper mention Darwin and George: …
- … in the next issue of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily …
- … Murray would be likely to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin …
- … he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second …
- … protégé, and Huxley’s reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker …
- … admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley …
- … attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply …
- … from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
- … of [a] lying scoundrel.— ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The …
- … about how Darwin and his family and friends dealt with Mivart's accusations . Here …
- … signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
- … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
- … of books in relation to the Origin, of which I have the M.S. half completed; but I have started …
- … with the second by his son George, now a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. At the same time he …
- … five times more time than the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) …
- … hardly ever enjoyed a day more in my life than this day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 …
- … directors, fearing that Horace shared the Darwin family’s ill health and hoping to protect him from …
- … Amy Ruck and came to live in Down village as Darwin’s secretary. I declare I wonder …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … On the origin of species , intended to be Darwin’s last, and of Expression of the emotions …
- … and papers, and the latter formed the subject of Darwin’s last book, The formation of …
- … , published in the year before his death. Despite Darwin’s declared intention to take up new work, …
- … , shortly after correcting the proofs, and Darwin’s concern for the consolidation of his legacy is …
- … editions were costly to incorporate, and despite Darwin’s best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. …
- … as I can make it’, he wrote to the translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September 1872 ). He …
- … let alone the fifth. Printing of the proofs of Moulinié’s translation of the fifth English edition …
- … This complex operation, combined with Moulinié’s increasingly poor health, led to yet further delay, …
- … ). To persuade his US publisher, Appleton’s, to bring out the new edition in the United …
- … he wrote to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 …
- … to defend himself in the sixth edition were those made by Mivart himself. In a new chapter on …
- … Darwin refuted point by point assertions published by Mivart at the beginning of the previous year …
- … persuasiveness of his arguments: ‘I think your answer to Mivart, on initial stages of modification …
- … you have greatly misrepresented my views Although Mivart was among those who wrote in …
- … letters saw relations between them irretrievably break down. Mivart’s book had been followed by a …
- … had rallied to his defence, and along with his good wishes Mivart enclosed a copy of an article …
- … as I am made to appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, …
- … `fundamental intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin …
- … to think he felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite …
- … if only `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). Darwin, determined …
- … but asked Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I …
- … Ruck, the sister of an old schoolfriend; he married Amy in 1874. Francis, still a medical student …
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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- … Plants always held an important place in Darwin’s theorising about species, and botanical research …
- … a long-running dispute with the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early May, Darwin …
- … In January, the protracted dispute with Mivart came to a close. The final chapter of the controversy …
- … and assistance from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all …
- … friends, Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley. Because Mivart was a distinguished zoologist, a …
- … Huxley chose journalism, depicting the anonymous reviewer (Mivart) as a blind antagonist of ‘all …
- … his position as president of the Royal Society from spurning Mivart in public. ‘Without cutting him …
- … Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Review , in which Mivart’s anonymous essay had appeared. …
- … … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin …
- … feel now like a pure forgiving Christian!’ Darwin’s ire was not fully spent, however, for he …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … The vivisection issue was a delicate one within Darwin’s family, and he tried to balance his concern …
- … paper sent me by Miss Cobbe.’ Darwin found Cobbe’s memorial inflammatory and unfair in its …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). …
- … of a review of William Dwight Whitney’s work on language (G. H. Darwin 1874c). George had taken the …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a …
- … - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [6 June 1864] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, responds to Darwin’s …
- … February 1867] Mary Barber responds to Darwin’s queries about Expression from …
- … and offers to observe birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - …
- … passes on brief observations of an angry pig and her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - …
- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
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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- … Down House measured by the ongoing tally of his and Emma’s backgammon games. ‘I have won, hurrah, …
- … Lodge with his wife, Amy, had settled in as his father’s botanical assistant, and their close …
- … concussion from a riding accident, and George Darwin’s ill-health grew worse, echoing Darwin’s own …
- … of the next generation of the family, with Francis and Amy’s child expected in September. Their joy …
- … to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s death. For once, the labour of checking proofs …
- … dimorphic and trimorphic plants in new ways. New Year's resolutions Darwin began …
- … Elder and Company proposed reissuing two of Darwin’s three volumes of the geology of the …
- … not even to look at a single proof ’. Perhaps Carus’s meticulous correction of errors in the German …
- … blundering’, he cheerfully observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. ) …
- … made by the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart in his Lessons from nature that …
- … pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). Although Mivart had long been a severe critic, …
- … heartfelt thanks to Wallace for his critical review of Mivart’s Lessons from nature . ... …
- … of blackballing so distinguished a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ). Both …
- … results in this year’s experiments’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [ c . 19 March 1876] ). A less …
- … Encyclopaedia Britannica the previous year ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [after 4 September 1876] ). …
- … by the mutual pressure of very young buds’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 June [1876] ). Darwin …
- … the ‘awful job’ of informing the author ( letter to G. G. Stokes, 21 April [1876] ). Darwin could …
- … paper was ‘not worthy of being read ever’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 28 January 1876 ). Darwin …
- … ‘all I can say is do not commit suicide’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [4 June 1876] ). By midsummer, …
- … a set of sons I have, all doing wonders.’ ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 July [1876]. ) A …
- … Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 , and letter from F. J. Cohn, 31 December 1876 ). To Darwin’s …
- … as this, together with Wallace’s reasoned disagreements, Mivart’s attacks, and other objections, may …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … came on 19 April. Plans were made for a burial in St Mary’s churchyard in Down, where his brother …
- … Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
- … some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the effects …
- … vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and beets. Romanes’s experiments had been conducted to lend …
- … asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to ‘have the …
- … 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution Darwin’s last book, Earthworms , had been …
- … V). The conservative Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an …
- … them half the worm had disappeared down the frog’s throat. I watched them for a quarter of an hour …
- … famous writer Louisa May Alcott. The importance of Darwin’s work in inspiring future research was …
- … father confessor. ( Letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 .) Darwin’s fame continued …
