From C. G. Semper 16 July 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for his kind judgment on his book [The natural conditions of existence (1881)].
E. Ray Lankester has written an unfriendly review of it [Nature 23 (1880–1): 405–9].
| Author: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13246 |
From Arnold Dodel-Port 12 June 1878
Summary
Comments on publication of his Atlas der Botanik [1878]. Discusses possible English edition. Draws CD’s attention to plates of Drosera in Atlas. Mentions contribution offered by Hermann Müller, and support by German professors of botany.
| Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 197 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11552 |
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- … contribution offered by Hermann Müller, and support by German professors of botany. …
- … German & french edition. It is therefore imaginable that the said publisher should ask you or your son what you think of the undertaking. May it come into your heart to say that the boldest botanists & professors …
- … German editions. Thus it is conceivable that the English publisher who we approach will inquire of you or of your son about your views on the undertaking. Thus it may be appropriate to mention that the most eminent professors …
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 21 December [1864]
Summary
Sends a translation by Mr Noel [not found] of C. B. von Cotta’s views on CD’s and Lyell’s work.
| Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4722 |
From Clair James Grece 29 December 1867
Summary
Asks CD to write a letter on his behalf to John Murray. CJG plans to translate Eduard Maetzner’s Englische Grammatik [1860–5] if publication can be arranged.
| Author: | Clair James Grece |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 221 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5742 |
To Charles Lyell 17 March [1863]
Summary
His better opinion [of work of Boucher de Perthes].
Explains his position on CL’s treatment of species.
Mentions positive response to his ideas on the part of a German professor [Ernst Haeckel], Alphonse de Candolle, and a botanical palaeontologist [Gaston de Saporta].
Notes negative reaction of entomologists.
Mentions Falconer’s objections [to Antiquity].
Mentions work of Hooker.
Comments on paper by Owen ["On the aye-aye", Rep. BAAS 32 (1862) pt 2: 114–16]
and CD’s review of Bates’s paper [Collected papers 2: 87–92].
Thinks Natural History Review is excellent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.291) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4047 |
Nitsche, Hinrich (1845–1902)
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- … Hinrich Nitsche 1845–1902 German zoologist. Professor extraordinarius, zoology, University …
- … Professor of zoology, Königlich Sächsiche Forstakadamie Tharandt, near Dresden, 1876–1902. Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt 25 (1903): 119–20. 19 University of Leipzig Königlich Sächsiche Forstakademie Leipzig Tharandt Dresden German …
From Friedrich Rolle 26 January 1863
Summary
Pleased that his book, Ch. Darwin’s Lehre [1863], has CD’s approval.
FR formerly a geologist, now a dealer in natural history objects.
Most active supporter of CD’s theory is Gustav Jäger in Vienna.
FR regards fossil Hipparion as a link between horse and pachyderms.
| Author: | Friedrich Rolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3947 |
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- … endeavouring to urge him to do so. Our German Professors are partly your opponents, partly …
- … meeting of the German ornithologists in Stuttgart; Professor Blasius (of Braunschweig) and …
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Carus, J. V. | (5) |
| E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (61) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Donders, F. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (74) |
| Carus, J. V. | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung | (5) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (3) |
Sexual selection in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
