To Charles Kingsley [17 June 1865]
Summary
Did not think anyone would notice case of Lathyrus.
Recalls reading correspondent’s paper on great fir woods of Hampshire.
Thanks for photograph.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | [17 June 1865] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13877 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Kingsley, Charles …
- … To Charles Kingsley [17 June 1865] …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Kingsley, Charles. 1858. My winter garden. Fraser’s …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down [17 June 1865] Charles Kingsley …
- … is Dorset heath. See letter from Charles Kingsley, 10 June 1865 . The photograph of …
- … this letter and the letter from Charles Kingsley, 14 June 1865 ; 17 June was the first …
- … Saturday after 14 June 1865. See letter from Charles Kingsley, 14 June 1865 . …
- … See letter from Charles Kingsley, 14 June 1865 and n. 2. Lord Dundreary was a celebrated …
To Charles Kingsley 1 December [1859]
Summary
Is very glad CK wrote the article My Winter Garden (Kingsley 1858), which CD enjoyed.
Thinks CK should read abstracts of Living Cirripedia (1851) and Living Cirripedia (1854), and then, if he is particularly interested, borrow the actual volumes, rather than purchase them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 1 Dec [1859] |
Classmark: | University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (MSS gen 30.058) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2564F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Kingsley, Charles …
- … Bibliography Kingsley, Charles. 1858. My winter garden. Fraser’s Magazine 57: 408–25. …
- … To Charles Kingsley 1 December [1859] …
- … See Correspondence vol. 7, letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 and n. 4. …
- … Book Library (MSS gen 30.058) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 1 Dec [1859] Charles Kingsley …
- … this letter and the letter to Charles Kingsley, 30 November [1859] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … see Correspondence vol. 7, letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 . CD refers to …
To Charles Kingsley 15 July [1866]
Summary
Thanks for information about the publication of CK’s lectures.
Discusses the migration of the eye in flatfish.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 15 July [1866] |
Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (6 April 2022, lot 237) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5155F |
Matches: 8 hits
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- … To Charles Kingsley 15 July [1866] …
- … 6 April 2022, lot 237) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 July [1866] Charles Kingsley …
- … Bibliography Kingsley, Charles. 1866a. Science. A lecture delivered …
- … Fraser’s Magazine 74: 15–28. Kingsley, Charles. 1866b. Superstition. A lecture delivered …
- … 186–8. See also Correspondence vol. 14, letter from Charles Kingsley, 12 July 1866 , n. 3. …
- … this letter and the letter from Charles Kingsley, 12 July 1866 ( Correspondence vol. 14). …
- … Correspondence vol. 14), Kingsley had mentioned an article by Charles Wyville Thomson , ‘ …
From Charles Kingsley 8 November 1867
Summary
Remarks on Darwinism’s reception. The radical press shies away, out of ignorance, because CD may be made out to be a Tory. He has met a Darwinian Marchioness.
The mystery of sex is the origin of all religion.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5673 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Kingsley, Charles Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Charles Kingsley 8 November 1867 …
- … DAR 169: 37 Charles Kingsley Eversley 8 Nov 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … absence of its editor (see letter to Charles Kingsley, 30 April [1867] and n. 2). For an …
- … See letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 November [1867] . …
- … See letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 . Kingsley did not devote a separate …
- … explored in Barker 2002 . See letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 November [1867] and n. 4. The …
- … Bibliography Barker, Charles. 2002. Erotic martyrdom: Kingsley’s sexuality beyond sex. …
To Charles Kingsley 30 November [1859]
Summary
Thanks CK for allowing him to insert his "admirable sentence" [in Origin, 2d ed., p. 481].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 30 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2561 |
Matches: 6 hits
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- … To Charles Kingsley 30 November [1859] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 30 Nov [1859] Charles Kingsley …
- … Bibliography Colloms, Brenda. 1975. Charles Kingsley: the lion of Eversley. London: …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 . …
- … See letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 . William Edward Forster , a Quaker …
To Charles Kingsley 6 November [1867]
Summary
He had no idea that the double function of an excretory passage had played a part in the history of religion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 6 Nov [1867] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5670F |
Matches: 9 hits
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- … To Charles Kingsley 6 November [1867] …
- … Quentin Keynes collection) Charles Robert Darwin 6 Nov [1867] Down Charles Kingsley …
- … 1867 ) was critical of CD’s theory; see the letter from Charles Kingsley, 6 June 1867 , …
- … and the letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] . No review of G. D. Campbell 1867 …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 . …
- … See letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 . In the enclosure to the letter of 1 …
- … the enclosure to the letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 and n. 3. Kingsley …
- … imperfections’ (enclosure to letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 ). CD had long …
From Charles Kingsley 30 May 1865
Summary
Requests CD’s photograph.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 May 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4843 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Kingsley, Charles Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Charles Kingsley 30 May 1865 …
- … DAR 169: 31 Charles Kingsley Eversley 30 May 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Colloms, Brenda. 1975. Charles Kingsley: the lion of Eversley. London: …
- … for example, Correspondence vol. 7, letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 , and …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 ); he believed, …
To Charles Kingsley 2 June [1865]
Summary
Thanks for note; sends photograph taken by one of his sons.
His continued ill-health has prevented him making the acquaintance of many.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 2 June [1865] |
Classmark: | Bonhams, New York (dealers) (4 December 2019, lot 19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3174F |
Matches: 5 hits
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- … between this letter and the letters from Charles Kingsley, 30 May 1865 and 10 June 1865 ( …
- … See Correspondence vol. 13, letter from Charles Kingsley, 30 May 1865 . The photograph was …
From Charles Kingsley 10 June 1865
Summary
Thanks for CD’s photograph.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4857 |
To Charles Kingsley 13 December [1867]
Summary
Discusses the reception of CD’s views at Cambridge and elsewhere.
Variation delayed by the index, but will appear at the end of the year.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 13 Dec [1867] |
Classmark: | Quaritch (dealers) (2007) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5728F |
Matches: 7 hits
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- … To Charles Kingsley 13 December [1867] …
- … Quaritch (dealers) (2007) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Dec [1867] Charles Kingsley …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Kingsley, 11 December 1867 . …
- … Letter from Charles Kingsley, 11 December 1867 . The Royal School of Mines, the Geological …
- … for all your kindness | My dear M r . Kingsley, yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin …
- … 6. Charles Lyell . [Beverley] 1867 ; there is a copy in the Darwin Library–Down. Kingsley …
From Charles Kingsley 1 November 1867
Summary
Sends a letter he wrote in 1862 [see 3482].
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Nov 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 36, 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5664 |
Matches: 7 hits
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- … From Charles Kingsley 1 November 1867 …
- … DAR 169: 36, 30 Charles Kingsley Eversley 1 Nov 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Correspondence vol. 7, letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). In early 1862, …
- … of man’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 , …
- … and letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 February [1862] ). Ditrematous: ‘having the anal and …
- … Bibliography Barker, Charles. 2002. Erotic martyrdom: Kingsley’s sexuality beyond sex. …
From Charles Kingsley 12 July 1866
Summary
Asks for CD’s opinion of the manner of migration of the eye of flatfish.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 July 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5154 |
Matches: 5 hits
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- … From Charles Kingsley 12 July 1866 …
- … DAR 169: 34 Charles Kingsley Eversley 12 July 1866 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Origin (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). …
- … Kingsley refers to the article by Charles Wyville Thomson , ‘Notes on Prof. Steenstrup’s …
From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859
Summary
Will judge CD’s book [Origin] free from two superstitions: the dogma of the permanent species and the need of an act of intervention to bring change.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Nov 1859 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: B7–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2534 |
Matches: 5 hits
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- … From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859 …
- … DAR 98: B7–8 Charles Kingsley Eversley 18 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the action of His laws. ” See also letter to Charles Kingsley, 30 November [1859] . …
- … II. 365c. The botanist Charles James Fox Bunbury visited Kingsley from 6 to 8 December …
From Charles Kingsley 14 June 1865
Summary
CD’s paper on "Climbing plants" [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 1–118] has made nature come alive for CK.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4861 |
To Charles Kingsley 30 April [1867]
Summary
Regrets that he is too busy getting his book [Variation] ready for publication to contribute an article to Fraser’s Magazine.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 30 Apr [1867] |
Classmark: | B. C. Guild (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5520 |
[Kingsley, Charles]. 1851. Yeast: a problem. London.
Kingsley, Charles. 1874. Westminster sermons. London.
From Charles Kingsley 31 January 1862
Summary
CK defended CD’s theory at a shooting party with the Bishop of Oxford, the Duke of Argyll, and Lord Ashburton. The discussion started as a result of shooting some blue rock-pigeons which were different from blue rocks of other localities. CK held that all pigeons were descended from one species.
CK proposed that mythological races, e.g., elves and dwarfs, were intermediate species between man and apes, and have become extinct by natural selection; i.e., by competition with a superior white race of man.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Jan 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 169.1: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3426 |
Matches: 6 hits
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- … From Charles Kingsley 31 January 1862 …
- … DAR 169.1: 29 Charles Kingsley Eversley 31 Jan 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see the enclosure to the letter from Charles Kingsley, 1 November 1867 ( Calendar nos. …
- … Charles Kingsley refers to William Bingham Baring , Lord Ashburton, George Douglas …
- … Charles Lyell : ‘As regards the effects of breeding, I think the facts he gives in respect to pigeons tell more against than for his theory’ (I. E. Campbell ed. 1906, 2: 482). W. B. Baring had no surviving sons, but the reference may be to his nephew, Alexander Hugh Baring , who was a member of parliament for Thetford, Norfolk. Alexander Baring’s father, Francis, lived at Buckenham Hall, near Brandon, Norfolk, which stood in extensive parkland ( Post Office directory of Cambridge, Norfolk, and Suffolk 1858). Kingsley …
From Charles Kingsley 11 December 1867
Summary
CK is drawn into discussions of Darwinism everywhere in Cambridge. The climate has changed in the past three years: the younger M.A.s are greedy to know more and the criticism of the older Fellows has a new tone.
Author: | Charles Kingsley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Dec 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5730 |
To Charles Kingsley 6 February [1862]
Summary
Comments on CK’s letter [3426].
Identifies species of pigeon shot by party.
On CK’s "grand and awful" notion of genealogy of man, CD recalls how revolting was the thought that his ancestors must have been like the Fuegians. His present belief that they were hairy beasts is less revolting.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
Date: | 6 Feb [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection); 19th Century Shop (dealer) (March 2014) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3439 |
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- … To Charles Kingsley 6 February [1862] …
- … Shop (dealer) (March 2014) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb [1862] Charles Kingsley …
- … is established by the relationship to the letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 . …
- … Letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 . CD was in Glasgow in September 1855 and …
- … has not been traced. See letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 . CD had finished …
- … in Variation 1: 183. See letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 . For CD’s earliest …
- … C. Lyell 1863a ). See letter from Charles Kingsley, 31 January 1862 . The reference is to …
- … Charles Lyell , had visited the site in recent years to investigate his claims (see Correspondence vol. 8 and Grayson 1985 , pp. 185–90). CD cited these discoveries in Origin 3d ed. , p. 18, as evidence for the great age of the human species. CD probably refers to his paper ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , although Kingsley’ …
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