To E. A. Darwin 30 June 1864
Down
June 30th, 1864.
I had not heard a word about the Copley Medal.1 Please give Falconer my cordial thanks for his interest about me.2 I enclose the list of everything published by me except a few unimportant papers. Ask Falconer not to mention that I sent the list, as some one might say I had been canvassing, which is an odious imputation. The origin of the Voyage in the Beagle was that Fitz-Roy generously offered to give up half his cabin to any one who would volunteer to go as naturalist.3 Beaufort4 wrote to Cambridge, and I volunteered. Fitz-Roy never persuaded me to give up the voyage on account of sickness, nor did I ever think of doing so, though I suffered considerably; but I do not believe it was the cause of my subsequent ill-health, which has lost me so many years,5 and therefore I should not think the sea-sickness was worth notice. It would save you trouble to forward this with my kindest remembrances to Falconer.6
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Journal of Researches during the Voyage of the Beagle 1831–36, published 1839 & 1845.7
On the Connexion of certain Volcanic Phenomena in South America. Transact. Geolog. Soc. (read 1838)8
On the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy. Phil. Transact. 18399
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. 1842.10
Geological Observations on Volcanic Islands. 1846.11
Geological Observations on South America. 1846.12
Notes on the Habits and Distribution of animals in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle 1840–1843.13
On the Formation of Mould. Transact. Geolog. Soc.14
On the Distribution of Erratic Boulders in South America. Transact. Geolog. Soc.15
On the effects produced by the Ancient Glaciers of Caernarvonshire. Phil. Mag.16
On the Geology of the Falkland Islands. Journal of Geolog. Soc.17
On the Structure and Propagation of Sagitta. Annals of Nat. Hist.18
Descriptions of several terrestrial and marine Planariae Annals of Nat. Hist.19
Monograph of Cirripedia. Lepadidæ. 1851.20
Monograph of Cirripedia. Balanidæ. 1853.21
Fossil Lepadidæ. Fossil Balanidæ. Palæontograph. Soc.22
On the action of Sea-water on the germination of seeds. Journal Linn. Soc. 1856.23
Origin of Species. 1859.24
Fertilisation of Orchids. 1862.25
On the two Forms of Primula. Journal Linn. Soc. 1862.26
On the two Forms and their reciprocal sexual relations in Linum. Journal Linn. Soc. 1863.27
On the sexual relations of the three Forms of Lythrum. Linn. Soc. 1864.28
Footnotes
Bibliography
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
‘Dimorphic condition in Primula’: On the two forms, or dimorphic condition, in the species of Primula, and on their remarkable sexual relations. By Charles Darwin. [Read 21 November 1861.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 6 (1862): 77–96. [Collected papers 2: 45–63.]
‘Formation of mould’: On the formation of mould. [Read 1 November 1837.] Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2d ser. 5 (1840): 505–9. [Shorter publications, pp. 124–7.]
Fossil Cirripedia (1851): A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, pedunculated cirripedes of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1851.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
‘Geology of the Falkland Islands’: On the geology of the Falkland Islands. By Charles Darwin. [Read 25 March 1846.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2 (1846): 267–74. [Collected papers 1: 203–12.]
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Living Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidæ (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1854.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
‘Parallel roads of Glen Roy’: Observations on the parallel roads of Glen Roy, and of other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin. By Charles Darwin. [Read 7 February 1839.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 129: 39–81. [Shorter publications, pp. 50–88.]
‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’: On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 8 (1865): 169–96. [Collected papers 2: 106–31.]
‘Two forms in species of Linum’: On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum. By Charles Darwin. [Read 5 February 1863.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 7 (1864): 69–83. [Collected papers 2: 93–105.]
Summary
Has heard nothing about the Copley Medal. Is grateful for Hugh Falconer’s interest [see 4546].
Supplies details about circumstances of his voyage on the Beagle.
Does not believe that his sea-sickness was the cause of his subsequent ill-health.
Encloses the requested list of publications [see 4550].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4548A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- ML 1: 247–8; DAR 154: 67
- Physical description
- encl (C, 2pp)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4548A,” accessed on 1 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4548A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
