From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [20 January 1879]
Summary
H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20 Jan 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 260 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10341 |
From James Torbitt [1879?]
Summary
Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1879?] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 151 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11814 |
From Marius Koch 3 January 1879
Author: | Marius Koch |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11819 |
From Mary Jung 7 January 1879
Author: | Mary Jung |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11821 |
From Carl Kraus 8 January 1879
Summary
A supporter of "the presumptive connection between socialism and evolution through natural selection" sends essays of Carl Vogt and requests CD to comment on them publicly.
Author: | Carl (Charles) Kraus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11822 |
From W. E. Darwin 9 January 1879
Summary
Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 70) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11823F |
From Leopold Würtenberger 10 January 1879
Summary
Asks about possibility of securing grant in England in order to complete work on ammonites. Describes progress. Could CD recommend him to a foundation? Describes personal background.
Author: | Leopold Würtenberger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 184 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11825 |
From C. H. Blackley 13 January 1879
Summary
Relates anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.
Author: | Charles Harrison Blackley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11826 |
From Gaston de Saporta 16 January 1879
Author: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11830 |
From W. K. Parker 17 January 1879
Author: | William Kitchen Parker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11831 |
From Karl Höchberg 17 January 1879
Summary
Points out comment by Grant Allen supporting his theory of the origin of colour sense. Is English translation of his essay possible?
Author: | Karl Höchberg |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 226 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11832 |
From Melchior Neumayr 21 January 1879
Summary
Respects Leopold Würtenberger’s work. Will initiate inquiry if CD wishes. LW’s work suffers from his limited circumstances. Will assist him if he asks.
Mentions his own forthcoming work ["Zur Kenntniss der Fauna des untersten Lias in den Nordalpen", Abh. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 7 (1874–82), vol. 5].
Author: | Melchior Neumayr |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11838 |
From Fritz Müller 21 January 1879
Summary
Has lately found frog that has eggs on its back.
Pupae of caddis-flies living on rocks have lost fringe of hairs on their feet. In species that live in the water these are used for swimming.
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | Nature, 20 March 1879, pp. 463–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11839 |
From H. N. Moseley 21 January 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for accepting dedication.
Asks CD to support his candidacy for position as Registrar of the University of London by talking to Sir John Lubbock, one of the most influential members of the Senate.
Author: | Henry Nottidge Moseley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 257 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11840 |
From W. S. Dallas 23 January 1879
Summary
Suggests references that might answer CD’s [unidentified] request for information about coral islands.
Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11843 |
From H. W. Bates 25 January 1879
Summary
F. Galton and others suggest that he go in for Fellowship [of Royal Society]. Asks that CD propose him. If he is unable to do so HWB will not be hurt to wait another year.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11846 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 January 1879
Summary
Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 259, DAR 209.6: 207 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11847 |
From A. F. Batalin 29 January 1879
Summary
Thanks for CD’s interest in his paper on plant movements ["Über die Ursachen der periodischer Bewegungen der Blumen und Laubblätter", Flora 56 (1873): 433–41, 449–55]. AFB concentrated on clear cases, though he knows there are others.
Experiments on function of movement: Mimosa leaves, held so they cannot move, die.
Author: | Alexander Fedorovich Batalin (Александр Федорович Баталин) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11849 |
From Leopold Würtenberger 29 January 1879
Author: | Leopold Würtenberger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 185 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11850 |
From C. F. Austin February 1879
Summary
Encloses Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, with account of a fungus that exhales chlorine;
relates his discovery in 1852 of a flowering plant that had "perfectly formed beetles" in the place of anthers.
Author: | Coe Finch Austin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 130 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11853 |
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