To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1874]
Summary
Thanks JDH for his "quite admirable" address [Rep. BAAS 44 (1874) pt 2: 102–16]. Suggests revisions.
CD thinks he is "now on right track about Utricularia" after wasting several weeks "in fruitless trials and observations".
Mrs Barber’s paper is very curious and ought to be published.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 30 Aug [1874] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/6/3 Insectivorous plants 1873–8: 40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9613 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1874] …
- … plants 1873–8: 40) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Aug [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … plant), see letter from J. D. Hooker, 17 August 1874 and nn. 6 and 9. Hooker discussed …
- … his "quite admirable" address [ Rep. BAAS 44 (1874) pt 2: 102–16]. Suggests revisions. CD …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 August 1874] . Hooker had sent CD a pre-print of his …
- … Bibliography Barber, Mary Elizabeth. 1874. Notes on the peculiar habits and changes which …
- … pupa of Papilio nireus. [Read 2 November 1874. ] Transactions of the Entomological Society …
- … p. 105). In his letter of [29 August 1874] , Hooker had offered to send CD the best …
- … Entomological Society of London by CD and published as Barber 1874 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [29 August 1874] and n. 8. On Cephalotus (the Albany pitcher- …
From G. H. Darwin 6 [August] 1874
Summary
Sends a draft of his letter to the editor of the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 587–9], answering Mivart’s charges. Encloses draft of CD’s letter to John Murray, urging publication of GHD’s defence, with George’s amendments.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 [Aug] 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C56–8; DAR 210.2: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9590 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 6 [August] 1874 …
- … 39 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 6 [Aug] 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … editor of the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 587–9], answering Mivart’s charges. Encloses …
- … this letter that was sent to John Murray , see the letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 . …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 . George probably wrote …
- … 6.9.74 in error. In 1874, 6 August was a Thursday (6 September was a Sunday). See letter …
- … to G. H. Darwin, [5 or 6 August 1874] . George was responding to …
- … an attack on him in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). His …
- … Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 15 September 1874 (DAR 239.23: 1.22)). They were the family …
- … published version appeared in the October 1874 issue of the Quarterly Review (137: 587–9), …
- … in the form of a letter dated 7 August 1874. In his anonymous attack, St George Jackson …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 . See enclosure: George’s amendments have …
To J. D. Hooker 27 [March 1874]
Summary
Etty [Henrietta Litchfield] is helping with Coral reefs [2d ed.]; will JDH lend her his copy?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 27 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 320 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9373 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 27 [March 1874] …
- … DAR 95: 320 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 [Mar 1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s copy of Coral reefs in January (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 8 January 1874 and …
- … 18 January [1874] ). …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] . CD’s daughter Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). There were three maps in Coral reefs ; CD …
To H. E. Litchfield 21 [March 1874]
Summary
Proof-correcting [of 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9324 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To H. E. Litchfield 21 [March 1874] …
- … DAR 153: 84 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 [Mar 1874] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … the letter from J. V. Carus, 15 March 1874 . Henrietta was reading the proof-sheets of …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 8 March [1874] ); CD mentioned that she was helping with this …
- … his letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [March 1874] . The copyist left blank spaces in the text …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, Appendix II); it was completed by 4 April 1874 (see letter to …
- … John Murray, 4 April 1874 ). The sales figures of the German translations of CD’s books, …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 15 March 1874 ). Eduard Koch of E. Schweizerbart’sche …
To J. V. Carus 8 March [1874]
Summary
Looks forward to a visit from JVC and family in August.
Sheets of vol. 1 of Descent [2d ed.] are going to printer;
new edition of Coral reefs is half printed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 8 Mar [1874] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 114–115) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9340 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 8 March [1874] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 114–115) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Mar [1874] Julius Victor Carus …
- … Darwin received a copy of Coral reefs 2d ed. in late May 1874 (see letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 30 May 1874 ); the publication of the work was …
- … recorded in Publishers’ circular , 1 July 1874. …
- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Descent 2d ed. : The descent of man, and …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 January 1874 ); evidently Carus suggested early August in …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). Sophie Catherine Carus was Carus’s wife, …
To J. D. Hooker 8 September [1874]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Sept [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 334–335 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9629 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 8 September [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 334–335 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Sept [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter to D. F. Nevill, 7 September 1874 and n. 2. For CD’s difficulties in growing …
- … to W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 28 [June 1874] . Acacia farnesiana is a synonym of Vachellia …
- … farnesiana. See letter from D. F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 . …
- … the letter from D. F. Nevill, 3 September 1874 . Hooker had tried to obtain specimens of …
- … tropical plants (see letter from D. F. Nevill, 2 September [1874] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [after 4 September 1874] ). CD had received two …
- … Dionaea muscipula from Kew on 31 August 1874 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards book , …
From T. H. Huxley 8 December 1874
Summary
K. G. Semper’s article ["On the relationship of the Vertebrata and Annelida", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 (1875): 94–5] is ill-natured. Misinterprets facts already discovered by F. M. Balfour.
Has been working on Amphioxus. Puts his theory of vertebrate skulls on firm footing at last.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 234–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9748 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 8 December 1874 …
- … 234–5 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 8 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Balfour, Francis Maitland. 1874. A preliminary account of the development of …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | NW Dec. 8 th 1874 My dear Darwin Best thanks for Semper It is an …
- … vertebrates and annelids ( Semper 1874 ), a copy of which is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … for the Advancement of Science in September 1874 and published in the Quarterly …
- … which retained holoblastic ova ( Balfour 1874 , p. 337). Ernst Haeckel had maintained …
- … Journal of Microscopical Science ( Balfour 1874 ). Both Semper and Balfour described …
- … the segmented tubules of the kidney in the shark embryo ( Balfour 1874 , p. …
- … 358, Semper 1874 ). Huxley …
- … had met CD on Sunday 6 December 1874 (see letter to H. …
- … A. Huxley, 5 December 1874 ). Huxley’s first publication on the vertebrate skull was T. …
From J. T. Moggridge 11 June 1874
Summary
Charles Martins has given the first Darwinian lectures on zoology at Montpellier.
Joseph Duval-Jouve is also a Darwinian. The latter has lost his position as Inspector of the Academy because of his liberal views.
Wallace suggests that a trap-door spider with an exposed nest preys on nocturnal insects.
Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 225 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9488 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From J. T. Moggridge 11 June 1874 …
- … DAR 171: 225 John Traherne Moggridge Paddington 11 June 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in his published account of the spider ( Moggridge 1874 , p. 190). Moggridge’s supplement …
- … ants and trapdoor spiders appeared shortly before his death in November 1874 ( Moggridge …
- … 1873 and 1874). …
- … Ballière Brothers. Duval-Jouve, Joseph. 1874. Étude histotaxique des Cyperus de France. …
- … Eastbourne Terr. | Paddington | W. 11 June 1874 My dear Sir When I was at Montpellier in …
- … described three types of nest in Moggridge 1873 and a further three in Moggridge 1874 . …
- … The spider is identified in Moggridge 1874 , pp. 188–90, as Cyrtauchenius elongatus from …
- … L. Reeve & Co. Moggridge, John Traherne. 1874. Supplement to Harvesting ants and trap-door …
- … his inspectorship of the academy at Montpellier by March 1874, although he retained an …
- … honorary position ( Duval-Jouve 1874 ). For a complete list of Duval-Jouve’s publications, …
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov [1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [4 November 1874] and n. 2). CD refers to the …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, [4 November 1874] ; the card from George has not been found. …
- … letter to G. H. Darwin, 19 October [1874] ). After discussion with CD, George decided to …
- … the invitation (see letters from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin , 15 November [1874] and …
- … 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.24 and 25)). The account was probably in the card sent …
- … Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.25)). Emma recorded in her …
- … and confined her to bed on 3, 4, and 5 November 1874 (DAR 242). Emma recorded in her …
- … DAR 242) that ‘Jossi & Harrison’ arrived on Saturday 7 November 1874, and in a letter …
- … to Leonard Darwin, 15 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.24), she mentioned that Lucy Caroline …
From J. D. Hooker [26 December 1874]
Summary
Has gone over Huxley’s letter, thinks it a model. All must now await developments. If Mivart does not apologise, JDH will write to him.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [26 Dec 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 241–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9780 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [26 December 1874] …
- … DAR 103: 241–2 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [26 Dec 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . …
- … In 1874, the Saturday after 24 December was 26 December. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . CD had sent Hooker the letter and enclosure from …
- … T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874. Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley were discussing with CD …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 December [1874] ). Asa and Jane Loring Gray were in Europe …
- … Howard Darwin’s article on marriage ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70; G. H. Darwin 1873a ). …
- … See letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . Robert Cary Barnard (Major Barnard) was …
- … was aged 12. Frances died on 13 November 1874 ( Allan 1967 , p. 225). Hooker also refers …
From D. Appleton & Co [c. 19] November 1874
Summary
Accepts CD’s suggestion of new edition of Descent, and asks that Murray supply the stereotype plates and woodcuts for $50 [dollars or pounds!?], as soon as possible; supply of copies of Descent is exhausted.
Will publish CD’s proposed book [Insectivorous plants (1875)] on same terms as other works.
Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 19] Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9709 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From D. Appleton & Co [ c. 19] November 1874 …
- … DAR 159: 93 D. Appleton & Co New York [ c . 19] Nov 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 . Little Britain is a street in the City of …
- … had an agency at no. 16. See letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 and n. 3. …
- … this letter, the letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 , and the letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 2 December [1874] . The writer must have put ‘Nov 5’ in error. …
- … See letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 . John Murray was CD’s publisher. The …
- … Appleton & Co. | 549 & 551 Broadway, N.Y. Nov 5 1874 Dear Sir Your favor of the 5 th . in …
To J. D. Hooker 16 July 1874
Summary
The Acacia must be Belt’s "Bulls’ horns".
The complexity of Utricularia has driven Frank and CD almost mad. Suspects it is necrophagous, i.e., it cannot digest, but absorbs decaying animal matter.
Foster is certainly in error. Every insect that Drosera catches causes aggregation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 326–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9550 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 16 July 1874 …
- … DAR 95: 326–7 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 July 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … s diary (DAR 242), CD had a bad attack of diarrhoea and sickness on Monday 13 July 1874. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 July 1874 and n. 2. Hooker had sent CD an Acacia …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 20 April [1874] and n. 6. Cecropia (the embauba or trumpet …
- … tropics. Belt’s book was The naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ). See letter from J. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 16 1874 My dear Hooker Surely the acacia must be the …
- … D. Hooker, 15 July 1874 and n. 1. CD and Francis Darwin had recently begun to study …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 July 1874 ). CD discussed aggregation in the protoplasm …
From W. S. Dallas 27 February 1874
Summary
Asks CD to allow his name to be put on a committee to establish a Scientific Societies Club for the fellows of the six societies that will have rooms in Burlington House.
Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9319 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. S. Dallas 27 February 1874 …
- … DAR 162: 29 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 27 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … references have been found to the club after 1874. No reply to this letter has been found. …
- … to plans to form a Scientific Societies’ Club in Nature , 12 February 1874, p. …
- … 292, Popular Science Review 13 (1874): 77, and John …
- … Bull , 4 April 1874, p. 217. Burlington House was occupied …
- … Chemical Society, who were joined in 1874 by the Geological Society (Horace B. Woodward …
- … Society, Somerset House. | W.C. 27 February 1874 My dear Sir I have no doubt that you have …
From T. M. Coan 22 June 1874
Author: | Titus Munson Coan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9506 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. M. Coan 22 June 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 183 Titus Munson Coan New York 22 June 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to the letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 . Hewicker has not been identified. …
- … see the letter to T. N. Staley, 13 January [1874] , and the letter from J. …
- … F. McLennan, 3 February 1874 . See also enclosure to letter from T. …
- … M. Coan, 14 February 1874 . In Descent 2d ed. , pp. 588–91, CD expanded the brief …
- … West 27 th St. | New York City, N.Y. , 22 June 1874. Mr. Charles Darwin, Dear Sir: I have …
- … the Rev. Titus Coan, dated Hilo, 23 d May 1874, in answer to your question about Hawaiian …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … see letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 ). For an account of the mission, see Coan …
Cohn, Ferdinand Julius. 1874. Über die Function der Blasen von Aldrovanda und Utricularia. [Read 22 September 1874.] Tageblatt der 47. Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Breslau, 18. - 24. September 1874., pp. 190–1.
To G. H. Darwin 19 April [1874]
Summary
Is sorry to hear the news about the cousin question – a real misfortune.
Congratulates GHD on being nearly finished with work on Descent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 19 Apr [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9419 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 19 April [1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 19 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Apr [1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … Buckley Litchfield , from 21 to 29 April 1874 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from …
- … G. H. Darwin, 18 April 1874 and n. 4. William Clowes and Sons were the printers of …
- … and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 April 1874 . George was correcting the proofs for …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 April 1874 and n. 7. George was investigating whether …
To John Fiske 3 November [1874]
Summary
Thanks JF for copy of Cosmic philosophy [1874].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Fiske |
Date: | 3 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9706 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Fiske 3 November [1874] …
- … Thanks JF for copy of Cosmic philosophy [1874]. …
- … The Huntington Library (FK 1110-1112) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Nov [1874] John Fiske …
- … University Press. 1985–. Fiske, John. 1874. Outlines of cosmic philosophy: based on the …
- … based on the doctrine of evolution ( Fiske 1874 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. CD and …
From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for proofs [of Descent, 2d English ed.].
Publisher would like better photographs for Expression [2d German ed.].
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9536 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 96 Julius Victor Carus Edinburgh 7 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pp. 108–10. In the summers of 1873 and 1874, Carus gave a course of lectures on natural …
- … before 8 May 1873] , and this volume, letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1874] ). After visiting Frans Cornelis Donders in …
- … better’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 7 July 1874 ; DAR 239.23: 1.19). …
- … George arrived back at Down on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Carus was …
- … George Street, | Edinburgh, 7 th . July | 1874 My dear Sir, I was very sorry to learn from …
- … foreign editions, including Carus trans. 1874, had been supplied by John Murray from the …
From J. D. Hooker 21 December 1874
Summary
His view of Huxley’s cutting Mivart without explanation. States his own intentions. Mivart’s apology in October Quarterly Review is abominable.
Has heard of a Drosophyllum in Edinburgh. Is it too late?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 236–8; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Dawson 2.214) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9768 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 21 December 1874 …
- … Archives (Dawson 2.214) Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 21 Dec 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
- … of works by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). See letter to …
- … G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] . Huxley sent a verbal message to Mivart via William …
- … of public works (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 December 1874 ). See letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 8 December 1874 . Huxley’s paper ( T. H. …
- … Royal Society of London on 17 December 1874. William Smith was the editor of the Quarterly …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 . The letter was never sent. Hooker refers …
- … October issue of Quarterly Review (137 (1874): 587–8), followed by an anonymous rejoinder …
- … see letter to David Moore, 12 July 1874 ). Hooker refers to the Royal Botanic Garden, …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 December [1874] ). Lord H y : Henry Gordon-Lennox , the first …
- … Amphioxus was
〈 foot of page excised〉 Dec 19. 1874 My dear Hooker I had no opportunity of …
To T. H. Huxley 24 December [1874]
Summary
THH’s letter to Mivart is "tremendous". CD’s feelings and intentions about the matter.
If THH has made out homology of the skull, it is grandest discovery in years.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 24 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 311) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9776 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 24 December [1874] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 311) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Dec [1874] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] . For CD and Mivart’s correspondence about Mivart 1871a , …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 . Huxley’s paper on the skull of Amphioxus ( …
- … was read at the Royal Society of London on 17 December 1874. See also letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 8 December 1874 and n. 4. …
- … and the letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . See enclosure to letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 . Huxley had censured St George Jackson Mivart for failing to …
- … 1874b, p. 70). See Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 588–9, and Appendix V. See letter to J. …
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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 23 hits
- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … 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 & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
- … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
- … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
- … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
- … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …
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. …
- … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
- … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
- … 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 …
- … must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
- … the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
- … day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
- … have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …
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 …
- … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
- … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
- … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
- … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
- … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
- … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
- … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
- … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
- … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
- … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
- … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
- … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
- … this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
- … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …
Joseph Simms
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The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
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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- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … 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 …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … 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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- … 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 …
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
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- … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
- … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
- … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
- … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
- … at bottom left. date of creation February 1874 computer-readable date c. …
- … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
- … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
- … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
- … bottom right) date of creation September 1874 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
- … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
- … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
- … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
- … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
- … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. computer-readable date c …
- … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…