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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] ). I have not the least …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual forms: …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am nearly sure that daylight is …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: 292–3). Other …
- … of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to test his …
- … sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). The materials that Darwin …
- … case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, especially by the …
- … be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so good that he …
- … Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). The three forms had different lengths …
- … who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I am almost stark staring mad over …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not until 1864 …
- … pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he worried about the resulting …
- … the least , whether the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his son, …
- … [1862] ). He warmly recommended Bates and his book to Murray, who swiftly agreed to publish the …
- … Others were anxious for Darwin’s geological approval. Andrew Crombie Ramsay, the new president of …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
- … of ‘convergence’ of species to join that of divergence. Andrew Murray challenged the explanation of …
- … next year and published the results of the orchid study in 1862. Back to the origin of sex: …
- … He presented the results of his study in a paper of 1862 and in The different forms of flowers on …
- … His work was also halted abruptly late in November when Murray again called for a new edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … of subaerial denudation based on recent work of Croll, Andrew Crombie Ramsay, William Whitaker, and …
- … subject that he had been acquiring since its publication in 1862. Darwin asked his son William to …
- … broadening the forums in which Darwinism was discussed. John Murray brought out the first issue of …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … 1766] Count Dandalo on silk worm Eng. Translat 1825—Murray [Dandolo 1825] /good/ M rs …
- … 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray [C. W. G. Saint-John 1849] (read) …
- … ] to end of Vol: XVIII & Part I. of V. 19 (1843) 25. Murray Domestic Poultry.— Domestic …
- … du rire. In–8. A. Durand . 3 fr. 117 [Dumont 1862] Goethe. — Œuvres d’histoires …
- … many vols. I have read.— [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William …
- … 154 ——. 1850. The life and correspondence of Andrew Combe, M.D. Edinburgh. 128: 5 …
- … people . London. [Other eds.] 119: 13a Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845. The fruits and …
- … à Buffon.) Paris. *119: 14v. Dumont, Léon. 1862. Des causes du rire. Paris. *128: …
- … up the River Amazon, including a residence at Pará . (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
- … 4th ed. London. *119: 13v. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1797. A treatise on the culture of …
- … Royal and Horticultural Societies by the late Thomas Andrew Knight, to which is prefixed a …
- … Translated from the German and French by Lady Duff Gordon. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
- … in DAR 71: 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13; 119: 12a Smith, Andrew. 1838–49. Illustrations of the zoology of …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … thus completing the work he had started on the genus in 1862. His varied botanical observations and …
- … act. In his ongoing quest to confirm the statement in his 1862 book on orchids that nature ‘abhors …
- … Scott, a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1862 with a letter regarding the …
- … and Book of Joshua critically examined (Colenso 1862–79). After reading extracts from Colenso’s …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] ). A declaration that Erasmus …
- … They paid close attention to arguments involving Falconer, Andrew Crombie Ramsay, Joseph Beete Jukes …
