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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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… At the start of 1863 , Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation …
… markedly, reflecting a decline in his already weak health. Darwin then began punctuating letters …
… letter-writing dwindled considerably. The correspondence and Darwin’s scientific work diminished …
… of the water-cure. The treatment was not effective and Darwin remained ill for the rest of the year. …
… of man and his history' The first five months of 1863 contain the bulk of the …
… to man’s place in nature both had a direct bearing on Darwin’s species theory and on the problem …
… put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863 ] . When Huxley’s book described the …
… I never in my life read anything grander’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 26 [February 1863 ] ). In the …
… in expressing any judgment on Species or origin of man’. Darwin’s concern about the popular …
… origins was further increased by the discovery in March 1863 of the Moulin-Quignon jaw, the first …
… bear ( see letter from Jacques Boucher de Perthes, 23 June 1863 ). Although English experts …
… in learned journals and the press during the first half of 1863 focused attention even more closely …
… made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863 ] ). Darwin reiterated in a later letter …
… seen how indignant all Owen’s lies and mean conduct about E. Columbi made me… . The case is come to …
… on this subject seems to get rarer & rarer’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 18 April [1863 ] ), …
… for the Natural History Review ( see letter to H. W. Bates, 12 January [1863 ] ). Darwin added …
… Copley Medal had been unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863 …
… to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863 ] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863 ]) . …
… the end of 1862, and published as a book in early 1863 (T. H. Huxley 1863a). Though Darwin was …
… sterility of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863 ] ). He reminded …
… both self-pollination and cross-pollination ( letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863 ] ). The …
… the bookcase and around the head of the sofa ( letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 July 1863 ], and …
… and Lyell’s Antiquity of man ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 25 February 1863 , and letter …

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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… | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a …
… community. Here is a selection of letters exchanged between Darwin and his workforce of women …
… Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August 1849] Darwin …
… peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October …
… officinalis . Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] …
… birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin …
… Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] …
… Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] Anne Jane Cupples, …
… her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen …
… insects. Men: Letter 2221 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [22 February 1858] …
… patience”. Letter 4242 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin, [16 July 1863 ] …
… New Zealand. Letter 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868] …
… Women: Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] …
… Letter 4823 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, H. E., [May 1865] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, …
… Leith Hill Place. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] …
… Letter 4235 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, [8 July 1863 ] Lydia Becker sends Darwin a …
… Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the …
… Letter 4139 - Darwin, W. E. to Darwin, [4 May 1863 ] William sends the results of a …
… Letter 4258 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, [31 July 1863 ] Lydia Becker details her …
… 4233 - Tegetmeier, W. B. to Darwin, [29 June - 7 July 1863 ] Tegetmeier updates Darwin …
… 3896 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H, [before 25 February 1863 ] Darwin offers the results of …

Science, Work and Manliness

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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …

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… In describing what they did using the language of labour, Darwin and his male colleagues asserted …
… 1. Which elements of the scientific process do Darwin and his male correspondents tend to …
… another's scientific work? How does this differ from how Darwin praised women's work ? …
… Letters Letter 282 - Darwin to Fox, W. D., [9 - 12 August 1835] Darwin …
… thinking and hammering”. Letter 1533 - Darwin to Dana, J. D., [27 September 1853] …
… the labour bestowed on it are “really surprising” and Darwin hopes that Dana’s health withstood the …
… labour and patience”. Letter 4262 - Darwin to Gray, A., [4 August 1863] Darwin …
… which was “no slight labour”. Letter 3901 - Darwin to Falconer, H., [5 & 6 January …
… worked out paper on which Falconer has worked very hard. Darwin hopes that Falconer’s extreme labour …
… facts. Letter 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks …
… process. Letter 9157 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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… we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a …
… The Archers , previously worked with us playing Charles Darwin in a dramatisation of the …
… to life with his masterful characterisation of Charles Darwin. It was a long and full day at the …
… A significant proportion of the selection comprised Darwin’s letters to women correspondents, who …
… Other female correspondents asked Darwin questions about the spiritual implications of his theories …
… Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s death, about the equality of …
… from the youthful exuberance of the Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April …
… in interpreting particular letters. How should one read Darwin’s politely worded rebuke to St G. J. …
… was proofreading a draft chapter of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …

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…

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… Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific …
… Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin …
… on insufficient grounds. Letter 3934 - Darwin to Scott, J., [21 January 1863] …
… material worthy of publication. Letter 4185 - Darwin to Scott, J., [25 & 28 May …
… worker you are!”. Letter 7605 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [20 March 1871] …
… “lucid vigorous style”. In consultation with Emma, Darwin offers Henrietta “some little memorial” in …
… so many observations without aid. Letter 8146 - Darwin to Treat, M., [5 January 1872] …
… scientific journal”. Letter 8171 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L., [21 January 1872] …
… stooping over holes for hours which “tried my head”. Darwin notes that Lucy is worth her weight in …
… he had repeated the experiment. Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., [1 August …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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… activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …
… when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …
… section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
… about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [11 Jan 1844] …
… is like confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844 …
… of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 …
… Darwin and Müller Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Mar 1867 …
… . Letter 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. L. H., 29 Mar [1867] Darwin learns …
… Müller’s brother. Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr [1867] …
… grow in Westphalia. Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Oct 1867 …
… two dipteran species. Letter 5770 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., Jan [1868] …
… Letter 4170 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 18 May 1863 This is a very formal letter …
… Letter 4258 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 31 July [1863 ] Becker has found seeds produced …
… . Letter 4260a — Darwin, C. R. to Becker, L. E., 2 Aug [1863 ] Darwin thanks Lydia …
… care. Letter 7124 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin …

Referencing women’s work

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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…

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… Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, …
… set of selected letters is followed by letters relating to Darwin's 1881 publication …
… throughout Variation . Letter 2395 - Darwin to Holland, Miss, [April 1860] …
… anonymised and masculinised. Letter 3316 - Darwin to Nevill, D. F., [12 November …
… Nevill is referenced by name for her “kindness” in Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids . …
… critic. Letter 4370 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [April - May 1865] Darwin …
… as “friends in Surrey”. Letter 4794 - Darwin to Lyell, C., [25 March 1865] …
… B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, [1867 - 72] Darwin’s …
… in the final publication. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [9 June 1867 - …
… in Expression . Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868 …
… Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May 1872] Darwin consults his …
… rely”. Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin …
… Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the …
… Letter 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February 1872] Amy Ruck sends a …
… Letter 11221 - Darwin to Darwin, H., [1 November 1877] Darwin asks his sons, …
… . Letter 12745 - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin …

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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… On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
… … of having grown older’. This portrait, the first of Darwin with his now famous beard, had been …
… 52 hours without vomiting!! In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, …
… prescribed a variety of antacids and purgatives, and limited Darwin’s fluid intake; this treatment …
… the dimorphic aquatic cut-grass Leersia . In May, Darwin finished his paper on Lythrum …
… he had set aside the previous summer. In October, Darwin let his friends know that on his …
… to the surgeon and naturalist Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Darwin described his symptoms in some …
… November and December were also marked by the award to Darwin of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal; …
… been unsuccessfully nominated the two previous years. As Darwin explained to his cousin William …
… it was conferred, brought a dramatic conclusion to the year. Darwin also wrote to Fox that he was …
… progress’ in Britain. Challenging convention Darwin’s concern about the acceptance of …
… leaf, and aerial roots. When his health deteriorated in 1863 , he found that he could still continue …
… vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin wrote to Hooker: ‘The only approach to work …
… produce tendrils However, the queries that Darwin, describing himself as ‘a broken-down …
… tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s excitement about his …
… ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). When Darwin asked Oliver whether the tendrils of …
… Menyanthes ( letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [20 May 1864] ), or his …
… scientific debate. He had begun taking the journal in April 1863 and was an enthusiastic subscriber. …
… its death blow’ with the publication of Origin (T. H. Huxley 1864a, p. 567). In 1864, …
… circulating with the 1864 subscription fund ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [1864] ). …
… and their predecessors had continued to grow following the 1863 publication of Huxley’s Evidence …
… failure to win the award in the two preceding years. An 1863 letter from the president of the Royal …
… had there been any failure of justice’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 4 November 1864 ). …
… … & too light to turn into candlesticks’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 December 1864 ). …

Natural Science and Femininity

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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…

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… thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity …
… feminine powers of feeling and aesthetic appreciation, Darwin and his male colleagues struggled to …
… Letters Letter 109 - Wedgwood, J. to Darwin, R. W., [31 August 1831] Darwin …
… professional work on his return. Letter 158 - Darwin to Darwin, R. W., [8 & 26 …
… and taking in the aesthetic beauty of the world around him. Darwin describes the “striking” colour …
… and walks into town with Emma. Letter 555 - Darwin to FitzRoy, R., [20 February 1840] …
… of an Infant ’. Letter 2781 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [3 May 1860] Doubleday …
… borders of his garden. Letter 2864 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [12 July 1860] …
… saw anything so beautiful”. Letter 4230 - Darwin to Gardeners’ Chronicle, [2 July 1863 ] …
… brought into the house immediately after a rain storm. Here, Darwin’s scientific investigation is …
… the “delicate siliceous shells” might at least provide Darwin with aesthetic pleasure. …
… than this. Letter 6044 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H., [24 March 1868] Darwin …
… pretty garden ”. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] …
… conducted in his home. Letter 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868] …

Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

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… In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous …
… for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
… of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater public recognition …
… Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
… to Fritz Müller, 4 January 1882 ). These were topics that Darwin had been investigating for years, …
… working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
… for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the …
… London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John …
… letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running interest in such …
… experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
… He was eager to write up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I …
… at the Linnean Society on 4 May, but not published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in …
… which are asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to …
… he is a good deal depressed about himself’ (letter from H. E. Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, 17 March …
… is very calm but she has cried a little’ (letter from H. E. Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, [19 April …
… overflowing in tenderness’ (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, 10 May 1882 (DAR 219.1: 150)). …
… he had witnessed an earthquake in 1835 ( letter from R. E. Alison, [March–July 1835 ]). …
… without any mercy’ ( letter from Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [28 October 1836] , letter …
… Natural History, that I went as Naturalist on the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World & …
… I cannot tell how or where to begin’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 21 [January 1860] ). Darwin’s …
… ( letter from Aleksander Jelski, [1860–82] ). In 1863 , the final blow was dealt to Darwin’s …
… a fallen enemy!’ ( letter to T. F. Jamieson, 24 January [1863 ] ). From 1863 to 1865, Darwin …
… of Darwinian theory to flowers and flower-visiting insects; H. Müller 1869)). Darwin was full of …
… at least be a valid ground for divorce’ ( letter to H. K. Rusden, [before 27 March 1875] ). In …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
… and also a meeting with Herbert Spencer, who was visiting Darwin’s neighbour, Sir John Lubbock. In …
… all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …
… hypothesis of hereditary transmission. Debate about Darwin’s theory of transmutation …
… alleged evidence of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwin’s American publisher for a …
… for the Advancement of Science. Fuller consideration of Darwin’s work was given by Hooker in an …
… frustrations were punctuated by family bereavement. Two of Darwin’s sisters died, Emily Catherine …
… from painful illness. Diet and exercise Among Darwin’s first letters in the new year …
… easy work for about 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). Darwin had …
… daily to make the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). …
… think, & have come to more definite views’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December [1866] ). …
… after the startling apparition of your face at R.S. Soirèe—which I dreamed of 2 nights running. …
… come on those terms so you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). …
… weak in his Greek, is something dreadful’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December [1866] ). …
… by Heinrich Georg Bronn, had been published in 1860 and 1863 by the firm E. Schweizerbart’sche …
… was ‘merely ordinaryly diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 May – 11 June 1866] ). On …
… a case of dimorphic becoming diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ). Darwin …
… I am well accustomed to such explosions’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] ). He urged …
… as a ‘thinking pump’: ‘I read aloud your simile of H. Spencer to a thinking pump, & it was …
… their father’s death in 1848 until Catherine married in 1863 . Catherine had written shortly before …

Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute

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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…

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… Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, …
… couple of months were needed to index the work, a task that Darwin handed over to someone else for …
… and animals ( Expression ), published in 1872. Although Darwin had been collecting material and …
… A global reputation The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly …
… who might best answer the questions, with the result that Darwin began to receive replies from …
… Variation would be based on proof-sheets received as Darwin corrected them. Closer to home, two …
… Charles Fleeming Jenkin, challenged different aspects of Darwin’s theory of transmutation as …
… orchids are fertilised by insects ( Orchids ). While Darwin privately gave detailed opinions of …
… capable hands of Alfred Russel Wallace. At the same time, Darwin was persuaded by some German …
… were becoming counterproductive. Throughout the year, Darwin continued to discuss now …
… in Germany, and Federico Delpino in Italy, who provided Darwin with the collegial support and …
… tedious dull work’ Thomas Henry Huxley sent Darwin the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be …
… number of copies to be printed, and by the end of the month Darwin promised to send the revised …
… to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A week later, Darwin had sent the manuscript to the …
… Descent and Expression . In the same letter, Darwin revealed the conclusion to his newly …
… As the year progressed, the book continued to consume Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived …
… Russian, German, and French translations had been arranged. Darwin had now found sympathetic …
… Vorlesungen über den Menschen (Lectures on man; Vogt 1863 ) from German into French. With a …
… was made by a young naturalist equally devoted to Darwin’s work, Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky. …
… brother’s embryological papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although he …
… concerned with finding a good translator for his book, Darwin was always on the lookout for evidence …
… link between invertebrates and vertebrates. Finally, Darwin had made sure that Julius Victor …
… ‘I hear he is down on both of us’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, [before 7 January 1867] ). In …
… her, & as it seems very unjustly’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 27 [March 1867] ). Unfortunately, …
… for this month; except on wet days’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 1 October [1867] ). There is no …
… are excellent, excellent, excellent’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 26 July [1867] ). The year ended as …

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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… indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his …
… promotion of his theory of natural selection also continued: Darwin’s own works expanded on it, …
… a keen interest in the progress of his views through Europe, Darwin negotiated, in addition to a …
… the family over the summer. But towards the end of the year, Darwin was able once more to turn his …
… of the Scottish press hissed). Huxley, while advocating Darwin’s theory, had again espoused the view …
… experimental production of new ‘physiological’ species. Darwin attempted to dissuade him from this …
… together. He failed. Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I …
… delivered a series of lectures to working men that reviewed Darwin’s theory, and sent copies to …
… about the vars. of Tobacco.' At the end of the year, Darwin seemed resigned to their …
… common man This correspondence with Huxley made Darwin keener than ever to repeat the …
… began writing long, intelligent, and informative letters, Darwin, impressed, gave him the commission …
… ). Two sexual forms: Primula and Linum Darwin’s views on the phenomenon of …
… when crossed with another plant of the reciprocal form. Darwin concluded that the two forms existed …
… in Primula ’, p. 92 ( Collected papers 2: 59)). Darwin later recalled: ‘no little discovery of …
… son, William, his language was more blunt ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ): ‘whether …
… with ‘good dashes of original reflexions’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 13 January [1862] ). He warmly …
… & admirable papers I ever read in my life’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] ). He …
… French Translation will appear very soon’ ( letter to C. E. Brown-Séquard, 2 January [1862] ). …
… telling him of the need for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), …
… Bronn died suddenly from a heart attack ( see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung …
… part of his popular exposition of Darwin’s theory (Rolle 1863 ; see letter to Friedrich Rolle, 17 …
… and Emma ‘perplexed to death what to do’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, [2–3 August 1862] ). They …
… by … particularly active young wolves’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 9 October 1862 ). Darwin …
… work would make his life ‘much happier’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ). Darwin …
… insects with Darwin’s hypothesis ( see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 ), Darwin was …

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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… novels, under her pen name, achieved great acclaim. Darwin and his family were keen readers …
… Allen, [26 March 1873], DAR 219.11: 14). A few days later Darwin asked if his daughter and son-in …
… to lunch but there is no evidence that this happened (Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [14 October 1873 …
… started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …

Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition

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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.

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… In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second German …
… had appeared, published in April 1861, containing, as Darwin told Bronn, ‘a considerable number of …
… with the alterations from the second edition. In addition, Darwin referred to ‘a few new M.S. …
… has not been found, although they were returned to Darwin for possible use in a new American edition …
… should correspond to the additional alterations sent by Darwin to Bronn. Many of these additions and …
… Almost every year, as I am informed by Mr. E. V. Harcourt, many European and African birds are …
… Notes (page references are to Bronn trans. 1863 ): 1. p. 2. 2. …

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