To J. D. Hooker [7 January 1845]
Summary
Sends specimens of a Tertiary sandstone from Tierra del Fuego in which there are leaves; CD thought they were beech. What is JDH’s opinion?
Asks whether JDH can make sense of a note on silicified wood.
Has read Vestiges [of creation (1844)]; "his geology strikes me as bad, & his zoology far worse".
Would like to see lists [of plants] from Society and Sandwich Islands.
Doubts JDH’s information regarding imagination of mother affecting offspring.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [7 Jan 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-814 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1845]
Summary
Would like copy of "Galapagos flora" when published ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233].
Will keep JDH’s Pacific island notes till his return.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [Jan 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-817 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1845]
Summary
Congratulates JDH and condoles with him on possible position at Edinburgh. Although CD will miss him bitterly, he encourages JDH to view it as a good opportunity.
Sorry to hear that Humboldt is failing.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-826 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845]
Summary
Would like to borrow the pamphlet on variation [Frédéric Gérard, "De l’espèce dans les corps organisés" (1844), extract from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny].
Glad to hear Humboldt’s views on migration. CD believes we cannot "put any limit to the possible and even probable migration of plants".
Wants good book on plant morphology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-842 |
To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [26 Mar 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-846 |
To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1845]
Summary
Hopes JDH will enjoy Edinburgh.
Has just finished Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire on animal monsters [Anomalies de l’organisation chez l’homme et les animaux (1832–7)], "and a nasty curious subject it is".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-847 |
To J. D. Hooker [16 April 1845]
Summary
Thanks for information about books.
Murray is publishing CD’s Journal of researches. Would be grateful for a sentence on Galapagos plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [16 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-849 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 [April 1845?]
Summary
Apologises that the house is full this weekend, but next weekend would be good.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 [Apr 1845?] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 312) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857G |
To J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
Returns specimens and drawings of Confervae with many thanks. Would appreciate any corrections for second edition of Journal of researches.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-861 |
To J. D. Hooker [May 1845]
Summary
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [May 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-863 |
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [4 June 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
To J. D. Hooker [27 June 1845]
Summary
Busy correcting proofs. Thanks for JDH’s remarks; asks him to send any other corrections soon; goes to press with second part of Journal of researches in less than a week.
Urges collections of all kinds on any isolated islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [27 June 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-880 |
To J. D. Hooker [11–12 July 1845]
Summary
A son [George Howard Darwin] was born on Wednesday.
Sends queries on Galapagos flora.
Discusses JDH’s comments on [Journal of researches].
CD feels that with his views on descent "really Nat. Hist. becomes a sublimely grand result-giving subject".
"How differently people view the same subject, for I look at insular Floras … as leading to an opposite view to yours."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [11–12 July 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 36, 100: 43–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-889 |
To J. D. Hooker [22 July – 19 August 1845]
Summary
Thanks for facts on solitary islands having several species of peculiar genera; "it knocks on the head some analogies of mine".
Has long been trying to discover in how many flowers crossing is probable, but finds it difficult to show "even a vague probability of this".
Will JDH proof-read Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches?
Gives information on his Galapagos collection; explains why it differs from others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [22 July – 19 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-892 |
To J. D. Hooker [15 or 22 August 1845]
Summary
Sorry to hear about condition of JDH’s grandfather.
Sends proofs of Galapagos chapter of Journal of researches.
Grieves to hear labels are displaced on his plants.
May he annotate [F. Gérard’s] L’espèce [(1844), extracted from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny (1839–49)]?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [15 or 22] Aug 1845 |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-900 |
To J. D. Hooker [29 August 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [29 Aug 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-909 |
To J. D. Hooker [3 September 1845]
Summary
Condolences on JDH’s grandfather’s death.
When his wife can move, they will go to Staffordshire.
Returns some books; would like to see copy of Kosmos [by Alexander von Humboldt]. Would be proud owner of JDH’s work [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [3 Sept 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-912 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
To J. D. Hooker [18 September 1845]
Summary
Kosmos [by Alexander von Humboldt] has arrived safely.
CD acknowledges his presumption in speculating on variation without having worked out his due share of species, but "for nine years it has been anyhow the greatest amusement to me".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [18 Sept 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-917 |
To J. D. Hooker [8 October 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [8 Oct 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-920 |