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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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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…
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- … 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 …
- … at Erasmus’s house. The event was led by the medium Charles E. Williams, and was attended by George …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder …
- … that the land had long remained stationary ( Coral reefs , p. vi). On receiving a presentation …
- … retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … number of new facts and remarks’ ( Descent 2d ed., p. v). Among the many contributors was …
- … practices might influence sex ratios ( Descent 2d ed., p. 258 n. 99). The former bishop of …
- … at a much reduced price of nine shillings, in line with Charles Lyell’s Student’s elements of …
- … and as displaying ‘amazing ignorance’ ([Mivart] 1874b, p. 45). He also circuitously implicated …
- … sexual criminality of Pagan days’ ([Mivart] 1874b, p. 70). 'scurrilous libel' …
- … written before (see Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix V, p. 641). give him the cold …
- … with extracts from a dog’s stomach ( letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 ), and Edward …
- … the face, with a physiological explanation ( letter from T. L. Brunton, [29] October [1874] ). …
- … for funds, raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, …
- … Sharpe, 24 November [1874] ). He wrote in admiration of Charles Lyell’s plan to leave a bequest to …
- … of both Huxley’s and Tyndall’s addresses, Charles Lyell, who had spent his career distancing geology …
