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Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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… for evaluation, and persuaded his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker to comment on a paper on Verbascum …
… committed suicide at the end of April; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic …
… thriving, and when illness made work impossible, Darwin and Hooker read a number of novels, and …
… the Boys at home: they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). Darwin …
… kind friend to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, …
… griefs & pains: these alone are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). …
… Sic transit gloria mundi, with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). …
… know it is folly & nonsense to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). He …
… and Darwin had given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In …
… ‘able to write about an hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). …
… willing to bear the expense of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). After …
… finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
… ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
… similarly coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10 , letter to John Scott, 19 November …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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… discussed the book in correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, and Huxley but he never …
… complaint about the book was more personal. He confided to Hooker that he was ‘deeply disappointed’ …
… but had tried, indirectly, to influence him. He told Hooker: 10 Do see Falconer …
… Falconer to tone down his attack on Lyell and agreed, on Hooker’s advice, to soften a passage in the …
… allude to Sir C’s explanation of the matter’. 23 Hooker, who had also been sent copies of the …
… have given Lyell’s explanation in print, he disagreed with Hooker’s assessment of Lubbock’s note, …
… reiterated his admiration for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week …
… wished to avoid direct involvement in the dispute. When Hooker pressed him for an opinion ( letter …
… of Antiquity of man (C. Lyell 1863c; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] and n. 13) …
… 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] . On Lyell’s …
… , and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863 ]. 10 . Correspondence vol. 11, …
… have seen is milk & water’ (see enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] ). …
… 19. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 10 . 20. See the second enclosure …

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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… ‘some Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] . …
… (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
… the origin of species particularly, worried Darwin; he told Hooker that he had once thought Lyell …
… lack of expertise in the subject. ‘The worst of it is’, Hooker wrote to Darwin, ‘I suppose it is …
… credit to his own research and that of Joseph Prestwich. Hooker wrote: ‘I fear L. will get scant …
… had contributed to the proofs of human antiquity. Darwin and Hooker repeatedly exchanged regrets …
… had been published in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
… of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
… Verbascum and Zea (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when Evidence 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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… to be referred to routinely. In November, Joseph Dalton Hooker told him: ‘you are alluded to in no …
… lengthy dialogue on the subject (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). His paper, ‘Dimorphic …
… students to make observations on American species. Hooker and George Bentham at Kew were also …
… labour is great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted …
… to whom the book should be sent (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendixes III and IV) and …
… additions that he would send (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VIII). Bronn complied …

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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… writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring Gray Louis Agassiz, Adam …
… this actor uses the words of Jane Loring Gray, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hugh Falconer, Louis Agassiz, …
… of natural selection to his friend, the botanist, Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles …
… year 1839, and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a part of …
… DARWIN: 7 January 1844. My dear Hooker. I have been …engaged in a very presumptuous work …
… the opportunity I enjoyed of making your acquaintance at Hooker’s three years ago; and besides that …
… you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
… sheet of note-paper! DARWIN: 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably nice and kind …
… 22 Hurrah I got yesterday my 41st Grass! Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by …
… species before… DARWIN: 24 My dear Hooker… you cannot imagine how pleased I am …
… on your bowels of immutability. Darwin passes to Hooker a brace of letters 25 …
… there is a little rap for you. GRAY: 26 Hooker [is] dreadfully paradoxical to …
… as well as any man. I send it… Darwin passes to Hooker an envelope of seeds. …
… and Hawks have often been seen in mid Atlantic. HOOKER: 28 Thanks for your letter …
… pleased to have. DARWIN: 33 My dear Hooker. Thanks, also, for [your] Photograph, …
… expression and so by no means does you justice. HOOKER: 34 I believe I have very …
… beguiled into should ‘rile’ you, as you say it does… Hooker rightly tells me, I have no business to …
… make a very audacious remark in opposition to what I imagine Hooker has been writing and to your own …
… to tell you, that before I had ever corresponded with you, Hooker had shown me several of your …
… right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
… a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
… HOOKER: 208 We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
… XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
… 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
… JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73 C DARWIN TO …
… A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C …
… C DARWIN, 18–19 AUGUST 1862 149 C DARWIN TO J. D. HOOKER 26 JULY 1863 150 …

Joseph Dalton Hooker

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The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…

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… with his closest friend, the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. The 1400 letters exchanged …
… that period. They illuminate the mutual friendships he and Hooker shared with other scientists, but …
… two men. Their correspondence began in 1843 when Hooker, just returned from James Clark Ross …
… main elements of his species theory, and within a few months Hooker was admitted into the small and …
… perhaps his most famous letter of all , Darwin wrote to Hooker in January 1844 of his growing …
… 1858 outlining an almost identical theory to his own, it was Hooker, together with Charles Lyell, …
… Darwin called “natural selection”. It was also to Hooker that Darwin, writing furiously in …
… of On the Origin of Species for comment, and Hooker continued to be a sounding board for …
… which various plants are nourished, reproduce, and colonise. Hooker, who after ten years as …
… global networks of well-informed correspondents. Hooker was a frequent visitor to Darwin at …
… as well as to the patient ”. It was to Darwin that Hooker wrote just an hour after the death of his …
… the many hundreds of letters that passed between Darwin and Hooker all but a handful of those that …
… in 1888 and 1902, the second of which he dedicated to Hooker “in remembrance of his lifelong …
… letters is also obvious, for example in his annotations to Hooker’s comments on the first edition of …
… Key letters Developing a theory: Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] : Darwin …
… day, distracted by grief, Darwin sent two letters to Hooker who was in the midst of arranging …
… The writing of Origin and its reception: Hooker was one of the few to whom Darwin sent …
… for comment – with close to disastrous results when Hooker’s children used some of it for scrap …
… response of the old fogies of Cambridge. Read Hooker’s description of the famous 1860 …
… . Friendship, gossip, and shared jokes: Hooker started a running joke in their …
… being the result of natural selection. When Hooker had his family silver stolen by a man …
… had resulted in neuter humans who would not flirt. Hooker suggested they should give up …
… daughter of his grandfather , Erasmus Darwin. Hooker sometimes made fun of Darwin’s …

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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… on publishers, decried on one occasion by Joseph Dalton Hooker as ‘Penny-wise Pound foolish, …
… Fuller consideration of Darwin’s work was given by Hooker in an evening speech on insular floras at …
… of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
… the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
… me any harm—any how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). Towards …
… continued to refine his hypothesis in 1866. He wrote to Hooker on 16 May [1866] , ‘I … am at work …
… it was too big. ‘You must congratulate me’, he wrote to Hooker, ‘when you hear that I have sent M.S. …
… Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When …
… of Darwin’s closest scientific friends and correspondents. Hooker’s research on alpine floras, Henry …
… have survived and appear in this volume), drawing Darwin, Hooker, and the botanist Charles James Fox …
… more than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] ). Darwin …
… ‘Your father … entered at the same time with Dr B. J. who received him with triumph. All his friends …
… me to worship Bence Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). Darwin himself …
… then went for ¾ to Zoolog. Garden!!!!!!!!!’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1866] ). …
… you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
… tell him the truth how little exertion I can stand. I sh d like very much to see him, though I …
… original contract between Darwin and the New York publisher D. Appleton and Co. in 1860. …
… & admit how little is known on the subject’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 and 4 August [1866] ). …
… see how differently we look at every thing’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 August [1866] ). Yet both …
… know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …

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…

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… self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
… of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
… his results. In March 1867, he told his close friend Joseph Hooker, ‘The only fact which I have …
… produced by a cross between two distinct plants’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] ). He noted …
… of France where Moggridge lived for part of the year ( To J. T. Moggridge, 1 October [1867] ). …
… ‘I always supposed until lately that no evil effects w d be visible until after several …
… flower. ‘How utterly mysterious it is’, he reported to Hooker, ‘that there sh d be some …
… to impotence when taken from the same plant!’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or …
… Darwin sent specimens of plants he raised from this seed to Hooker, who named it Abutilon darwinii …
… a new species, & I am honoured by its name’, Darwin told Hooker, ‘It offers an instance, of …
… the season it becomes capable of self-fertilisation’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin …
… ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of families of several …
… & I have no idea when it will be published’ ( To J. V. Carus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller …
… great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
… and not on ‘the evil effects of Interbreeding’ ( To J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] ). In …
… & Trimorphic plants with new & related matter. ( To J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). A year …
… ‘I have to add new researches on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, …
… had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
… the 34 crossed plants being still taken as 100.? I sh d . rather like to know what the general …
… it for “Nature”— he gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was …

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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… work of preparing new Editions’, he complained again to Hooker on 18 August. Finally, by …
… much more than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt …
… during the affair by the loyalty of his close friends, Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley. …
… honoured George. You have indeed been a true friend.’ Hooker was hampered by his position as …
… & if he speaks to me should let him feel it .’ Hooker also directed some of his anger …
… thirst for vengeance is now quite Satisfied’, he told Hooker on 17 January , ‘I feel now like a …
… vol. 22, letters from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 and 10 July 1874 ). ‘I am astounded & …
… the process of writing and revising at all satisfying. On 10 February he complained to Hooker : …
… firm. Darwin was impressed by the device, remarking to Hooker on 13 October : ‘Horace has made a …
… objectless & all being vanity of vanities,’ he wrote on 10 February . ‘But this will wear …
… to the Royal Society on his behalf. Darwin complained to Hooker on 13 October , ‘It is not at all …
… had reservations about the paper’s merit. He confessed to Hooker two days later, ‘after agonies of …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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… which I can do’, he wrote despondently to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 15 June , concluding, ‘I must …
… within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
… investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
… made clear the veneration in which he was held. ‘I’d give one year of my life for one hours …
… to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
… friends, however, did not agree. Both John Lubbock and Hooker asked for Darwin’s advice when writing …
… to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
… of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …
… power’ ( letter from M. C. Stanley, 16 October 1881 ). Hooker thanked Darwin for the ‘diet of …
… in histology, and thoroughness led Darwin to admit to Hooker on 22 October , ‘No man was ever …
… is difficult to resist the pessimistic view of creation’, Hooker told Darwin when informing him on …
… thoroughly honorable & excellent a man never lived’. Hooker read the death announcement on 29 …

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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… Henry Huxley, William Benjamin Carpenter, and Joseph Dalton Hooker. Others were not quite as …
… cannot expect fairness in a Reviewer’, Darwin commented to Hooker after reading an early notice that …
… of the geological record; but this criticism, he told Hooker, did not at all concern his main …
… principles of scientific investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above …
… it comes in time to be admitted as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] ). This …
… considered it more a failure than a success ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 February [1860] ). …
… two physiologists, and five botanists ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] ). Others, like …
… form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
… with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
… ‘topics of the day’ at the meeting in a letter from Hooker written from Oxford. Hooker’s letter, one …
… Owen ‘had a furious battle over Darwins absent body’, Hooker attended the fabled Saturday session of …
… ‘master of the field after 4 hours battle’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1860). Other …
… were already proved) to his own views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 …
… serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …
… these visits have led to changed structure.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 April [1860] ). Tracing …
… later, ‘just as at a game of chess.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 [July 1860] ). With the work …
… from non=nitrogenised substances.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 [August 1860] ). Relying in part …

6430_10256

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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…

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… From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Suède) 25 Okt. 1868. …
… du Renne &c f2 Mais comme la poste va très lentement d’ici aux regions les plus …
… que veut connaitre M r . Darwin. f4 De l’autre partie j’espère tôt ou tard pouvoir communiquer …
… de joindre ici la mienne en échange de la Votre, et j’espère que Vous avez la bonté de me …
… Appendix I. f2 For CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker …
… see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February [1868] and n. 10 . f6 See Nilsson 1866–7. In …
… From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Sweden) 25 Oct. 1868 …
… 811–2. f2 For CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD …
… see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February [1868] and n. 10 . f6 See Nilsson 1866–7. In …
… Letter details From Nilsson, Sven To Hooker, J. D. Sent from Lund …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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… in his immediate circle were Charles Lyell and Joseph Dalton Hooker, who were joined in 1856 by …
… in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. 10 ). He was surprised that no naturalist …
… way before. ‘How very odd it is that no zoologist sh d . ever have thought it worth while to look …
… to make my Book as perfect as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). …
… than their lowland relatives. But a last-minute check with Hooker revealed that Darwin was mistaken: …
… pretty effectually’ complained Darwin in 1857 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [2 May 1857] ). …
… calculations and different ways of working, in letters to Hooker, Gray, and Watson. The results …
… an equally difficult problem that he took in turn to Watson, Hooker, George Bentham, and the Belfast …
… show a separation of the sexes, a proposal that Asa Gray and Hooker confirmed during the course of …
… zoological gardens in London. As he cheerfully explained to Hooker: ‘I must tell you another of my …
… bird had naturally eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). …
… [1856] ). It was after this meeting that Darwin wrote to Hooker to say that Lyell had pressed him …

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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… exclaimed to his close friend, the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker: ‘Hurrah! I have been 52 hours …
… 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin wrote to Hooker: ‘The only approach to work which …
… by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s …
… peduncles to test sensitivity, and in his request to Hooker for another specimen: ‘I want it …
… plant morphology. Many of his other correspondents, such as Hooker and Gray, had grown accustomed to …
… the Lythrum paper was published, Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] …
… letter of 22 October [1864] , Darwin triumphantly wrote to Hooker: ‘I will fight you to the death, …
… and 249). When Darwin requested orchid specimens from Hooker in November, he said that he did …
… certain difficult & tedious points’, Darwin asked Hooker about the possibility of Scott’s …
… with his stipend being paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). …
… often at odds with one another: ‘Gardeners are the very d—l, & where two or three are gathered …
… enough to play your part over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). …
… … they do require very careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless …
… that in giving I am hastening the fall’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ). In his …
… perseverance, and his knowledge’ ( letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 ). Hooker met Scott in …
… a first-class cabin for the journey ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] ). Darwin …
… “Darwin–Mann” ’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 ). Haeckel sent Darwin a number of his …
… you have bearded this lion in his den’ ( letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] ). Walsh also …
… most of the old Testament’ ( Correspondence vol. 10 , letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] ). …
… he thought him ‘sanguine & unsafe’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 ). Hooker …
… correct if they contradicted the Bible ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September 1864] ). When …

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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… by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). …
… of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences …
… looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I …
… hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin …
… to believe in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 …
… the publishers, he applied first to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from …
… for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did …
… ‘I’m a grown man now’, he reminded Darwin, ‘& sh d . stand on my own footing, & if it is …
… Mivart (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin …
… views. In December, he sought advice from Huxley and Hooker, sending them a draft letter that …
… Mivart had written the article ( enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). Huxley …
… to write to Mivart directly after he knew the full result of Hooker’s and Huxley’s representations ( …
… or adviseable’. On Christmas Eve, Darwin wrote to Hooker that they were still in a dilemma …
… 15 th he published that shabby rejoinder’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] ). On …
… removed as secretary of the Linnean Society ( letter From J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …
… an insignificant figure, as a cube of cartilage of 1 / 10 inch is almost beyond their …
… 1874 ). Darwin immediately sent a donation of £100, and £10 each from his sons George and Francis ( …
… and sent a copy to Darwin ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 10 July 1874 ). After a second letter from …
… the Beagle) in December ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 10 December 1874 ). Samuel Jean Pozzi and …

Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865

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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…

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… up the treatment (see letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). …

Was Darwin an ecologist?

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One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.

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… is a sore puzzle to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . …

Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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… however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
… for 3 February, Darwin reassured his close friend Joseph Hooker that he and Francis would attend the …
… them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
… of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
… researcher, and sympathised with his close friends Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray, whose situations …
… Darwin wrote to Gray on 28 January . On 14 November, Hooker himself acknowledged he was ‘ over …
… Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
… mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …
… he will do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time …

Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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… the accursed Index-maker’, Darwin wrote to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 6 January . Darwin had sent …
… ). Darwin sympathised, replying on 14 January , ‘I sh d have a very bad heart, as hard as …
… to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such …
… away’ that sparked the most discussion. Darwin wrote to Hooker on 23 February , ‘did you look at …
… thought it was by Gray himself, but Darwin corrected him: ‘D r Gray would strike me in the face, …
… editor of the London and Westminster Review . When Hooker later tried to refute the claims of the …
… a scamp & I begin to think a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). …
… on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the Rev d C. Darwin M.d’; Binstead evidently …
… (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin complained to Hooker, ‘I am bothered with heaps of …
… kind almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science …
… information on colour changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 …
… , ‘almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science.’ Darwin …
… added, ‘for it is clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual …
… role of colour, sound, and smell in attracting females. J. J. Weir reported on 14 April 1868 …
… Wallace that he had begun the previous year, writing to Hooker on 21 May , ‘I always distrust …
… circulated to remote parts of the world. A correspondent of Hooker’s distributed it in Japan ( …
… the Linnean Society of London on 19 March. In a letter to Hooker on 21 May , he enthused over an …
… the previous year by James Philip Mansel Weale ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [20 May 1868] ). …
… am not sure’, Darwin reflected in a letter dated [8–10 September 1868] , ‘whether it w d not …
… walked with village girls at night ( letter to J. B. Innes, 10 December [1868] ). ‘The Church will …

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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… correcting’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may have …
… he remarked to his best friend, the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, ‘If I lived 20 more years, & …
… Well it is a beginning, & that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). …
… Darwin sent a manuscript of his response (now missing) to Hooker, remarking: ‘I should be extremely …
… blunders, as is very likely to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). Hooker …
… principle (Nägeli 1865, pp. 28–9). In further letters, Hooker tried to provide Darwin with botanical …
… retrench that position following criticism from his friend Hooker, by admitting that the survival of …
… do fairly well, though if I had read you first, perhaps I d have been less deferential towards …
… males & females, cocks & hens.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 November [1869] ). Yet …
… & contempt—almost hatred—’ ( from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James …
… by Wallace’s assertions: ‘If you had not told me I d have thought that they had been added by …
… commentary (Royer trans. 1870). Darwin complained to Hooker, ‘Besides her enormously long & …
… [her] to translate “Domestic Animals”’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] ). Angered by …
… by Anglican clergymen in the biology section of the meeting. Hooker described the session with some …
… suggestions to its publisher, Macmillan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 ). Darwin …
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