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Darwin’s queries on expression

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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… When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect …
… for ease of distribution sometime in late 1867 or early 1868 . Darwin went over his questions, …
… was the collection of observations on a global scale. Darwin was especially interested in peoples …
… cultural and conventional, or instinctive and universal. Darwin used his existing correspondence …
… and with the mouth a little drawn back at the corners?” Darwin’s questionnaire was an extension of …
… was also carefully devised so as to prevent the feelings of Darwin’s remote observers from colouring …
… in Ceylon, wrote the botanist George Thwaites on 22 July 1868 , “all endeavour to drill their …
… for other peoples or vice versa. The Scottish botanist John Scott wrote from Calcutta, 4 May 1868 …
… and not the susceptibilities of a moral nature.” Darwin did not typically countenance such …
… funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the John Templeton Foundation. …
… nodding vertically Blair, R.H. 11 July …
… Fuegians Brooke, C.A.J. 30 Nov 1870 …
… Dyaks Brooke, C.A.J. 30 April 1871 …
… Bulmer, J 13 Aug 1868 [Gipps Land, nr. Flemington? …
… Bunnett, Templeton 13 Aug 1868 Echuca, Australia …
… Darwin, W.E. [after 29 March 1868 ] Chester Place, …
… Darwin, W.E. [7? April 1868 ] Southampton, England …
… Darwin, W.E. [22? April 1868 ] Southampton, England …
… Forbes, David 26 March 1868 Boulton, England (about …
… Geach, F.F. April 1868 Johore, Malaysia …
… Victoria aborigines Lubbock, E.F. [1867-8? …
… Reade, Winwood W. [c.8 or 9 Apr 1870] Accra, West …
… to East Asia Scott, John 4 May 1868 …
… India Scott, John 2 July 1869 …
… in Hottentots Smyth, R. Brough 13 Aug 1868 …

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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 . …
… Lapponie, pour avoir les renseignements qu’a souhaitté M r . Darwin, sur les Cornes du Renne &amp …
… attendant je preds la liberté de Vous avertir ou plutôt M r . Darwin par Vous, qu’il se trouve …
… me semble la plus grande partie de ce que veut connaitre M r . Darwin. f4 De l’autre partie j …
… Savants, il manque encore des photographies de Vous et de M r . Darwin. Quant à Vous je prends la …
… que Vous avez la bonté de me recommender chez M r . Darwin pour avoir la sienne. Je me suis …
… CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868 . Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
… in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868 ). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
… An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868 , Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
… Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868 ); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February [1868 ] and n. 10 …
… knowledge of Lapland, to obtain the information that M r . Darwin wanted about Reindeer Antlers …
… Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868 ); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February [1868 ] and n. 10 …
… reindeer Name correspondents Darwin, C. R. Nilsson, Sven Place …

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 …
… in her garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [6 June 1864] …
… Egypt. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin …
… Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868 ] Darwin asks Thomas Huxley to …
… Henrietta. Letter 7179 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [5 May 1870] …
… pig and her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] …
… 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868 ] Darwin’s nephew, Edmund, …
… the wallpaper. Letter 5756 - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 …
… 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s queries …
… Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] Margaretta Hare Morris …
… Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868 ] Doubleday responds to Darwin’s …
… Lychnis diurna. Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] …
… lawn. Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin …
… Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June 1855] Margaretta Hare Morris …
… Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868 ] John Weir describes experiments …
… garden ”. Letter 6083 - Casparay, J. X. R. to Darwin, [2 April 1868 ] …
… J., [5 April 1859] Darwin asks his publisher, John Murray, to forward a manuscript copy of …
… writing. Letter 3001 - Darwin to Lubbock, J., [28 November 1860] Darwin …
… - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868 ] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …

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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…

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… From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 th /68 Dear Darwin …
… has “covered itself with infamy”.— The G. C. article is weak, watery— It is hard to decide …
… in 100 can follow it I am sure. Spencer, Huxley & Lubbock (if he has time) may f6 I have …
… i.e. where furthest removed from the action of light air &c, (as Spermatic cells) or in the most …
… to Richard Owen (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1868 ]); the review was by John Robertson ( …
… 1867) was reviewed in the Athenæum , 8 February 1868 , pp. 217–18. f3 CD had discussed …
… CD’s reply. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 February [1868 ] and nn. 8–10. …
… Letter details From Hooker, J. D. To Darwin, C. R. Sent from Kew …

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. …
… Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 25 Apr [1855] Darwin …
… Mentors Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany …
… he mentored. The first is between Darwin and his neighbour, John Lubbock and the second is between …
… Letter 1585 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, [Sept 1854] Darwin sends Lubbock a beetle he …
… Letter 1720 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, 19 [July 1855] Darwin congratulates Lubbock on …
… Letter 1979 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, 27 Oct [1856] Darwin provides detailed …
… Letter 5770 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., Jan [1868] Müller thanks Darwin for his …
… expert William Bernard Tegetmeier and the Scottish gardener John Scott, illustrate how the rigid …
… him to publish in his journal. The debate about John Scott Letter 3800 — …
… Letter 3805 — Darwin, C. R. to Scott, John, 12 Nov [1862] Darwin thanks Scott for bringing …
… in the anthers. Letter 4463 — Scott, John to Darwin, C. R., 14 Apr [1864] Scott …
… to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends abstract of John Scott’s paper [see 4332 ] and …

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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… In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
… letters on climbing plants to make another paper. Darwin also submitted a manuscript of his …
… on a paper on Verbascum (mullein) by CD’s protégé, John Scott, who was now working in India. …
… Argyll, appeared in the religious weekly, Good Words . Darwin received news of an exchange of …
… Butler, and, according to Butler, the bishop of Wellington. Darwin’s theory was discussed at an …
… in the Gardeners’ Chronicle . At the end of the year, Darwin was elected an honorary member of …
… year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend of …
… also a serious dispute between two of Darwin’s friends, John Lubbock and Charles Lyell . These …
… Appendix II). In May, he invited a new doctor, John Chapman, to Down and began a course of Chapman’s …
… Variation . In March Darwin wrote to his publisher, John Murray, ‘Of present book I have 7 …
… forward, except the last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] ). In …
… will be ready for the press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early …
… ‘I am never idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not …
… illness and delay, the book was not published until January 1868 . 'Climbing plants' …
… Darwin had received a copy of Müller’s book, Fü r Darwin , a study of the Crustacea with reference …
… questions and suggesting new lines of research. John Scott A similar, though not so …
… effort took place in the beginning of the year when John Scott, a protégé of Darwin’s whom Darwin …
… varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had …
… in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ), and wrote …
… 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have …
… would take up the work again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the …
… … inheritance, reversion, effects of use & disuse &c’, and which he intended to publish in …
… manuscript was published as chapter 27 of Variation in 1868 . The wider debate …
… serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though he had sent …
… the end of May, the dispute between Charles Lyell and John Lubbock over alleged plagiarism by …
… in Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix V. In 1865, Lubbock published Prehistoric times , …
… He wrote to Hooker, ‘I doubt whether you or I or any one c d do any good in healing this breach. …
… Hooker’s behalf, ‘He asks if you saw the article of M r . Croll in the last Reader on the …
… ‘As for your thinking that you do not deserve the C[opley] Medal,’ he rebuked Hooker, ‘that I …

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 …
… of scientific admirers at Down, among them Robert Caspary, John Traherne Moggridge, and Ernst …
… ( Variation ). Although it was not published until 1868 , all but the concluding chapter of the …
… regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John Lubbock, about the prospect of riding to …
… with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More …
… D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When finally published in 1868 , it filled two lengthy volumes, …
… On 21 February Darwin received notification from John Murray that stocks of the third edition of …
… Henry Walter Bates’s article on mimetic butterflies, Lubbock’s observations of diving Hymenoptera …
… you go on, after the startling apparition of your face at R.S. Soirèe—which I dreamed of 2 nights …
… George Henslow, the son of his Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, stayed for two days in April …
… In June, Darwin was visited by the orchid specialist John Traherne Moggridge, whose work on the self …
… so you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s …
… teleological development ( see for example, letter to C. W. Nägeli, 12 June [1866] ). Also in …
… common broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) and the white broom ( C. multiflorus ) in his botanical …
… and June on the subject of Rhamnus catharticus (now R. cathartica ). Darwin had become …
… of separate sexes. William gathered numerous specimens of R. catharticus , the only species of …
… replied with a modified list, adding Fritz Müller’s Fü r Darwin , and a recent fossil discovery in …
… selection, and with special creation ( letter from W. R. Grove, 31 August 1866 ). Hooker later …
… out, ‘business would be totally paralysed’. Similarly, John Murray gave as a reason for his decision …
… ‘gaieties travelling & War Bulletins’ ( letter from John Murray, 18 July 1866 ). I …
… indeed at poor Susan’s loneliness’ ( letter from E. C. Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin, [6 and 7 …

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 of …
… markedly, reflecting a decline in his already weak health. Darwin then began punctuating letters …
… am languid & bedeviled … & hate everybody’. Although Darwin did continue his botanical …
… 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. …
… the correspondence from the year. These letters illustrate Darwin’s preoccupation with the …
… to man’s place in nature both had a direct bearing on Darwin’s species theory and on the problem …
… detailed anatomical similarities between humans and apes, Darwin was full of praise. He especially …
… in expressing any judgment on Species or origin of man’. Darwin’s concern about the popular …
… sentence from the second edition of Antiquity of man (C. Lyell 1863b, p. 469), published in …
… were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
… of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
… year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
… of hybridity and sterility at the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal …
… Primula crosses, the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and …
… hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
… Darwin had also encouraged him to write ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). In this …
… that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
… the “Origin” is not at all palatable!’ ( letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] ). Darwin’s …
… a position offered in Darjeeling, India ( see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter …
… 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
… months. However, the two-volume work was not published until 1868 . Roping in the family …
… to Malvern the following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at …
… of all such matters as your stomach’ ( see letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] ; letter …
… very slowly recovering, but am very weak’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [29 September? 1863] ). …
… Thomas’s Hospital, London ( letter from George Busk, [ c. 27 August 1863] ). Brinton, who …

Darwin and the Church

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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…

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… The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
… unique window into this complicated relationship throughout Darwin’s life, as it reveals his …
… belief (and doubt) than many non-conformist denominations. Darwin’s parents attended a Unitarian …
… the necessary studies to be a clergyman. During Darwin’s lifetime, the vast majority of the …
… income was essential to enjoy a gentlemanly lifestyle. For Darwin, who could rely on the financial …
… compatible with the pursuit of scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens …
… (Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1887): 321). Darwin started on his journey around the world …
… it even through a grove of Palms.—’ (letter to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] ). Darwin’s …
… Museum or some other learned place’ (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] ). Writing to Fox …
… the work of Non-conformist preachers in the village. John Brodie Innes Many of the …
… Innes, [8 May 1848] and n. 2). Darwin praised Innes to John William Lubbock, the principal …
… a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December 1868 ). Innes had a tendency to tease …
… he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868 ] ). Among the reasons justifying his …
… the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868 ] ). So embroiled in this process …
… clergyman was unsuitable for entirely different reasons. John Warburton Robinson seemed not to be an …
… the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). Darwin wrote of the next …
… Innes informed Darwin that though he ‘heard all good of M r . Ffinden’s moral character, his …
… to such strained relations that Darwin’s neighbour, John Lubbock, was forced to send a series of …
… an interesting letter from Darwin to the evangelist J. W. C. Fegan. Darwin whole-heartedly supported …
… chapter . Edited by Francis Darwin. 3 vols. London: John Murray. 1887–8. Moore, James. 1985. …

Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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… the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same …
… nineteenth century were different in important ways. Many of Darwin's leading supporters were …
… their religious beliefs with evolutionary theory. Darwin's own writing, both in print and …
… much as possible. A number of correspondents tried to draw Darwin out on his own religious views, …
… political contexts. Design Darwin was not the first to challenge …
… Origin . The second is a single letter from naturalist A. R. Wallace to Darwin on design and …
… Darwin and Gray Letter 2814 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 22 May [1860] Darwin …
… questions about design. Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] …
… Letter 12041 — Darwin, C. R. to Fordyce, John, 7 May 1879 In this letter marked “private”, …
… R. to Down School Board, [Nov–Dec 1873] Darwin, Sir John Lubbock, Ellen Frances Lubbock, and S. …
… 6223 — Horsman, S. J. H. to Darwin, C. R., 2 June [1868] Horsman attempts to convince Darwin …
… Letter 6241 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 13 June 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down writes …
… Letter 6486 — Darwin, C. R. to Innes, J. B., 1 Dec 1868 Darwin writes to J. B. Innes, vicar …
… Letter 6492 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides …
… vicar of Down is concerned about the rumours regarding John Robinson [curate of Down]. He will seek …

Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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… The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
… in relation to Sex’. Always precise in his accounting, Darwin reckoned that he had started writing …
… gathered on each of these topics was far more extensive than Darwin had anticipated. As a result, …
… and St George Jackson Mivart, and heated debates sparked by Darwin’s proposed election to the French …
… Finishing Descent; postponing Expression Darwin began receiving proofs of some of the …
… ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ). Darwin was still working hard on parts of the …
… style, the more grateful I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). She had …
… , the latter when she was just eighteen years of age. Darwin clearly expected her to make a …
… have thought that I shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). Henrietta …
… so unimportant as the mind of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] ). …
… philanthropist Frances Power Cobbe. At Cobbe’s suggestion, Darwin read some of Immanuel Kant’s …
… ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] ). Cobbe accused Darwin of smiling in his beard with …
… as animals: ears Despite Cobbe’s plea, most of Darwin’s scientific attention in 1870 was …
… fairy in Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream. Darwin obtained a sketch of a human ear from …
… of a pointed tip projecting inward from the folded margin. Darwin, who had posed for the sculptor in …
… vol. 16, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 November [1868 ] ; this volume, letter to Thomas Woolner, 10 …
… muscles A more troubling anatomical feature for Darwin was the platysma myoides, a band of …
… who sent a sketch of a baby’s brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). He also wrote to …
… (in retrograde direction) naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). …
… the mother and foetus during pregnancy. As a case in point, John Jenner Weir described the offspring …
… also discussed recent experiments by Louis Pasteur and John Tyndall that provided evidence for the …
… a memorandum. He asked his neighbour, the naturalist John Lubbock, who was now MP for Maidstone, to …
… reference to mankind of much importance ’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 17 July 1870 ). The motion to …

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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… On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that he ‘Began by Lyell’s advice writing …
… more for the sake of priority than anything else—Darwin was reluctant to squeeze his expansive …
… Natural selection . Determined as he was to publish, Darwin nevertheless still felt cautious …
… specialist in Madeiran entomology, Thomas Vernon Wollaston. Darwin also came to rely on the caustic …
… in London. Natural Selection Not all of Darwin’s manuscript on species has been …
… of pigeons, poultry, and other domesticated animals. As Darwin explained to Lyell, his studies, …
… can William Bernhard Tegetmeier continued to help Darwin acquire much of the material for …
… on domestic animals in India and elsewhere. William Darwin Fox supplied information about cats, dogs …
… mastiffs. The disparate facts were correlated and checked by Darwin, who adroitly used letters, …
… can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). Darwin also attempted to test ideas …
… garden species with their wild congeners. Many of Darwin’s conclusions about the variation of …
… these chapters are not extant. It seems likely that Darwin used the manuscript when compiling The …
… light on the role that these ideas were intended to play in Darwin’s formal exposition. …
… selection could not act without varieties to act upon, Darwin wanted to know where, how, and in what …
… Making the fullest possible use of his botanical friends, Darwin cross-examined them on different …
… and conditions of existence? One useful example that Darwin intended to include in his book was the …
… relatives. But a last-minute check with Hooker revealed that Darwin was mistaken: ‘You have shaved …
… acknowledged when told by his neighbour and young protégé John Lubbock that his method of …
… using a statistically valid method explained to him by Lubbock. The origin of sex Such …
… not a bird be killed (by hawk, lightning, apoplexy, hail &c) with seeds in crop, & it would …
… Athenæum Club. Several letters touch on the publication of John Tyndall’s theory concerning the …
… phenomenon of cleavage, still unresolved in 1856, with John Phillips and entered into a useful …
… and the preparation of his manuscript ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 May 1857 ) seem innocuous and …

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 …
… oxlip ( P. elatior ), and published his results in an 1868 article (‘Illegitimate offspring of …
… of a paper by another of his orchid correspondents, John Traherne Moggridge, who in June sent him …
… of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again Much of Darwin’s …
… plight of another of Darwin’s fellow orchid-experimenters, John Scott. Their correspondence had been …
… five years. Scott felt that his superiors, James McNab and John Hutton Balfour, no longer treated …
… indomitable perseverance, and his knowledge’ ( letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 ). Hooker met …
… support ‘on the grounds of science’ ( letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ), but Scott declined …
… 5 September 1864 ). Fritz Müeller sent his book, Für Darwin , and Darwin had it translated by a …
… 1864 ). A notably rambling and long letter arrived from John Beck, a Shrewsbury schoolfellow of …
… by a merciful deity for the use of humankind ( letter from John Beck, 6 October 1864 ). …
… his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …
… but Lyell says when I read his discussion in the Elements [C. Lyell 1865] I shall recant for fifth …
… that a Neanderthal race once extended across Europe. John Lubbock mentioned his forthcoming volume …
… on intellectual & moral qualities’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). …
… of the Royal Society, Edward Sabine, to the geologist John Phillips revealed Sabine’s fears that in …
… ever so little degree the Council’s award’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 21 December [1864] ). In …

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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.

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… ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …

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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… In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
… (DAR 119) opens with five pages of text copied from Notebook C and carries on through 1851; the …
… used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
… *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
… book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
… to be Read [DAR *119: Inside Front Cover] C. Darwin June 1 st . 1838 …
… [DAR *119: 2v.] White’s regular gradation in man [C. White 1799] Lindley’s …
… 8 vo p 181 [Latreille 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference

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