From W. E. Darwin [1 August 1862]
Summary
Suggests sending plant specimens. Asks about visit of Emma and the boys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3585G |
From W. E. Darwin 1 August 1862
Summary
WED has been collecting Lythrum plants. Numerical proportions of the three forms.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3675 |
From J. O. Westwood 1 August 1862
Summary
Bee with adhering orchid pollinia lent to Charles Daubeny. Pollen-masses shaken off but if CD still interested he is welcome to specimen.
| Author: | John Obadiah Westwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3676 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Westwood, J. O. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Westwood, J. O. | (1) |
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … a nursery maid in the Darwin household ( Emma Darwin , 2: 80–1). According to Freeman 1978, her …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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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- … the years 1827–28 . 2 vols. London. [Abstract in DAR 71: 80–1.] 119: 15a ——. 1854. …
