To J. D. Hooker 9 February [1862]
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Thanks JDH for box of melastomes
and a very valuable reference from Daniel Oliver.
Is crossing Monochaetum which he thinks is dimorphic.
Is "sometimes half tempted to give up species & stick to experiments".
Pollen of Bletia hyacinthina is quite unlike other Bletia species but exactly the same as Epipactis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3440 |
From Charles Augustus Bennet, Lord Tankerville [9 February 1862]
Summary
Describes battles among bulls for leadership of the [Chillingham] herd.
| Author: | Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th earl of Tankerville |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Feb 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 157–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3441 |
To John Murray 9 [February 1862]
Summary
Sends MS of Orchids except last chapter. It contains many new and curious facts and conclusions, but he has no idea whether it will sell. If it does not, will hold himself largely responsible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 9 [Feb 1862] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 114–115) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3442 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bennet, C. A. (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bennet, C. A. (b) | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
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
Maldonado, Uruguay
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Disgusted by slavery
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- … Collected 70 species of birds and 19 mammals, asks his father for money to take on Syms Covington …
2.16 Horace Montford statue, Shrewsbury
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< Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s statue of Darwin, installed in his birthplace, Shrewsbury, in 1897, is one of the finest of the commemorative portrayals of him. Up to that time, the only memorial to Darwin in the town was a wall tablet of…
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- … Illustrated London News , 111:3043 (14 August 1897), p. 209, with Walter W. Naunton’s photograph …
That monstrous stain: To J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833
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Darwin did not consider himself to be a particularly good writer, but many of his letters contain not just a wealth of information, but also beautifully expressed descriptions and impressions that would be the envy of any essayist or novelist. Such is the…
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- … Darwin did not consider himself to be a particularly good writer, but many of his letters contain …
4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'
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< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November 1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…
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- … and bibliography Fun magazine (23 November 1872), p. 209. ‘Birth of a hippopotamus’, Times …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … 209 Westerman Dr. G.F. (Gerardus …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 209 Westerman Dr. G.F. (Gerardus …
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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- … d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I have read p. 209 to 268.) 99 Great work by …
