From Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald [May 1867]
Summary
Writes about the Carl Vogt and J. J. Moulinié translation [of Variation].
Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [May 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.11: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5521 |
From A. R. Wallace 1 May 1867
Summary
Never imagined that the facts about sexual selection could be new to CD. Thought fact that brightly coloured females build concealed nests and almost all those in which sexes differ remarkably build exposed nests might be new to him. Some problems remain. Sends his notes for CD to use if he wants.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 36–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5522 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 2 May [1867]
Summary
CD has sent some revised proof-sheets and ordered the stereotypes [for Russian translation of Variation]. First volume is dull, but he hopes second is more interesting.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Date: | 2 May [1867] |
Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5523 |
From Jean Jacques Moulinié 3 May 1867
Summary
Through Carl Vogt, he has received the right to translate Variation into French [(1868), preface by Carl Vogt].
Author: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 266 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5525 |
From John Maurice Herbert 3 May 1867
Summary
Asks whether CD will subscribe to a memorial for Richard Dawes [1793–1867].
Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 184 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5526 |
To Ludwig Rütimeyer 4 May [1867]
Summary
Thanks LR for sending his works.
Correcting proofs of Variation.
Chapter on pigs and cattle derived mostly from LR’s work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Karl Ludwig (Ludwig) Rütimeyer |
Date: | 4 May [1867] |
Classmark: | Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Handschriften (G IV 91, 4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5527 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 May [1867]
Summary
Returns ARW’s notes. He will work up subject much better than CD.
Apologises for the note of illiberality in his letter regarding ARW’s work on the colouring and other sexual differences in mammals.
Discusses laws of inheritance based on sexual selection.
He questions the extent of applicability of principles of protection and sexual selection to lower animal forms, though Ernst Haeckel has shown how protection may account for transparency and absence of colour in lower oceanic animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 5 May [1867] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 f. 89) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5528 |
To J. M. Herbert 7 May [1867]
Summary
Contributes to a memorial for Richard Dawes.
Describes his health.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
Date: | 7 May [1867] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.327) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5529 |
From Nicholas Trübner 7 May 1867
Summary
Weisse of Stuttgart is keen to publish a translation of the book on which CD is working [Variation].
Author: | Johann Nicolaus (Nicholas) Trübner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5530 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 16 May [1867]
Summary
Sends proof-sheets [of Variation]. Will not charge VOK for right of translation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Date: | 16 May [1867] |
Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5531 |
To J. D. Hooker [12] May [1867]
Summary
Sends Fritz Müller’s address; has sent him Insular floras [pamphlet].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [12] May [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5532 |
From Ernst Haeckel 12 May 1867
Summary
Thanks CD for new edition of Origin [4th ed. (1866)].
Comments on CD’s criticism of the harsh tone of Generelle Morphologie. Thinks he may have harmed himself but not the cause. Believes a radical reform of the science necessary, and since most scientists take a prejudiced view of the matter, a vigorous attack is essential.
Describes his travels in Canaries, Spain, and France.
Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5533 |
From Julius von Haast 12 May – 2 June 1867
Summary
JvH will help with expression queries. Considers CD’s investigation highly important and original. Sends list of men to whom he is sending copies of the questions.
Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May – 2 June 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5534 |
From J. W. Salter 14 May 1867
Summary
Having tried all other sources for aid, JWS is forced to turn to CD’s generosity. His financial position is bad; frequent and serious illness prevents him from working properly.
Author: | John William Salter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5535 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 14 May 1867
Summary
The proofs CD sent seem to have been lost in the post. Asks him to send another set by ordinary letter post.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5536 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 15 May 1867
Summary
Lost proofs have arrived.
Proposes to append the woodcuts of dog and cat varieties from Brehm [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)], which he has also translated, to the Russian edition of Variation.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5537 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky [after 24? May 1867]
Summary
Repeats details of his previous letter [5537] as he was unsure whether CD received it.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 24? May 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5538 |
From J. D. Hooker 17 May 1867
Summary
Cannot come to Down; John Smith is unwell.
Will go to Paris again at end of month.
Wallace and F. J. H. von Mueller of Victoria are most likely candidates for Royal Society Gold Medal for biology.
Encloses letter from Henry Barkly.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 163–4; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspoddence 188: 125) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5539 |
From Camille Dareste 19 May 1867
Summary
CD’s letter [3992] gave him encouragement in his work [on monstrosities], which, he regrets, is little understood or appreciated in France. Hopes to be able to produce anomalies at will as a result of his experiments. Sends a recent paper ["Rapport sur un veau monstrueux", Arch. Com. Agric. Arrondissement Lille (1867)].
Author: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5540 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 20 May [1867]
Summary
CD is sorry proof-sheets were lost; hopes clean sheets will have arrived.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Date: | 20 May [1867] |
Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5541 |
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Anderson, Isaac | (3) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
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Dareste, Camille | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (36) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Gaudry, Albert | (2) |
Haast, Julius von | (1) |
Haeckel, Ernst | (2) |
Herbert, J. M. | (2) |
Higgins, John | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (6) |
Moggridge, J. T. | (1) |
Moulinié, J. J. | (2) |
Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Müller, Fritz | (1) |
Reinwald, C.-F. | (1) |
Rütimeyer, Ludwig | (1) |
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Wallace, A. R. | (2) |