From J. D. Hooker 5 September 1868
Summary
Has met A. J. Gower, Consul at Nagasaki, Japan, who knows all about the Ainus. JDH has given away all the copies of CD’s Queries about expression.
Nettled by Pall Mall Gazette review of BAAS address [see 6342].
Owen is indeed an ass. Carlyle’s comment on Owen’s smile.
The Asa Grays at Kew.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Sept 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 233–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6349 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1868]
Summary
CD thought Watson’s article beastly in its criticisms of JDH. Watson’s criticism of CD was not new or important, but fair, so CD could honestly thank him, adding his regret at what was said about JDH.
Is sitting for Woolner bust.
Has read James Croll on alternation of glacial and warmer periods in north and south, which would remove JDH’s objections to cool period extending to equator.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Nov [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 98–101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6476 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 [August 1868]
Summary
Enjoyed JDH’s visit.
Mrs Cameron’s photograph of JDH is grand.
Has heard J. V. Carus will be at Norwich. Suggests JDH mention that Origin was translated by two distinguished naturalists, H. G. Bronn and Carus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 [Aug 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 83–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6321 |
To Julius von Haast 28 January [1868]
Summary
Thanks JvH for J. Stack’s answers [to queries about expression]. Though few, they are the best and clearest he has received. Sends a corrected printed version of queries.
Belatedly thanks JvH for his splendid report on glaciers [missing].
CD lives "in constant state of overwork and fatigue".
Everyone astonished by Dinornis photos.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
Date: | 28 Jan [1868] |
Classmark: | Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Haast family papers, MS-Papers-0037-051-3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5808 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 December 1868
Summary
Enthusiastic about JDH’s plan for a British Flora – "a grand idea to make a Flora a guide for knowledge already acquired & to be acquired". Gives examples of subjects.
No work exists on various biological points in plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 Dec 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 102–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6487 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … J. D. Hooker, [28 November 1868] . CD refers to Hermann Müller’s paper on Westphalian orchids ( H. Müller 1868 ). CD refers to Henri Lecoq and Lecoq 1854–8 , to Jean Pierre Etienne Vaucher and Vaucher 1841 , to Friedrich Hildebrand and Hildebrand 1867a , and to Eugène Fournier and Fournier 1863 . …
To F. T. Buckland 29 February [1868]
Summary
CD sends thanks for information; he will write to Mr Bush.
In relation to the fecundation of ova CD adds that he has compared the use of very little pollen against an immense supply; found no difference in number or weight of seeds or in their germination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5956 |
From J. D. Hooker 1 February 1868
Summary
Amazed that Hugo von Mohl and E. M. Fries are not foreign members of Royal Society; Thomson going over the whole matter.
Candolle’s contribution to botany.
Lubbock shocked about Wollaston.
CD’s answer to Greg was capital.
Comments on Variation.
Charles Murchison’s work on Falconer’s Memoirs [Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer (1868)] and JDH on Falconer.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Feb 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 191–4; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 19, f. 200) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5831 |
Matches: 1 hit
From Gaston de Saporta 6 September 1868
Summary
Strong support for theory of descent.
Observations on palaeobotany of S. France. Most woody angiosperm genera date far back. Magnolia type unchanged. Intermediate fossil species. Ancient species of Quercus persists as variety of modern species. Fossil evidence of ice age.
CD’s works have been an inspiration in France.
Author: | Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Sept 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6352 |
To James Croll 19 September 1868
Summary
Discusses papers by JC dealing with erosion. Comments on papers on the subject by J. B. Jukes, A. C. Ramsay, and William Whitaker. Formerly believed in power of the sea. Never fully realised the truth until reading JC’s papers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Croll |
Date: | 19 Sept 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 352 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6380 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1863 and 1864, and Whitaker 1867 ( William Whitaker ). CD had corresponded with Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Joseph Beete Jukes about their theories (see Correspondence vol. 10). However, he had remained sceptical about the emphasis that they placed on the role of subaerial denudation (fluvial and glacial forces), as opposed to marine action. See Correspondence vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
From George Bentham [before 22 April 1868]
Summary
Has studied Variation with interest.
Cannot quite follow CD on reversion and Pangenesis,
but is amazed at CD’s observations and method.
Comments on varieties of asses, kidney beans, and artichokes.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 22 Apr 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 160 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6134 |
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Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
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Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Buckland, Frank | (1) |
Croll, James | (1) |
Haast, Julius von | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
Bentham, George | (1) |
Buckland, Frank | (1) |
Croll, James | (1) |