From Henry Johnson 12 January [1872?]
Summary
Sends a map of a field showing the effect of earthworms.
| Author: | Henry Johnson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan [1872?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12419 |
From ? [1872–5?]
Summary
Extract from the History of the rise and progress of the Killerby, Studley and Warlaby herds of shorthorns by William Carr (1867).
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1872 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13888 |
From William Bowman [before 25 January 1872]
Summary
Gives lengthy details from his medical experience on how structural and other changes in the parts of the eye are related to lacrimation.
Mentions belief in CD’s views.
| Author: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 265 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5338 |
From ? [1872–4]
Summary
Notes some corrections for 2d ed. of Descent.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1872–4] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 151–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7424 |
To Arthur Hough 15 January [1872–4]
Summary
His thanks for the curious photograph. Since he has similar ones he will not "rob" AH of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arthur Hough |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Tipped into Origin 5th ed. Strong Room E 920 D1 (4)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7442A |
From James Paget [1872]
Summary
"I am at work on the nervous mimicry of organic disease: I have some hope that, during my work, I may fall on some facts which may be of interest to you, and you may be sure that I shall send them to you."
| Author: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1872] |
| Classmark: | S. Paget ed. 1901, p. 408 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8130 |
To ? [1872 or later?]
Summary
Queries about the pitch of children’s crying.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1872 or later?] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 8051) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8135F |
From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1872
Summary
Gladstone’s private secretary [West] has written that the Government plans to alter JDH’s position with regard to the First Commissioner of Works [Ayrton].
Huxley is not better after his Brighton trip.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8136 |
From W. E. Darwin [1 January 1872]
Summary
Worm action at Stonehenge.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8137 |
From J. J. Moulinié 1 January 1872
Summary
The difficulties of incorporating the reorganised chapters of the 6th English edition of Origin into JJM’s translation, which was made from the 5th edition.
| Author: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 277 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8138 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 January 1872
Summary
Heartily glad about the news of the Ayrton affair development.
Huxley looks very unwell from too much miscellaneous work; CD wishes he could be made a Director General for transference of British Museum and for other scientific work, as JDH suggests.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 216–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8139 |
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks for letter [8137]. Finds observation at Stonehenge of depth of mould at different parts of slope "most valuable".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8140 |
From A. C. Ramsay 3 January 1872
Summary
Further details and measurements of the stones in the courtyard pavement for CD’s investigation of earthworm action.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8141 |
From W. E. Darwin [4 January 1872]
Summary
Sends comments on his diagram of Stonehenge. Will go to Beaulieu.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 49) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8141F |
To J. J. Moulinié 4 January 1872
Summary
Was unaware that chapter headings [of Origin] had been printed off [in French edition (1873)]. Suggests that new part of chapter 7 be printed as appendix.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66 ff. 26–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8142 |
From St G. J. Mivart 4 January 1872
Summary
Sends his reply to Huxley’s criticisms [Contemp. Rev. 19 (1872): 168–97].
| Author: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 197 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8143 |
To L. C. Wedgwood 5 January [1872]
Summary
Asks her to probe worm-holes on grassy slopes with a knitting needle to ascertain whether they come out at right angles to the slope or to the horizon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Date: | 5 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 331) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8144 |
To St G. J. Mivart 5 January 1872
Summary
Feels that StGJM’s review of Descent [Q. Rev. 131 (1871): 47–90] greatly misrepresents CD’s opinions and conclusions. Feels their differences of opinion are so great that discussion of almost any subject would be a waste of both their time.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8145 |
To Mary Treat 5 January 1872
Summary
Praises MT’s observations and asks her to repeat experiments on the the relation of sexes of butterflies to the nutrition of the larvae.
Is glad she will publish her observations on Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Amy Nagashima (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8146 |
To Francis Darwin 6 January 1872
Summary
Asks FD questions about his sketch [missing] of ridges and furrows. [FD’s answers are interlined.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8147 |
| letter | (67) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (36) |
| Mivart, S. G. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (30) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
| Mivart, S. G. J. | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Harrison, L. C. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (66) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (6) |
| Mivart, S. G. J. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (4) |
List of correspondents
Summary
Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
Darwin The Collector
Summary
Look at nature more closely and create and record your own natural collections.
Matches: 1 hits
- … Activities provide an introduction to Charles Darwin, how and why he collected so many specimens …
Detecting Darwin
Summary
Who was Charles Darwin? What is he famous for? Why is he still important?
Matches: 1 hits
- … Pupils act as Darwin detectives, exploring clues about Darwin’s life and work. No prior knowledge …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 1874 computer-readable date c. 1874-02-01 to 1874-02-17 medium and material …
Language: Interview with Gregory Radick
Summary
Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…
1 Belgrave Street, London
Summary
Marriages and gossip
Matches: 1 hits
- … A family friend relates news of her marriage and other gossip. …
1.4 Samuel Laurence drawing 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction Samuel Laurence’s intimate chalk drawing of Darwin is dated 1853. It is likely that Darwin sat for the portrait at Down House, and Francis Darwin, in his catalogue of portraits of his father painted or drawn ‘from life’, noted…
3.2 Maull and Polyblank photo 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction The rise of professional photographic studios in the mid nineteenth century was a key factor in the shaping of Darwinian iconography, but Darwin’s relationship with these firms was from the start a cautious and sometimes a…
4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction In March 1882, a month before Darwin’s death, an admiring image of him appeared in the American comic journal Puck. It was in a cartoon drawn by Joseph Keppler, Puck’s co-publisher, co-editor and chief cartoonist, titled Reason…
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
3.4 William Darwin, photo 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction In the 1860s Darwin increasingly turned to two of his sons - first to William and later to Leonard - for the fashioning of his image. William, the eldest, apparently took up photography c.1857, when still in his teens, and…
Matches: 1 hits
- … < Back to Introduction In the 1860s Darwin increasingly turned to two of his sons - …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … December 1875 computer-readable date 1875-12-01 to 1875-12-10 medium and …
German poems presented to Darwin
Summary
Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
Summary
Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
Summary
‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
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…
Matches: 0 hits
Darwin And Evolution
Summary
What is evolution? What did Darwin discover and how did he come to his conclusions?
Matches: 1 hits
- … Activities give an introduction to Charles Darwin and his theories of evolution. Specimens brought …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Lena much excited about the Mission which was just over. 1 Whilst it is fresh in my mind I …
Home learning: 7-11 years
Summary
Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun activities for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters.
