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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

Matches: 7 hits

  • … rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently …
  • … to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L Brunton, 12 February 1882 , and …
  • … a ‘Glycerin Pepsin mixture’ (letters to W. W. Baxter, 11 March 1882 and 18 March [1882 ]). …
  • … get one of the cleverer sort of young London Doctors such as Brunton or Pye Smith to put himself in …
  • … can be placed to look after your machinery (I daren’t say automaton ) critically’ ( letter from …
  • … immediately wrote to George, who had visited Down on 11 April (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … man’s private property’ ( letter to George Warington, 11 October [1867] ). Respecting the …

List of correspondents

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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,…

Matches: 9 hits

  • … (1) Athenæum (11) Atkin, J. R. (1) …
  • … (3) Bosquet, J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John …
  • … (2) Breitenbach, Wilhelm (11) Brent, B. P. …
  • … (2) Bunbury, C. J. F. (11) Bunbury, F. J. …
  • … (1) Caspary, Robert (11) Cassell Petter & …
  • … (40) Crick, W. D. (11) Crier, John …
  • … (1) Crocker, C. W. (11) Crocq, Jean …
  • … (1) Dobell, H. B. (11) Dobson, G. E. …
  • … (7) Farrar, F. W. (11) Farrer, T. H. …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

Matches: 11 hits

  • … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
  • … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
  • … Correspondence  vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
  • … the moment of being hatched ( letter to  Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
  • … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
  • … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox,  11 May [1874] ). His research …
  • … of various substances on his behalf. Thomas Lauder Brunton sent the results of his experiments on …
  • … Correspondence  vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin,  [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
  • … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
  • … W. Pennypacker, 14 September 1874 ). Thomas Lauder Brunton sent Darwin examples of busts …
  • … , 10 December 1874 ). Samuel Jean Pozzi and René Benoît produced the first French translation of  …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

Summary

In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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  • … Britannica , telling the author, Arabella Buckley, on 11 July that he regretted that there …
  • … entirely new will. Apart from providing for his family, on 11 September he instructed his …
  • … and plants, Darwin told the director, Archibald Geikie, on 11 November , ‘This leads me to make …