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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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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…
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- … of the excitement— There was a special service which began w a hymn sung kneeling. Screaming was …
- … of words. March 26th/71 Had a long talk w Sno on education first in which Sno quoted G …
- … be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. A beautiful day …
- … . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . 11 For the biblical parable of the talents …
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,…
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- … (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, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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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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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … by Darwin himself (see Correspondence vol. 19, p. xxiv). By the beginning of the year both men …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
- … a week later ( enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). Darwin …
- … Mary Lloyd, were vying to read it first ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, [26 November 1872] ). …
- … described the way their hands blushed (letter from M. I. Snow, 29 [November 1872 or later] ), or …
- … use of the microscope led his head to `fail’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 29 October [1872] ) he had …
- … by hearing about Panagæus!’ Darwin wrote ( letter to W. D. Fox, 16 July [1872] ). I …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … productive lands to retain for themselves any [ f.152r p.11 ] proportion at all approaching to …
- … onwards (the night being clear but moonless) and at about 11 p.m. anchored the Ship Borneo drawing …
- … from the dark heaving waters of the Ocean, by a line of snow white breakers, or from the blue vault …
- … soil. But there is one charming bird – it is a small and snow white tern – which [ f.168r p.43 ] …
- … except cocoanuts – and their extent is not more than 10 or 11 leagues. [8 leagues including the …
- … 8˚ 1' W. of Java Head [in reality 8˚ 13'] and in Lat 11˚ 50' S. distant 14' …
- … [which has been called Keeling's Isle by Mr Ross] in Lat 11˚ 49 3/4' S. Lon 97˚ 4' E. …
- … extract from the fifth Edition of Horsburgh's Book *[11] – edited after its Editor had seen …
- … [ f.231v p.166 ] fall of rain and a general thaw of the snow and frost – on the vast …
- … – so likewise most surely – is – the Crown *[11] Copied from the previous Editions. …
