To W. D. Fox [7 January 1829]
Summary
Entomological news, his poor success in collecting, observation of chrysalis.
Commiserates with WDF in his dismal pre-examination state.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [7 Jan 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 8a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-55 |
To W. D. Fox [25–9 January 1829]
Summary
Congratulates WDF on finishing at Cambridge; he regards his place as a very good one, and comments on how others did.
Father much pleased by gift of a swan.
Adds some entomological news.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [25–9 Jan 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-56 |
To W. D. Fox [26 February 1829]
Summary
Entomological visits with F. W. Hope and J. F. Stephens in London. News of insects taken and birds shot.
Has been advised by his tutor to defer the "Little Go". Sends news of Cambridge friends.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [26 Feb 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-57 |
From John Coldstream 28 February 1829
Summary
News of his activities in recent months, of mutual Edinburgh acquaintances, and the Plinian Society.
JC has given up natural history for a time to prepare himself better for medical practice.
| Author: | John Coldstream |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1829 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-58 |
To W. D. Fox [15 March 1829]
Summary
His routine days at Cambridge.
Entomology stopped for the present.
His reading, gambling, and parties. News of Cambridge friends.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [15 Mar 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-59 |
To W. D. Fox 1 April [1829]
Summary
Eager to hear how WDF and his family get on.
Entomology goes poorly. Harbour has given C. C. Babington first pick of the beetles, and CD has stopped buying from him.
Fire at Linton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 1 Apr [1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-60 |
To W. D. Fox [10 April 1829]
Summary
Has been in "a perfect and absolute state of idleness", riding and walking in the morning, gambling at Van John [vingt-et-un] in the evening.
"Little Go" has been unusually strict.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [10 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-61 |
To W. D. Fox [12 April 1829]
Summary
CD writes with much sympathy for WDF, whose sister [Mrs Bristowe] is alarmingly ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [12 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-62 |
To W. D. Fox [23 April 1829]
Summary
CD’s sister Catherine has informed him of the death of WDF’s sister [Mrs Bristowe]. CD sends sympathy to WDF and his parents, and refers to the pure and holy comfort afforded by the Bible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-63 |
To W. D. Fox [18 May 1829]
Summary
Is getting the information WDF wanted about his bills;
adds some news of entomology.
Accepts invitation to visit Osmaston in August. Plans a June trip to Shrewsbury, a three-week trip in Wales with F. W. Hope.
Is doing nothing but riding and entomology.
Thinks WDF wise to defer going into orders.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [18 May 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-64 |
From Francis Knyvett Leighton [3 June 1829]
Summary
Invites CD for the boatrace and the cricket matches, and to see Oxford. Suggests Cambridge will win, but he will bet up to £5 on Oxford at 3 to 1.
| Author: | Francis Knyvett Leighton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1829] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-65 |
To W. D. Fox 7 June [1829]
Summary
Has shipped a portmanteau and box of WDF’s things. Lists bills paid from funds sent.
"My success has been very splendid in the science" [entomology].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 7 June [1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-66 |
To W. D. Fox [3 July 1829]
Summary
CD started on an entomology trip through N. Wales with F. W. Hope, but after two days his lips became bad, and he was unwell; had to return home. Took some good insects in the two days, but Hope "did wonders". CD is determined to retrace Hope’s tour before autumn.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [3 July 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-67 |
To W. D. Fox [15 July 1829]
Summary
Tells whereabouts of WDF’s remaining Cambridge possessions;
adds he has many insects for him. Can WDF join him for a week in Wales?
CD must read for his "Little Go" as the examination is being made more difficult.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [15 July 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-68 |
To W. D. Fox 29 [July 1829]
Summary
Sends stuffed birds;
attempts to arrange a meeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 29 [July 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 19) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-69 |
To W. D. Fox 26 [August 1829]
Summary
If convenient, CD will visit WDF at Osmaston early in September. Went to Barmouth with his sisters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 26 [Aug 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-70 |
To W. D. Fox 4 September [1829]
Summary
Must shorten his visit to Osmaston in order to see Erasmus Darwin, who has just come home.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 4 Sept [1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-71 |
To W. D. Fox [22 September 1829]
Summary
Erasmus has changed his plans, intends to give up doctoring for the present, and will live in London.
CD will go to the Birmingham Music Meeting.
He hopes WDF has been finding insects; J. F. Turner has.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [22 Sept 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-72 |
To W. D. Fox [15 October 1829]
Summary
The Music Meeting was "glorious"; Malibran outshone all others.
Missed Hope in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [15 Oct 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-73 |
To W. D. Fox [3 November 1829]
Summary
CD’s father has been very ill, but is now slowly improving.
Writes of Leonard Jenyns’ cabinet and J. S. Henslow’s parties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-74 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Coldstream, John | (1) |
| Leighton, F. K. (b) | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (18) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Darwin's health
Summary
On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
Matches: 22 hits
- … Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to Hooker’s letter which he put down to his exceptionally …
- … I was rapidly going the way of all flesh. See the letter At various periods in his …
- … months while he took Dr Gully’s water cure. In Darwin’s letter to Hooker, he described Dr Gully’s …
- … certain that the Water Cure is no quackery.— See the letter After returning from …
- … in the years around 1848, 1852, 1859, and 1863. In a letter to Hooker in April of 1861, for example, …
- … as my retching is apt to be extremely loud.— See the letter Besides experimenting …
- … the vomiting wonderfully & I am gaining vigour .’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ) …
- … these grounds (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 2, letter to J. S. Henslow, 14 October …
- … first mentioned attacks of ‘periodical vomiting’ in a letter to W. D. Fox, [7 June 1840] ( …
- … sickness in 1849, describing ‘incessant vomiting’ in his letter to Richard Owen, [24 February 1849 …
- … he was sick almost daily (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [6 …
- … before Darwin’s decision to consult John Chapman. In a letter to J. D. Hooker, [20-] 22 February …
- … after eating, and that he seldom threw up food. In his letter to Chapman of 16 May [1865] , …
- … and care see, for example, Correspondence vol. 4, letter to Emma Darwin, [27-8 May 1848] . …
- … had suffered from gout (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter to W. D. Fox, [25-9 January 1829] , …
- … see King-Hele 1999, pp. 161-2). Erasmus also wrote a letter to Darwin’s father, in which he claimed …
- … are discussed in Colp 1977, pp. 31-2, 47, 98. In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] ( …
- … feel a little alive’. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, …
- … the treatment (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 4, letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1849] …
- … at Down for several years (see Correspondence vol. 4, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 October 1849 …
- … September and October 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, …
- … checked his chronic vomiting ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
Matches: 27 hits
- … 1811] Richardson’s Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37] Entomological Magazine.—? …
- … of Reid Smith & giving abstracts of their views [Stewart 1829] Prostitution of Paris …
- … 338 Schiede in 1825 [Schiede 1825] & Lasch. Linn in 1829 [Lasch 1829] has given list of …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … of Seed [Parmentier 1789] referred to by Oberlin [Oberlin 1829] Hog. on Culture of Carnation. …
- … 1759] Richardson. Fauna Borealis [J. Richardson 1829–37]— all Vols. Marshall’s Rural …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … in work on Ava give case & man & child hairy [Crawfurd 1829] Farmer’s Mag. [ Farmer& …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829] Grotes History of Greece …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … [Wells 1834] Cline on the breeding of animals [Cline 1829] Spallanzani’s Essay on …
- … skimmed 25 Lockhart’s life of Napoleon [Lockhart] 1829] Bartram’s travels in N. …
- … Octob 14 Baily Essays on Truth. &c &c [Bailey 1829] There is a discussion on cause & …
- … 1754] Skimmed Bon Jardinier [ Le Bon Jardinier ] 1829. d[itt]o Sir. Ch. Bell Anatomy …
- … 1786–98]. Skimmed Oberlin’s Memoirs [Oberlin 1829] Pepys Diary [Pepys 1825]. Skimmed …
- … ] Oct 2 d Journal of a Naturalist [Knapp] 1829] /poor/ extracted Nov 30. …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … to William Jackson Hooker. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
- … by Bekhur to Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from … J. G. Gerard, Esq. …
- … 1830. On the dying struggle of the dichotomous sytem. In a letter to N. A. Vigors. Philosophical …
- … *119: 8v., 22v.; *128: 165 ——. 1850a. Letter to the Rev. John Bachman, on the question of …
- … art of improving the breeds of domestic animals. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir …
- … 1820. Remarks on the improvement of cattle, &c. in a letter to Sir John Saunders Sebright, …
Early Days
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment The young Charles Darwin From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Grove Press, pages 1 – 83. Letters Letter Packet: Darwin's Early Days …
- … and their first impressions of the city. Letter 20 —Darwin to Caroline Darwin [6 Jan …
- … him as “it is so pleasant receiving letters.” Letter 68 —Darwin to William Darwin Fox …
- … the exam he must take to complete his degree. Letter 78 —Darwin to William Darwin Fox …
- … spend Fox’s visit beetling in Cambridgeshire. Letter 98 —Darwin to Caroline Darwin [28 …
Hermann Müller
Summary
Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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Robert FitzRoy
Summary
Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
Science: A Man’s World?
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
Matches: 17 hits
- … feminine world of family, home and sociability. Letter 489 - Darwin to Wedgwood, E., …
- … an hour “with poor Mrs. Lyell sitting by”. Letter 3715 - Claparède, J. L. R. A. E. to …
- … whose attractions are not those of her sex”. Letter 4038 - Darwin to Lyell, C., [12-13 …
- … her own steam and is a “first rate critic”. Letter 4377 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, …
- … ornaments in the making of feminine works”. Letter 4441 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, [30 …
- … the young, especially ladies, to study nature. Letter 4940 - Cresy, E. to Darwin, E., …
- … Anderson is “neither masculine nor pedantic”. Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. B., …
- … to him as a published science author, is a man. Letter 7314 - Kovalevsky, S. to Darwin, …
- … Fundamenta Nova Theoriae Functionum Ellipticarum , (1829). Letter 7329 - Murray, J. …
- … to prick up what little is left of them ears”. Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, …
- … almost out of a woman’s natural thinking”. Letter 8079 - Norton, S. R. to Darwin, [20 …
- … but has not read the pamphlet herself. Letter 8335 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, [16 May …
- … narrative so not to lose the interest of women. Letter 8341 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, …
- … which will make it more appealing to women. Letter 10746 – Darwin to Dicey, E. M., …
- … inability to cope well with the sight of blood. Letter 12389 - Johnson, M. to Darwin, …
- … to have entered the cave “since the flood”. Letter 13414 - Darwin to Harrison, L., [18 …
- … and possess strong powers of patience. Letter 13607 – Darwin to Kennard, C. A., [9 …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 29 hits
- … Captain FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
- … . . . There will be plenty of room for Books.’ (Letter from Robert FitzRoy, 23 September 1831 …
- … the ‘immense stock’ which CD mentions may be had from a letter FitzRoy wrote to his sister during an …
- … on board the Beagle § — mentioned in a letter or other source as being on board …
- … Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
- … d’histoire naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). …
- … a report of the proceedings . . . Cambridge, 1833. (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). …
- … of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and …
- … also Hawkesworth, John). (DAR 32.2: 89v.; Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … 29v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 2d edition, 5 vols., Paris, 1829–30, vols. 4, 5, Crustacés , etc. par …
- … residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). …
- … six years on the South Sea Islands . . . 2 vols. London, 1829. (DAR 37.2: 798; Stoddart 1962, pp. …
- … 33: 254). § Euclid. Elements of geometry. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). …
- … The philosophy of zoology . . . 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1822. (Letter from Susan Darwin, 15 October …
- … to the mountain barometer. 2d ed. London, n.d. [1802]. (Letter to Robert FitzRoy, [10 October 1831 …
- … de l’ordre des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … Video. Novem r . 1832’; vol. 3 (1833): ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November …
- … of England. Volume one. London, 1830. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … ‘A few little books written by Miss Martineau’. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 October [1833]). …
- … and La Plata . . . 2 vols. London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy, 28 August 1834) …
- … John. Paradise lost. ( ’Beagle’ diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). …
- … account of several late voyages. 2 parts. London, 1694. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … introducton to . . . mineralogy . . . London, 1816. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 22 July 1834; …
- … naturelle des mollusques et leurs coquilles. Paris, 1829. (DAR 30.1: 30). Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4 (1833): 209–17. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … 1803, and 1804 . . . London, 1805. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … of the world . . . Vol. 1. London, 1832. (DAR 30.1: 2v.; letter to J. M. Herbert, 2 June 1833). …
- … of the voyages . . . London, 1773. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian …
- … a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.]. London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline Darwin, 28 …
Darwin’s first love
Summary
Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
Matches: 14 hits
- … Had nineteen-year-old Darwin followed this instruction in a letter he received in 1828, there would …
- … creditors) to a ruined abbey in a forest. In Fanny’s first letter, and in many others she wrote to …
- … First and last pages of the letter from Fanny Owen, [late January 1828] (DAR …
- … Penny Post (1840), envelopes were rarely used. Instead, the letter was folded and held shut with …
- … awfully dull and prosy ’. She closed her letter with instructions to ‘ burn this, or if it …
- … ) Fanny’s thanks came in a characteristic letter. Apologies for not writing sooner, were …
- … When Darwin did not return to Shrewsbury for Christmas 1829, though she had ‘fully expected’ to see …
- … mania go on, are you as constant as ever ?’ In this letter, the postilion and housemaid are …
- … ‘ la belle Fanny ’. Letter from Fanny Owen, 27 January [1830] (DAR …
- … Darwin that she would remember him. Responding to a recent letter he had written in a ‘ Blue …
- … there was not to be an end of them!! In her last letter before the Beagle sailed, she …
- … Little wonder that Darwin felt bereft when he learned in a letter from his sister Catherine, …
- … The first and last pages of Fanny Owen’s letter of 1 March 1832 (DAR 204:55), in which Fanny …
- … so very engaging and delightful about her.— ’ In the letter accompanying his book in 1872, Darwin …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Matches: 15 hits
- … he had witnessed man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 …
- … of botany at Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow. Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., …
- … 1833 which took effect in the following year. Letter 206 : Darwin to Darwin, E. C., 22 …
- … of the polygenist theory of human descent. Letter 4933 : Farrar, F. W. to Darwin, …
- … about the state of civilization of the natives. Letter 5617 , Darwin to Weale, J. P. M …
- … wonderful fact in the progress of civilization" Letter 5722 , Weale, J. P. M. to …
- … of Species , Darwin discussed his views on progress in a letter to Charles Lyell, insisting that …
- … of life" ( Origin , 6 th ed, p. 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C …
- … not profit it, there would be no advance.— " Letter 6728 : from Charles Lyell, 5 …
- … but may guide the forces & laws of Nature." Letter 6866 : From Federico Delpino …
- … in this inner principle, inborn in all things." Letter 8658 : to Alpheus Hyatt, 4 …
- … Wallace, and the philosopher William Graham. Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., …
- … the less intellectual races being exterminated." Letter 3439 : Darwin to Kingsley, …
- … race, viewed as a unit, will have risen in rank." Letter 4510 : Darwin to Wallace, …
- … entirely on intellectual & moral qualities. Letter 13230 : Darwin to Graham, …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[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…
Matches: 15 hits
- … [an error of about 15' too much to the Eastward rectified in 1829 by Mr Ross from his own …
- … a moment longer to come home as he deserved to do.” That letter they shewed to Mr Ross and requested …
- … to somewhere else” – so now read “your brother's letter and then we may have something sure to …
- … wrote to him immediately before leaving for Sumatra – a letter calculated to elicit something …
- … – not all exaggerated – and Mr R sent him back with a letter [ f.183r p.73 ] as he proposed. …
- … was not of any profitable description but of what Mr H in letter to Mr R denominated “fiddle faddle” …
- … to a note from Mr H concerning the last mentioned fugitive a letter which – Mr H sent to Mr R – …
- … ] The three or four runaways mentioned in the forgoing letter had run to apply to Mr Ross – and on …
- … from frequenting your islands &c” and in this his second letter he writes “I told you how it …
- … occurred after it having reference to Mr Ross until March 1829 – when Mr H’s boat having been cast …
- … at present only as by the bye” – In reply to Mr Ross’ letter which he sent with the paper –Mr H …
- … the Eastern one may be seen by the following extract from a letter dated 19 th May and sent by Mr …
- … and at the end of the year – for which they were engaged (1829) he sent the party back. Mr …
- … to his views the following circumstances. In 1829 when H.M.S. Comet called in at the Isles – …
- … Copy Extract Of a letter sent to Captain Ross by Captain Harding of H.M …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Summary
'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
