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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of …
- … Pound foolish, Penurious, Pragmatical Prigs’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1866] ). But …
- … publisher in December. Much of Darwin’s correspondence in 1866 was focussed on issues surrounding …
- … able to write easy work for about 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). …
- … once daily to make the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). …
- … see you out with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 …
- … work doing me any harm—any how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). …
- … production of which Tegetmeier had agreed to supervise ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 January …
- … Darwin had submitted a preliminary sketch of pangenesis to Thomas Henry Huxley in 1865 (see …
- … from the American botanist Asa Gray, the nurseryman Thomas Rivers, and the German botanist Robert …
- … of “Domestic Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] …
- … good deal I think, & have come to more definite views’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December …
- … ‘I quite follow you in thinking Agassiz glacier-mad’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September …
- … ten times more than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] …
- … past few years. Emma described the Royal Society event in a letter to George: ‘Your father … entered …
- … you—& told me to worship Bence Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). …
Climbing plants
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Darwin’s book Climbing plants was published in 1865, but its gestation began much earlier. The start of Darwin’s work on the topic lay in his need, owing to severe bouts of illness in himself and his family, for diversions away from his much harder book on…
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- … & do not find that it is known, I will perhaps write a letter to you for the chance of its …
- … days later, Oliver apologised for the tone of his previous letter (‘more seemly if addressed to one …
- … thing; not a dead collection of names ’. The nurseryman Thomas Rivers exclaimed, ‘ What …
- … Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) in November 1866. Darwin could never really let go of …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Comte Odart 1849” [Odart 1849] read very good . Rivers Catalogue of Roses [Rivers 1837] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … of Roses [Gore 1838] River’s Rose Amateur Guide [Rivers 1837] Hasselquist— voyage to …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Distrib. Price William & Norgate 2” 12” 6 [A. Murray 1866] Wollaston Coleoptera …
- … 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 …
- … 1 (1847) in Darwin Library.] *128: 179 Arnold, Thomas. 1838–43. History of Rome . 3 …
- … de Pekin . 16 vols. Paris. 128: 18 Beale, Thomas. 1839. The natural history of the …
- … ed. (1874) in Darwin Library.] 119: 5a Bell, Thomas. 1837. A history of British …
- … Croker. 5 vols. London. 119: 4a, 9b Boteler, Thomas. 1835. Narrative of a voyage of …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
- … of natural history . London. 119: 20a Browne, Thomas. 1643. Religio Medici . First …
- … 125–7.] *119: 18v.; 119: 8a, 21a Buckle, Henry Thomas. 1857. History of civilization in …
- … the native tribes. London. 119: 21a Burgess, Thomas Henry. 1839. The physiology or …
- … of the Trilobites. Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. London: Ray …
- … *119: 13 Buxton, Charles. 1848. Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet. With …
- … . 3 vols. London. *119: 23; 119: 23b Campbell, Thomas. 1828. The poetical works of …
- … Irish famine . Belfast. 119: 22b Carlyle, Thomas. 1834. Sartor Resartus. London. …
- … 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 …
- … 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical distribution of …
- … naturelle des Orangers . Paris. 128: 2 Rivers, Thomas. 1837. The rose amateur’s …
