From Hyacinth Hooker 7 January 1882
Summary
Thanks CD for financial assistance for Mr Fitch and his wife.
Author: | Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 244–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13602 |
To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
From J. W. Judd 8 January 1882
Summary
Praises G. H. Darwin’s letter ["On the geological importance of the tides", Nature 25 (1882): 213–14] which criticises the use made of George Darwin’s views by Robert Ball ["A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82, 103–7]. JWJ argues from the fineness of Cambrian sediments against Ball’s intensification of geological forces. Massive Carboniferous river deltas also contradict Ball’s excessively high tides.
Author: | John Wesley Judd |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 89 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13604 |
From J. H. Gilbert 9 January 1882
Summary
Thanks CD for Earthworms.
Discusses the problem of accounting for difference between nitrogen in permanent grassland and ordinary arable soil. Finds castings of earthworms rich in nitrogen. Asks CD if his observations enable him to explain the source. If from below top-soil, it would be a considerable manuring.
Author: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13605 |
From Gottlieb Haberlandt 9 January 1882
Summary
Sends his paper on the comparative anatomy of the assimilatory tissue systems of plants [Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 13 (1882): 74–188]. This work has made clear to him how CD’s principles produce rich results when applied to plant anatomy.
Also sends a paper on the difficult problem of the gulf between cryptogamic and phanerogamic plants in the evolutionary development, in order to present another proof of the continuity of the phylogenetic development of the plant kingdom.
Author: | Gottlieb Haberlandt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13606 |
To C. A. Kennard 9 January 1882
Summary
Thinks that "women though generally superior to men [in] moral qualities are inferior intellectually". Believes that men and women may have been aboriginally equal in this respect but that to regain equality women would have to "become as regular ""bread-winners"" as are men". Suspects the education of children and "the happiness of our homes" would greatly suffer in that case.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Augusta Smith; Caroline Augusta Kennard |
Date: | 9 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13607 |
To James Torbitt 10 January 1882
Summary
CD’s gardener reports that potatoes were not attacked by disease, but yield was not good. Noble of JT to plan the return of subscriptions if trade continues to improve.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Torbitt |
Date: | 10 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 130 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13608 |
To T. H. Farrer 10 January 1882
Summary
Requests that THF forward an enclosure if he thinks it proper. James Torbitt’s blunder in using the pollen of a diseased variety accounts for the bad varieties raised last year.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 10 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | Surrey History Centre (T. H. Farrer papers 9609/4/1/16 (part) by permission of Emma Corke) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13608A |
From Raphael Meldola 11 January 1882
Summary
Wishes to borrow Weismann’s pamphlet on the Daphnidae [ "Ueber die Schmuckfarben der Daphnoiden", Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 30 (Supp.)]. Is preparing an essay on "alternation of generations".
Author: | Raphael Meldola |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 141 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13609 |
To F. J. Cohn 11 January 1882
Summary
Thanks FJC for presentation copy [of Die Pflanze (1882)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
Date: | 11 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 270 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13610 |
From Francis Darwin to Raphael Meldola 12 January 1882
Summary
CD happy to lend Weismann’s pamphlet to RM.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13611 |
To T. H. Huxley 12 January 1882
Summary
Thanks for Science and culture [1881].
Refers to "Automatism" ["On the hypothesis that animals are automata"], wishing THH could review himself and answer himself and thus go on ad infinitum to the joy and instruction of the world.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 370) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13612 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 January 1882
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 175 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13613 |
From Leslie Stephen 12 January 1882
Summary
Discusses a lectureship at Aberdeen
and a recent visit to Down.
Author: | Leslie Stephen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 256 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13614 |
From F. B. Sanborn 12 January 1882
Summary
Sends CD some of the [American Social Science] Association’s publications; asks if they may enrol him as a corresponding member. They have printed CD’s letter to Mrs Talbot
and also his paper from Mind (1877) ["Biographical sketch of an infant"].
Author: | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13615 |
To J. H. Gilbert 12 January 1882
Summary
Quantity of nitrogen in castings surprises CD.
Comments on papers: [J. B. Lawes and J. H. Gilbert, "Results of experiments on mixed herbage, pt 1", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 171 (1880): 289–416; Gilbert, Lawes and M. T. Masters, "pt 2: The botanical results", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 173 (1882): 1181–413].
Has never made sections to see how deep worms burrow – five or six feet is probable. Wishes the problem had arisen when he made his observations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
Date: | 12 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13616 |
From T. H. Farrer 13 January 1882
Summary
Potatoes [from Torbitt experiment] sent him for eating were very poor. Those for seed produced abundantly, but have not resisted disease better than other kinds that Payne [his gardener] has grown.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13617 |
From William Trelease 14 January 1882
Summary
Sends article on dimorphism in Oxalis violacea [Am. Nat. 16 (1882): 13–19].
Author: | William Trelease |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 180 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13618 |
From J. F. Simpson 15 January 1882
Summary
Encloses an extract (from the Bayswater Chronicle [missing]), which is part of an ongoing disagreement in which JFS is involved.
Has read some references to CD’s hypothesis on music and offers a MS by himself which deals with the subject.
Author: | James Frederick Simpson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 171 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13619 |
From W. E. Darwin 16 January [1882]
Summary
Has ordered a tin of Somerset Mixture snuff for CD.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan [1882] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 106) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13619F |
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Cupples, George | (5) |
unknown | (133) |
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Romanes, G. J. | (9) |
Darwin, Francis | (6) |
Crick, W. D. | (5) |
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…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
- … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
- … about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
- … down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
- … me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
- … best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle apparently ended in a …
- … edited by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the …
- … the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice looked to Darwin to provide …
- … case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard’s reply must be read in …
- … inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). Automata and vivisection …
- … Collier sent Darwin a copy of his Primer of art (Collier 1882), which seemed to follow Darwin’s …
- … a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry …
- … consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley 1881, pp. 199–245). …
- … be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] ; see also letter from T. L …
- … complete rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with …
- … am now 73 years old’ ( letter to A. A. Reade, 13 February 1882 ). Over the month of February, …
- … ‘I have been for some time unwell’ (Darwin pocket diary, 1882, Down House MS). On a visit to Down in …
- … Pepsin mixture’ (letters to W. W. Baxter, 11 March 1882 and 18 March [1882 ]). Detailed …
The full edition is now online!
Summary
For nearly fifty years successive teams of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have been working to track down all surviving letters written by or to Charles Darwin, research their content, and publish the complete texts. The thirtieth and final…
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- … all the letter texts – more than 15000 between 1822 and 1882 – are now published online. Like …
- … months of Darwin's life in our Life and Letters series, 1882: Nothing too great or too small …
- … run. ’ Letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 In early 1882, Darwin, who …
- … as I am. ’ Letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 Darwin was by now confident …
- … no pain. ’ Letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 March 1882 Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
- … Letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [20 April 1882] Emma Darwin wrote the news of …
- … on 20 April: this letter concludes the correspondence for 1882. The family had expected Darwin to be …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … voyage, to a letter to C. A. Kennard written on 9 January 1882 , only shortly before Darwin’s …
Correspondence with women
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We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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- … case greatly suffer. (Darwin to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ) Kennard responded (C. …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 Letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
4.52 'Wasp' caricature
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< Back to Introduction Less than a fortnight after Darwin’s death, an irreverent portrayal of him appeared on the cover of a Californian satirical magazine. The Wasp, based in San Francisco, resembled the better-known New York magazine Puck in its…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … the same block was re-used as the frontispiece to the June 1882 issue, which had two obituary …
- … Police News, accompanying a notice of Darwin’s death in 1882. A vignette version of the most …
- … signed by A. Gusman in Le Magasin Pittoresque, c. 1882 (Bridgeman Images), and a painting by …
- … of the Emotions , pp. 434-49, and in vol. 21 (June 1882), as frontispiece, accompanying two …
- … article in a supplement to the same journal (22 April 1882) (DAR 215.22c). It was copied in a …
- … Photographic Studios of Europe (London: Piper and Carter, 1882), pp. 42-5, ‘Messrs Elliott & …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … your private use.” (Letter to Kennard, C.A., 9 Jan 1882 ) In this personal exchange, she finds …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … plants", Collected papers 2: 236–56], 22 February 1882 …
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … width="203"] Caricature of John Lubbock (1882)[/caption] …
4.44 'Puck' cartoon 1
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< 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…
1.7 Ouless replica
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< Back to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica of the portrait that had been commissioned from him by the Darwin family in 1875. This replica is signed and dated at lower left ‘W. W. Ouless 1883…
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- … to Introduction Following Darwin’s death in 1882, Walter William Ouless painted a replica …
1.20 Leopold Flameng etching, after Collier
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< Back to Introduction Almost as soon as Collier’s portrait of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to reproduce it flooded in, from book and print publishers. Collier himself often felt, with some…
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- … of Darwin was put on display at the Linnean Society in 1882, requests for permission to …
4.45 'Puck' cartoon 2
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< Back to Introduction In Reason Against Unreason, a cartoon published shortly before Darwin’s death, the American humorous magazine Puck had celebrated him as the embodiment of ‘Reason’. Now, a month after his death, an imaginative drawing in the…
1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean
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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…
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- … about to be hung in the rooms of the society’ in April 1882, when his death was announced, and …
- … By the time it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1882, Darwin was already dead. Speaking at …
- … 27 May 1881. Correspondence between Darwin and Collier in 1882, DCP-LETT-13689 and DCP-LETT-13701. …
- … ‘The Royal Academy Banquet’, Times (1 May 1882), p. 7. ‘Fine arts and music. Royal Academy – …
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…