To J. D. Hooker 26[–7] March [1864]
Summary
John Scott has left Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
Asks JDH to ask Tyndall whether Frankland exaggerates the effect of snowfall on advance of European glaciers.
Huxley and Falconer squabble too much in public.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26[–7] Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 225 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4436 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … English newspapers and periodicals, 1800–1900. 10 vols. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo …
- … orchids (see Correspondence vols. 9 and 10, and Orchids , pp. 158 n. , 214 n. ). In ‘ …
- … by August 1864; he spent at least £126 10 s. on the new greenhouse and on adapting the old …
- … in DAR 70: 94–5 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 May 1862] …
- … Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in his letter of 10 March 1864 . See letter from J. D. …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 and n. 10, and letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] and nn. 10 and 11); Frankland’s hypothesis about the …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 8 October 1864]
Summary
Asks anyone who possesses a treatise on gardening, or an almanac, one or two centuries old, to look up what date is given as the proper period for sowing scarlet runners or dwarf French beans. CD wants to ascertain whether these plants can now be sown earlier than was formerly the case.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [before 8 Oct 1864] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1864): 965 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4629 |
From A. R. Wallace 29 May [1864]
Summary
Argues the antiquity of the human species because natural selection acts differently with respect to men. Changes in man are largely confined to head and brain. Warfare and sex are very uncertain as means of selection.
Gives CD complete credit for theory of natural selection.
Is beginning his narrative of his travels.
Lyell argues against tracing man as far back as Miocene times. R. I. Murchison’s argument that Africa is the oldest existing land implies that Africa is the place to look for early man.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B14–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4514 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1864b . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. See letter to A. R. …
- … also Wallace 1864b , p. clxvii. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 2. …
- … H. Huxley 1861 , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter from T. H. Huxley, 9 October 1862 …
- … apes. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. See also n. 20, below. See …
- … 399). See also letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. In the abstract written …
- … clxvii. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 10 May 1864 and n. 6. See also Wallace 1905 , …
To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864]
Summary
Proposes to support John Scott in research on relative fertility and self-incompatibility of plants. CD would pay him for a year or two but wants JDH to give him research facilities at Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 226a–b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4444 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … pollination (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ); …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , and …
- … CD’s suggestion (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] ). …
- … 1864 , and first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ; see also letter from John Scott, …
- … Gardens, Kew, see Desmond and Hepper 1993, pp. 10–11, and R. Desmond 1995 , p. 221. All …
To J. T. Moggridge 1[7] July [1864]
Summary
Discusses dimorphism in flowers. Describes his experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Date: | 1[7] July [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 373 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4563 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … this letter, the letter from George Bentham, 10 July 1864 , and the letter from J. T. …
- … rollii . See letter from George Bentham, 10 July 1864 and n. 5. See letter from J. T. …
- … P. vulgaris (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] and n. 17, and that the latter …
- … Read 19 March 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. …
From Asa Gray 5 December 1864
Summary
Congratulates CD on the Copley Medal.
Is making inquiries on the habits of American cuckoos and sends a letter from Henry Bryant on that subject.
Discusses the Civil War.
Encloses letter from W. H. Leggett containing observations on Amphicarpaea.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A87; DAR 165: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4699 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … cleistogamic), see Correspondence vols. 10 and 11. See also this volume, letter from …
- … form of the development theory. [Read 27 March, 10 April, and 1 May 1860. ] Memoirs of the …
- … of Learned Societies. 20 vols. , index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s …
- … and The Times , 11 November 1864, p. 10). Gray also refers to the 1812–14 war between the …
- … 1864 , n. 13, and Correspondence vols. 8–10. CD had expressed a wish to obtain seeds of …
- … by Express. Yrs very Truly | Henry Bryant 224 10 th St. New York Oct. 14 th 1864 Dr Asa …
From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864
Summary
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 176–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4396 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker’s opinion of Spencer in his letter of [10 and 12 January 1864] . William Benjamin …
- … I have cut up some,— (The Botany in Number 10, this moment arrived, is all new to me …
- … the help of Huxley and Hooker. Hooker refers to number 10 of Spencer 1864–7 , vol. 1, …
- … evidently comprised pp. 239–328; number 10 was issued to subscribers in January 1864 (see …
- … name was Hardcastle (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 and 12 January 1864] and n. 5). …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 and 12 January 1864] and n. 5. J. D. Hooker 1864–7 . …
To Editor of the Natural History Review [December? 1864]
Summary
Forwards a communication from A. Fonblanque for possible publication in Natural History Review. [See "Notice of mule breeding", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 5 (1865): 147–8.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Natural History Review |
| Date: | [Dec? 1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.286a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4686 |
From Charles Parker 18 January 1864
Summary
Collecting subscriptions for a school at Ford.
| Author: | Charles Parker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4393 |
From G. C. Oxenden 1 August 1864
Summary
Spent two days watching Epipactis palustris in a bog. Never saw a moth.
Thinks "Suddenism" and not "Graduality" is the great Law of Nature.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 62, 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4581 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter of 8 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Oxenden reported that he had observed no …
- … of 4 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). The postscript, which is on a separate sheet, …
- … late spider-orchid; see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 …
- … lizard orchid; see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from G. C. Oxenden, 30 May [1862] …
From B. D. Walsh 7 November 1864
Summary
Notes Louis Agassiz’s opinions on CD’s views.
Mating and sexual organs of insects.
| Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4663 |
From W. E. Darwin [30 April 1864]
Summary
[Outline sketches of pollen from long- and short-styled yellow cowslips and from red cowslip, magnified 350x.]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4478 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of the Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 393–437. ‘Specific difference in …
- … Read 19 March 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. …
- … H. Huxley 1863b , p. 107; Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI; Correspondence vol. 11, …
- … from John Scott, 21 May [1863] and n. 10; and this volume, letter to John Lubbock, [1 …
To J. D. Hooker [25 January 1864]
Summary
CD’s illness.
The difficulty of getting John Scott to publish his work. Has sent Scott’s paper [on Primulaceae] to Linnean Society. CD is sure it is valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [25 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 217 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4397 |
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, first enclosure to letter to John Scott, 19 …
- … 1864] and n. 9. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , …
- … nn. 5 and 6; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [November …
- … 1 and 3 August [1863] and nn. 2–6 and 10). Some of this damaged portion of the letter has …
- … see the first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). The results of Scott’s Passiflora …
- … Edinburgh (see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[– …
From Mary Boott 18 January 1864
Summary
On his deathbed her husband [Francis] expressed admiration for CD.
| Author: | Mary Hardcastle; Mary Boott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 255 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4391 |
To John Higgins 1 December 1864
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £262 13s. 5d.
Sorry to hear JH is still suffering from gout.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 1 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4690F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 …
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1864
Summary
JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.
Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.
Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 227–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4537 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … May 1864] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] and n. 11. See letter to J. …
- … the building of CD’s hothouse in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, 24 December [1862] and n. 10, and Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). Hooker …
- … April [1864] and 23 September [1864] and n. 10). See also letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 …
To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1864]
Summary
CD has told Scott not to hope for help from JDH.
Health improving.
Hopes to write Lythrum paper soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 229 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4461 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … flowers of Oxalis and Viola (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to …
- … Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Daniel Oliver, 27 …
- … William Jenner visited Down on 20 March and 10 April (see also letter from William Jenner …
- … southern counties of England. See also n. 10, below. CD was intrigued by Oliver’s comment …
From J. D. Hooker 5 September 1864
Summary
R. I. Murchison’s address [see 4595] smashes Ramsay’s glacial theory.
JDH defends his view that CD should not answer Kölliker.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 238–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4608 |
From J. D. Hooker 29 March 1864
Summary
John Scott’s career.
Huxley’s vicious attack on anthropologists.
Critique of Joseph Prestwich’s theory of rivers.
Bitter feelings between the Hookers and the Veitch family of nurserymen.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 193–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4439 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 10. Hooker refers to John Scott’s departure from …
- … English newspapers and periodicals, 1800–1900. 10 vols. Waterloo, Ontario: North Waterloo …
- … propose to give the new man £180, rising by 10 annually to £250 & house. — We have seen a …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] and nn. 7–10). See also Bynum 1984 and Wilson 1996 . …
- … 23 July 1864 issue of the Reader , pp. 109–10, Busk 1864 , Busk and Falconer 1865, and …
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| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (117) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (33) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Gray, Asa | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (198) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (61) |
| Scott, John | (20) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (13) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (12) |
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
Matches: 1 hits
- … catch my interest. And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 8 hits
- … given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he …
- … finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
- … ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
- … similarly coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November …
- … ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these …
- … of transmutation to humans (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably …
- … Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 6 hits
- … self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
- … of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
- … great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
- … had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
- … 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 November 1876. Within days, Darwin received …
- … of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
- … investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
- … to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
- … to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
- … of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …
Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom
Summary
English| History| Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
Summary
On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … now in the balance & I can laugh & talk & settle Bradshaw 10 etc etc just as …
- … me so. If I cannot be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. …
- … all the world to me to see him smile to hear his voice 10 years on how will it be when we are 50 …
- … . 9 Richard Buckley Litchfield . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . …
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
Matches: 1 hits
- … to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . The ‘hard …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 5 hits
- … however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
- … them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
- … of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
- … Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
- … mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
- … the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
- … you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
- … know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …
- … other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
Summary
In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 6 hits
- … (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
- … had been published in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
- … of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
- … Verbascum and Zea (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when Evidence as …
- … other acquired differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing …
- … orchid genus Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwin’s …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 12 hits
- … you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
- … Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist …
- … right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
- … a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
- … HOOKER: 208 We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
- … XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
- … 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
- … JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73 C DARWIN TO …
- … A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C …
- … 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130 C DARWIN …
- … 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137 A GRAY TO …
- … AND 26 JANUARY 1862 142 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 NOVEMBER 1862 143 A …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
Matches: 4 hits
- … form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
- … with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
- … views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most …
- … serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
Matches: 4 hits
- … interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members …
- … he disagreed with Henrietta, or that Krause had written on 10 July to say that he had derived …
- … & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply to Darwin’s response …
- … Leopold Würtenberger fared better. When he wrote on 10 January to ask whether Darwin could find him …
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: 31 hits
- … Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. …
- … on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d . translated by Rennie …
- … Soc read Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . …
- … Des ). De leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . …
- … G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839 Jan 10 All life of W. Scott [Lockhart 1837–8] …
- … Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. …
- … 1839]. References at end. chiefly on instincts 10 th . Blackwalls Researches in Zoology …
- … 1839–40]. references at end.— Maer (June 10 to Nov. 14. 1840) Smellies Buffon 3 d …
- … Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th Journal de Phys. [ Observations …
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The evolution of honeycomb
Summary
Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
