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From Armand de Quatrefages   10 November 1866

Summary

Sends his book [Histoire naturelle des annelés marins et d’eau douce, 2 vols. (1865)].

Author:  Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov 1866
Classmark:  DAR 175: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5274

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Armand de Quatrefages    10 November 1866 …
  • … Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau Paris 10 Nov 1866 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Paris 10 9 bre . 66 Monsieur et cher confrère MM Williams et Norgate libr.  sont chargés …
  • … Paris 10 November.  66 Dear Sir and Colleague, Messrs Williams and Norgate bksellr have …

From W. E. Darwin   10 November [1866]

Summary

Has made will. Discusses financial arrangements and asks whether CD would like a mortgage.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 24)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5273F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From W. E. Darwin   10 November [1866] …
  • … DAR 275: 24) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 10 Nov [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Southampton Nov 10 th My Dear Father, Thank you for your letter, it is just as well to …

To J. V. Carus   10 November 1866

Summary

Expresses gratification that JVC is to undertake new translation and revision of German edition of the Origin.

Has heard many complaints about Bronn’s translation. JVC would be justified in omitting Bronn’s appendix.

Suggests additions and changes, including reference to C. W. v. Nägeli’s Entstehung und Begriff [1865], though he disagrees with it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Julius Victor Carus
Date:  10 Nov 1866
Classmark:  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 1–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5273

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To J.  V.  Carus   10 November 1866 …
  • … 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 1–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Nov 1866 Julius Victor Carus …
  • … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Nov 10 th . 1866 My dear Sir I thank you for your extremely …
  • … German edition (Bronn trans.  1863, pp.  1–10). CD expanded the sketch again in Origin 4th …
  • … von Nägeli, 12 June [1866] and nn.  2, 4, 7–10). In the new German edition, Carus did not …

To A. R. Wallace   [23 November 1866?]

Summary

Will call on Wallace tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:  [23 Nov 1866?]
Classmark:  Alexander Historical Auctions (dealers) (29 April 2000)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7512F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Will call on Wallace tomorrow (Saturday) at 10. …
  • … Saturday (stomach permitting me), at about 10. Thanks for your note received at Down Yours …

To H. A. Huxley   [before 25 November 1866?]

Summary

Asks if he may call on Sunday at 10 o’clock.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley
Date:  [before 25 Nov 1866?]
Classmark:  Janet Huxley (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2797F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Asks if he may call on Sunday at 10 o’clock. …
  • … unreasonable if I proposed to call about 10 oclock, for my strength always oozes away as …

To John Higgins   [16 November 1866]

Summary

[Acknowledges receipt of £252 19s. 2d.]

Thanks JH for his kind invitation to [William Erasmus Darwin, who had inherited the Claythorpe property in Lincolnshire, also managed by JH, from CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin?]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Higgins
Date:  [16 Nov 1866]
Classmark:  Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5279F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) Charles Robert Darwin Down [ …

From Fritz Müller   [2 November 1866]

Summary

Sends his observations on sterility of Eschscholzia,

on Oxalis,

and on recently found dimorphic plants.

Sends specimen of Hedyotis [see Forms of flowers, p. 133].

Author:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [2 Nov 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 111: B59, DAR 142: 100, 101, 105, Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 93–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5264

Matches: 6 hits

  • … darbot. Unter 253 Blumen dieses Baumes hatten: 5 sepala, 5 petala, 10 stamina, 3 styli, …
  • … 192 Blumen 5 "  6 "  10 "  3 "  1 "  …
  • … 1) 6 "  6 "  10 "  3 "  3 " 6 "  6 "  11 "  3 "  3 " 6 "  6 "  12 "  3 "  20 " 6 "  6 "  …
  • … tree. Out of 253 flowers on this tree there were: 5 sepala, 5 petala, 10 stamina, 3 styli, …
  • … 192 flowers 5 " 6 " 10 " 3 " 1 " …
  • … 1) 6 " 6 " 10 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 11 " 3 " 3 " 6 " 6 " 12 " 3 " 20 " 6 " 6 " 12 " 3–4 " 1 " …

To J. D. Hooker   20 November [1866]

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Summary

Requests roots of two species of Mirabilis for "a curious experiment in crossing".

Has subscribed £10 to Jamaica committee to prosecute Governor Eyre.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  20 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 305
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5281

Matches: 2 hits

  • … experiment in crossing". Has subscribed £10 to Jamaica committee to prosecute Governor …
  • … and n.  5). CD recorded a payment of £10 under the heading ‘Jamaica’ for 19 November 1866  …

From Clair James Grece   12 November 1866

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Summary

Sends clipping about a pig that has cast its outer skin.

Identifies himself as having a year or two ago pointed out a passage from Aristotle showing that natural selection was known to the ancients.

Author:  Clair James Grece
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1866
Classmark:  DAR 165: 220 and 220a
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5276

Matches: 2 hits

  • … coat, and the new one is growing nicely. Morning Star: Saturday the 10 th . November 1866. …
  • … the London newspaper, the Morning Star , 10 November 1866. The reference is to a passage …

From J. V. Carus   15 November 1866

Summary

JVC proposes to correct Bronn’s mistakes [in his translation of Origin], but will not add his own notes.

Asks CD to write a note on Nägeli’s pamphlet [Entstehung und Begriff] for the revised edition.

Also requests biographical information for an encyclopedia article he has been asked to write.

Author:  Julius Victor Carus
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Nov 1866
Classmark:  DAR 161: 54
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5279

Matches: 3 hits

  • … one of Carus (see letter to J.  V.  Carus, 10 November 1866 ). The photograph of Carus has …
  • … of Nägeli, see the letter to J.   V.  Carus, 10 November 1866  and n.  5. Thomas Henry …
  • … 1867; see also letter to J.  V.  Carus, 10 November 1866  and n.  4). CD added a reference …

From Frances Harriet Hooker   1 November [1866]

Summary

Mentions a note in Notes and Queries [3d ser. 10 (1866): 343–4] which refers to A sketch of the life and works of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 104: 242–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5263

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Mentions a note in Notes and Queries [3d ser. 10 (1866): 343–4] which refers to A sketch …

To Charles Lyell   [22 November 1866 – 14 December 1871]

Summary

CD asks if he can call tomorrow (Friday) at 9: 30, and offers to come on Saturday if that would suit CL better.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [22 Nov 1866 – 14 Dec 1871]
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (L DC AL 1/2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13825G

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Anne Street before Lyell’s death in 1875 took place from 10 January 1874, but CD arrived …
  • … and left on a Saturday (10 and 17), which makes it unlikely that he would have suggested …

To J. D. Hooker   [23 November 1866]

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Will visit Kew on Tuesday [27 Nov].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [23 Nov 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 306
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5284

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Tuesday morning at 9 o so shall be at Kew about 10 o : Emma thinks she will not be able to …

From Herbert George Henry Norman   30 November 1866

Summary

Encloses foot of a woodcock with earth attached. CD asked about this many years ago with reference to seed dispersal.

Author:  Herbert George Henry Norman
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Nov 1866
Classmark:  DAR 172: 75
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5287

Matches: 1 hit

  • … to Origin 5th ed. , p.  440. See also letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 10 December [1866] . …

From Alfred Newton   27 November 1866

Summary

Thanks for new edition of Origin [4th ed.].

Has met CD’s son [George] at Trinity College.

Author:  Alfred Newton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Nov 1866
Classmark:  DAR 172: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5285

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …

To Thomas Laxton   3 November [1866]

Summary

Has examined TL’s crossed peas. Observes that in several lots crossed peas are smooth, like paternal stock, not wrinkled like maternal stock. Is this a result of mere variation, peculiar culture, or pollen of the father?

Encloses queries [missing].

Intends planting peas at once if TL approves.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Laxton
Date:  3 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 146: 36
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5267

Matches: 1 hit

  • … kept one pea out of the packets marked 7. 10. 11. 12. 13. & the purple pea N o . 14. I …

From Anne Marsh-Caldwell   27 November [1866]

Summary

Writing for Mr Corbet, she asks what diet has helped in the treatment of CD’s illness.

Author:  Anne Caldwell; Anne Marsh; Anne Marsh-Caldwell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5286

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …

To James Shaw   24 November [1866]

Summary

Has seen the Athenæum and admires his article on beauty ["Feeling of beauty among animals", Athenæum (24 Nov. 1866): 681].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  James Shaw
Date:  24 Nov [1866]
Classmark:  Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (1986)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5284A

Matches: 1 hit

  • … 1866], and the letters from James Shaw , [6–10 February 1866] , 14 February 1866 , 19  …

To J. V. Carus   21 November 1866

Summary

Answers some question about species.

Sends biographical sketch.

Now considers that a note on Nägeli would have to be too long to include. Discusses his differences with Nägeli. Cannot believe in spontaneous generation. At present the principle of life seems to him beyond the confines of science.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Julius Victor Carus
Date:  21 Nov 1866
Classmark:  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 4–5a); DAR 143: 212
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5282

Matches: 1 hit

  • … J.  V.  Carus, 15 November 1866  and n.  10). There is a heavily annotated copy of Nägeli …
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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…

Matches: 3 hits

  • … had tried, indirectly, to influence him. He told Hooker: 10 Do see Falconer & …
  • … , and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, …
  • … 19. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 10. 20. See the second enclosure …

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…

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
  • … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
  • … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …

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…

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Letter 1174 - Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 10 May 1848 …
  • … ideas Using a ‘pass the bomb’ technique, Year 10 History pupils at Bideford College in …
  • … Science Roast beef and urine Year 10 pupils at Hitchin Girls School were …

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…

Matches: 2 hits

  • … (see letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). Darwin’s condition …
  • … D. Fox, 8 December [1863]). In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 [November 1863] ( Correspondence …

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.

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  • … 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…

Matches: 2 hits

  • … in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. 10 ). He was surprised that no naturalist …
  • … eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). His faith in his …

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…

Matches: 3 hits

  • … vol. 22, letters from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 and 10 July 1874 ). ‘I am astounded & …
  • … the process of writing and revising at all satisfying. On 10 February he complained to Hooker : …
  • … objectless & all being vanity of vanities,’ he wrote on 10 February . ‘But this will wear …

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]. …
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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…

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  • … her power of reaching.’ (Letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 10 February 1858 .) By now not only …
  • … a letter from Edward Cresy (letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ), in which Cresy sent as …
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