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To Gardeners’ Chronicle   11 February [1868]

Summary

Requests information on published observations on the proportional number of males and females born to various domestic animals.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:  11 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1868): 160
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5863

Matches: 4 hits

  • … To Gardeners’ Chronicle    11 February [1868] …
  • … Gazette (1868): 160 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1868] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
  • … of the sexes in animals, see the letter to H.  W.  Bates, 11 February [1868] and n.  2. …
  • … facts. Sir, your obedient servant,| Charles Darwin Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E. , Feb. 11. …

From A. R. Wallace   [11 September 1868]

Summary

ARW’s wife will accompany him to Down.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [11 Sept 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 426b
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6362

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From A.  R.  Wallace   [11 September 1868] …
  • … DAR 148: 426b Alfred Russel Wallace unstated [11 Sept 1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … The Friday after 5 September 1868 was 11 September. Wallace’s wife was Annie Wallace . See …

From J. R. G. Barr to George Cupples   [after 11 May 1868?]

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Sends replies on dogs – sexual differences and preferences.

Author:  John Robert Goodwin Barr
Addressee:  George Cupples
Date:  [after 11 May 1868?]
Classmark:  DAR 85: B27
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6527

Matches: 5 hits

  • … From J.  R.  G.  Barr to George Cupples   [after 11 May 1868? ] …
  • … DAR 85: B27 John Robert Goodwin Barr unstated [after 11 May 1868? ] George Cupples …
  • … had sent CD’s queries on dogs (see letter from George Cupples, 11–13 May 1868  and n.  3). …
  • … letter to him, evidently sent on or before 11 May 1868. This letter may have been enclosed …
  • … by Cupples. See letters from George Cupples , 11–13 May 1868  and 13 July  1868 . Cupples …

To G. G. Stokes   11 March [1868]

Summary

Sends GGS examples of feathers from an albino peacock and repeats his query about the zones of colour [see 5950].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet
Date:  11 Mar [1868]
Classmark:  CUL (Add MS 7656: D75)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6003

Matches: 4 hits

  • … To G.  G.  Stokes   11 March [1868] …
  • … Robert Darwin London, Chester Place, 4 11 Mar [1868] George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet …
  • … at Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood’s house from 11 March until 1 April 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s …
  • … 4 Chester Place | Regents Park | N.W. March 11 th My dear Sir After writing to you I …

From E. A. Darwin   [11 October 1868]

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J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".

Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [11 Oct 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B62–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6219

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From E.  A.  Darwin   [11 October 1868] …
  • … DAR 105: B62–3 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [11 Oct 1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … The Sunday following 10 October 1868 was 11 October. George’s fellowship at Trinity …
  • … See letter from E.  A.  Darwin, [before 11 October 1868] and n.  2. The reference is …

To W. B. Tegetmeier   11 February [1868]

Summary

Wants information on sex ratios in domestic animals. Can WBT help?

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  11 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5859

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To W.  B.  Tegetmeier   11 February [1868] …
  • … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1868] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
  • … Down Bromley Kent Feb.  11: My dear Sir I am going to ask you, as so often on other …
  • … s letter to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 11 February [1868]. Tegetmeier inserted a request …
  • … research’. See letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 11 February [1868], and letter to F.  T.   …

From E. A. Darwin   [before 11 October 1868]

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C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 11 Oct 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B59
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5746

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From E.  A.  Darwin   [before 11 October 1868] …
  • … DAR 105: B59 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 11 Oct 1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter and the letter from E.  A.  Darwin, [11 October 1868] . The reference is probably …

To Edward Alfred Smith   [11–31 March 1868]

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Instructions for woodcuts showing sexual differences in beetles, for Descent.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Alfred Smith
Date:  [11–31 Mar 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 81: 94–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7052

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To Edward Alfred Smith   [11–31 March 1868] …
  • … DAR 81: 94–5 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [11–31 Mar 1868] Edward Alfred Smith …
  • … this letter, the letter to H.  W.  Bates, 11 February [1868] , and the letter from H.   …
  • … Elizabeth Wedgwood, Emma Darwin’s sister, from 11 to 31 March 1868. Sarah moved to Down …
  • … Correspondence vol.  16, letter to H.  W.  Bates, 11 February [1868] ). Illustrations by …

From Adam Sedgwick   11 October 1868

Summary

Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.

Describes his ill health.

Invites CD to visit Cambridge.

[Letter dated November in error.]

Author:  Adam Sedgwick
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Oct 1868
Classmark:  DAR 177: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6416

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Adam Sedgwick   11 October 1868 …
  • … DAR 177: 129 Adam Sedgwick Cambridge 11 Oct 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … see also letter from E.  A.  Darwin, [11 October 1868] . Gyp: a college servant at …
  • … Cambridge Oct 11 | 1868 My dear Darwin I returned to College (from my Cathedral residence …

From Albert Gaudry   11 April 1868

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Thanks CD for copy of Variation.

CD’s work on pigeons demonstrates the close relationship between modifications in soft tissues and the hard parts, which are the only ones we possess in the fossil state.

Author:  Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Apr 1868
Classmark:  DAR 165: 17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6111

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Albert Gaudry    11 April 1868 …
  • … DAR 165: 17 Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry Paris 11 Apr 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … l’expression de mes sentimens les plus respecteuses | Albert Gaudry. 11 Avril 1868. Paris. …
  • … Please accept, dear Sir, my most respectful regards | Albert Gaudry. 11 April 1868. Paris. …

From J. Noordhoek Hegt   11 December 1868

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On spurs in peacocks. [See Descent 1: 290 n.]

Author:  J. Noordhoek Hegt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Dec 1868
Classmark:  DAR 86: A39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6499

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From J.  Noordhoek Hegt   11 December 1868 …
  • … 86: A39 J. Noordhoek Hegt K. Zool. Genoot. , Amsterdam 11 Dec 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Natura Artis Magistra, | Amsterdam. 11 th Dec: 1868 Ch s Darwin, Esq: | Down. | Bromley …

From Asa Gray   11 October [1868]

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Wants seeds of Passiflora gracilis.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Oct [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 165: 170
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6931

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  • … From Asa Gray   11 October [1868] …
  • … DAR 165: 170 Asa Gray Kew 11 Oct [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Herbarium Kew 11, Oct. Dear Darwin It is sad to think of, that I should be weeks in …

To Alfred Wrigley   11 March [1868]

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Regrets and apologises for a misunderstanding regarding Horace’s leaving Clapham School. Is sure he wrote an earlier letter which AW evidently did not receive.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Alfred Wrigley
Date:  11 Mar [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 42–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6004

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To Alfred Wrigley   11 March [1868] …
  • … DAR 96: 42–3 Charles Robert Darwin London, Chester Place, 4 11 Mar [1868] Alfred Wrigley …
  • … 4 Chester [Place] March 11 th My dear D r W. If the enclosed letter is the only one which …

From W. S. Dallas   11 February 1868

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WSD is delighted to hear that first edition [of Variation] has sold so well.

Has received a cheque from J. Murray for 30 guineas, double what was agreed upon. Sends a postal order for the five guineas CD sent him [see 5788].

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Feb 1868
Classmark:  DAR 162: 12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5865

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From W.  S.  Dallas   11 February 1868 …
  • … DAR 162: 12 William Sweetland Dallas York 11 Feb 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … York 11 Feb 1868. My dear Sir I am very much delighted to hear that your first edition has …

From Charles Spence Bate   11 February 1868

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On the colours of sexes in Crustacea; the structure of male crabs.

Author:  Charles Spence Bate
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Feb 1868
Classmark:  DAR 82: A57–60
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5864

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Charles Spence Bate   11 February 1868 …
  • … DAR 82: A57–60 Charles Spence Bate Plymouth 11 Feb 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Genera British’ added ink Top of letter : ‘Crustaceæ | 11’ blue crayon circled blue crayon …
  • … 8, Mulgrave Place, | Plymouth. Feby 11. 68 My dear Sir Color I am delighted to have a …

From Albert Gaudry   11 January 1868

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Sends an article ["Des lumières que la géologie peut jeter sur … l’histoire ancienne des Athéniens"] extracted from his work [Animaux fossiles et géologie de l’Attique (1862–7)]. CD’s letters have been an encouragement.

Hopes the belief in transformation will gradually be accepted. For himself the idea in no way undermines his idea of spirituality and his respect for human dignity.

Hopes to continue his work on the genealogical relationship (enchaînement) of fossils.

Author:  Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Jan 1868
Classmark:  DAR 165: 16
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5784

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Albert Gaudry    11 January 1868 …
  • … DAR 165: 16 Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry Paris 11 Jan 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … expression de mes sentimens les plus respectueux. | Albert Gaudry 11 Janvier 1868. Paris. …
  • … the expression of my most respectful sentiments. | Albert Gaudry 11 January 1868. Paris. …

From John Lubbock and E. F. Lubbock   11 November [1868]

Summary

Further arrangements for polling. Everything looks well. [Ellen Lubbock notes, "he is too sanguine – ".]

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Nov [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 170: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6456

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From John Lubbock and E.  F.  Lubbock   11 November [1868] …
  • … Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock High Elms 11 Nov [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … High Elms, | Farnborough, | Kent. 11 Nov. Dear M r . Darwin All right. I rather thought …

To W. S. Dallas   11 November [1868]

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A letter strongly recommending him for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Geological Society.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Sweetland Dallas
Date:  11 Nov [1868]
Classmark:  Geological Society of London (LDGSL 286/8); DAR 96: 51
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6457

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To W.  S.  Dallas   11 November [1868] …
  • … LDGSL 286/8); DAR 96: 51 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Nov [1868] William Sweetland Dallas …
  • … Kent. S.E. [6 Queen Anne Street, London] Nov.  11 th My dear Sir I have much pleasure in …

From J. J. Weir   11 March 1868

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Courtship of goldfinches. Male display. [See Descent 2: 95.]

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 84.1: 53–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6005

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From J.  J.  Weir   11 March 1868 …
  • … DAR 84.1: 53–6 John Jenner Weir Blackheath 11 Mar 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 6 Haddo Villas | Blackheath SE 11 Mch 1868 My Dear Sir You were kind enough to receive …

From Henry Holland   11 February [1868]

Summary

Thanks for copy of Variation. Comments on it, especially on Pangenesis.

Author:  Henry Holland, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 166: 249
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5862

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  • … From Henry Holland   11 February [1868] …
  • … 166: 249 Henry Holland, 1st baronet London, Brook St 11 Feb [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Brook Street, Feb.  11 th . My dear Charles, First let me thank you, which I do heartily, …
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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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…

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  • … on the topic. Lyell also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published …
  • … 2 have struck out Galton & Prestwich at p. 11 who will be surprisd [ sic ] to …
  • … had done ‘an injustice’ to Falconer and Prestwich. 11 In the same review Lubbock expressed …
  • … he took exception to the wording of the note on p. 11 of C. Lyell 1863c, which implied that Lubbock …
  • … The statement made by Sir Charles Lyell, in a note to page 11 of his work, that my article on the …
  • … of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No correspondence with …
  • … of the preface of C. Lyell 1863c and reworded the note on p. 11.  Unlike the earlier …
  • …  Lyell revised both the preface and the note on page 11 of the third edition of Antiquity of man …
  • … versions of the end of the preface and of the note on page 11 are included below.  Preface, C …
  • … as well as of the subsequent issues.” Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) …
  • … made by him in company with Mr. Busk. Note on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) …
  • … in Letters, 1863 , (introduction to Correspondence vol. 11, pp. xv–xvii). For a comparison of …
  • … 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
  • … Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March …
  • … 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March …
  • … (rough draft of letter from T. H. Huxley to Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley …

Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition

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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn.  That lost list is recreated here.

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  • … German edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of …
  • … & a few of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn …
  • … letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition …
  • … we shall immediately see)’.    Page xiv, n., line 11, delete ‘in the years 1794–5’.    …
  • … substitute for ‘but then  . . .  kinds of flowers.’: 11                    In just some of …
  • … sentence also appears in Origin 4th ed., p. 20. 11.  p. 56. This whole paragraph was …
  • … in Origin 4th ed., p. 449. 47.  p. 409–11. This passage also appears, with slight …

1.1 Ellen Sharples pastel

Summary

< Back to Introduction The earliest surviving portrayal of Darwin, who was born on 12 February 1809, is this pastel or chalk drawing by Ellen Wallace Sharples. He is shown kneeling chivalrously before his sister Catherine (born in 1810), in the kind…

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  • … Art Journal , 16:1 (Spring–Summer 1995), pp. 3–11. Julius Bryant (ed.), English Heritage …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
  • … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
  • … Correspondence  vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
  • … the moment of being hatched ( letter to  Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
  • … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
  • … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox,  11 May [1874] ). His research …
  • … Correspondence  vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin,  [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
  • … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …

Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments

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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…

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  • … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
  • … on  Linum  ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
  • … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
  • … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
  • … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
  • … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
  • … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …

Darwin’s queries on expression

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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…

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  • … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
  • … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
  • … 9 Nov 1870 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
  • … 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England   …
  • … 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot's Terrace, London, England …
  • … 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's Terrace, Kensington. W., London, …
  • … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
  • … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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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…

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  • … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
  • … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
  • … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
  • … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
  • … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
  • … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
  • … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
  • … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
  • … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
  • … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
  • … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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  • … as not signifying so much.  ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, …
  • … & that must be enough for me  ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the …

Race, Civilization, and Progress

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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,…

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  • … man in his most "primitive wildness" ( letter to Henslow, 11 April 1833 ). They …
  • … Letter 204 : Darwin to Henslow, J. S., 11 April 1833 "The Fuegians are in a more …
  • … 98). Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] "the …
  • … Letter 2503 : Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, C., 11 October [1859] I suppose that you do not …

Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . .  What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…

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  • … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart,  11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
  • … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
  • … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
  • … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …

Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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  • … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
  • … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
  • … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
  • … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
  • … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
  • … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …

Charles Harrison Blackley

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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…

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  • … 5 July [1873] ) Blackley wrote back on 11 July 1873 that the distinction had ‘a …
  • … research remained elusive.   He wrote to Darwin on 11 July 1873 : The problem of cure …

Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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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…

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  • … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
  • … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
  • … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
  • … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
  • … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • … in that little sheet of note-paper! DARWIN:  11   My dear Hooker… What a remarkably …
  • … 1 OCTOBER 1846 7  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8  C DARWIN TO A …
  • … 10  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 11  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 5 JUNE 1855 …
  • … 22 NOVEMBER 1856 29  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 APRIL 1861 30  A GRAY TO C …
  • … A GRAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1858 58 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 11 OCTOBER 1858 59 A GRAY TO …
  • … HOOKER, 18 OCTOBER 1859 63  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 64 JD …
  • … 13 NOVEMBER 1859 66  C DARWIN TO R OWEN, 11 NOVEMBER 1859 67  C DARWIN …
  • … 17 FEBRUARY 1861 111  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 11 DECEMBER 1861 112  C DARWIN …
  • … DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 MAY 1864 159  FROM A GRAY 11 JULY 1864 160  C DARWIN …
  • … TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204  FROM A GRAY 11 DECEMBER 1874 205  TO A …

Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health

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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’.  Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…

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  • … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
  • … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence  vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
  • … two letters to the  Athenæum  ( Correspondence  vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
  • … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …

Thomas Rivers

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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…

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  • … crumbs of knowledge out of your wealth of information? ( 11 January [1863] ) Rivers and …
  • … Purpose”. When this letter was first published in volume 11 of the Correspondence, our transcription …

Darwin and Religion

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When Darwin published On the Origin of Species, was there a clear cut division between those who supported science and those who supported God? Find out how Darwin’s letters reveal a complex reaction from all sides and a desire from Darwin to keep his…

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  • … Pupils explore the reaction to Darwin’s findings as evidenced through his letters. Activities …

Henrietta Darwin's diary

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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…

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  • … be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. A beautiful day …
  • … . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . 11 For the biblical parable of the talents …

Darwin's bad days

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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:

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  • … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …

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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  • … Key letters: Letter to J. S. Henslow, 11 April 1833 Letter to C. R. Lyell, 11
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