To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871]
Summary
CD is allowing his family to decide whether Chauncey Wright’s paper on Mivart is dull.
Health and despondency.
Doubts his ability to answer Mivart successfully [in 6th ed. of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7858 |
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- … To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 . CD refers to Chauncey Wright’s review of …
- … 8 February 1870] and n. 2). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 and n. 3. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 12 th My dear Wallace Very many thanks. As soon as I read …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 and n. 9. CD discussed the absence of …
To Wallis Nash 12 September [1871]
Summary
Thanks for facts relating to inheritance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7934 |
To W. B. Dawkins 12 April [1871]
Summary
Sends contribution of £5 to Settle Cave Exploration Fund.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6695 |
From John Murray 12 April [1871]
Summary
Asks CD’s opinion of a request from Loescher of Turin. Thinks Loescher should have named his translator.
Does CD know the name of the Times reviewer?
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 395 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7676 |
To Chauncey Wright 12 September 1871
Summary
CW’s pamphlet [Darwinism (1871)] nearly ready. Friends have been much struck by it but say several passages rather obscure.
Glad CW coming to England. Will be delighted to see him at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Chauncey Wright |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 384 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7933 |
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From E. A. Darwin 12 [September 1871]
Summary
Sees mistake he made on certificates; will make list for future use.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B78–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7935 |
From Asa Gray 12 October 1871
Summary
Has seen CD’s sons.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8004 |
To Osbert Salvin 12 October [1871]
Summary
CD appreciates the great trouble OS has taken in providing a bundle of observations. [See 8001.] They are useful and will save CD from at least one blunder.
The structure of the beak of the shoveller "filled me with admiration".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Osbert Salvin |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Sybil Rampen (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8005A |
To an editor 12 October [1871]
Summary
Sends photograph of himself for a proposed memoir in correspondent’s Review.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8003 |
From Henry Reeks 12 June 1871
Summary
A geologist friend leaving for Nevada offers to investigate any questions CD may have for this region.
Nesting plumage of common chaffinch resembles adult winter plumage of female brambling.
| Author: | Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7816 |
To James Crichton-Browne 12 April 1871
Summary
Discusses blushing. CD believes confusion of mind alone can account for it. Sends MS for JC-B’s comments and corrections.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7678 |
From László Dapsy 12 June 1871
Summary
As a professor of natural history, LD has spread CD’s doctrines in Hungary. Now wishes permission to translate Descent.
| Author: | Laszlo Dapsy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7817 |
To J. J. Moulinié 12 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks JJM for willingness to introduce corrections into French edition of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66 ff. 22-3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7859 |
To George Busk 12 March [1871]
Summary
Discusses his blunder in "confounding the two foramina" [in the skull] of apes [in Descent].
Discusses views of George Rolleston, St George Mivart, and Huxley on the occurrence of the foramina.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Busk |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.387) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7574 |
From W. H. Flower 12 October 1871
Summary
On structure and function of the cetacean larynx.
| Author: | William Henry Flower |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 139 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8005 |
To William Ogle 12 March [1871]
Summary
Thanks WO for his replies [to 7551]. Discusses the open mouth in surprise; asks WO to investigate its function in hearing and breathing.
Asks why deaf persons generally keep mouths open.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 7 (EH 88205905) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7575 |
From Otto Kratz 12 July 1871
Summary
Sends photographs of very hairy Burmese natives; suggests they may be the "missing link".
| Author: | Otto Kratz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7862 |
To Violetta Galton 12 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks his aunt for a note about a picture bought by CD’s sons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Anne Violetta (Violetta) Darwin; Frances Anne Violetta (Violetta) Galton |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7860 |
From Hubert Airy 12 December 1871
Summary
Thanks for letter and reference to Nägeli’s observations on leaf arrangement in the bud.
| Author: | Hubert Airy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8105 |
To R. F. Cooke 12 January [1871]
Summary
Has no idea about length of index [for Descent]. W. S. Dallas wrote it would take ten days more. Asks how many presentation copies he may have. Lists journals to receive review copies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 12 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 274 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7438 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (63) |
| Busk, George | (4) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (98) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (5) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| John Murray | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (161) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (8) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| John Murray | (6) |
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
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…
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- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
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…
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- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
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…
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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
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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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes 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…
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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…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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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…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
