To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873]
Summary
Had thrown Geographical Society’s Proceedings in waste-basket, but as Strachey shows such admirable powers of discrimination he will fish it out and read the whole article.
Comments on 3d ed. of Sachs’s work [Lehrbuch der Botanik (1873)]. Wishes he were more controversial.
Has become wonderfully interested in Drosera and Dionaea.
9000 copies of Expression have been printed and most are sold.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 251–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8733 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873] …
- … DAR 94: 251–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Jan [1873] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 9. CD refers to William Ewart Gladstone . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 7. CD refers to Richard …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 12 th My dear Hooker I am glad to have seen Gladstone’s …
- … 1873 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 2. CD’s annotated copy of …
From T. H. Farrer 12 August [1873]
Summary
Further observations concerning the fertilisation of Coronilla by bees.
Reflections concerning the influence of cultivation (i.e., ploughing) upon variation.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 76a–76b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9005A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From T. H. Farrer 12 August [1873] …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 12 Aug [1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … bee. See letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 August 1873 . Farrer refers to George Payne . …
- … Surrey (Post Town) | Gomshall (Station) S.E.R. 12 August | 11. am. 2. My dear Mr Darwin I …
- … letter and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 August 1873 . See letter to T. H. Farrer, …
- … question Sincerely yours | T H Farrer (3)—12 Aug. 1.30 pm I have just been to the garden …
To G. H. Darwin 12 October [1873]
Summary
Asks GHD whether he can tell him what inclination a polished or waxy leaf ought to hold to the horizon in order to let vertical rain rebound off as much as possible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9096 |
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To Edward Frankland 12 July 1873
Summary
Seeks the assistance of a professional chemist in securing a qualitative analysis of the fluid secreted by the glands of Drosera which have the power of dissolving animal matter out of the bodies of insects. [See 8979.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 12 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8977A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 12 July 1873 …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July 1873 Edward Frankland …
- … in Insectivorous plants , pp. 92–8 and 110–12. Muriatic acid: i.e. hydrochloric acid. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 12. 1873 My dear Sir I am going to beg a great favour of …
From James Crichton-Browne 12 September 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for his praise of West Riding Asylum Medical Reports.
Hopes CD will come to Asylum if he attends BAAS meeting at Bradford.
| Author: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 320 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9053 |
From Hermann Müller 12 May 1873
Summary
Thanks for CD’s praise of his book [see 8901].
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 300 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8909 |
To ? 28 April 1873
Summary
"I was born in the town of Shrewsbury Feb. 12, 1809."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 28 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (26 April 1984) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8888A |
From Otto Caspari 12 March 1873
Summary
Sends CD a copy of his book [Die Urgeschichte der Menschheit, 2 vols. (1873)].
In Germany CD’s views have achieved great recognition among naturalists, but in other disciplines there is great controversy. OC’s book seeks to resolve the controversy by showing how state, morals, religion, and church have developed from natural beginnings.
| Author: | Gotthold Heinrich Otto (Otto) Caspari |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8808 |
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- … From Otto Caspari 12 March 1873 …
- … 117 Gotthold Heinrich Otto (Otto) Caspari Heidelberg 12 Mar 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Heidelberg d. 12 Maerz 73. Sehr hochgeehrter Herr! Das Werk welches ich Ihnen hiermit …
- … Heidelberg 12 March 73. Highly honoured Sir! The work which I am having sent to you by the …
To J. D. Hooker 12 September [1873]
Summary
Thanks JDH and Thiselton-Dyer for useful information.
Is surprised Mimosa albida is not sensitive to water. Asks that they try again, or lend it to him.
Remembers a walk in Brazil in great bed of Mimosa.
After JDH left, CD was very bad, with much loss of memory and severe shocks continually passing through his brain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 274–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9052 |
To J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes [22?] March 1873
Summary
Thanks them for their kind letter and interest in his work. Sends photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jan Constantijn Costerus; Nicolaas Dirk Doedes |
| Date: | [22?] Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 139.12: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8807 |
To Gerard Krefft 12 July [1873]
Summary
Thanks JLGK for photos of natives of Queensland.
Asks if he can observe whether worms throw up castings in wet weather.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft |
| Date: | 12 July [1873] |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5828) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8975 |
From Gerard Krefft [after 12 July 1873]
Summary
JLGK’s public advocacy of Darwinism brings him into numerous arguments.
| Author: | Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 12 July 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8959 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Gerard Krefft [after 12 July 1873] …
- … Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft unstated [after 12 July 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Remarks on new hypothesis’, Sydney Mail , 12 July 1873, p. 46. See also Correspondence …
- … years ( Sydney Mail , 5 July 1873, p. 20, and 12 July 1873, p. 46). Krefft was assistant …
To Albert Günther 12 April [1873]
Summary
CD did not bring any tortoises back from the Galapagos. There may be specimens at the Military Institution in Whitehall.
Sorry AG was unable to lunch with the Darwins during their stay in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (40) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8858 |
From J. T. Moggridge 12 July 1873
Summary
Sends his paper on Ophrys insectifera, translated into German by H. G. Reichenbach [Abh. Kais. Leopold.-Carol. Dtsch. Akad. Naturforsch. 33 (1870) no. 3], which shows the intermediates between O. aranifera and O. apifera. He has since gathered information on variation in Ophrys.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 218 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8977 |
To M. D. Conway 12 September [1873]
Summary
Thanks for strange debate, which CD returns. Principle of evolution has first-rate supporters in [Edward Sylvester?] Morse and Theodore Nicholas Gill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9051 |
To W. W. Baxter 8 September [1873]
Summary
Requests chemicals for Drosera experiments. Lists 12 acids tried so far.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 6 (EH 88206058) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9046 |
From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1873
Summary
Observations on effect of water on leaves.
Coronilla.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9005 |
To Mary Treat 12 August 1873
Summary
Thanks MT for information on Drosera filiformis [see 8989].
Warns her against publishing statement about Drosera bending towards flies or meat that they have not touched.
Will send his book [Insectivorous plants] when published.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1873 |
| Classmark: | Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9005B |
From A. W. Bennett 12 July 1873
Summary
Believes some flowers fail to produce seed because of the access of too great a quantity of pollen. Asks for CD’s opinion and references.
| Author: | Alfred William Bennett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8976 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 January 1873
Summary
Drosophyllum is coming from Dublin. Will ship it to Down when it arrives.
The awful honour of Presidency of Royal Society; his aversion to dignities and honours.
R. Strachey [Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. (1873): 450] has paid him and CD a compliment.
Letter from Gladstone.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 146–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8732 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (39) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (4) |
| Müller, Hermann | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (66) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (5) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (105) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (16) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (6) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (6) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (5) |
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…
Matches: 12 hits
- … 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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … 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
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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
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … 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
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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
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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…
