From E. A. Darwin 15 August [1859 or later]
Summary
Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1859 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7301 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 15 August [1859 or later] …
- … DAR 105: B68 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 15 Aug [1859 or later] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Bucknill, John Charles. 1859. The psychology of Shakespeare. London: Longman, …
- … The date is established by the date of publication of Bucknill 1859 . …
- … Bucknill 1859 was published between 31 …
- … May and 14 June 1859 ( Publishers’ …
- … Circular 1859). John Charles Bucknill’s editorship of the …
- … is mentioned on the title page of Bucknill 1859 . The London Library is a private lending …
From Hugh Falconer 25 October and 12 November [1859]
Summary
The antlers of 800 deer of the glacial period have been found in a cave. They show great variety of form, but gradation from one to the other can be traced when all are laid out. Suggests CD study changes that have taken place in the species since glacial period.
Has ordered the wicked book [Origin] CD has been so long a-hatching.
| Author: | Hugh Falconer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct and 12 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 215–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2511 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Hugh Falconer 25 October and 12 November [1859] …
- … DAR 47: 215–17 Hugh Falconer London, Sackville St, 31 25 Oct 1859 12 …
- … Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … s letter to Hugh Falconer, 11 November [1859] , had arrived, which mentioned that CD had …
- … in Ilkley, Yorkshire, until 7 December 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). CD refers to chapter …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … the Advancement of Science at the meeting in Aberdeen in September 1859 (see letters to …
- … Charles Lyell , 2 September [1859] and …
- … 20 September [1859] ). Lyell expressed his belief that the worked flints discovered in …
From A. C. Ramsay [27–30 June 1859]
Summary
No doubt about worm-holes in the Long Mynd, and they are certainly lower than J. Barrande’s primordial zone. Fossils in Laurentian gneiss.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27–30 June 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 400 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2845 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From A. C. Ramsay [27–30 June 1859] …
- … DAR 205.9: 400 Andrew Crombie Ramsay unstated [27–30 June 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … review of Rogers 1858 appeared in two parts in the Saturday Review , 30 April 1859, pp. …
- … 530–1, and 28 May 1859, pp. 658–60. …
- … The review may have been by Ramsay, for in 1859 he began contributing geological articles …
- … The letter was written between the letters to A. C. Ramsay, [26 June 1859] and …
- … 1 July [1859] . CD had called Ramsay’s attention to differences between Ramsay’s and Louis …
- … See letter to A. C. Ramsay, 24 June [1859] and n. 5. John William Salter , who worked …
From John Murray 2 November 1859
Summary
By this post he sends for approval specimen copy of CD’s book [Origin of species]. At 14 s., 1250 copies will yield £240, two-thirds of which will go to author. Arrangements for early copies.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 41913 pp. 53–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2513A |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From John Murray 2 November 1859 …
- … John Murray Archive) (Ms. 41913 pp. 53–4) John Murray 2 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … in Peckham ed. 1959,p. 775. See also letters to John Murray , 15 October [1859] and [ …
- … 3 November 1859] . CD received £180 as his share of the profits from the first edition of …
- … he had made to the proof-sheets. See letters to John Murray , 14 June [1859] and …
- … 15 October [1859] . Murray’s version of CD’s address was not quite right: the correct …
- … Nov. 2. 1859 My dear Sir By this day’s post I send you a specimen copy of your book bound— …
From H. C. Watson 30 November [1859]
Summary
Sends a correction for Origin reprint.
| Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2562 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From H. C. Watson 30 November [1859] …
- … DAR 181: 37 Hewett Cottrell Watson Thames Ditton 30 Nov [1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1845. On the theory …
- … a second edition at the end of November 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). The fourth volume …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 12 November 1859, pp. 911–12. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [21 November 1859] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] . See also letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [26 May 1859] , n. 5, for CD’s comments on Watson’s work. CD cited Watson’s …
From J. D. Hooker [21 November 1859]
Summary
JDH’s congratulations on Origin.
Lyell believes S. P. Woodward wrote review in Athenæum.
Lyell’s and Huxley’s positive responses.
JDH has only plunged into a few chapters.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 135–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2539 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [21 November 1859] …
- … DAR 100: 135–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Athenaeum Club [21 Nov 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1847–59. Cybele …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, [20 November 1859] . CD had asked Hooker whether he knew who …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [20 November 1859] , n. 2). John Lindley was the editor of …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 12 November 1859, pp. 911–12. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [20 November 1859] . Thomas Henry Huxley delivered an evening lecture ‘ …
From Richard Hill 26 November 1859
Summary
Sends some bees CD requested
and discusses the differences among several animal species on islands of the West Indies.
| Author: | Richard Hill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 275 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2557 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Richard Hill 26 November 1859 …
- … DAR 205.3: 275 Richard Hill Spanish Town, Jamaica 26 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … many lectures for Adam Sedgwick . In 1859, he was appointed director of the Geological …
- … Spanish Town Jamaica 26 November 1859. My dear Sir, I received your letter when our latter …
- … Letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] . CD had requested specimens of Robert Wilkie’s …
- … see letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] ). William Thomas March was a lawyer and clerk …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
- … See letter from Richard Hill, 10 January 1859 , and Origin , pp. 225–7. Hill had visited …
- … See letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] . Judge Wilkinson has not been identified. …
From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859]
Summary
Forwards letter from Asa Gray.
Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 180–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2589 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859] …
- … DAR 104: 180–1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [20 Dec 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bentham 1863 ). See n. 1, above, and letter to T. H. Huxley, 16 December [1859] . …
- … Philosophical Club on Thursday, 22 December 1859, and by the relationship to the letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 21 [December 1859] . The enclosure was a letter from Asa Gray that …
- … with Gray’s theories of climatic change. See letters to Asa Gray , 21 December [1859] and …
- … 24 December [1859] . George Bentham many years later told Francis Darwin , in a letter …
From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859
Summary
Will judge CD’s book [Origin] free from two superstitions: the dogma of the permanent species and the need of an act of intervention to bring change.
| Author: | Charles Kingsley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B7–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2534 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Charles Kingsley 18 November 1859 …
- … DAR 98: B7–8 Charles Kingsley Eversley 18 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … Christian Socialism. He was appointed a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria in 1859. CD …
- … had read Yeast (Kingsley 1851) in July 1859 ( Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 128: …
- … by the action of His laws. ” See also letter to Charles Kingsley, 30 November [1859] . …
- … visited Kingsley from 6 to 8 December 1859 and recorded Kingsley’s opinion of Origin in …
DCP-LETT-2501F
Summary
Cancelled: Known only from reference in letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859]
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 October 1859] |
| Classmark: | |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2501F |
From Charles Lyell 4 October 1859
Summary
Response to Origin. Praise for summary of chapter 10 and chapter 11.
The dissimilarity of African and American species is ‘necessary result of “Creation” adapting new species to the pre-existing ones. Granting this unknown & if you please miraculous power acting’.
C. T. Gaudin writes of Oswald Heer’s finding many species common between Miocene floras of Iceland and Switzerland. Interesting for CD’s migration theory.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 81; The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Notebook 241, pp. 75–90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3132 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 4 October 1859 …
- … 241, pp. 75–90) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet unstated 4 Oct 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Oct. 4 th 1859 They who never doubted about Creation can by assuming this, explain very …
- … Lyell’s remarks in his letter of 3 October 1859 ( Correspondence vol. 7) on the proof- …
- … Correspondence vol. 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 30 September [1859] , and letter from …
- … Charles Lyell, 3 October 1859 , n. 2). Most of the text is taken from a contemporary copy …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] . On Agassiz’s theory of prophetic types, …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] . In his discussion of Jean Baptiste de …
- … vol. 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] ; for further comments by Lyell in his …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] ). See also L. G. Wilson ed. 1970, pp. …
- … 7, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [December 1859] ); however, there are thought to have been …
- … from Charles Théophile Gaudin dated 18 May 1859 (Lyell papers, University of Edinburgh …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] . The phrase ‘is only … inferiority ’ is …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] . The reference has not been identified. CD …
- … letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] ). CD discussed rudimentary organs in Origin , …
From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1859]
Summary
JDH half through Origin. High praise for facts and reasoning.
Lyell told JDH his criticisms: small matters JDH did not appreciate.
Reactions of G. Bentham, J. S. Henslow, and C. C. Babington.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 137–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2579 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1859] …
- … DAR 100: 137–8 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [12 Dec 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … Alvey Darwin’s house from 7 to 9 December 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). The Monday after …
- … equivalent material prepared for Origin (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] ). …
- … English Churchman , 1 December 1859, p. 1152. George …
- … and Charles Cardale Babington . Hooker 1859 . The Hookers were repainting their house, …
From J. D. Hooker [9 March 1859]
Summary
Outlines the basic categories of phanerogams.
Places Gymnospermae in the dicotyledons.
Evaluates the variable utility of embryological characters in plant classification.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 152–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2428 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [9 March 1859] …
- … DAR 100: 152–3 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [9 Mar 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … s ‘note on embryology’. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 March [1859] . See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] . The sentences that CD wished to add to his discussion on the …
- … J. D. Hooker, 22 November 1856 . Hooker 1859 . CD’s notes on classification were kept in …
From Frederick Smith 30 April 1859
Summary
Reports his observations on the habits of slave-making ants (Formica sanguinea).
| Author: | Frederick Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Apr 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 192 (fragile) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2456 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Frederick Smith 30 April 1859 …
- … DAR 177: 192 (fragile) Frederick Smith British Museum 30 Apr 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on his observations of ants, from May 1858 to July 1859, are in DAR 205.11(2): 88–95. The …
- … British Museum. 30 th . April. 1859. My dear Sir In answer to your queries I may first …
- … Smith 1858 among the books he read during 1859 (see Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Smith, Frederick. 1854. Essay on the genera …
From Adam Sedgwick 24 November 1859
Summary
Thanks CD for the Origin; AS has read the book "with more pain than pleasure". CD has deserted "the true method of induction" and many of his wide conclusions are "based upon assumptions which can neither be proved nor disproved". His "grand principle – natural selection" is "but a secondary consequence of supposed, or known, primary facts".
| Author: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B17–18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2548 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Adam Sedgwick 24 November 1859 …
- … DAR 98: B17–18 Adam Sedgwick Cambridge 24 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was 73 years old; he lived to be 88. See also letter to Adam Sedgwick, 24 August [1859] . …
- … Cambridge Nov. r 24 1859 My dear Darwin I write to thank you for your work on the origin …
- … However, CD’s reply, dated 26 November [1859], makes it clear that the month was November. …
- … of lectures in 1858. He intended that the 1859 course should be his last (Clark and Hughes …
- … intended valedictory lecture in December 1859, for which he prepared a draft ( ibid . , 2: …
From J. D. Hooker [8–11 April 1859]
Summary
Lyell has been strongly urging John Murray to publish CD’s book [Origin]. JDH feels Lyell overestimates the public interest in such works.
Gives examples of plants showing most marked varieties on the edge of their range.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8–11 Apr 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2444 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [8–11 April 1859] …
- … DAR 100: 127 Joseph Dalton Hooker unstated [8–11 Apr 1859] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … geographical range is given in Hooker 1859 , p. v. CD’s portfolio number 3 contained notes …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 April [1859] . Francis Boott , a close friend of Hooker’s, …
- … essay to the Flora of Tasmania ( Hooker 1859 ). The case of a well-marked variety of …
From Francis Galton 9 December 1859
Summary
Congratulates CD on Origin; has been "initiated into an entirely new province of knowledge".
Notes error involving rhinoceros.
Encloses other notes.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B16 and DAR 106: D22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2573 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Galton 9 December 1859 …
- … and DAR 106: D22 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 9 Dec 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the Salmon. Top of enclosure : ‘Francis Galton’s— Dec. 9—1859’ ink ‘Ch. V’ brown crayon …
- … 42. Rutland Gate | London S.W. Dec 9. 1859. My dear Darwin Pray let me add a word of …
- … see letter to Francis Galton, 13 December [1859] ). See also n. 5, below. Galton had …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
From Charles Lyell 21 November 1859
Summary
Questions CD’s view in Origin that domestic dogs are not descended from a single stock. Occasional crossings of domestic stock with wild species could explain cases of reversion towards wild specific forms. CD’s views on hybridity do not then have to be contradicted in constructing an ancestral stock.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1859 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/A3/4: 195–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2540A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 21 November 1859 …
- … Coll-203/A3/4: 195–7) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet 21 Nov 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … Nov. 21— 1859— The admission which I least like among your familiar illustrations is that …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 25 October [1859] , and letter from …
- … Charles Lyell, 28 October 1859 . Thomas Bell , citing John Hunter and Nicholas Desmarest , …
From Charles Lyell 3 October 1859
Summary
Praises the Origin: a "splendid case of close reasoning".
Objects to CD’s having ignored Lamarck and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.
Thinks CD should omit mentioning problem of explaining the eye at the beginning of chapter 14. Suggests rewording several passages.
Thinks want of peculiar birds in Madeira a difficulty, considering presence of them in Galapagos.
Has always felt that the case of man and his races is one and the same with animals and plants.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B1–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2501 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 3 October 1859 …
- … DAR 98: B1–6 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet Meigle 3 Oct 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see the letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] , for a related discussion. The passage …
- … of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. …
- … Meigle Oct r . 3. 1859. My dear Darwin I have just finished your volume & right glad I am …
- … book earlier in September (see letters to Charles Lyell , 2 September [1859] , and to John …
- … Murray , 2 September [1859]). In 1856, Lyell had encouraged CD to publish his species …
- … from Whitwell Elwin to John Murray, 3 May 1859 , and Correspondence vol. 6, letter from …
From Charles Lyell 22 October 1859
Summary
Wishes CD would enlarge on the doctrines of [Pyotr Simon] Pallas about the various races of dogs having come from several distinct wild species or sub-species.
Suggests organisms have a latent principle of improvement which is brought out by selection or breeding.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1859 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/A1/242: 15–24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2508F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 22 October 1859 …
- … 203/A1/242: 15–24) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet Mildenhall 22 Oct 1859 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and n. 3. CD replied to Lyell’s queries in his letters to Lyell of 25 October [1859] and …
- … 31 [October 1859] ( Correspondence vol. 7). …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] and n. 7. Lyell probably refers to Léonce …
- … the letter from Charles Lyell, 4 October 1859 (this volume, Supplement), and CD’s response …
- … 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] ). These letters are part of CD and Lyell’s …
- … refers to Henry Holland and [Holland] 1859, p. 249. Lyell refers to Georges Cuvier . In …
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The writing of "Origin"
Summary
From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
Matches: 21 hits
- … hopes.— (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ) The year 1858 opened with …
- … the writing of this ‘abstract’ continued until March 1859; the resulting volume was published in …
- … instinct the previous March. By the middle of March 1859, Darwin had finished the last …
- … upon Lyell for advice (letter to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell suggested the firm of …
- … plan of his book (see letter from Elwin to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to John Murray, 6 …
- … the forthcoming book (letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next considered calling …
- … and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to John Murray, 10 September …
- … Appendix II). Twice in 1858 and three times in 1859 he had gone to Moor Park in Surrey for a week’s …
- … than when I came’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [16 November 1859] ). It was during his stay at Ilkley …
- … rag is worth anything?’ (letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 June [1859] ). But as critical letters began …
- … of induction’ (letter from Adam Sedgwick, 24 November 1859 ). Equally painful was the news that …
- … (letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each of his critics, Darwin replied by resting …
- … to me to do.’ (letter to Adam Sedgwick, 26 November [1859] ). Even his strongest …
- … of Darwin’s theory (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older scientists, only …
- … the origin of mankind. As he wrote to Darwin on 3 October 1859 , ‘the case of Man and his Races …
- … to their mercies’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in December, to Darwin’s …
- … were the man.’ (letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1859] ). Huxley admitted his authorship to …
- … without good cause.’ (letter to John Murray, 2 December [1859] ). At Murray’s trade sale …
- … had made’ (letter from Charles Kingsley, 18 November 1859 ). This and the two references to the …
- … try to make out truth’ (letter to W. D. Fox, 24 [March 1859] ). Yet he desperately wanted people …
- … on our side.—’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1859] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
Summary
The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
Matches: 25 hits
- … The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet …
- … and prompted the composition and publication, in November 1859, of Darwin’s major treatise On the …
- … exceeded my wildest hopes By the end of 1859, Darwin’s work was being discussed in …
- … ‘When I was in spirits’, he told Lyell at the end of 1859, ‘I sometimes fancied that my book w d …
- … hopes.—’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [November 1859] ). This transformation in Darwin’s personal …
- … the writing of this ‘abstract’ continued until March 1859; the resulting volume was published in …
- … Botanic Gardens at Kew (see Appendix VII). The year 1859 began auspiciously with Darwin …
- … 1854) ( Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15 (1859): xxv). One of the most …
- … theory. As he wrote in his introductory essay (Hooker 1859, p. ii): 'In the present Essay I …
- … to test such a theory. His essay, published in December 1859, was the first serious study of the …
- … the other’s ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] , and 7 …
- … upon Lyell for advice ( letter to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] ). Lyell suggested the firm of …
- … plan of his book (see letter from Elwin to Murray, 3 May 1859 , and letter to John Murray, 6 …
- … the forthcoming book ( letter to Charles Lyell, 30 March [1859] ). Darwin next considered calling …
- … and varieties’ (letters to Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] , and to John Murray, 10 September …
- … Appendix II). Twice in 1858 and three times in 1859 he had gone to Moor Park in Surrey for a week’s …
- … than when I came’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, [16 November 1859] ). It was during his stay at Ilkley …
- … rag is worth anything?’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 June [1859] ). But as critical letters began …
- … of induction’ ( letter from Adam Sedgwick, 24 November 1859 ). Equally painful was the news that …
- … ( letter to Charles Lyell, [10 December 1859] ). To each of his critics, Darwin replied by resting …
- … to me to do.’ ( letter to Adam Sedgwick, 26 November [1859] ). Even his strongest …
- … of Darwin’s theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 May 1859 ). Among the older scientists, only …
- … the origin of mankind. As he wrote to Darwin on 3 October 1859, ‘the case of Man and his Races & …
- … to their mercies’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 November 1859] ). Late in December, to Darwin’s …
- … were the man.’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1859] ). Huxley admitted his authorship to …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Letter 2525 — Darwin, C. R. to Sedgwick, Adam, 11 Nov 1859 Darwin writes to Sedgwick to tell …
- … Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, C. R., 24 Nov 1859 Adam Sedgwick thanks Darwin for …
- … Letter 2555 — Darwin, C. R. to Sedgwick, Adam, 26 Nov [1859] Darwin says Sedgwick could not …
- … Letter 2526 — Owen, Richard to Darwin, C. R., 12 Nov 1859 Owen says to Darwin he will welcome …
- … Letter 2575 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, [10 Dec 1859] Darwin discusses with King' …
- … Letter 2580 — Darwin, C. R. to Owen, Richard, 13 Dec [1859] Darwin responds to Owen’s remarks …
On the Origin of Species
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From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
Francis Galton
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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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- … into an entirely new province of knowledge’ ( 9 December 1859 ). He soon became interested in …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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- … or against me. ( to John Lubbock, 14 December [1859] ) When Origin was …
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
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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- … 11 April 1833 Letter to C. R. Lyell, 11 October [1859] Letter to Charles …
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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- … but his views were generally derided. 1 In 1859, Lyell visited several sites in …
- … that these were indeed implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited …
- … in French, earlier reports written in Danish (Morlot 1859, Forchhammer et al. 1851–5); Lubbock …
- … for their work in the Brixham cave explorations of 1858 and 1859. 5 Another controversy arose …
- … its appearance in print; first in French, dated Berne, Sept. 1859, in the ‘Mémoires de la Société …
- … zoologist M. Claparède had also conversed with me in 1859 on the researches of the best Danish …
- … gave me an abstract for my use, in a letter dated December 1859. He referred me chiefly to ‘Oversigt …
- … and Edinburgh: Williams & Norgate. Lyell, Charles. 1859. On the occurrence of works of …
- … vols. London: John Murray. Morlot, Charles Adolphe. 1859. Etudes géologico-archéologiques en …
- … struggle for life . By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1863. Ape …
Instinct and the Evolution of Mind
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of the ant Formica sanguinea in the On the Origin of Species to show how instinct operates—how…
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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…
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- … [after September 20 1847] To A.C. Ramsay, 1 July [1859] From Thomas Jamieson, …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] Darwin asks his publisher, John …
- … Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [11 May 1859] Darwin expresses anxiety over …
- … Letter 2475 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [2 July 1859] Darwin returns the manuscript of …
- … Letter 2501 - Lyell, C. to Darwin, [3 October 1859] Lyell offers praise and …
Origin
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Darwin’s most famous work, Origin, had an inauspicious beginning. It grew out of his wish to establish priority for the species theory he had spent over twenty years researching. Darwin never intended to write Origin, and had resisted suggestions in 1856…
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- … across tropics ’. When Hooker’s essay was published in 1859, it was one of the first publications …
- … as by far the most capable judge in Europe. ’ By April 1859, he was able to tell Wallace that ‘ …
- … Abstract ’ would not be finished until around April 1859. But this was an optimistic estimate. …
- … of favoured races” ’, he told Lyell. On 31 March 1859, Darwin wrote to Murray describing his work …
- … the work of correcting proofs continued over the summer of 1859, Darwin had to take the water cure …
- … never shirked a difficulty’, he told Lyell on 20 September 1859, ‘ I am foolishly anxious for your …
- … of Science meeting held in Aberdeen from 14 to 21 September 1859. Darwin was confident that in time …
- … and negative, to his work flowed in. By early December 1859, he admitted that he needed to ‘ think …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
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- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White …
- … Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology …
- … 1803] (nothing) [DAR 128: 25] 1859 Feb. 28 Olmstead S. States [Olmsted …
- … Mast [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] …
- … (many novels) Dec: Dana to Cuba & back [R. H. Dana 1859] —— Cruize in Japanese …
- … on Maladies of Silk-worm [Quatrefages de Bréau 1859] Owen Lecture on Classification [R. Owen …
- … March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life [Robert-Houdin [1859] 19 MacClintocks Narrative …
- … Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften . In 1859 he was the coauthor, with E. Desor, …
- … des progrès de la géologie de 1834 à 1845(–1859) . 8 vols. Paris. [Vol. 1 (1847) in Darwin …
- … at sea . New York. [Other eds.] 128: 25 ——. 1859. To Cuba and back. A vacation voyage …
- … Eliot, George, pseud . (Marian Evans Cross). 1859. Adam Bede . 3 vols. Edinburgh. [Other …
- … (1849): 381–420. [Separately printed in 2 vols. (Paris, 1859) in Darwin Library.] *128: 177 …
- … 119: 16a Hodson, William Stephen Raikes. 1859. Twelve years of a soldier’s life in …
- … 1–46. 119: 9b [Jenkin, Henrietta Camilla]. 1859. Cousin Stella; or, conflict . 3 …
- … Library.] 119: 9a Macclintock, Francis Leopold. 1859. The voyage of the “Fox” in …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who …
- … cousin and business partner, the earliest letters date from 1859, the year of the publication of …
- … you may not repent of having undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a …
- … & proud at the appearance of my child’ ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all …
