From J. D. Hooker 23 May 1862
Summary
Does not know Rhododendron boothii; is sending Rhododendron keysii, a remarkable form. Will send Melastomataceae anon.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3567 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 16 October 1862
Summary
Discusses German editions of Origin and Orchids.
Sends publication dealing with leaves.
Relates amusing case of paternity confirmed.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3768 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 16 October 1862 …
- … 70 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Stuttgart 16 Oct 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Stuttgart den 16 Oct. 1862
〈 Hoch〉 verehrter Herr! Sie werden ohne Zweifel längst erwartet … - … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … John Murray. 1859. Reuss, Georg Christian. 1862–70. Die Pflanzenblätter in Naturdruck mit …
- … Stuttgart 16 Oct. 1862 Highly honoured Sir, No doubt you have long been expecting to hear …
- … copies of Bronn’s translation of Orchids (Bronn trans. 1862) in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … The publication of the first part of Reuss 1862–70 was announced …
- … on 26 September 1862 ( Börsenblatt für den …
- … Deutschen Buchhandel 29 (1862): 2010). There is a copy of this work in the Darwin Library– …
- … sche Verlagsbuchhandling (see n. 6, below). Bronn trans. 1862 and 1863. See letter from …
- … sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 . The second German edition of Origin (Bronn …
- … announced on 6 October, 17 November, and 19 December 1862. The publication of the first …
- … German edition of Orchids (Bronn trans. 1862) was announced …
- … on 20 October 1862. See …
- … Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel 29 (1862): 2083, 2195, 2447, 2735. There is a …
To J. D. Hooker [before 15 February 1862]
Summary
Asks for the address of C. W. Crocker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [before 15 Feb 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 7r |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3428 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [before 15 February 1862] …
- … DAR 96: 7r Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 15 Feb 1862] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … volume, second letter from D. F. Nevill, [before 22 January 1862] , letter from John …
- … Rogers, 22 January 1862 , and letter from …
- … James Bateman [1 February 1862] . CD discussed Mormodes in Orchids , pp. 249–69. …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [before 15 February 1862] . Charles William Crocker had retired from …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 15 February 1862] , and letter from C. …
- … W. Crocker, 17 February 1862) . CD had for some time been anxious to obtain reliable …
From W. E. Darwin 28 October 1862
Summary
Distances between Lythrum plants.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162.1: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3786 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 28 October 1862 …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] . …
- … DAR 162.1: 94 William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 28 Oct 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Southampton Oct 28. 1862. My Dear Father, I managed to get over on Sunday to the Lythrum, …
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] ); he refers to the short-styled, mid-styled, …
- … Bank, Southampton. The Atherleys’ daughter, Maud, died in October 1862 (see letter to W. …
- … E. Darwin, 30 [October 1862] ). See letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and n. 3. See letter …
From E. A. Parkes 29 June 1862
Summary
Circulars are being sent to Army surgeons.
| Author: | Edmund Alexander Parkes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174.1: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3627 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From E. A. Parkes 29 June 1862 …
- … DAR 174.1: 25 Edmund Alexander Parkes Frindsbury 29 June 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … given in Descent 1: 244–5 n. 48 (see letter from E. A. Parkes, 8 April 1862 , n. 1). …
- … See also letter from George Busk, 1 April 1862 and n. 1. …
- … See letter to James Brown Gibson, [after 29 June 1862] . …
- … Frindsbury | Rochester 29 June 1862 My dear Sir There has been a little delay in the …
- … colonial military (see letter from George Busk, 1 April 1862 , and letters from E. …
- … A. Parkes, 8 April 1862 and …
- … 28 April 1862 ). The enclosure has not been found; it may have been one of the printed …
To Richard Kippist 18 March [1862]
Summary
Sends paper to be read ["Sexual forms of Catasetum", Collected papers 2: 63–70].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
| Date: | 18 Mar [1862] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3476 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Richard Kippist 18 March [1862] …
- … Linnean Society of London Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Mar [1862] Richard Kippist …
- … types of flower (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 27 February 1862 ). CD read his paper …
- … on Catasetum tridentatum before the Linnean Society on 3 April 1862 (see letter to …
- … Charles Lyell, 1 April [1862] ); according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), he travelled …
- … on 2 April and returned on 4 April. See letter to Richard Kippist, 18 March [1862] . …
- … the possession of the Linnean Society. By Charles Darwin. [Read 3 April 1862. ] Journal of …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 151–7. [ Collected papers 2: 63–70. ] …
- … the letter to Richard Kippist, 18 March [1862] . Richard Kippist was librarian and clerk …
- … read before the Linnean Society on 3 April 1862. Joseph Dalton Hooker and George Bentham , …
From J. B. Jukes 30 May 1862
Summary
Elaborates his denudation theory: marine denudation works horizontally, atmospheric works vertically.
Answers point in CD’s letter on Sydney Harbour, N. S. W.
Who is the "goose" who reviews CD’s books in the Athenæum [review of Orchids, 24 May 1862]?
| Author: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3579 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From J. B. Jukes 30 May 1862 …
- … 168: 91 Joseph Beete Jukes Geol. Surv. Ireland, Dublin 30 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … is the "goose" who reviews CD’s books in the Athenæum [review of Orchids , 24 May 1862]? …
- … reply to the letter from J. B. Jukes, 25 May 1862 . Jukes had formerly believed that the …
- … However, in a paper first delivered before the Geological Society of Dublin in May 1862 ( …
- … Jukes 1862 ), Jukes announced his rejection of the marine erosion theory of landscapes, …
- … of Science and Arts 2d ser. 9: 289–94. [Leifchild, John R. ] 1862. Review of Orchids , by …
- … Charles Darwin. Athenæum , 24 May 1862, pp. 683–5. Orchids : On the various contrivances …
- … author of the anonymous review of Orchids that appeared in the issue of 24 May 1862, pp. …
- … 683–5 ( [Leifchild] 1862 ). CD’s copy of this review is in DAR 226.1: 11 (Scrapbook of …
- … See letter from J. B. Jukes, 25 May 1862 , and Davies 1969, p. 326. In a postscript to …
- … for the drainage pattern of the south of Ireland ( Jukes 1862 , p. 400). See also letter …
- … from J. B. Jukes, 25 May 1862 . CD, in attempting to explain the formation of the ‘grand …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Volcanic islands : Geological observations …
From Thomas White Woodbury 9 August 1862
Summary
Breeding cells of Ligurian bee are larger than those of common bee. Thanks CD for comb.
| Author: | Thomas White Woodbury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3686 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Thomas White Woodbury 9 August 1862 …
- … DAR 181 Thomas White Woodbury Exeter 9 Aug 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from West Africa (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 and nn. 8 and 9). …
- … See letter to Journal of Horticulture , [before 22 July 1862] and n. 3. See n. 1, above. …
- … Mount Radford Terrace, Exeter] 9 th Augt 1862 Dear Sir Accept my warmest thanks for your …
- … Alfred Russel Wallace (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 7 April 1862 , and letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 20 August [1862] ). Woodbury was one of the contributors to the bee-keeping …
- … hive-bees (see letters to the Journal of Horticulture , [before 10 June 1862] and [before …
- … 15 July 1862]). Woodbury had written privately to CD in response …
- … Journal of Horticulture , [before 22 July 1862]); however, Woodbury’s letter has not been …
- … on ‘Silk-worms Geese &c’ in the summer of 1862; this chapter included a section on hive- …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [August 1862] and nn. 5 and 6). No letter from CD to …
To William Erasmus Darwin 14 February [1862]
Summary
Discusses WED’s growing interest in botany; would be grateful for certain observations.
Is much concerned about Horace’s illness.
Has sent Orchids MS to printers
and will work a little at dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3447 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To William Erasmus Darwin 14 February [1862] …
- … DAR 210.6: 95 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Feb [1862] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … sister, and CD’s niece, Mary Susan Parker . See letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] . …
- … Orchids was published on 15 May 1862 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix …
- … to the letter from John Lubbock, 13 February 1862 (see n. 13, below). John Lubbock had …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 12 February [1862] . In 1861, William left the University of …
- … took Horace to Headland on 11 February 1862, and recorded in her diary the commencement of …
- … lunch party at John Lubbock’s on 15 February 1862 to which, in addition to Joseph Dalton …
- … see letter from John Lubbock, 13 February 1862 ). The references are to Sarah Elizabeth …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
- … sit the mathematical tripos in January 1862 and receive his degree ( Cambridge University …
- … notes on male Lychnis dioica , dated 11 May 1862, in William’s botanical sketchbook (DAR …
- … letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ; see also Correspondence vol. 9, letter to …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 May [1862] ). In Cross and self fertilisation , pp. 410– …
- … Darwin whose periods of illness during early 1862 are recorded in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
To Daniel Oliver 12 [April 1862]
Summary
DO’s observations on polymorphism in Primula and Campanula. CD recognises three classes of dimorphism, as in Primula, Thymus, and Campanula and violets.
DO’s Campanula paper and Royal Institution lecture [Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 3 (1858–62): 431–3].
CD’s interest in Fumariaceae from A. Gray’s comments on "selfing".
Bees bite holes in flowers when same species grows in high density.
Organisation of CD’s notes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 12 [Apr 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 1 (EH 88205985) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3504 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver 12 [April 1862] …
- … DAR 261.10: 1 (EH 88205985) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 [Apr 1862] Daniel Oliver …
- … see letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 ). North American species of Campanula are …
- … by the relationship to the letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 , and to the letter …
- … from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 . …
- … Letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 . See …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 . CD refers to ‘Dimorphic condition in …
- … On the letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 , CD wrote ‘short-styled’ above Oliver’s ‘ …
- … Oliver] 1862c, p. 237. See also letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 , and letter to …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] …
- … the possession of the Linnean Society. By Charles Darwin. [Read 3 April 1862. ] Journal of …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 151–7. [ Collected papers 2: 63–70. ] Unger, …
- … Daniel Oliver, 15 April [1862] . Oliver had planned to report to the Linnean Society of …
- … see letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 ), but subsequently decided against it (see …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 ). CD had intended to carry out experiments on …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 . Oliver 1862b . Oliver argued against Oswald …
- … letters to Richard Kippist , 18 March [1862] ). CD marked this request with two vertical …
From Hugh Falconer 4 October 1862
Summary
Although their views differ, HF is glad they can discuss those differences without offending.
| Author: | Hugh Falconer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3751 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Hugh Falconer 4 October 1862 …
- … DAR 164: 8 Hugh Falconer BAAS, Cambridge 4 Oct 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Letter to Hugh Falconer, 1 October [1862] . See …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 October 1862 . CD stayed at 6 Queen Anne Street, Cavendish …
- … Erasmus Alvey Darwin ) on Monday 29 September 1862, on the way home from his holiday in …
- … DAR 242)). See also letter from Hugh Falconer, 24–7 September [1862] , and letter to …
- … Hugh Falconer, 1 October [1862] . …
- … The Advancement of Science. | Cambridge Meeting, 1862. 4 Oc tr . My Dear Darwin. I seize a …
From John Lubbock 15 May 1862
Summary
Thanks for Orchids.
"The big book [Variation] will no doubt go on again now."
JL is writing on Somme implements ["Evidence of antiquity of man", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 2 (1862): 244–69].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170.1: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3549 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From John Lubbock 15 May 1862 …
- … 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury Lamas, Chislehurst 15 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Somme implements ["Evidence of antiquity of man", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 2 (1862): 244–69]. …
- … D. Hooker 1862d ]; see letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 November 1862 and nn. 6 and 7). …
- … See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 13 October [1862] and n. 8. Charles Lyell was preparing …
- … see letter from John Murray, 30 January [1862] ). In the event, Antiquity of man was not …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Prestwich, Grace Anne, ed. 1899. Life and …
- … with whom he had travelled to France in April 1862 to investigate the sites in the Somme …
- … Lubbock 1862c ), was published in the July 1862 number of the Natural History Review ; …
- … in Primula ’ was published in the July 1862 number of the Natural History Review ([Oliver] …
To J. D. Hooker 30 January [1862]
Summary
Is JDH sure it is a Bletia, just received? Its pollen very different from any Epidendreæ he has seen. If it is Bletia, Lindley’s grand divisions are fanciful.
Accepts JDH’s offer to collect cases of dimorphism.
James Bateman has sent a lot of orchids with Angraecum sesquipedale. What a proboscis the moth that sucks its 11½ inch nectary must have!
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3421 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 30 January [1862] …
- … DAR 115: 142 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Jan [1862] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … E. Gray, 29 January 1862). CD had already told Hooker about the box of orchids sent by …
- … James Bateman (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] ). See …
- … also letter from Robert Bateman, [28 January 1862] . …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … p. 162 n. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [25 January 1862] . For Hooker’s reply, see the letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [31 January – 8 February 1862] . George Busk broke …
- … his arm on the evening of 20 January 1862 (see letters from J. …
- … D. Hooker, [25 January 1862] , and from J. …
From Henry Holland 30 January [1862]
Summary
Is preparing a volume of his articles [Essays on scientific and other subjects (1862)], to one of which he would like to add a postscript referring to CD’s Origin [pp. 100–1]. Sends proposed postscript for CD’s approval.
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166.2: 240 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3423 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Henry Holland 30 January [1862] …
- … 240 Henry Holland, 1st baronet London, Brook St, 25 30 Jan [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … published here is that given in Holland 1862 , pp. 98–9. There is an unannotated copy of …
- … Essays on scientific and other subjects (1862)], to one of which he would like to add a …
- … year is established by reference to the publication of Holland 1862 (see n. 4, below). …
- … See the letters from Henry Holland , [3–14 January 1862] , 15 …
- … January [1862] , and [ …
- … 21 January 1862? ] . The Wellesley index attributes seven essays in …
- … and nine essays in the Quarterly Review to Holland in the period up to January 1862. …
- … Holland 1862 . The publication eventually included twelve essays. For CD’s negative …
- … Review 109: 227–63. Holland, Henry. 1862. Essays on scientific and other subjects from the …
- … from Henry Holland, [1 or 8 February 1862] ). The original manuscript that Holland sent to …
To Friedrich Hildebrand 17 July [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Hildebrand’s offer to translate Orchids into German, but H. G. Bronn had finished his translation before his death (Bronn trans. 1862). Has not yet received Hildebrand’s work on the distribution of coniferous trees (Hildebrand 1861). Asks that his compliments be presented to L. C. Treviranus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Date: | 17 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Courtesy of Eilo Hildebrand (photocopy) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3660F |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To Friedrich Hildebrand 17 July [1862] …
- … 2018. ) Charles Robert Darwin 17 July [1862] Down Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) …
- … translation before his death (Bronn trans. 1862). Has not yet received Hildebrand’s work …
- … letter and the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). …
- … In his letter of 14 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Hildebrand had offered to …
- … see n. 3, below). Bronn died on 5 July 1862, having recently completed work on the German …
- … firm E. Schweizerbart (Bronn trans. 1862; see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 and n. 1). No further reference to the …
- … sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 and n. 6). Hildebrand was a colleague and former …
- … Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchandlung, 11 July 1862 and nn. 2 and 5). For the additional …
- … the letter to H. G. Bronn, 30 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). Hildebrand 1861 ; …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 and n. 2. CD’s copy of Hildebrand 1861 …
To H. W. Bates 16 April [1862]
Summary
Invitation to visit; Hooker will be present. Gives directions to Down. Also plans to invite John Lubbock over for an evening.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3507 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … D. Hooker, [15 April 1862] . …
- … To H. W. Bates 16 April [1862] …
- … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Apr [1862] Henry Walter Bates …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 April 1862] . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … Hooker was a guest at Down House from 17 to 21 April 1862. Emma Darwin recorded Bates’s …
- … arrival at Down House in her diary for 18 April 1862 (DAR 242). …
- … See letter from John Lubbock, 17 April 1862 . See letter from J. …
To Charles Lyell 22 August [1862]
Summary
Relates personal news about family members.
CD is "glad Glen Roy is settled".
Mentions evolutionary remarks on birds by Owen.
Compares variability among lower and higher organisms. Comments on Hooker’s view of the subject.
Forthcoming publication of Huxley’s book [Evidence as to man’s place in nature (1863)] and Lyell’s [Antiquity of man (1863)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 22 Aug [1862] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.281) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3695 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 22 August [1862] …
- … Mss.B.D25.281) Charles Robert Darwin Southampton 22 Aug [1862] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … with the letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 , has not been found. According to her …
- … became ill with scarlet fever on 13 August 1862. Leonard Darwin had been suffering from …
- … scarlet fever (see letters to W. E. Darwin, 13 [June 1862] and …
- … 9 July [1862] , and letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 20 August [1862] ). In consequence of their illnesses, Emma and Leonard, …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 August [1862] and n. 3); CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence …
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ). John and Ellen Frances Lubbock had lived …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 and n. 1. CD refers to Lyell’s Antiquity …
- … 1863): 112). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 . Lyell mentioned the bishop …
- … Wilberforce , in his letter of 20 August 1862 . Wilberforce and Richard Owen had opposed …
- … Relations of Birds’. The series of six lectures ran from 14 to 30 May 1862 ( Athenæum , …
- … 10 May 1862, p. 613). …
- … See also letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] , and letter to Asa …
- … Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] . Owen’s observations on this point, made …
- … reported in the Medical Times and Gazette (1862), pt 1: 563–4. Owen had written a critical …
- … In the postscript to his letter of 20 August 1862 , Lyell discussed the differences in the …
From M. T. Masters 12 July 1862
Summary
Will be sending information on peloric plants from his father [William Masters] soon.
| Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3655 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From M. T. Masters 12 July 1862 …
- … DAR 171.1: 68 Maxwell Tylden Masters Peckham 12 July 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … account (Down House MS)); see also letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] and n. 10. …
- … see letter to M. T. Masters, 8 July [1862] ). No memoranda from Masters on this subject …
- … but see the letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] . At the end of the letter to M. …
- … T. Masters, 8 July [1862] , Masters had written ‘fertility of Gloxinias peloriated with …
- … Kent ( R. Desmond 1994 ). See also letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] and n. 6. …
- … apparently records the payment, on 14 July 1862, of £37 16 s. to a local farmer, George …
- … Rye Lane | Peckham July 12. 1862 My dear Sir I shall be happy to give you a few memoranda …
To Ludwig Büchner 17 November [1862]
Summary
Thanks LB for copy of his Aus Natur und Wissenschaft [1862]. Responds to LB’s comment [on Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig (Ludwig) Büchner |
| Date: | 17 Nov [1862] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3810 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Ludwig Büchner 17 November [1862] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Nov [1862] Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig (Ludwig) Büchner …
- … for copy of his Aus Natur und Wissenschaft [1862]. Responds to LB’s comment [on Origin ]. …
- … 60. Büchner, Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig. 1862. Aus Natur und Wissenschaft. Studien, …
- … sympathetically; however, in Büchner 1862 , pp. 252–3, he added a paragraph in which he …
- … The year is established by the reference to Büchner 1862 (see n. …
- … 2, below). Büchner 1862 . There is a copy of this …
- … work in the Darwin Library–CUL. Büchner 1862 is a collection of several of Büchner’s …
- … as Büchner 1860 , but republished in Büchner 1862 , pp. 245–53. In his initial review, …
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 7 June 1862
Summary
Discusses publication of second German edition of Origin [1863] and German edition of Orchids [1862].
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3590 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 7 June 1862 …
- … 68 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Stuttgart 7 June 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of second German edition of Origin [1863] and German edition of Orchids [1862]. …
- … Stuttgart den 7 Juni 1862 Verehrtester Herr! Sie werden von Herrn Hofrath Bronn vernommen …
- … Stuttgart 7 June 1862 Most honoured Sir, You will have heard from Herr Hofrat Bronn that …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … see n. 6, below). See letter to H. G. Bronn, 25 April [1862] , and letter from H. …
- … G. Bronn, 19 May 1862 . Schweizerbart refers to CD’s offer to assist in incorporating new …
- … of the book (Bronn trans. 1863). See letters to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] and …
- … 25 April [1862] . Schweizerbart had agreed, through Bronn, to CD’s suggestion that he …
- … of Orchids (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] , and letter from H. …
- … G. Bronn, 27 March 1862 ); he refers to John Murray , CD’s British publisher. …
- … of Orchids (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] , and letter from H. …
- … G. Bronn, 27 March 1862 ); he refers to John Murray , CD’s British publisher. The …
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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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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] ). I have not the least …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual forms: …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am nearly sure that daylight is …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: 292–3). Other …
- … of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to test his …
- … sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). The materials that Darwin …
- … case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, especially by the …
- … be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so good that he …
- … Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). The three forms had different lengths …
- … who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I am almost stark staring mad over …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not until 1864 …
- … pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he worried about the resulting …
- … the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his son, William, his …
- … every flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). I never before felt half so …
- … he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). But he did not have long to wait. ‘It is …
- … it ‘most valuable’ (letter from George Bentham, 15 May 1862). Orchids was published on 15 May, …
- … all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). a flank-movement on the …
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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- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a …
- … edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of the …
- … of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn some of these …
- … in the new edition; in his letter to Bronn of 25 April [1862 ], he mentioned that he was sending …
- … from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition incorporating …
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 the mud. BEGINNING OF WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 In which the start of the American …
- … cause. Tension. THE DARWIN BOYS: 1862 In which Darwin reports one …
- … 1856 33 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 14 MARCH 1862 34 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
- … 1861 115 A GRAY TO CHARLES WRIGHT, 17 APRIL 1862 116 A GRAY TO RW CHURCH 7 MAY …
- … 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 MARCH 1862 122 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 16 DEC 1861 124 A GRAY TO ENGELMANN, 20 FEB 1862 125 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 …
- … 7 JULY 1863 152 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, DECEMBER 1862 153 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 1861 163 C Darwin TO A Gray, 16 OCTOBER 1862 164 C Darwin TO ASA GRAY, …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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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…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and volume 10, letter to Thomas Rivers, …
- … a construction suitable for tropical plants. In 1861 and 1862, while preparing Orchids , he was …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, Darwin purchased for …
- … over the previous two years. In a letter of 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) …
- … Kent ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). 3. Asclepias curassavica. …
I beg a million pardons: To John Lubbock, [3 September 1862]
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Alison Pearn looks at a letter Darwin wrote to his neighbour and friend, John Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862.
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- … Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862. …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Clémence Auguste Royer
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Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
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 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October 1862] Henrietta Darwin provides …
- … Letter 3634 - Darwin to Gray, A., [1 July 1862] Darwin tells American naturalist Asa …
- … 3681 - Wedgwood, M. S. to Darwin, [before 4 August 1862] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
- … - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S, M. S. & L. C., [4 August 1862] Darwin thanks his “angel …
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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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- … 1 October [1861] To Charles Lyell, 1 April [1862] To Charles Lyell, 14 October …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Orchids
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
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- … SOURCES Books Darwin, Charles 1862. On the various contrivances by which …
- … 3421 —Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker 30 January 1862 Darwin tells Hooker about a …
- … Letter 3662 —Charles Darwin to Asa Gray 23-4 July 1862 Darwin tells Asa Gray, a professor …
- … Darwin’s work with orchids and Chapter 1 of Darwin’s 1862 book On the various …
Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … briefly mentioned in his Primula paper. In July 1862, Darwin explained to Gray, ‘ I have …
- … of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The paper was read at a meeting of the …
- … to Lythrum , a genus that he had begun researching in 1862 after Hooker had supplied him with …
- … of Lythrum he had been working on since late July 1862. He told Oliver that, ‘ as each form has …
- … of the crossing experiments immediately, but by October 1862, he admitted to Hooker, ‘ I am rather …
- … 117: 50). Darwin released William from counting in November 1862, telling him, ‘ Next year I shall …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … on Verbascum. Darwin had suggested to Scott in 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had already written to Hooker of …
- … disturbing the serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though …
- … vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice …
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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- … [1859] Letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 February [1862] Letter from F. W. Farrar, …
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…
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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…
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- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
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- … the Lords' ( to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] ) In 1869, Darwin …
