From B. J. Sulivan 16 August [1867]
Summary
Discusses a rare shell found by BJS on the Beagle voyage, an account of which has just been written by Davidson [possibly in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 20 (1867): 81–3].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 289 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5607 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 16 August [1867] …
- … DAR 177: 289 Bartholomew James Sulivan Bournemouth 16 Aug [1867] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … been written by Davidson [possibly in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 20 (1867): 81–3]. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Davidson, Thomas. 1867. On Waldheimia venosa , Solander, sp. …
- … The year is established by the reference to Davidson 1867 (see n. 2, below). …
- … No record of Sulivan’s meeting CD in August 1867 has been found. Sulivan refers to a shell …
- … venosa , Solander, sp. ’ ( Davidson 1867 ). The genus name Waldheimia was replaced by …
- … Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See Davidson 1867 , p. 83. Sulivan had been lieutenant on …
- … alive in 1843 or 1844 ( Davidson 1867 , p. 81). Sulivan refers to the Palaeontographical …
To James Samuelson 12 October [1867]
Summary
Thanks for Quarterly Journal of Science 4 (1867). Has just read Wallace’s admirable article in last number ["Creation by law", Q. J. Sci. 4 (1867): 471–88]. He is a master of clear argument.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Samuelson |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5647 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To James Samuelson 12 October [1867] …
- … For more on the article, see the letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 and 13 October [1867] . …
- … Illinois Institute of Technology Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Oct [1867] James Samuelson …
- … for Quarterly Journal of Science 4 (1867). Has just read Wallace’s admirable article in …
- … number ["Creation by law", Q. J. Sci. 4 (1867): 471–88]. He is a master of clear argument. …
- … Journal of Science , which was published in 1867. Samuelson was the founder and co-editor …
To J. V. Carus 4 November [1867]
Summary
Sends corrected title of Variation and report of progress in printing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 4 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 51) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5669 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 4 November [1867] …
- … 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 51) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Nov [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 ). Proof-sheets of Variation were being sent to …
- … him to translate (see also letter to J. V. Carus, 19 October [1867] , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 23 September [1867] ). …
- … and the letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 . The enclosure has not been found. See …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 30 October 1867 . For the approved version of the …
- … see the letter to John Murray, 19 October [1867] . Carus had offered to write a short …
To Robert Swinhoe [27 February 1867]
Summary
CD’s queries on expression as reprinted in Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 (1867): 105.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 (1867): 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5423F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Robert Swinhoe [27 February 1867] …
- … Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 (1867): 105 Charles Robert …
- … Darwin [27 Feb 1867] Robert Swinhoe …
- … queries on expression as reprinted in Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 (1867): 105. …
- … Beneath the queries was printed, ‘Amoy, July, 1867. R.S. ’ No replies were published. …
- … the letter from Robert Swinhoe, 5 August 1867 , of a letter to Swinhoe (now missing) dated …
- … also letter to Fritz Müller, 22 February [1867] and n. 13. The letter and its original …
- … and Queries on China and Japan , 31 August 1867; the transcript has been made from that …
To J. D. Hooker 21 January [1867]
Summary
On recent instalment of "Insular floras" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1867): 50]. Approves of JDH’s abstract of argument for transport of species [i.e., migration, as opposed to continental extension hypothesis].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5373 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 21 January [1867] …
- … DAR 94: 7 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Jan [1867] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of "Insular floras" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1867): 50]. Approves of JDH’s abstract of …
- … D. Hooker 1866a) in the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 January 1867, pp. 50–1. See also the …
- … letters to J. D. Hooker, 9 January [1867] and …
- … 15 January [1867], for his comments on the first and second instalments. In summarising …
- … J. D. Hooker 1866a, p. 51). In his 1867 pamphlet (see n. 1, above), Hooker made CD’s …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 January [1867], n. 2), Hooker changed ‘the commonest of …
To J. V. Carus 22 January [1867]
Summary
Answers JVC’s questions about the rock-thrush, the tortoise-shell cat, and the logger-headed duck.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 64–65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5375 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 22 January [1867] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 64–65) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan [1867] Julius Victor Carus …
- … brachypterus)’ (see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 369). The modern name for this bird …
- … this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867. See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and nn. 2 and 3. In spite of CD’s information, Carus …
- … not include a scientific name (see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 113). See letter from …
- … J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and n. 4. Carus described the cat as ‘gelb, …
- … black, and white spotted’; see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, p. 182). See letter from …
- … J. V. Carus, 18 January 1867 and n. 5. CD refers to Carl von Linné and to Thomas …
From W. E. Darwin 26 March [1867]
Summary
Sends CD a Cardigan Jacket, ‘one of the most delightful inventions of the age’.
Discusses the Duke of Argyll.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5460F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 26 March [1867] …
- … DAR 275: 27) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 26 Mar [1867] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … fever at 4’ (see also Correspondence vol. 15, letter to W. E. Darwin, 27 [March 1867]). …
- … was published at the beginning of March 1867 (see n. 3, below). The cardigan (a knitted …
- … George Douglas Campbell, had just been published (Campbell 1867; Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 15 March 1867, p. 149). …
- … a chapter entitled ‘Creation by law’ (Campbell 1867, pp. 217–94), Campbell gave a critique …
- … law that promoted beauty and variety of form (Campbell 1867, pp. 242–9). According to …
- … returned to Down from school on 16 March 1867 with a fever, and began taking quinine on 1 …
To John Murray 6 August [1867]
Summary
Sends the four volumes [of Brehm’s Thierleben] for Murray’s consideration.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 6 Aug [1867] |
| Classmark: | S. J. Hessel (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5599 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray 6 August [1867] …
- … S. J. Hessel (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Aug [1867] John Murray …
- … and the letter from John Murray, 5 August [1867] . CD had recommended Brehm et al. 1864–9, …
- … publisher, for translation. See letter from H. J. Meyer, 30 July 1867, letter to John …
- … Murray, 4 August [1867] , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 5 August [1867] and n. 3. …
From William Houghton 18 October 1867
Summary
Studying freshwater Planariae. Did CD find they had nervous systems?
News of T. C. Eyton and [William?] Owen.
| Author: | William Houghton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 271 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5652 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From William Houghton 18 October 1867 …
- … DAR 166: 271 William Houghton Wellington, Salop 18 Oct 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Press. 1985–. Eyton, Thomas Campbell. 1867–75. Osteologia avium; or, a sketch of the …
- … Salop. : R. Hobson. Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1867. On the classification of birds; and on the …
- … paper on bird classification read in April 1867, Huxley had briefly discussed the species …
- … an incomplete skull to study ( T. H. Huxley 1867 , p. 435). Eyton later provided Huxley …
- … certain of the cranial bones observable in that class. [Read 11 April 1867. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1867): 415–72. Journal of researches : Journal of …
- … CD visited London in late November 1867 and in March 1868 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence …
- … II). The main part of Thomas Campbell Eyton’s Osteologia avium ( Eyton 1867–75 ) was …
- … published in 1867. A supplement was published in 1869 and a second supplement in three …
To Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli [after 8 April 1867]
Summary
Thanks for his long letter on morphological laws.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli |
| Date: | [after 8 Apr 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 33v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5496 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli [after 8 April 1867] …
- … DAR 173: 33v Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 8 Apr 1867] Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1867] ), and in Hooker’s absence CD’s letter was …
- … Oliver ( letter from Daniel Oliver, 8 April 1867 ). CD may have offered to send a copy of …
- … was drafted on the back of the letter from Daniel Oliver, 8 April 1867 . For a draft …
- … summary of Nägeli’s letter of 31 March 1867 , see Correspondence vol. 24, Supplement. See …
- … also the letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1867] . The lecture has not been identified or …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1867] , n. 1. The photograph has not been found in …
To J. J. Moulinié 30 November [1867]
Summary
Glad that Reinwald does not intend separate publication of [Variation] volumes. Book had large sale at [Murray’s] auction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms suppl. 66, ff. 3–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5699 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. J. Moulinié 30 November [1867] …
- … V. Carus, 14 November [1867] and n. 6. …
- … Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 30 Nov [1867] Jean Jacques Moulinié …
- … this letter and the letter from J. J. Moulinié, 25 November 1867 . Letter from J. …
- … J. Moulinié, 25 November 1867 . CD refers to Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald and to the French …
- … 1868). See letter from J. J. Moulinié, 25 November 1867 . See also letter to J. …
To Charles Kingsley 13 December [1867]
Summary
Discusses the reception of CD’s views at Cambridge and elsewhere.
Variation delayed by the index, but will appear at the end of the year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Kingsley |
| Date: | 13 Dec [1867] |
| Classmark: | Quaritch (dealers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5728F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Charles Kingsley 13 December [1867] …
- … Quaritch (dealers) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Dec [1867] Charles Kingsley …
- … CD’s theory in Germany, see also the letter from C. L. Brace, 14 November 1867 , n. 6. …
- … Charles Lyell. [Beverley] 1867 ; there is a copy in the Darwin Library–Down. Kingsley …
- … Beverley, Robert Mackenzie. ] 1867. The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Kingsley, 11 December 1867 . …
- … Letter from Charles Kingsley, 11 December 1867 . The Royal School of Mines, the Geological …
- … 1920 , p. vii). In his letter of 12 May 1867 , Ernst Haeckel expressed the view that CD’s …
From J. D. Hooker 19 November 1867
Summary
Will not be inclined to challenge Pangenesis.
Admits CD’s victory over JDH’s continental hypothesis (but will not give up Greenland).
Relation of variation to circumstances is shown by discovery of endemic St Helena umbellifer having same palm-like habit as an endemic Madeiran species.
Has completed Boott’s Carices [Illustrations of the genus Carex, pt 4 (1867)],
is printing W. H. Harvey’s work [Genera of South African plants, 2d ed. (1868)],
and is revising English edition of Alphonse de Candolle’s Laws of botanical nomenclature [trans. H. A. Weddell (1868)].
Arrangements at Kew. Gardener [John Smith] is very ill; Oliver reigns supreme in the Herbarium.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Nov 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 182–4, DAR 47: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5683 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 19 November 1867 …
- … DAR 102: 182–4, DAR 47: 191 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 19 Nov 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … had recently been published ( Fouqué 1867 ). Hooker refers to the Genera plantarum ( …
- … in Bentham 1883 . CD’s annotations are for his letter to Hooker of 25 November [1867]. …
- … Illustrations of the genus Carex , pt 4 (1867)], is printing W. H. Harvey’s work [ Genera …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] . Charles Lyell. CD had asked Hooker’s …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] and n. 3). The humble Uriah Heep in Charles …
- … 4.5 Oliver … advice. 9.3] ‘Nov. 19 th 1867— Laws of Variation’ added ink 5.1 I shall … …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 March 1867 ). Wright later described several Seychelles …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] and nn. 8 and 9. Friedrich Heinrich Karl …
- … Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte. 1867. Sintram and his companions. A northern …
- … had been adopted at the international botanical congress held in Paris in August 1867 ( …
- … Candolle 1867). The English translation, Laws of botanical …
- … botanical congress held at Paris in August, 1867 , was published in 1868 by L. Reeve & …
- … n. 1. Hooker visited Down on 21 December 1867 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Leonard …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 February 1867 ). The umbellifer endemic to St Helena is …
From John Murray 9 January [1867]
Summary
CD should not be discouraged by the bulk of Variation. CD’s suggestion to print technical details in small type is good.
Murray has sent MS to a "man of letters and good information" as an experiment to test its effect. Has no intention of throwing up publication.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 343 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5354 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Murray 9 January [1867] …
- … DAR 171: 343 John Murray London, Albemarle St 9 Jan [1867] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sons was the firm printing Variation (see letter from John Murray, 2 January [1867] ). …
- … letter and the letter to John Murray, 8 January [1867] . The reference is to Variation. …
- … See letter to John Murray, 8 January [1867] and n. 1. CD had expressed his annoyance …
- … for his most recent comment, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 January [1867]. See …
- … letter to John Murray, 8 January [1867] . Murray’s reader was John Milton, an accountant ( …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 30 March [1867]
Summary
Believes beauty of male bird important for attracting mate in wild. Will be interested to hear how a dyed male pigeon is received by the hens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 30 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5475 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 30 March [1867] …
- … 21 February [1868] ). See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 March 1867 and n. 3. …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Mar [1867] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 March 1867 . …
- … In his letter of 29 March 1867 , Tegetmeier had offered to publish a query in the Field as …
- … No such query has been found in the Field between March and May 1867. See letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 29 March 1867 ; CD noted Tegetmeier’s opinion about the trimmed gamecock …
- … See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 March 1867 . CD recorded in Descent 2: 118 that …
- … see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 4 August [1867] , and Correspondence vol. 16, letter to …
To Alfred Russel Wallace 23 February 1867
Summary
Asks why caterpillars are sometimes beautifully coloured. It poses a problem for view that sexual selection is the explanation of colours of male butterflies.
More on mimetic butterflies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | Marchant ed. 1916, 1: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5415 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Alfred Russel Wallace 23 February 1867 …
- … Marchant ed. 1916, 1: 178 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Feb 1867 Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … exhibition (see letter from A. R. Wallace, [19 June 1867] and n. 3, and A. R. …
- … Wallace 1905 , 1: 404). See also letter to Edward Blyth, [19 February 1867] . …
- … Henry Walter Bates. In a note dated 18 February 1867, CD wrote that Bates had observed a …
- … Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E. February 23, 1867. Dear Wallace,— I much regretted that I was …
- … letter to Alfred Newton, 19 January [1867] ). CD and Wallace evidently had a discussion on …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 29 April [1867] and n. 6). In 1862, Wallace had returned …
- … in sexual selection, see the letter to Fritz Müller, 22 February [1867] and n. 8. …
- … also letter from Alfred Newton, 21 January 1867 and n. 8. The first extant letter from …
To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1867]
Summary
Grateful for addresses of informants, especially that of Rajah James Brooke.
Dispatch of queries on expression. Answers will make interesting appendix to his "Essay on man" [Descent].
Protective adaptation of female butterflies believed probable.
Believes in sexual selection as applied to man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 ff. 20–20v) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5992 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1867] …
- … Add 46434 ff. 20–20v) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Mar [1867] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … year after Descent. See letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and n. 3. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and nn. 7–10. …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] . …
- … In his letter of 2 March [1867] , Wallace sent two addresses for CD, including that of …
- … from Ferdinand von Mueller, 28 February [1867]. Expression was ultimately published in …
From Carl Vogt 17 April 1867
Summary
Will send CD a memoir on Les microcéphales [1867]; CV believes microcephalism is an atavistic abnormality.
Recommends H. von Nathusius’ work on domestic pig [Die Racen des Schweines (1860)].
| Author: | Carl Vogt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5505 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Carl Vogt 17 April 1867 …
- … DAR 180: 11 Carl Vogt Geneva 17 Apr 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … send CD a memoir on Les microcéphales [1867]; CV believes microcephalism is an atavistic …
- … Genève ce 17 Avril | 1867. Monsieur et cher Maître! Ci-jointe, mirant votre désir, une …
- … Geneva 17 April | 1867 Dear Sir and Master, Enclosed is a photograph as you wished. I …
- … s photograph in his letter to Vogt of 12 April [1867]; it has not been found in the Darwin …
- … London: John Murray. 1868. Vogt, Carl. 1867. Mémoire sur les microcéphales ou hommes- …
- … it in his letter to Vogt of 7 August [1867]. Vogt assembled a collection of microcephalic …
- … Institut Genevois in June 1866 ( C. Vogt 1867 , p. 4), near the time of the Seven Weeks …
- … with his letter to Vogt of 12 April [1867]. Parker, an American Unitarian theologian, …
- … Mémoire sur les microcéphales ( C. Vogt 1867 ); there is an inscribed, annotated copy in …
From Charles Lyell 4 August 1867
Summary
Comments on proof-sheets of Variation.
His revisions of Principles of geology, 10th ed.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug 1867 |
| Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 415–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5595 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 4 August 1867 …
- … 415–16 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet London, Harley St, 73 4 Aug 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the New Zealand earthquake of 1855, see C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 69–71 and 82–9. …
- … See C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 230–2, 209–13. …
- … universelle , held from 1 April to 31 October 1867 ( Mainardi 1987 , p. 129); see K. …
- … see letter to Charles Lyell, 18 July [1867] ). CD had described Origin as an abstract for …
- … of London 148: 703–86. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes …
- … the universal expositions of 1855 and 1867. New Haven, Conn. , and London: Yale University …
- … 73 Harley Street: August 4, 1867. My dear Darwin,— I must write a word before starting to- …
- … edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 1–47). The ninth edition had been …
Herzenstein, Ulrich. 1867. Zur Physiologie der Thränensecretion. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin (1867): 651–67.
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Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
Matches: 30 hits
- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct proofs, and just when …
- … becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in 1867, as he continued to circulate a list of …
- … transmutation theory. Three important new correspondents in 1867 were Hermann Müller and Anton Dohrn …
- … the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & your friends & the world in …
- … publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 January 1867 , ‘I cannot tell you how sorry I am …
- … for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A week later, Darwin had …
- … the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to his close friend, Joseph …
- … Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on 1 March 1867 and the tedious work of correction …
- … . In a letter to his son William dated 27 [March 1867] , he admitted, ‘I fear the book is by no …
- … papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although he described some of Alexander …
- … told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send stereotypes of the …
- … had received other offers, notably one from Vogt in April 1867, to translate the new work. Carus had …
- … will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This hint of uncertainty caused …
- … to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). Darwin need not have worried …
- … to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). Darwin may not have fully …
- … in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). Darwin was not disappointed in …
- … the ‘wonderful discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from …
- … in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American friend …
- … physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Although he did not succeed in …
- … step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). Darwin’s insecurity persisted, …
- … ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] ). Even when the corrections were …
- … to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted the temptation to …
- … as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). Dallas, like Carus, alerted Darwin to …
- … for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , enclosing belated …
- … 27 years old In a letter of 22 February [1867] to Fritz Müller in Brazil, in which …
- … Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his queries to …
- … ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [12–17] March [1867] ). Darwin’s doggedness in pursuing answers to his …
- … so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Nevertheless, at some point …
- … in Notes and Queries on China and Japan , 31 August 1867. Another version, possibly derived from …
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…
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- … expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to …
- … Barber, Mary E. [after Feb 1867] [Grahamstown, Cape …
- … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
- … Bowman, William 5 Aug 1867 5 Clifford St, London, …
- … Darwin, Francis 20 June 1867 Unknown? …
- … Erskine, H. N. B. 1 Nov 1867 [Ahmednuggur, Bombay, …
- … Gaika, Christian 7 July 1867 Bedford [Cape of Good …
- … Geach, F.F. June 1867 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Gibbs, George 31 March 1867 Smithsonian Institution, …
- … Gray, Asa 26 March 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 12 May - 2 June 1867 Christchurch, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Hagenauer, F.A. [12 Sept 1867] Lake Wellington, …
- … Huxley, H.A. 22 Mar [1867] Abbey Place, London, …
- … Kempson, L.F. 20 June 1867 Penmaenmawr, Conway, …
- … Lubbock, E.F. [1867-8?] Lombard Street, London? …
- … Muller, Fritz 22 Feb [1867] Down, Kent, England …
- … Paget, James 9 July 1867 1 Harewood Place, Hanover …
- … Rothrock, J.T. 31 March 1867 McVeytown [Pennsylvania …
- … Stack, James West 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Sutton, Seth 8 Aug 1867 Zoological Gardens, Regents …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 5 Aug 1867 Amoy, China …
- … Wallace, A. R. 2 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent, …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 7 July 1867 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …
John Lubbock
Summary
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…
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 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber responds to …
- … Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to Darwin, [8 August 1867] Sutton, the keeper of the …
- … 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] Explorer and geologist Haast …
- … Letter 5585 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [26 July 1867] Darwin praises Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 5403 - Darwin to Carus, J. V. [17 February 1867] Darwin thanks Carus for his …
- … 5410 - Darwin to Muller, J. F. T., [22 February 1867] Darwin thanks Muller for …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a …
Edward Lumb
Summary
Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … much ahead of his time when, in a letter to Darwin in 1867 , he commented on Edward Wilson’s plan …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
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…
Sexual selection
Summary
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…
Scientific Networks
Summary
Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Mar 1867 Müller explains how Origin …
- … 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. L. H., 29 Mar [1867] Darwin learns that German botanist …
- … Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr [1867] Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Oct 1867 Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5585 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., 26 July [1867] Darwin writes to his daughter …
- … Letter 5745 — Barber, M. E. to Darwin, C. R., [after Feb 1867] In this letter, naturalist, …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Religion
Summary
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…
Dramatisation script
Summary
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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- … A GRAY 15 AUGUST 1868 177 TO A GRAY 15 APRIL 1867 178 C DARWIN TO JD …
Orchids
Summary
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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- … 5637 - Alfred Russel Wallace to Charles Darwin 1 October 1867 Alfred Russell Wallace, a …
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…
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- … Emma Darwin to Henrietta Darwin, [14 April 1867] Emma debates the wisdom of making a visit to …
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…
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- … Letter 5670f - Darwin to Kingsley, C., [6 November 1867] Darwin discusses ‘rudiments’ …
Hermann Müller
Summary
Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
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- … and sending Darwin a copy of the article. In early spring 1867, Darwin initiated a correspondence …
- … Darwin replied encouragingly and in the summer of 1867, Müller began working on fertilisation of …
- … preventing unwanted visitors from gaining access. In October 1867, Müller sent Darwin a letter …
