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To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1868]

Summary

CD thought Watson’s article beastly in its criticisms of JDH. Watson’s criticism of CD was not new or important, but fair, so CD could honestly thank him, adding his regret at what was said about JDH.

Is sitting for Woolner bust.

Has read James Croll on alternation of glacial and warmer periods in north and south, which would remove JDH’s objections to cool period extending to equator.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	26 Nov [1868]
Classmark:	DAR 94: 98–101
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6476

Matches: 20 hits

… To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1868] …
… DAR 94: 98–101 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Nov [1868] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… visited Down with Hooker between 24 and 30 October 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… University Press. 1985–. Croll, James. 1868. On geological time, and the probable date of …
… letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 November 1868 . CD probably directed Hooker to look at this …
… Watson and to the first part of Watson 1868–70 . For more on Watson’s book and the …
… John Murray. 1859. Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1868–70. Compendium of the Cybele Britannica; …
… letter to James Croll, 24 November 1868 and n. 5. CD refers to his publisher, John …
… the fifth edition of Origin on 26 December 1868 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, …
… letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 November 1868 and nn. 1 and 2. CD’s letter to Watson has …
… the discussion of CD’s theory, see Watson 1868–70 , 1: 45–59. CD wrote at the back of his …
… had arrived at Down on 19 November 1868; Alice Gertrude Woolner , Katherine Euphemia …
… Darwin were there from 28 to 30 November 1868. CD refers to Elizabeth Darwin , and also …
… who had sailed for New Zealand on 11 November 1868, on the Matoaka ( letter from J. …
… D. Hooker to James Hector, 10 November 1868 , in Yaldwyn and Hobbs eds. 1998, pp. 102– …
… votes (see also The Times , 26 November 1868, p. 10). CD probably refers to Lubbock’s …
… see letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 November 1868 and n. 4. James Croll had recently sent …
… probable date of the glacial and the upper Miocene period’ ( Croll 1868 ; see letters to …
… James Croll , 19 September 1868 and …
… 24 November 1868 ). See …

To J. B. Innes 2 September 1868

Summary

Surprised and pleased JBI liked his "big book" [Variation].

Luckily, naturalists do not seem to think he has committed suicide with the work.

CD wants to turn over the school accounts to John Robinson [curate of Down]. Writes of other parish news.

Will vote in person for Sir John Lubbock.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Brodie Innes
Date:	2 Sept 1868
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6345

Matches: 18 hits

… To J. B. Innes 2 September 1868 …
… Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Sept 1868 John Brodie Innes …
… 21 November 1868, p. 7). …
… the election, see his letter of 31 August 1868 (see also Hutchinson 1914 , 1: 99). On CD’s …
… Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Sep 2. 1868. My dear Innes I am much obliged for yr kind & …
… CD refers to the letter from J. B. Innes, 31 August 1868 , and to Variation. …
… In his letter of 31 August 1868 , Innes wrote that he had included some memoranda …
… Bentham in England (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 May 1868 , and letter from A. …
… and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
… Rolfe , Baron Cranworth, died on 26 July 1868 at his London home ( ODNB ). Holwood Park, …
… Liberal party candidate for West Kent; the election was on 23 November 1868 ( The Times , …
… R. Wallace, 16 August [1868] ). CD had heard news of German men of science who …
… Haeckel (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] ). See letter from J. …
… B. Innes, 31 August 1868 ; CD refers to Samuel James O’Hara Horsman . In his Account …
… for the Down national school of £9 19 s. 2 d. on 15 June 1868; he also paid £13 5 s. …
… on 7 July 1868 to a bricklayer, evidently for work on the school. Thomas Sellwood Stephens …
… returned from the Isle of Wight on 21 August 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). John …
… curate of the parish of Down on 30 August 1868 ( Moore 1985 , p. 477). At times, CD kept …

To A. R. Wallace 15 April [1868]

Summary

Admires ARW’s "Theory of birds’ nests" [J. Travel & Nat. Hist. 1 (1868): 73].

Discusses their respective views on birds’ nests, sexual selection, and protection.

Asks why, if brilliant colours of female butterflies are result of protective mimicry, do not males become equally brilliant? CD believes variation in females alone accounts for it, rather than protection.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	15 Apr [1868]
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434: 133–5)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6121

Matches: 13 hits

… R. Wallace, 22 February [1868] ). …
… To A. R. Wallace 15 April [1868] …
… Add MS 46434: 133–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Apr [1868] Alfred Russel Wallace …
… the book (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 7 February 1868 , n. 4, and letter to A. …
… Bibliography Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1868. A theory of birds’ nests: shewing the relation …
… to their mode of nidification. Journal of Travel and Natural History 1 (1868–9): 73–89. …
… birds’ nests" [ J. Travel & Nat. Hist. 1 (1868): 73]. Discusses their respective views on …
… The year is established by the reference to A. R. Wallace 1868 (see n. 2, below). CD …
… of birds’ nests’, which appeared in the April 1868 issue of Journal of Travel and Natural …
… History ( A. R. Wallace 1868 ). Wallace had argued that birds with both sexes brightly …
… coloured built open nests ( A. R. Wallace 1868 , p. 78). Wallace had given examples of …
… incubated the eggs ( A. R. Wallace 1868 , pp. 83–4). CD probably refers to a passage …
… are pleasing to the other’ ( A. R. Wallace 1868 , p. 82). See, for example, A. R. …

From Osbert Salvin [1868?]

Summary

Notes on sexual differences within certain species of birds.

Author:	Osbert Salvin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[1868?]
Classmark:	DAR 84.1: 172–3
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5758

Matches: 17 hits

… From Osbert Salvin [1868? ] …
… DAR 84.1: 172–3 Osbert Salvin Brompton [1868? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1868–71. A monograph of the Alcedinidae: or, family …
… London: the author. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1868. A theory of birds’ nests: shewing the …
… to their mode of nidification. Journal of Travel and Natural History 1 (1868–9): 73–89. …
… in his monograph of the Alcedinidae ( Sharpe 1868–71 ). These descriptions appeared in …
… the first part of the monograph, published on 1 July 1868 ( …
… Sharpe 1868–71 , p. ii). Carcineutes pulchellus ( …
… is the species described here by Salvin (see Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. 251–2 and pl. 91). …
… in a paper on nidification ( Wallace 1868 ) that differences in male and female plumage …
… In a letter to Wallace of 5 May [1868] ( Correspondence vol. 16), CD indicated that he …
… to Sharpe’s description of Dacelo leachi (see Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. 289–90 and pl. 115). …
… Carcineutes and Dacelo were in his subfamily Daceloninae (see Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. x–xi). …
… now Megaceryle torquata , the ringed kingfisher; Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. 73–5 and pl. 24). …
… Chloroceryle americana , the green kingfisher; Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. 89–90 and pl. 28). …
… maxima , the giant kingfisher; Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. 67–9 and pl. 22). Sharpe did not …
… by marked structural differences ( Sharpe 1868–71 , pp. viii–ix). CD refers to the fact …

To J. J. Weir 30 May [1868]

Summary

Glad to have JJW’s opinion on nest-building. Wallace’s view [that skill is learned] is opposed to many facts.

Asks JJW about birds and their behaviour.

Wants information on the first plumage of different breeds of canaries.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Jenner Weir
Date:	30 May [1868]
Classmark:	University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Joseph Halle Schaffner collection box 1, folder 2)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6215

Matches: 15 hits

… To J. J. Weir 30 May [1868] …
… collection box 1, folder 2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 May [1868] John Jenner Weir …
… W. Bates, 21 May [1868] . Weir apparently did not visit Down in June (see letter …
… to J. J. Weir, 5 June 1868 ). …
… between this letter and the letter from Edward Blyth, 18 May 1868 . See letter from J. …
… J. Weir, [before 30 May 1868] ; Weir’s comments on the nest-building instinct may have …
… see, for example, the letter to A. R. Wallace, 5 May [1868] and n. 7). See also letter …
… See letter from J. J. Weir, [14 April 1868] . CD discussed the relation between immature …
… in this section. See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 20 May [1868] , and letter from W. …
… B. Tegetmeier, 25 May 1868 . See also letter to H. …
… to J. J. Weir, 18 April [1868] , and letter from J. …
… J. Weir, 20 April 1868 . See letter from J. …
… J. Weir, 18 May 1868 , and letter from …
… Edward Blyth, 18 May 1868 and nn. 4 and 5. Blyth actually wrote to CD about Pavo …
… also letter from J. J. Weir, 23 March 1868 and n. 7. CD refers to his work on sexual …

To J. B. Innes 15 June [1868]

Summary

CD writes in detail about difficulties with Horsman’s financial accounts and the affairs of the parish.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Brodie Innes
Date:	15 June [1868]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6242

Matches: 10 hits

… Stanhope Street, Euston Road ( Post Office London directory 1867, 1868). …
… To J. B. Innes 15 June [1868] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 June [1868] John Brodie Innes …
… between this letter and the letter from J. B. Innes, 13 June 1868 . See letter from J. …
… B. Innes, 13 June 1868 . CD refers to Samuel James O’Hara Horsman . See letter from …
… S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868], and letter to S. J. …
… O’H. Horsman, 3 June 1868 . The National School for boys at Down. The master of the …
… banking account and cash account (Down House MSS) as paid to Pearson on 15 June 1868. See …
… letter to John Lubbock, 15 June [1868] . Bryceson Brothers & Co. …
… at 34 Brook Street, Euston Road, London; in 1868, their street address was altered to 4 …

To A. R. Wallace 27 February [1868]

Summary

Pleased by ARW’s response to Pangenesis.

On negative reception by his friends.

Further argument concerning sterility and natural selection.

Polygamy and sexual selection.

Protection.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	27 Feb [1868]
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434: 108–11)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5940

Matches: 16 hits

… To A. R. Wallace 27 February [1868] …
… of protective coloration, see the letter from Albany Hancock, 8 February 1868 and n. 3. …
… Add MS 46434: 108–11) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Feb [1868] Alfred Russel Wallace …
… this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . See letter from A. …
… R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 and n. 5. …
… letter from Henry Holland, 11 February [1868] . CD refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker ; see …
… from J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] February 1868 . CD refers to Herbert Spencer ; see letter …
… plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. Wallace, …
… Alfred Russel. 1868. A theory of birds’ nests: shewing the relation of certain sexual …
… to their mode of nidification. Journal of Travel and Natural History 1 (1868–9): 73–89. …
… letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . CD was in London from 3 March to 1 April ( …
… Berthold Carl Seeman (see also letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] and n. 5). On …
… from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 and n. 6. CD refers to George Howard Darwin , …
… selection, see the enclosure to his letter of 1 March 1868 . See Variation 2: 185–9. …
… A. R. Wallace 1868 . See letter from A. …
… R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 and n. 3. On birds of paradise, see …

To G. H. Darwin [9 December 1868]

Summary

Asks GHD to look in William Thomson’s book [W. Thomson and P. G. Tait, Treatise on natural philosophy, vol. 1 (1867)] to see how many million years ago Thomson says earth’s crust solidified. CD is troubled by "brevity of the world", because pre-Silurian creatures must have lived during endless ages "else my views wd be wrong, which is impossible – Q.E.D.".

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Howard Darwin
Date:	[9 Dec 1868]
Classmark:	DAR 210.1: 6
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6496

Matches: 18 hits

… To G. H. Darwin [9 December 1868] …
… DAR 210.1: 6 Charles Robert Darwin Down [9 Dec 1868] George Howard Darwin …
… University of Chicago Press. Croll, James. 1868. On geological time, and the probable date …
… the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 8 December 1868 . …
… In 1868, the first Wednesday following 8 December was 9 December. ‘Backy’ was a childhood …
… See letter from G. H. Darwin, 8 December 1868 . A note in pencil in George’s hand above …
… abstract, see the letter from James Croll, [2 December 1868] . According to Emma Darwin’s …
… 242), George went to Wales on 16 December 1868. CD had claimed in Origin , p. 307, that …
… letter from G. H. Darwin, 8 December 1868 and n. 6). CD refers to the fifth edition …
… of Origin (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 November [1868] . …
… see letter to J. D. Hooker, [8–10 September 1868] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
… the Darwins saw the Nortons several times from September 1868 onwards, but no mention is …
… made of a visit in December 1868. A note in pencil following the proverb reads ‘(mine …
… and the upper Miocene period’ ( Croll 1868 ). Croll does not quote Thomson directly but …
… Croll had sent CD a copy of the paper (see letters to James Croll , 19 September 1868 and …
… 24 November 1868 ). Samuel Haughton discussed the age of the earth and Thomson’s argument …
… letter from G. H. Darwin, 8 December 1868 and n. 3. Lyell does not refer to Haughton’s …
… of the earth or Thomson’s theory. See letter from James Croll, 2 December 1868 and n. 2. …

To Ernst Haeckel 6 February [1868]

Summary

Delighted to hear of success of EH’s lectures.

Ernest Faivre [La variabilité des espèces (1868)] sees no reason to favour common descent of allied species.

Asks EH to pass German edition of Variation on to Gegenbaur.

Comments on work of Miklucho[-Maclay], Dohrn, and Bleek.

Has begun work on Descent.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:	6 Feb [1868]
Classmark:	Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/16)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5841

Matches: 17 hits

… To Ernst Haeckel 6 February [1868] …
… 1: 1–52/16) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Feb [1868] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
… Ernest Faivre [ La variabilité des espèces (1868)] sees no reason to favour common descent …
… Immanuel Bleek. See letter from Ernst Haeckel [before 6 February 1868] and n. 10. …
… letter from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] and n. 12. CD refers to ‘Illegitimate …
… British Association, 5 September 1867. ] Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 2 (1868): 80–6. …
… Faivre, Ernest. 1868. La variabilité des espèces et ses limites . Paris: Germer …
… see n. 5, below). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] and n. 8. …
… See letter from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] and n. 3. …
… CD refers to Faivre 1868 . An annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia …
… the first volume of the German edition of Variation (Carus trans. 1868; see letter from …
… By Charles Darwin. [Read 19 March 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 ( …
… and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
… By Charles Darwin. [Read 20 February 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society of London ( …
… Ernst Haeckel, 23 March 1868 ). Haeckel’s name appears on the presentation list for the …
… Miklucho-Maclay. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] and n. 6. …
… from Ernst Haeckel, [before 6 February 1868] and n. 9. Anton Dohrn sent CD a copy of his …

To G. H. K. Thwaites 29 December 1868

Summary

Discusses experiments in breeding fowls.

Comments on letter from S. O. Glenie [see 6440] concerning the eyes of trumpeting elephants.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:	29 Dec 1868
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.358)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6514

Matches: 11 hits

… To G. H. K. Thwaites 29 December 1868 …
… Mss.B.D25.358) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Dec 1868 George Henry Kendrick Thwaites …
… to G. H. K. Thwaites, [before 31 October 1868] . See letter from S. O. Glenie to …
… G. H. K. Thwaites, [before 31 October 1868] . See letter from G. …
… H. K. Thwaites, 16 October 1868 and n. 1. …
… see letter to G. H. K. Thwaites, 19 May [1868] , letter from C. P. Layard to G. …
… H. K. Thwaites, 28 July 1868 , and letter from S. …
… O. Glenie, 27 November 1868 ). CD refers to comments by Edward Blyth and Edgar Leopold …
… Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Dec 29. 1868 My dear Thwaites It is extremely kind in you & …
… fowl found in Ceylon. See letter to G. H. K. Thwaites, 28 September [1868] and n. 3. …
… In his letter to Thwaites of 28 July 1868 , C. P. Layard had reported owning two cocks …

To A. R. Wallace 19 August [1868]

Summary

The problem of dimorphic plants and their fertility.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	19 Aug [1868]
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434: 143–6)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6322

Matches: 15 hits

… To A. R. Wallace 19 August [1868] …
… Add MS 46434: 143–6) Charles Robert Darwin Freshwater 19 Aug [1868] Alfred Russel Wallace …
… wife, Annie, visited Down on the weekend of 12 and 13 September 1868 ( letter to J. D. …
… Hooker, [8–10 September 1868] , Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… Isle of Wight from 17 July to 20 August 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter …
… from A. R. Wallace, 16 August [1868] . The British Association for the Advancement of …
… meeting at Norwich from 19 to 26 August 1868 ( Report of the 38th meeting of the British …
… Joseph Dalton Hooker visited Freshwater from 8 to 14 August 1868 (see letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 6 August 1868 , and letter to …
… Asa Gray, 15 August [1868] ). He was to deliver the presidential address at the British …
… R. Wallace 1869 . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 16 August [1868] and n. 5. See letter …
… from A. R. Wallace, 16 August [1868] . CD refers to George Henry Lewes ; see letter …
… from G. H. Lewes, 26 July 1868 and n. 2. See letter …
… from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] , and letter to A. …
… R. Wallace, 5 May [1868] . See Origin , pp. 84–5, 89, 197. CD made small changes to the …

From W. D. Fox 9 December [1868]

Summary

Hybrid geese.

Proportions of sexes in sheep and cattle.

Pairing habits of crows.

Author:	William Darwin Fox
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	9 Dec [1868]
Classmark:	DAR 84.1: 126–7, DAR 85: B36–7
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6455

Matches: 19 hits

… From W. D. Fox 9 December [1868] …
… DAR 84.1: 126–7, DAR 85: B36–7 William Darwin Fox 9 Dec [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
… D. Hooker, 26 November [1868] and n. 6). Fox refers to Emma Darwin and Henrietta Emma …
… between this letter and the letter to W. D. Fox, 4 November 1868 . See letter to W. …
… D. Fox, 4 November 1868 . See letter from W. …
… D. Fox, 29 October [1868] . The rook ( Corvus frugilegus ), carrion crow ( C. corone ), …
… D. Fox, 4 November 1868 . Basil George Woodd , the father of Ellen Sophia Fox , lived in …
… health problems, see the letter from W. D. Fox, 29 October [1868] . CD had invited …
… Fox to visit in his letter of 4 November 1868 . CD sat …
… for the sculptor Thomas Woolner in November 1868 (see letter to J. …
… I can give them. I shall go backwards for convenience. 1868 Leicester Sheep Alderney Cows …
… Males females Males females 1868 23 …
… 12 — 1868 1 — 3 1867 23 23 — 1867 3 4 1866 24 18 — 1866 1865 15 — 11 — 1865 5 — 3 1864 …
… See letter to W. D. Fox, 4 November 1868 and n. 6. Fox refers to Leonard Jenyns and …
… of mid-Cheshire (which included Northwich), was held on 21 November 1868 ( The Times , …
… 23 November 1868, p. 4). As the holder of a Cambridge degree, Fox would …
… for the University of Cambridge, whose election was held on 16 November 1868 ( The Times , …
… 17 November 1868, p. 5). The keeper has not been identified. For the views …
… the subject, see the letter from W. D. Fox, 29 October [1868] , and the letter to W. …

To A. R. Wallace 16 September [1868]

Summary

CD’s oscillating views relating to protection and sexual selection.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	16 Sept [1868]
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434: 149–50)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6368

Matches: 14 hits

… To A. R. Wallace 16 September [1868] …
… letter to J. D. Hooker, [8–10 September 1868] ). See letter from B. …
… D. Walsh, 29 August 1868 . …
… Add MS 46434: 149–50) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept [1868] Alfred Russel Wallace …
… from A. R. Wallace, [14 September 1868] . CD evidently discussed beetles with Wallace …
… 5, below). Notes dated 7 and 14 September 1868 indicate that CD and his son Francis Darwin …
… this volume see especially letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 May [1868] , and letters to A. …
… R. Wallace, 5 May [1868] and …
… 19 August [1868] ). CD’s …
… notes on the subject, dated 4 September 1868, are in DAR 84.2: 215, 216. For more on CD’s …
… House over the weekend of 12 and 13 September 1868 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and …
… Wallace’s Euchirus longimanus , on 12 October 1868 (see DAR 81: 32); for CD’s conclusions …
… letter from A. R. Wallace, [14 September 1868] and n. 5. Musk beetles, including the …
… beetle’s stridulating organ on 21 September 1868 (see DAR 81: 29). During Wallace’s recent …

From Friedrich Hildebrand 4 November 1868

Summary

Potato graft-hybrid fails to give potatoes.

August Weismann requests Wallace’s address to find out about experiments on butterflies hinted at in Variation.

Author:	Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	4 Nov 1868
Classmark:	DAR 166: 210
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6448

Matches: 13 hits

… From Friedrich Hildebrand 4 November 1868 …
… cite a specific work (see letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 November [1868] and n. 6). …
… Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand Freiburg 4 Nov 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
… By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. Wallace, Alexander. 1860. Remarks on …
… 5 (1858–61), Proceedings, pp. 119–20. Weismann, August. 1868. Über die Berechtigung der …
… ein akademischer Vortrag gehalten am 8 Juli 1868 in der Aula der Universität zu Freiburg …
… Freiburg im Breisgau Novbr 4 th 1868. Dear and Honoured Sir I intended to send you this …
… letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 2 January 1868 and nn. 3 and 6 and Variation 1: 396 ( …
… letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 3 July 1868 . By ‘bumpkin’, Hildebrand evidently meant ‘ …
… see letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 3 July 1868 ). August Weismann had sent CD a …
… inaugural lecture on the justification of Darwinian theory ( Weismann 1868 ; see letter to …
… August Weismann, 22 October 1868 and n. …
… to Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 November [1868] ). In Variation 2: 158 n. 61, CD had referred …

To J. D. Hooker [8–10 September 1868]

Summary

Has written to A. J. Gower.

Sends more copies of Queries about expression.

Pall Mall Gazette article [see 6342] is monstrous to say religion did not attack science. Should scientific men ignore whole subject of religion?

Sends French journal with article on JDH and one (weak) by Agassiz on geographical distribution.

M. J. Berkeley has sent his address [Rep. BAAS 38 (1868): 83–7].

CD differs with JDH on Owen; could hardly bear to shake hands with him.

Wallaces, Blyth, Jenner Weirs are coming to stay on Sunday.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	[8–10 Sept 1868]
Classmark:	DAR 94: 91–2
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6357

Matches: 16 hits

… To J. D. Hooker [8–10 September 1868] …
… DAR 94: 91–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down [8–10 Sept 1868] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… has sent his address [ Rep. BAAS 38 (1868): 83–7]. CD differs with JDH on Owen; could …
… from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 and n. 12. CD refers to Asa Gray and Jane Loring …
… Henry Walter Bates was unable to come (see letter from H. W. Bates, 10 September 1868 ). …
… this letter, the letter from Edward Blyth, 8 September 1868 , and the letter from H. …
… W. Bates, 10 September 1868 . See letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 and nn. 1 and 3. CD’s letter to Abel Anthony James Gower …
… s presidential address to the British Association on 19 August 1868 (Barbier trans. …
… 1868) and an article …
… by Louis Agassiz ( Agassiz 1868 ). CD refers to Miles Joseph Berkeley . See …
… letter to M. J. Berkeley, 7 September 1868 . CD refers to Richard Owen ; see letter from …
… J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 and n. 11. See letter …
… see letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] and nn. 11 and 12, and letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 and nn. 6–8. For the views on religion and on Darwinism of …
… pp. 32–4. CD probably sent the 5 September 1868 issue of Revue des Cours Scientifiques ; …

From John Murray 12 February [1868]

Summary

CD’s letter encourages Murray to proceed with a new edition of Variation; corrections will cost £176.

First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555].

Author:	John Murray
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Feb [1868]
Classmark:	DAR 171 : 355
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5869

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… From John Murray 12 February [1868] …
… DAR 171 : 355 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 12 Feb [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
… will cost £176. First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555]. …
… appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette for 10 February 1868 ([Lewes] 1868a). See letter to J. …
… D. Hooker, 10 February [1868] and n. 3. …
… and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
… relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] . See …
… letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] . For CD’s presentation list for the second …
… IV. See letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] and n. 5. William Sweetland Dallas had …
… See letter from W. S. Dallas, 11 February 1868 . The first part of a three-part …

To G. H. K. Thwaites 2 September 1868

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Thanks GHKT and S. O. Glenie for information about fowls.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:	2 Sept 1868
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.354)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6344

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… letter from S. O. Glenie, 27 November 1868 . …
… To G. H. K. Thwaites 2 September 1868 …
… Mss.B.D25.354) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Sept 1868 George Henry Kendrick Thwaites …
… See letter from G. H. K. Thwaites, 22 July 1868 . See letter from G. …
… H. K. Thwaites, 22 July 1868 and n. 3. See letter from G. …
… H. K. Thwaites, 22 July 1868 and enclosure. …
… CD’s letter of 2 September 1868 to Samuel Owen Glenie has not been found, but see the …
… Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Sep 2. 1868 My dear Thwaites I am very much obliged to you …

From T. H. Farrer 26 October 1868

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Delighted with mechanisms of Salvia and Viola. How can anyone who compares structure of Viola cornuta and common violet still suppose them to be separate creations?

Author:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	26 Oct 1868
Classmark:	DAR 164: 47
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6432

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… From T. H. Farrer 26 October 1868 …
… to T. H. Farrer, 29 October [1868] . CD presumably also refers to Auguste Comte . …
… Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Germany 26 Oct 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1868. On the manner of fertilization of the scarlet …
… and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
… Hildebrand 1867a to Farrer (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 19 September [1868] ). Farrer …
… had sent CD the manuscript of Farrer 1868 , and CD assisted him in its publication (see …
… letters from T. H. Farrer, 10 September 1868 and …
… 17 September 1868 , and letter to the Editor of Annals …
… of Natural History , 22 September [1868]). CD had mentioned the structure of Salvia …
… in his letter to Farrer of 15 September [1868] . The Moselle is a river flowing through …
… the Viola genus in his letter of 24 September 1868 . Farrer refers to the second volume of …
… from George Bentham, [after 29 September 1868] . CD’s annotations are notes for his letter …

From Asa Gray 24 February 1868

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AG is writing notice of American edition of Variation [Nation 6 (1868): 234–6].

Pangenesis is "as good an hypothesis as one can now make".

Author:	Asa Gray
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	24 Feb 1868
Classmark:	DAR 165: 161
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5921

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… From Asa Gray 24 February 1868 …
… DAR 165: 161 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 24 Feb 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
… of American edition of Variation [ Nation 6 (1868): 234–6]. Pangenesis is "as good an …
… Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University. [Gray, Asa. ] 1868. [Review of Variation. ] …
… Nation 6 (19 March 1868): 234–6. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under …
… domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
… Cambridge, [Mass. ] Feb. 24, 1868. My Dear Darwin Have I told you, and thanked you for …
… See letter from Asa Gray, 14 January [1868] and n. 2 Gray refers to George Thurber of the …
… Co. Gray’s review of Variation appeared in the 19 March 1868 issue of the Nation ( [A. …
… Gray] 1868 ). Gray had helped to found the Cambridge Scientific Club, a discussion group …
… CD’s theory of heredity. The anonymous review of Agassiz and Agassiz 1868 appeared in …
… the 20 February 1868 issue of the Nation pp. 153–4. Gray refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . …

To J. J. Weir 22 March [1868]

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Glad to hear about pigeons. Did not know some birds could win affections of females more than others, except among peacocks.

Comments on polygamy in birds.

Discusses sex ratios among birds.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Jenner Weir
Date:	22 Mar [1868]
Classmark:	Private collection
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6038

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… To J. J. Weir 22 March [1868] …
… collection Charles Robert Darwin London, Chester Place, 4 22 Mar [1868] John Jenner Weir …
… Tibbats Stainton . See letter to H. T. Stainton, 2 March [1868] and n. 5. …
… See letter from Giovanni Canestrini, 13 March 1868 . See …
… letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 4 March 1868 . …
… CD had spent most of March 1868 in London (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, …
… between this letter and the letter from J. J. Weir, 16 March 1868 . See letter from J. …
… J. Weir, 16 March 1868 . CD refers to the British Museum . J. J. …
… See letter from J. J. Weir, 16 March 1868 . Robert Heron discussed mate preferences in …
… 2: 119–21, 152. See letter to Edward Hewitt , [ c. 22 March 1868]. See letter from J. …
… J. Weir, 16 March 1868 and nn. 6 and 8. See …
… letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 . CD refers to Alexander Wallace and Henry …

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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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… On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
… The quantity of his correspondence increased dramatically in 1868; the increase was due largely to …
… and his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that …
… and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ). My book is horribly …
… as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing …
… look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin sympathised, replying on …
… fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such worries were laid to …
… was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from …
… not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace commiserated: ‘I am …
… to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John …
… a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). I am bothered with …
… Yorkshire, wrote of the colour of duck claws on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the …
… Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin complained to …
… breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal’, and offered …
… changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 June 1868 ). ‘It was …
… clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection …
… ratios was scanty, and he spent much of the first half of 1868 collecting facts on this question, …
… may be gained’ ( letter to H. T. Stainton, 21 February [1868] ). From the beginning, Darwin had …
… males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a number of Darwin’s …
… the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 March 1868 . Wallace maintained that males …
… entomologists ( letter from Roland Trimen, 20 February 1868 , and letter from Robert MacLachlan, …
… in attracting females. J. J. Weir reported on 14 April 1868 that a bullfinch had piped a German …
… odour sexual!’ ( letter to A . R. Wallace, 16 September [1868] ). Francis sought additional advice …
… to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October 1868] : ‘I had a long work with Crotch to …
… in the dyed hen ( letter from Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward …
… of Species”’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 October 1868 ). Heaven protect my stomach …
… of Nat. Selection’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Researching emotion …

Darwin’s queries on expression

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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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… for ease of distribution sometime in late 1867 or early 1868. Darwin went over his questions, …
… in Ceylon, wrote the botanist George Thwaites on 22 July 1868 , “all endeavour to drill their …
… Scottish botanist John Scott wrote from Calcutta, 4 May 1868 : “Shame is … expressed by an …
… Bulmer, J 13 Aug 1868 [Gipps Land, nr. Flemington? …
… Bunnett, Templeton 13 Aug 1868 Echuca, Australia …
… Darwin, W.E. [after 29 March 1868] Chester Place, …
… Darwin, W.E. [7? April 1868] Southampton, England …
… Darwin, W.E. [22? April 1868] Southampton, England …
… Forbes, David 26 March 1868 Boulton, England (about …
… Geach, F.F. April 1868 Johore, Malaysia …
… Glenie, S.O. 22 July 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
… Glenie, S.O. [July 1868] Trincomalee, Ceylon …
… Hagenauer, J.A. 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
… Hawkshaw, Cicely Mary (to ED) 9 Feb 1868 Liphook, …
… Hooker, J.D. 5 Sept 1868 Kew, London (about Nagasaki …
… Lacy, Dyson [before 13 Aug 1868] [Queensland, …
… Lane, H.B. 13 Aug 1868 Belfast, Australia? …
… Lang, Archibald G. 13 Aug 1868 [Coranderrk, …
… Muller, Fritz 30 Jan [1868] Itajahy, Santa Catharina …
… Reade, Winwood W. 23 May 1868 Conservative Club, …
… Scherzer, Karl Von 20 Oct 1868 Ministry of Commerce, …
… Scott, John 4 May 1868 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
… Smyth, R. Brough 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
… Speedy, J. 29 Sept 1868 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, …
… Swinhoe, Robert 4 Aug 1868 British Legation, Peking, …
… Thwaites, G.H.K. 1 Apr 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
… Walsh, B.D. 25 March 1868 Rock Island, Illinois, USA …
… Weale, J.P.M. 23 Oct 1868 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
… Sarah E to ED [30 March-12 April 1868] London, …
… Wilson, Edward 19 Feb 1868 Hayes, Bromley, Kent, …

6430_10256

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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…

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… From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Suède) 25 Okt. 1868. …
… CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
… in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
… An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
… of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
… on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …
… From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Sweden) 25 Oct. 1868 …
… CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
… in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
… An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
… of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
… on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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… to produce capsules’ ( To Fritz Müller, 30 January [1868] ). Müller, in turn, sent seeds from his …
… produced by the former ( From Robert Caspary, 18 February 1868 ). Darwin eagerly requested seed …
… their power of growth’ ( To Robert Caspary, 25 February [1868] ). By this time he had already …
… (Variation 2: 128-9), which was published on 30 January 1868. In April 1868, Darwin informed …
… quite intelligible to me’ ( To George Bentham, 22 April 1868 ). A month later, he had another set …
… taken from the same plant!’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or rapidly elongating …
… he told Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …

Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868

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My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…

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… with two copies of Part II of Volume 16 (July – December 1868) and no copy of Part I (January – June …
… my interest. And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …

5935_4582

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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…

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… From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 th /68 Dear Darwin …
… to Richard Owen (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1868]); the review was by John Robertson ( …
… 1867) was reviewed in the Athenæum , 8 February 1868, pp. 217–18. f3 CD had discussed …
… CD’s reply. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 February [1868] and nn. 8–10. …

5873_1488

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From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…

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… From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868] f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear …

Diagrams and drawings in letters

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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…

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… of the fish and hence of all higher vertebrates, 23 March 1868 Roland Trimen on the …

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 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin asks Thomas Huxley to …
… 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephew, Edmund, …
… - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephews, Edmund …
… Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Doubleday responds to Darwin’s …
… Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
… Letter 6083 - Casparay, J. X. R. to Darwin, [2 April 1868] Casparay details his …
… Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Naturalist Henry Doubleday …
… Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
… Letter 6066 - Weir, H. W. to Darwin, [28 March 1868] Harrison Weir passes on …
… Letter 6081 - Darwin to Bowman, W., [2 April 1868] Darwin requests surgeon and …

Descent

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There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…

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… in two volumes in 1871, yet as late as the summer of 1868 Darwin thought it would be only a ‘ short …
… writing it up as a separate publication in early February 1868 , wading through a ‘ mass of …
… Variation was finally off his hands at the beginning of 1868, the volume of his correspondence …
… are more than 260 surviving letters from February and March 1868 alone, two or three times the usual …
… the details of the experiment were discussed in March 1868 , it seems the original suggestion of …
… & sexual selection’ Darwin wrote to Wallace in September 1868, but although he had ‘ oscillated …

Inheritance

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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…

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… 'provisional hypothesis of Pangenesis’, was published in 1868 in his book, Variation of …
… some other name. ( to J. D. Hooker, 23 February '1868] ) And took …
… hardly possible. ( from A. R. Wallace, 24 February 1868 ) Darwin’s …

William Winwood Reade

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On 19 May 1868, an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade (1838–1875) offered to help Darwin, and started a correspondence and, arguably, a collaboration, that would last until Reade's death. After a first 1861 tour of…

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… On 19 May 1868 , an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade …
… Nonetheless, Reade contacted Charles Darwin in 1868 to offer his services: his second expedition to …

Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts

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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…

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… vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may have resented the interruption to his …
… on the German translation of Variation (Carus trans. 1868). The French translation proved …
… the French edition of Variation (Moulinié trans. 1868), and CD now extended his permission for …
… Scientific Opinion , launched towards the end of 1868, was one of several periodicals begun in …

Darwin and the Church

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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…

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… a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December 1868 ). Innes had a tendency to tease …
… he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868] ). Among the reasons justifying his …
… the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So embroiled in this process …
… the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). Darwin wrote of the next …

Darwin's life in letters

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For all his working life, Darwin used letters as a way both of discussing ideas and gathering the ‘great quantities of facts’ that he used in developing and supporting his theories. They form a fascinating collection from many hundreds of correspondents,…

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… letters. ( Darwin to John Jenner Weir, [6 March 1868] ) For all his working life …

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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… Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 February 1868] Zoologist Edward Blyth sends …
… Letter 5928 - Gray, A. to Darwin, [25 February 1868] American naturalist Asa Gray …
… Letter 6040 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [23 March 1868] Haeckel informs Darwin …
… Letter 6110 - Samuelson, J. to Darwin, [10 April 1868] James Samuel, editor of …
… Letter 6126 - Binstead, C. H. to Darwin, [17 April 1868] Charles Binstead, “an …
… Letter 6237 - Bullar, R. to Darwin, [9 June 1868] Rosa Bullar reports a case of a …
… Letter 6335 - Innes, J. B. to Darwin, [31 August 1868] John Innes reports that he has …

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 …

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…

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… Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] Darwin writes to Gray about his review …
… 6223 — Horsman, S. J. H. to Darwin, C. R., 2 June [1868] Horsman attempts to convince Darwin …
… Letter 6241 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 13 June 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down writes …
… Letter 6486 — Darwin, C. R. to Innes, J. B., 1 Dec 1868 Darwin writes to J. B. Innes, vicar …
… Letter 6492 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides …
… Letter 6501 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down is …

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…

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… selection ( Origin 4th ed., pp. 323–6). However, by 1868, in The variation of animals and …
… discussion of the issue with Alfred Wallace in the spring of 1868. Wallace had sent a concise …
… natural selection ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). Darwin turned to his son George, a …
… as insoluble’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Ultimately, Darwin’s view was …

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 6024 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 19 Mar 1868 Wallace writes to Darwin with a …
… Letter 6033 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., [21 Mar 1868] Darwin lets Wallace know he has …
… Letter 6045 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 24 Mar [1868] Wallace returns George Darwin’s …
… Letter 6058 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 27 Mar [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace saying …
… Letter 6095 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 6 Apr [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace on the …
… Letter 6104 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 8 [Apr] 1868 Wallace says if Darwin is not …

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