From George Cupples [4–10 November 1869]
Summary
Weight statistics on deerhound puppies born 23 Sept 1869.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4–10 Nov 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6970 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From George Cupples [4–10 November 1869] …
- … Weight statistics on deerhound puppies born 23 Sept 1869. …
- … DAR 83: 147 George Cupples unstated [4–10 Nov 1869] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the deerhound puppies (4 November 1869), and the next projected weighing (11 November). …
- … In his letter of 22 March 1869 , Cupples had promised to weigh every litter of puppies he …
- … males at two, three, and six weeks old. See letter from George Cupples, 11 March 1869 . …
To J. D. Hooker 16 January [1869]
Summary
Finds JDH’s comments of utmost value. Answers some questions, and asks new ones. Transmission of variations. Relation of uniformity of structure to natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 112–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6557 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 16 January [1869] …
- … DAR 94: 112–13 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Jan [1869] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 . CD refers to the letters from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 14 [January] 1869 and …
- … 15 January 1869 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 and nn. 1 and 2. See …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 [January] 1869 and n. 2. CD refers to Jean-Pierre-Etienne …
- … family Rutaceae). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 and n. 6. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 and n. 5. CD refers to John Scott . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 January 1869 . The notes CD refers to have not been …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 [January] 1869 and n. 4. The fourth edition of Origin was …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
To Anton Kerner von Marilaun 27 October 1869
Summary
Thanks for Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima und Boden (Kerner 1869).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anton Kerner von Marilaun |
| Date: | 27 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | Archive of the University of Vienna (151.273-1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6957F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Anton Kerner von Marilaun 27 October 1869 …
- … Thanks for Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima und Boden (Kerner 1869). …
- … of Vienna (151.273-1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Oct 1869 Anton Kerner von Marilaun …
- … Zeitschrift 16: 71–6. Kerner, Anton. 1869. Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima …
- … Murray. 1859. Rembold, Otto and Barth, Ludwig von, eds. 1869. Festschrift zu Ehren der …
- … Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte zu Innsbruck 1869. Innsbruck: Wagner’schen Universitæts- …
- … Down. | Beckenham | Kent. Oct 27 1869 Dear Sir I am very much obliged for the present of …
- … of plant form on climate and soil; Kerner 1869 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … and Physicians; Rembold and Barth eds. 1869 ). Kerner von Marilaun had attempted to trace …
- … CUL. The page after the title page of Kerner 1869 contained a quotation, not from Origin , …
To Mary Somerville 21 January [1869]
Summary
Thanks for copy of MS’s book [On molecular and microscopic science, (1869)]. Part on orchids is an excellent summary.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Fairfax; Mary Greig; Mary Somerville |
| Date: | 21 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (Dep. c. 370, folder MSD-1: on loan from Somerville College, Oxford) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6563 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Mary Somerville 21 January [1869] …
- … On molecular and microscopic science , (1869)]. Part on orchids is an excellent summary. …
- … Oxford) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Jan [1869] Mary Fairfax/Mary Greig/Mary Somerville …
- … London: John Murray. 1862. Somerville, Mary. 1869. On molecular and microscopic science. 2 …
- … s book, On molecular and microscopic science ( Somerville 1869 ) was published at …
- … the beginning of January 1869 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 16 January 1869, p. 10). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library– …
- … from Orchids in the book ( Somerville 1869 , 1: 389–403; see also Correspondence vol 14, …
To Francis Galton 23 December [1869]
Summary
Praises FG’s book [Hereditary genius (1869)]. CD is converted by its argument. Previously CD believed men did not differ much in intellect, but only in zeal and hard work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 23 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7032 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Galton 23 December [1869] …
- … Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Dec [1869] Francis Galton …
- … Bibliography Galton, Francis. 1869. Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and …
- … Praises FG’s book [ Hereditary genius (1869)]. CD is converted by its argument. Previously …
- … by the reference to Galton’s Hereditary genius ( Galton 1869 ). CD was reading Hereditary …
- … genius: an inquiry into its laws and consequences ( Galton 1869 ). George Howard Darwin . …
To the Athenæum 7 [July] 1869
Summary
Because readers have arrived at different answers to the problem of the rate of increase of elephants, CD offers a rule, used by his son George, for calculating the product for any number of generations.
[Letter erroneously dated June.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | 7 [July] 1869 |
| Classmark: | Athenæum, 17 July 1869, p. 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6820 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To the Athenæum 7 [July] 1869 …
- … Athenæum , 17 July 1869, p. …
- … 82 Charles Robert Darwin Caerdeon 7 [July] 1869 Athenæum …
- … by mistake. He arrived in Wales on 12 June 1869 and stayed until 30 July ( Emma Darwin’s …
- … also letter to the Athenæum , 19 June 1869. The letter from Germany has not been found; CD …
- … from Ponderer to the Athenæum , [before 5 June 1869] and n. 2, and letter from E. …
- … L. Garbett to the Athenæum , 29 June 1869. George Howard Darwin . The calculus of finite …
- … Caerdeon, Barmouth, June 7, 1869. I have received a letter from Germany on the increase of …
From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1869
Summary
Will work on papilionaceous flowers since CD encourages it. Discusses function of hairs in certain plants.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6861 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1869 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 12 Aug 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 , and letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . Farrer refers to Frances Farrer ; see letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 and n. 4, and letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . Trinity House corporation in London was the official …
- … and Wales ( OED ). See letter to T. H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . See letter from T. …
To Federico Delpino 24 and 25 August [1869]
Summary
Thanks FD for his three publications.
CD is pleased that FD has discussed Pangenesis, although he does not favour the hypothesis. Will seek English publisher.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
| Date: | 24 and 25 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.376) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6869 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Federico Delpino 24 and 25 August [1869] …
- … American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.376) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Aug [1869] 25 …
- … Aug [1869] Federico Delpino …
- … between this letter and the letter from Federico Delpino, 22 August 1869 . See …
- … letter from Federico Delpino, 22 August 1869 and n. 2. CD refers to Delpino 1869a . …
- … the 29 September, 6 October, and 13 October 1869 issues of Scientific Opinion ( Delpino …
To Fritz Müller 8 September [1869]
Summary
Wants observations on a Papilio to see whether ticking noise is confined to one sex.
Experiments on self-sterility.
Will send copy of his orchid paper ["Fertilisation of orchids", Collected papers 2: 138–56].
Eschscholzia when self-fertilised, produced pods.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6881 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Fritz Müller 8 September [1869] …
- … 10 no 30) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Sept [1869] Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [ Collected papers 2: 138–56. ] …
- … and the letter from Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 . CD had remarked on the clicking noise of …
- … see the letter from Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 and n. 8. CD’s annotated copy of Edouard …
- … 1864a , pp. 24–6, and Dallas trans. 1869, pp. 35–7). Claparède argued that differences …
- … from Fritz Müller, 13 February 1866 ). See letter to Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 and n. …
- … 9, and letter from Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 . According to Emma Darwin’s …
- … Asa Gray had visited CD on 28 August 1869. Eschscholzia californica is the California …
- … different species of Eschscholzia (see letter to Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 and n. 11). …
- … See letter to Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] and n. 6. CD …
- … californica after his letter to Fritz Müller of 14 March 1869 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 August 1869 and n. 13. …
- … On Reseda odorata , see the letter to Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] and n. 5. …
From T. H. Huxley 16 July 1869
Summary
Has already referred Haeckel’s request to J. S. Bowerbank.
Has lost track of collectors and naturalists "by grace of the dredge" because of other work and ""the great question of "Darwinismus" which is such a worry to us all"".
Family health.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 320 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6830 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 16 July 1869 …
- … travelling in Russia and northern Europe. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 June 1869 . …
- … DAR 166: 320 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Jermyn St 16 July 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … refers to Ernst Haeckel . See letter to T. H. Huxley, 9 July [1869] , and letter from …
- … Ernst Haeckel, 2 July 1869 . James Scott Bowerbank . See letter …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 9 July [1869] . Huxley refers to the practice of dredging for marine …
- … Jermyn S July 16 th . 1869 My dear Darwin Haeckel wrote to me some time ago about his …
To William Ogle 7 July [1869]
Summary
Comments on WO’s paper on Salvia [Pop. Sci. Rev. 8 (1869): 261–73], which he admires.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 7 July [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 3 (EH 88205901) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6818 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To William Ogle 7 July [1869] …
- … DAR 261.5: 3 (EH 88205901) Charles Robert Darwin Caerdeon 7 July [1869] William Ogle …
- … Comments on WO’s paper on Salvia [ Pop. Sci. Rev. 8 (1869): 261–73], which he admires. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Ogle, William. 1869. The fertilisation of Salvia and of some …
- … of Salvia and some other flowers’ appeared in the 1 July 1869 issue of Popular …
- … Science Review ( Ogle 1869 ). CD’s annotated copy of the paper is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … one with a shorter style (see Ogle 1869 , p. 269). He noted the the longer styled …
- … connection between the two facts ( Ogle 1869 , pp. 270–1). In ‘Specific difference in …
- … Read 19 March 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. …
From Martin Wilckens 25 March 1869
Summary
Sends two of his publications ["Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Fortschritte der Thierzucht", Jahrb. Landwirtsch. (1869) and "Die Aufgaben der landwirtschaftlicher Biotechnik", Landwirtsch. Wochenbl. (1869)].
| Author: | Martin Wilckens |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 67v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6682 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Martin Wilckens 25 March 1869 …
- … DAR 96: 67v Martin Wilckens Prieborn 25 Mar 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … der Thierzucht", Jahrb. Landwirtsch. (1869) and "Die Aufgaben der landwirtschaftlicher …
- … Biotechnik", Landwirtsch. Wochenbl. (1869)]. …
- … Prieborn in Schlesien | Preussen 25 März 1869. Herrn Charles Darwin | in | Down Bromley …
- … advances in animal husbandry; Wilckens 1869 ). CD’s annotated copies are in the Darwin …
- … Prieborn in Silesia | Prussia. 25 March 1869. Mr Charles Darwin | in | Down Bromley Kent …
- … Thierzucht (1866): 67–93. Wilckens, Martin. 1869. Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen …
- … der Thierzucht im Jahre 1867/68. Jahrbuch der Landwirthschaft (1869): 299–360. …
To Gustav Jäger 9 September 1869
Summary
Admires GJ’s book [Die Darwin’sche Theorie (1869)].
Asks about plumage of rejected male pheasant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gustav Jäger |
| Date: | 9 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | Frau Dr Hildegard Jaeger (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6885 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Gustav Jäger 9 September 1869 …
- … Hildegard Jaeger (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Sept 1869 Gustav Jäger …
- … GJ’s book [ Die Darwin’sche Theorie (1869)]. Asks about plumage of rejected male pheasant. …
- … John Murray. 1871. Jäger, Gustav. [1869. ] Die Darwin’sche Theorie und ihre Stellung zur …
- … in competition for females ( Jäger [1869] , p. 59). CD cited this example in Descent 2: …
- … Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Sep. 9 1869 Dear Sir I lately received, but I do not know …
- … There is an annotated copy of Jäger [1869] in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
- … informed CD about Jäger’s work (see letter from Eduard Koch, 17 June 1869 , and letter to …
- … Eduard Koch, 22 June [1869] ). Darwin later received another copy from Jäger himself ( …
From James Croll 15 February 1869
Summary
Thanks for abstract of Moseley’s paper on motion of glaciers [see 6599]. Reading it convinced him that Tyndall’s received view is wrong. Has formed a new view, which he has sent to Philosophical Magazine [4th ser. 37 (1869): 201–6].
| Author: | James Croll |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 264 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6616 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From James Croll 15 February 1869 …
- … DAR 161: 264 James Croll Edinburgh 15 Feb 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a new view, which he has sent to Philosophical Magazine [4th ser. 37 (1869): 201–6]. …
- … Bibliography Croll, James. 1869. On the physical cause of the motion of glaciers. …
- … See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 6. For John Tyndall’s account of his …
- … Croll’s paper ‘On the physical cause of the motion of glaciers’ ( Croll 1869 ) appeared in …
- … the March 1869 issue of Philosophical Magazine. CD’s copy has not been found. William …
- … Edinburgh. Feby 15 th 1869. Dear Sir, I am much obliged to you for the copy of Scientific …
To Victor Masson [after 29 September 1869]
Summary
Is annoyed that a new French edition of Origin [1870] has been prepared without making use of the corrections CD made in the 5th English edition [1869].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | V. Masson et fils |
| Date: | [after 29 Sept 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6916 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Victor Masson [after 29 September 1869] …
- … DAR 96: 61 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 29 Sept 1869] V. Masson et fils …
- … prepared without making use of the corrections CD made in the 5th English edition [1869]. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 . …
- … Letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 . CD refers to Clémence Auguste Royer . …
- … letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 and nn. 2 and 3. CD’s letter to Masson has …
To Albert Günther 27 September [1869]
Summary
Thanks AG for full answers to queries.
Delighted Mr Ford will undertake drawings [for Descent]; comments on some illustrations he would like.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1869] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6913 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Albert Günther 27 September [1869] …
- … Library Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Sept [1869] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
- … specimens in DAR 84.1: 170. See letter from Albert Günther, 23 September 1869 and n. 7. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to Albert Günther, 21 September 1869 . See …
- … letter to Albert Günther, 21 September 1869 , and letter from Albert …
- … Günther, [before 27 September 1869] . See …
- … letter from Albert Günther, [before 27 September 1869] and n. 5. George …
- … Henry Ford . See letter from Albert Günther, 23 September 1869 . See …
- … letter from Albert Günther, 23 September 1869 and nn. 3 and 4. Illustrations of a tail …
To W. C. Tait 12 and 16 March 1869
Summary
Thanks for specimen of Drosophyllum.
Describes capacity of various plants to catch flies.
Cannot name fern specimen.
Laugher pigeon descended from Columba livia.
Discusses tailless dogs.
Believes astronomical phenomenon responsible for oscillation of level of earth’s crust.
Would WCT like copy of Orchids?
Expected plants [Drosophyllum] have arrived.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 12 and 16 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 541; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6661 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To W. C. Tait 12 and 16 March 1869 …
- … DAR 147: 541; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Mar 1869 16 …
- … Mar 1869 William Chester Tait …
- … See letters from W. C. Tait, 2 March 1869 and …
- … 5 March 1869 . CD had carried out a series of experiments on Drosera and Dionaea between …
- … Down, Bromley, Kent. S.E. March 12, 1869 Dear Sir I have received your two letters of …
- … nitrogenous compounds’. See letter from W. C. Tait, 2 March 1869 . See letter from W. …
- … C. Tait, 2 March 1869 and nn. 14 and 15. CD confused the laugher pigeon (a variety of …
- … See letter from W. C. Tait, 2 March 1869 and n. 10. CD had considered the problem of …
- … 238–40. The fifth edition of Origin was published in May 1869 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 July 1869, p. 386). See letter from …
- … W. C. Tait, 2 March 1869 . See letter from W. …
- … C. Tait, 2 March 1869 . CD had written to James Croll , ‘I wish that you would turn your …
- … see letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). CD refers to Orchids and Climbing plants. …
To C. F. Claus 28 January 1869
Summary
Thanks CC for two memoirs [see 6575. The other was possibly "Die Cypris-ähnliche Larve der Cirripedien", Schr. Ges. Beförd Naturw. Marburg (1869)].
Haeckel is too enthusiastic and too bold in drawing conclusions.
CD sees no reason to add to what he says on isolation, in new edition of Origin.
Lists specimens he has available for CC’s intended study of metamorphoses of Lepas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Friedrich Claus |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 205–207) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6581 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To C. F. Claus 28 January 1869 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 205–207) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Jan 1869 Carl Friedrich Claus …
- … Trypetesa. The fifth edition of Origin was published in May 1869 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 July 1869, p. 386). …
- … Schr. Ges. Beförd Naturw. Marburg (1869)]. Haeckel is too enthusiastic and too bold in …
- … See letter from C. F. Claus, 24 January 1869 and nn. 2 and 6. CD refers to Claus 1868a …
- … of Ernst Haeckel , see letter from C. F. Claus, 24 January 1869 and n. 5. See letter …
- … from C. F. Claus, 24 January 1869 and n. 4. CD began working on the fifth edition of …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Jan 28 1869 Dear & esteemed Sir Your letter has given me …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … ed. , p. 120. In his letter of 24 January 1869 , Claus informed CD that he was working on …
- … letter from C. F. Claus, 24 January 1869 and n. 9. For the criticism of CD’s discovery …
From Eduard Koch 30 October 1869
Summary
Sends copy of C. J. Dub [Kurze Darstellung der Lehre Darwin’s über die Entstehung der Organismen (1870)].
Asks about appearance of CD’s next book.
Comments on the Duke of Argyll’s Primeval man [1869].
New [4th] German edition of Origin to appear soon.
| Author: | Eduard Koch; E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6961 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Eduard Koch 30 October 1869 …
- … Koch E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Stuttgart 30 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on the Duke of Argyll’s Primeval man [1869]. New [4th] German edition of Origin to appear …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 October 1869 . Koch refers to George Douglas Campbell …
- … and to Primeval man ( G. D. Campbell 1869 ). The reference is to the fourth German …
- … Bibliography Campbell, George Douglas. 1869. Primeval man: an exhibition of some recent …
- … Stuttgart den 30 . Oktober 1869 Hochgeehrter Herr! Gleichzeitig mit diesem erlaube ich mir …
- … remarks; Dub 1870 ); see also letter to Julius Dub, 20 March 1869 . Koch refers to …
- … Descent and to the notice in Academy 1 (1869–70): 15–16. The reference is to Julius Victor …
- … Stuttgart 30 October 1869 Highly honoured Sir! As I write, I venture to send you a copy of …
To Eduard Koch 4 November 1869
Summary
Thanks EK for Julius Dub’s work [see 6961].
Has sent the new [5th] edition of Origin to Carus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eduard Koch |
| Date: | 4 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (Cod. hist. 4o 333a. No 77, 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6969 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Eduard Koch 4 November 1869 …
- … 4) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 4 Nov 1869 Eduard Koch …
- … see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869 . CD sent the fifth English edition of Origin …
- … Carus on 21 June (see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 June [1869] ). See also letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 4 May 1869 . …
- … 6 Queen Anne Street, London] Nov. 4 th . 1869 Dear Sir I am much obliged for D r . Dub’s …
- … see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869 . There is a copy of Dub 1870 in the Darwin …
- … Descent in the letter to J. V. Carus, 22 October [1869] ; see also the letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 30 October 1869 . The reference is to the German translation of the fifth …
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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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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition …
- … that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). Much of the remainder of …
- … to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). Hooker went straight to a crucial …
- … probable’ (see also letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January [1869] , and letter from A. R. Wallace, …
- … in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin had argued ( Origin , pp. …
- … formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Croll could not supply Darwin with an …
- … have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). Darwin did not directly …
- … towards [Thomson]’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 19 March [1869] ). Towards Descent …
- … ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was able to return to work on …
- … ( letter from Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 21 June 1869 ). Details on mating behaviour …
- … in the garden ( letter from Frederick Smith, 8 October 1869 ). Albert Günther, assistant in the …
- … varieties ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 February [1869] ). The data contined to …
- … cocks & hens.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 November [1869] ). Yet completion of the work was …
- … for Descent . Researching emotion In 1869, Darwin still expected that Descent …
- … hatred—’ ( from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James Crichton-Browne and …
- … ( enclosure to letter from Henry Maudsley, 20 May 1869 ). Darwin had often complained of the …
- … in regard to Man’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). More remarkable still were Wallace …
- … seem to you like some mental hallucination’ ( 18 April 1869 ). Since his marriage to Annie …
- … (Wallace 1869a; letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 March [1869] ), and scolded him for again being too …
- … demands justice’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). Proceeding on all fronts …
- … South American cordillera ( letter to Charles Lyell, 20 May 1869 ), and fossil discoveries in …
- … investigated in depth ( letter from C. F. Claus, 6 February 1869 ). In a letter to the Gardeners …
- … of the soil ( letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 9 May [1869] ). In March, Darwin received …
- … in the early 1860s ( letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 ). This research contributed to …
- … editions ( see letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 ). The work had been undertaken, like …
- … Animals”’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] ). Angered by these proceedings, Darwin …
- … of Fritz Müller’s Für Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869). The book, an explication of Darwinian …
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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- … Crichton-Browne, James 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 19 May 1869 West Riding …
- … Gray, Asa 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Jane 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
- … Gray, Asa 8 & 9 May 1869 Florence, Italy (about …
- … King, P.G. 25 Feb 1869 Sydney, Australia …
- … Maudsley, Henry 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 17 Jan 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 28 June [1869] Sierra Leone, …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 26 Dec 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
- … Scott, John 2 July 1869 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
Perfect copper-plate hand: From Adolf Reuter, 30 May 1869
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My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a significant scientific thinker – but after a decade of reading a series of challenging hand writings, my favourite is the one who wrote in a perfect copper-plate…
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- … My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a …
A beginning, & that is something: To J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869]
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Alison Pearn talks about a letter Darwin wrote to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker after finishing corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869.
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- … corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869. …
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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- … of self-fertility over subsequent generations. In June 1869, Müller remarked, on receiving a new …
- … sometimes depends’ ( From Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 ). By May 1870, Darwin reported that he was …
- … Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
- … pod were mutually sterile ( From Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 ). ‘The case of the Abutilon sterile …
- … of this plant sent by Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] ). Darwin sent specimens of plants …
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 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] Jane Loring Gray, …
- … Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s …
- … - Darwin to Gunther, A. C. L. G., [21 September 1869] Darwin asks Gunther for “a great …
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 Robinia rubra and Pirus malus , 23 September 1869 Alexander Agassiz's …
Jane Gray
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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
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Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted …
- … down here on purpose’. Payments to the firm on 25 July 1869 and 5 April 1870 in Darwin’s banking …
- … widely disseminated images of Darwin were taken in summer 1869, and which in summer 1871: the …
- … were dated by Darwin’s daughter Henrietta on the backs to 1869. By 1871-2 some of Elliott and Fry’s …
- … it ‘abt. 1870’, then crossed this date out in favour of 1869 – the date which John van Wyhe assigns …
- … some of the Elliott and Fry group as having been taken in 1869 and 1871, but dates others (still …
- … to this source. It is significant that none of these 1869–71 Elliott and Fry photographs were …
- … as belonging to groups of photographs taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. …
- … letters from Darwin to A.B. Meyer, 27 November [1869], (DCP-LETT-7014), and to Wallace, 5 December …
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…
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … work on human expression. Donders visited Darwin in 1869 , and a year later Darwin consoled him …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … he attracted many admirers in German-speaking countries. In 1869, his birthday was celebrated by an …
- … vol. 17, letter from F. M. Malven, 12 February [1869] ). An extract from Darwin’s reply to Malven …
- … with his’ ( letter to F. M. Malven, [after 12 February 1869] ). Accompanying this extract was the …
- … some of whom drew substantially on his theory. In 1869, Hermann Müller (brother to Fritz) sent …
- … theory to flowers and flower-visiting insects; H. Müller 1869)). Darwin was full of admiration and …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. B., [8 November 1869] Darwin thanks Antoinette …
3.12 Edwards, second group of photos
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< Back to Introduction Despite the prior difficulties experienced by both photographer and sitter, it is evident that Ernest Edwards portrayed Darwin again in the late 1860s; but exactly when and in what circumstances is not known. There are strong…
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Race, Civilization, and Progress
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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,…
John Beddoe
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In 1869, when gathering data on sexual selection in humans, Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with John Beddoe, a doctor in Bristol. He was looking for evidence that racial differences that appear to have no benefit in terms of survival - and…
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- … In 1869 Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with a John Beddoe, a doctor in …
3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo
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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…
