From W. W. Reade 16 May 1872
Summary
WWR is beginning to appreciate CD’s warnings against his polemical writing.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8335 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. W. Reade 16 May 1872 …
- … DAR 176: 60 William Winwood Reade Kensington 16 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
- … but evidently concerned Reade’s Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ; see letter from W. …
- … W. Reade, 3 May 1872 . Reade refers to his African sketch-book ( Reade 1873 ). …
- … See letter from W. W. Reade, 3 May 1872 . Nicholas …
- … Trübner was the publisher of Reade 1872 . …
From F. C. Donders 14 July 1872
Summary
Thanks CD for invitation but declines because of his need for a rest instead of coming to England in July.
Repeats his offer to help CD at any time. "I am always learning by trying to answer your questions."
| Author: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 233 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8411 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From F. C. Donders 14 July 1872 …
- … Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders Utrecht 14 July 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … see letter to J. T. Gulick, 28 July [ 1872] and n. 3). Donders, however, did not arrive …
- … see letter from William Bowman, 31 July 1872 ). There is no evidence that they made a …
- … Expression that referred to physiology (see letter from F. C. Donders, 17 April 1872 ). …
- … See letter to F. C. Donders, 17 June 1872 . Hermann Snellen was an assistant physician …
- … was held in London in early August 1872. Donders attended the congress; his portrait was …
- … Utrecht, 14 July 1872 My dear and most honoured Sir,— I am very much obliged for your kind …
From Francis Galton 29 July 1872
Summary
May FG have lunch with CD Thursday [1 Aug] and arrange about rabbits?
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8432 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Galton 29 July 1872 …
- … DAR 105: A66 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 29 July 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of spiritualism, see the letters from Francis Galton , 28 March 1872 , 19 …
- … April 1872 , and …
- … 7 June 1872 . …
- … on (see letter to Francis Galton, 27 May [1872] and n. 2). A Mrs Brandram is listed at …
- … 1 August (see letter to Francis Galton, 1 August [1872] ). For Galton’s investigation …
From W. D. Fox 13 July [1872]
Summary
Will not pass through London, so will not be able to call at Down.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8408 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … s reading of proofs of Expression (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). …
- … From W. D. Fox 13 July [1872] …
- … DAR 164: 195 William Darwin Fox Sandown 13 July [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … and the letter to W. D. Fox, 16 July [1872] . The last time CD and Fox met was in London …
- … from W. D. Fox, 28 October [1870] ); in 1872 they evidently extended their stay on the …
- … Fox (see letter to W. D. Fox, 16 July 1872 ), and are probably notes made in connection …
From St G. J. Mivart 4 January 1872
Summary
Sends his reply to Huxley’s criticisms [Contemp. Rev. 19 (1872): 168–97].
| Author: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 197 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8143 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From St G. J. Mivart 4 January 1872 …
- … Sends his reply to Huxley’s criticisms [ Contemp. Rev. 19 (1872): 168–97]. …
- … Wright 1871a , Mivart 1871a ) in the April 1872 issue of North American Review ( Mivart …
- … 171: 197 St George Jackson Mivart London, North Bank, 7 4 Jan 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 7, North Bank, | N.W. Jan ry . 4 th 1872 My dear Sir I herewith forward, by book post, a …
- … Thomas Henry Huxley , published in the January 1872 issue of Contemporary Review ( Mivart …
To Asa Gray 8 July [1872]
Summary
Thanks for AG’s book, How plants behave [see 8363].
Is correcting proofs of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 8 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (107) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8402 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Asa Gray 8 July [1872] …
- … Herbarium of Harvard University (107) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 July [1872] Asa Gray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. …
- … Alpheus Spring Packard Jr (see letter from Asa Gray, 7 March 1872 and n. 1). Packard’s …
- … of London was reported in Nature , 11 April 1872, p. 475. CD’s letter was not received by …
- … had arrived back in the United States ( letter from A. S. Packard Jr, 1 August 1872 ). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 31 May 1872 . See …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 31 May 1872 and n. 1. In the preface to How plants behave (the …
- … and 9 May 1869. See letter from Asa Gray, 11 June 1872 , and plate on p. 290. According to …
- … and Letitia Brace were at Down on 11 July 1872. Gray had written a letter of introduction …
- … transcontinental railroad in late June 1872 and toured there for several weeks ( Dupree …
To Paolo Mantegazza 28 December 1872
Summary
Thanks for the letter commending Expression [see 8692]. CD "was not at all sure the work was worth publishing".
Acknowledges receipt of some pamphlets from PM, which his wife will translate.
Regretfully must refuse PM’s offer to translate Expression since it has been promised to another.
Has now received PM’s Physiology of pleasure [Fisiologia del piacere (1870)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Paolo Mantegazza |
| Date: | 28 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (MSS gen 30.066) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8696A |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Paolo Mantegazza 28 December 1872 …
- … Rare Book Library (MSS gen 30.066) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Dec 1872 Paolo Mantegazza …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … See letter from Paolo Mantegazza, 23 December 1872 . See …
- … letter from Paolo Mantegazza, 23 December 1872 and n. 7. Mantegazza had asked whether he …
- … see letter from Paolo Mantegazza, 23 December 1872 and n. 9). Giovanni Canestrini and …
- … was published in 1878. See letter from Paolo Mantegazza, 23 December 1872 and n. 8. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Dec 28 1872 My dear Sir I thank you cordially for your most kind …
To J. D. Hooker 4 October [1872]
Summary
Is sending Drosera back
and "the curious Kerguelen book".
"Drosera has almost been the death of me."
Hopes the accursed man [Ayrton] does not give JDH any more trouble.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 229–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8542 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 October [1872] …
- … DAR 94: 229–30 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Oct [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Common, Sevenoaks, from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 10 October [1872] ). For Hooker’s ongoing dispute with Acton Smee Ayrton , …
- … see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1. …
- … He resumed his work on Drosera in August 1872 after a break (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) …
- … and letter from W. W. Baxter, [after 23 August 1872? ] , n. 1). For more …
- … see letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 . Hooker mentioned John Nunn’s Narrative of the …
- … of the transit of Venus (see letter to Hubert Airy, 24 August [1872] and n. 1). CD …
To F. C. Donders 21 December 1872
Summary
Mentions publication of Expression.
Asks whether children born blind ever frown, shed tears, or contract orbicular muscles.
Congratulates FCD on his anniversary [as Professor at Utrecht].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 416 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8690 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To F. C. Donders 21 December 1872 …
- … 416 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Dec 1872 Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … frown (see letter from R. H. Blair, 9 November 1872 ). CD asked William Bowman to make …
- … to William Bowman, [after 21 December 1872] ). In Expression p. 161–2, CD had relied on …
- … eyes in screaming infants; see also letter to William Bowman, 25 January 1872 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from William Bowman, 16 November 1872 . …
- … Down. | Beckenham. Kent. Dec r . 21. 1872. My dear Professor Donders You will have …
- … see letter from F. C. Donders, 17 April 1872 ). Robert Hugh Blair reported having seen …
To August Weismann 5 April 1872
Summary
Comments on AW’s work [Einfluss der Isolierung (1872)].
Discusses formation of local races.
Conchologist should investigate whether species of same genus vary during successive geological periods.
Comments on Franz Hilgendorf ["Über Planorbis multiformis", Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866): 474–504].
Believes sexual selection will be judged a powerful agency.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 343 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8275 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To August Weismann 5 April 1872 …
- … 148: 343 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Apr 1872 Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann …
- … on AW’s work [ Einfluss der Isolierung (1872)]. Discusses formation of local races. …
- … London: John Murray. 1859. Weismann, August. 1872. Ueber den Einfluss der Isolirung auf …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent April 5 th . 1872 My dear Sir I have now read your essay with very …
- … s essay on the influence of isolation on the formation of species ( Weismann 1872 ) in …
- … February 1872 (see letter to …
- … August Weismann, 29 February 1872 and n. 3). Weismann coined the …
- … populations due to isolation ( Weismann 1872 , p. 49 n. 3). Weismann argued that Amixie …
- … change that might be encountered ( Weismann 1872 , pp. 51–2). CD refers to his research …
- … from the parent species ( Weismann 1872 , p. 15). Ram’s horn snails are freshwater …
- … the formation of new species ( Weismann 1872 , pp. 72–4); he assigned sexual selection a …
- … opposite sex would remain constant ( Weismann 1872 , p. 70). See Correspondence vol. 19, …
To J. D. Hooker 4 August [1872]
Summary
CD hopes the Times abstract of minutes of Lords of the Treasury will make JDH’s position more comfortable.
The "wretched Lords" make CD indignant, but "nothing equals Owen’s conduct. – I used to be ashamed of hating him so much, but now I will carefully cherish my hatred & contempt to the last day of my life."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 225–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8449 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 August [1872] …
- … DAR 94: 225–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Aug [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Owen’s report, see Parliamentary Papers 1872 (335): Appendix III, pp. 169–75. CD had come …
- … The boxes contained worm castings from India; see letter to John Scott, 12 August 1872 . …
- … Ayrton , was reported in The Times , 30 July 1872, including an abstract of the minutes ( …
- … from the Treasury ministers dated 24 July 1872 that praised Hooker’s work at the Royal …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1. On the conduct of the Treasury …
- … ministers, see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 . …
- … Beginning in July 1872, a number of newspapers had taken up Hooker’s case, including The …
- … of the natural history collections ( The Times , 30 July 1872, p. 5; see also the letter …
- … Huxley to the editor, The Times , 31 July 1872, p. 7). Owen’s report was part of a long- …
From W. W. Reade 14 October [1872]
Summary
Huxley will be asked to review Expression in Pall Mall Gazette.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8558 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. W. Reade 14 October [1872] …
- … 176: 64 William Winwood Reade London, Alfred Place, 13 14 Oct [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … Shoe String Press. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
- … to Expression , which was published in November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). Reade refers to …
- … identified. An anonymous review of The martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) had appeared in the …
- … Saturday Review , 12 October 1872, pp. 474–5. …
To R. F. Cooke 23 October [1872]
Summary
Discusses presentation copies of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8572 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 23 October [1872] …
- … 143: 286 Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks 23 Oct [1872] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 22 October 1872 . CD refers to Expression . See letter …
- … from R. F. Cooke, 22 October 1872 and n. 1. …
- … CD stayed in Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter …
- … from R. F. Cooke, 22 October 1872 and n. 3. …
To George King November 1872
Summary
Obliged for letter on worm-castings. Asks GK to observe them in southern Europe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George King |
| Date: | Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8589 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To George King November 1872 …
- … DAR 146: 13 Charles Robert Darwin Down Nov 1872 George King …
- … see the letter to George King, 28 October 1872 . Earthworms was not published until 1881, …
- … in both India and the south of France. See letters from John Scott , 22 March 1872 and …
- … 25 September 1872 . See …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 2 February 1872 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 26 October 1872 . King had sent CD specimens of Paritium tricuspis (now …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. November | 1872 Dear Sir I am very much obliged for your letter, …
From F. W. Harmer 31 August 1872
Summary
He became entrapped in the W. Lyon controversy by defending CD against Frederic Bateman of Norwich.
As a religious man, FWH wants to apologise for the attacks CD has suffered in the name of religion.
| Author: | Frederic William Harmer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8499 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From F. W. Harmer 31 August 1872 …
- … DAR 166: 103 Frederic William Harmer Norwich 31 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in the Eastern Daily Press. Bateman’s letter was in the issue of 25 April 1872, p. 2. …
- … Eastern Daily Press , 30 April 1872, p. 2. …
- … Norwich: Jarrold and Sons. Bateman, Frederic. 1872. Darwinism tested by recent researches …
- … in language. [Read 18 March 1872. ] Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute …
- … Letter to F. W. Harmer, 29 August 1872 . William Penman Lyon’s book, Homo versus …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Lyon, William Penman. [1871. ] Homo versus …
- … on language’, was delivered at a meeting of the Victoria Institute on 18 March 1872 ( …
- … Bateman 1872 ). The Victoria Institute was founded in 1865 to investigate questions of …
- … in Bateman’s published paper ( Bateman 1872 ), which argued that no definite portion of …
To J. E. Taylor 13 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks for sending his article in the Westminster Review [n.s. 41 (1872): 28–49] and the notice of CD’s work.
Natural selection is under a cloud at present, but CD expects that it will be resuscitated.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Ellor Taylor |
| Date: | 13 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Morristown National Historical Park (Lloyd W. Smith MS 696) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8157A |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. E. Taylor 13 January [1872] …
- … Park (Lloyd W. Smith MS 696) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Jan [1872] John Ellor Taylor …
- … Bibliography [Taylor, John Ellor. ] 1872. The geographical distribution of animals and …
- … in the Westminster Review [n.s. 41 (1872): 28–49] and the notice of CD’s work. Natural …
- … article in the Westminster Review of January 1872 (see n. 2, below). Taylor’s article, ‘ …
- … considered’, was published in the issue of Westminster Review for January 1872 ( [ …
- … Taylor] 1872 ). There is a lightly annotated offprint of the article, signed by Taylor …
- … theory that astronomy did under the older Copernicus’ ( [J. E. Taylor] 1872 , p. 29). …
Denny, John. 1872b. On cross-breeding pelargoniums. Florist and Pomologist (January 1872): 10–12, (February 1872): 34–6, (March 1872): 50–3.
Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1872. On the fertilisation of a few common papilionaceous flowers. Nature, 10 October 1872, pp. 478–80, and 17 October 1872, pp. 498–501.
Murie, James. 1872. Observations on the macaques.– I. The Bornean ape. [Read 4 June 1872.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1872): 721–8.
From C.-F. Reinwald 26 September 1872
Summary
Printing and translation of Expression.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Sept 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8535 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From C. -F. Reinwald 26 September 1872 …
- … DAR 176: 96 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 26 Sept 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … letter to J. J. Moulinié 23 September 1872 . Reinwald was making arrangements with CD’s …
- … letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 17 September 1872 ). On Jean Jacques Moulinié’s illness and …
- … of Expression , see the letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 17 September 1872 and n. 6. …
- … Paris. 15 Rue du Sts Pères 26 Sept. 1872 Dear Sir We duely received your kind letter of …
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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 29 hits
- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can …
- … as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July [1872] ). By the end of the year Darwin …
- … s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ). Always closely involved in …
- … translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September 1872 ). He recapped the history of the French …
- … of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November 1872 ). To persuade his US publisher, …
- … Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening breach The …
- … beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ). I consider that you have …
- … Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, Mivart flung back by return of post …
- … errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin likened the affair to the …
- … towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite Darwin’s request that he …
- … world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). Darwin, determined to have the last …
- … acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate controversy,’ Darwin …
- … I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Darwin's theories under …
- … the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 ). 'Here is a bee' …
- … it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I wanted some encouragement’, he …
- … to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Müller had sent him a …
- … of natural and sexual selection to bees (H. Müller 1872), and with his reply Darwin enclosed an …
- … standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Finishing Expression …
- … doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was far from idle during their …
- … to be more erect’ ( letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ). Riviere had been suggested to …
- … clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ) and invited Butler to dinner the …
- … from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and letter from Samuel Butler, 30 …
- … feels no doubts’ ( letter to F. C. Donders, 17 June 1872 ). Right up to the beginning of June, …
- … Buckley Litchfield ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 13 May 1872 ). Delivery to the press brought only …
- … myself’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). A battle for the independence of …
- … partisan reply ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 ). On 13 June, a messenger arrived in …
- … to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). Darwin was quietly using his …
- … an old honest Tory’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] ). Darwin and Wallace: …
- … Wallace’s defence ( letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] ). Although the two men were …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
Summary
The website has been updated with an interactive timeline (try it!) and enhanced secondary school resources for ages 11-14. What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first time, and a selection of Darwin's…
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…
Referencing women’s work
Summary
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.…
Matches: 7 hits
- … Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May 1872] Darwin consults his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
- … Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February 1872] Amy Ruck sends a second …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
- … Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] Dora Roberts reports an …
- … 8144 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [5 January 1872] Darwin asks his niece, Lucy, …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 8169 - Wedgwood, L. to Darwin, [20 January, 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, gives the …
- … 8427 - Darwin to Litc hfield, H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William …
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … Lydia Becker, 2 August 1863 ; to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). Click on the play …
Language: key letters
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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),…
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
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The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … the fittest’ as ‘survival of the better’ (see Spencer 1872, and the letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 …
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…
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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 …
4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'
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< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November 1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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- … for the prosperity I have long enjoyed” ( 29 March 1872 ). …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
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< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born …
- … him in May, August and October 1871, and in March and August 1872, but some of these payments, and …
- … April 1871, and reproduced in the London Journal in June 1872. Darwin also sent it to various …
- … one of Huxley, in The London Journal , 55:1426 (8 June 1872), p. 357, illustrating an article …
4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature
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< Back to Introduction A series of portrait caricatures drawn by Frederick Waddy appeared in the journal Once a Week through 1872. It clearly emulated the more famous series in Vanity Fair, and indeed, Waddy’s drawing of Darwin has the same title or…
