From John Murray 9 November 1872
Summary
The reception of Expression has exceeded even JM’s expectations; 5267 copies were sold at the annual sale. CD’s modesty about the work had misled him about its probable sale.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 429 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8616 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 9 November 1872 …
- … DAR 171: 429 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 9 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Murray’s ‘sale dinner’ took place on 8 November 1872 (see letter from …
- … John Murray, 6 November [1872] and n. 4). …
- … See letter to John Murray, 7 November [1872] . CD’s annotation …
- … is for his letter to Murray of 11 November 1872 . …
From Rudolf Sundström 20 June 1872
Summary
Sends CD the first part of his Swedish translation of Descent [1872].
| Author: | Rudolf Sundström |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 318 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8394 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Rudolf Sundström 20 June 1872 …
- … DAR 177: 318 Rudolf Sundström Stockholm 20 June 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sends CD the first part of his Swedish translation of Descent [1872]. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Rolle, Friedrich. 1863. Chs. Darwin’s Lehre …
- … s translation of Descent was published in two volumes in 1872 (Sundström trans. …
- … 1872). CD’s copy of Sundstrom’s translation of Descent is in CD’s study at Down (English …
- … Stockholm, Sweden, June 20, 1872. Sir. By the printer mr Albert Bonnier invited to render …
From Briton Riviere 22 May 1872
Summary
Will try again to draw the expression of a pleased dog.
| Author: | Briton Riviere |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8346 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Briton Riviere 22 May 1872 …
- … DAR 176: 178 Briton Riviere Kensington 22 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ). In the missing letter, CD had evidently …
- … in place of a gift of money (see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] , and letter from …
- … Briton Riviere, 20 May 1872 ). James Davis Cooper was engraving woodcuts for Expression ; …
- … the first dog’), with slight modifications (see letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ). …
To A. G. Carlier 16 April [1872]
Summary
Thanks AGC for some notes and his book [Darwinism refuted by researches in psychology (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Antoine Guillaume Carlier |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1872] |
| Classmark: | Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham (Papers of Edmond William Wace Carlier US47/234) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8288 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To A. G. Carlier 16 April [1872] …
- … Bibliography Carlier, Antoine Guillaume. [1872. ] Darwinism refuted by researches in …
- … AGC for some notes and his book [ Darwinism refuted by researches in psychology (1872)]. …
- … Wace Carlier US47/234) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Apr [1872] Antoine Guillaume Carlier …
- … refuted by researches in psychology ( Carlier [1872] ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1872]
Summary
Heartily glad about Willy.
Has never had Zizania.
Still has Leersia. He cannot make the beast produce.
What slow coaches the Ministers are about the Ayrton affair.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 218–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8181 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1872] …
- … DAR 94: 218–19 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Jan [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … and ‘feverish at night’ on 16 January 1872; ‘fell sick’ on 17 January; ‘H. m. better’ on …
- … and ‘Hen went’ on 31 January. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1872 and n. 7. …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1872 . William Henslow Hooker ; see letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1872 . CD refers to Horace Darwin ; no correspondence on this …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1872 and nn. 2 and 3. Perfect: i.e. open. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1872 and n. 6. CD refers to Henrietta Emma …
From John Murray 12 November [1872]
Summary
Price of Expression is 12s.
Sends cheque to pay CD his share of profits on Origin [6th ed.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 430 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8622 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From John Murray 12 November [1872] …
- … DAR 171: 430 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 12 Nov [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 and n. 7. Murray refers to Charles Edward …
- … between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 . See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 14 August 1872 . The photographic illustrations in Expression raised the price …
- … to the sixth edition of Origin ; see letter to R. F. Cooke, 27 October [1872] and n. 6. …
- … See letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 and n. 8. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 September 1872
Summary
Alexander [Kovalevsky] is intent on assisting Russian publication of Expression. Sends estimates of costs and profits. At 7s 6d per copy a net profit of £150–200 is expected.
Wilhelm Wundt [Menschen und Thierseele (1863)] probably of no use.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8516 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky 10 September 1872 …
- … Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) London, Euston Rd, 218 10 Sept 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … O. Kovalevsky of 19 September [ 1872], Kovalevsky reported that CD ‘had received a letter …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Wundt, Max Wilhelm. 1863. Vorlesungen ueber …
- … to V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [1872] ). Satinage is the German term for calendering, …
- … s.v. calender). In his letter of 6 August 1872 , Robert Francis Cooke proposed a £10 …
- … from V. O. Kovalevsky, [before 8 August 1872] ). CD had received another request for a …
- … see letter from N. Sobko, 3 September 1872 ). Kovalevsky had recommended that CD read …
- … relevance to Expression (see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] and n. 9). …
- … Letter from N. Sobko, 3 September 1872 . In a letter to his brother A. …
- … See letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] . Kovalevsky had informed CD that two …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872] …
- … DAR 103: 111 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [13 May 1872] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 11 May 1872 . …
- … The Monday following 11 May 1872 was 13 May. See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 11 May 1872 . Mount …
- … Vesuvius began erupting on 24 April 1872 ( The Times , …
- … 26 April 1872, p. 12). Hooker’s wife was Frances Harriet Hooker ; Harriet Anne Hooker was …
From Ernst Haeckel 12 October 1872
Summary
Much experiment and observation needed before spontaneous generation will be empirically advanced, but philosophically the matter is clear.
Thinks Ludwig Rütimeyer has attacked EH to satisfy pious opinion in Basel.
Will soon be finished with his monograph Die Kalkschwämme [1872].
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8556 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From Ernst Haeckel 12 October 1872 …
- … DAR 166: 58 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 12 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pious opinion in Basel. Will soon be finished with his monograph Die Kalkschwämme [1872]. …
- … Bibliography Bastian, Henry Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account of …
- … 4. See letter to Ernst Haeckel, 2 September 1872 . Haeckel had sent a copy of the third …
- … R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] . Haeckel believed he had discovered organisms lacking both …
- … 1977 , p. 170). Haeckel 1872a was published in December 1872 or January 1873 ( letter …
- … from Ernst Haeckel, 10 December 1872 ). …
- … See letter to Ernst Haeckel, 2 September 1872 . For CD’s view of Henry Charlton Bastian’s …
- … book, The beginnings of life ( H. C. Bastian 1872 ), see the letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] . See …
- … letter to Ernst Haeckel, 2 September 1872 . For CD’s view of …
- … Charlton Bastian’s book, The beginnings of life ( Bastian 1872 ), see the letter to A. …
From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1872
Summary
Miscellaneous personal matters.
What does CD think of Robert Mallet’s earthquake theory? Would it not account for strata dipping at base of range of mountains?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 121–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8547 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1872 …
- … DAR 103: 121–3 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 7 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was his butler. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] and n. 2. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] and n. 5. William Spottiswoode bought Combe Bank, a …
- … 1871, pp. 5893–4). Robert Mallet’s paper on volcanic energy was read in June 1872 ( …
- … Mallet 1872 ). Mallet noted that earthquakes occurred ‘within the area of great seismic …
- … the mountain-chains of the world’ ( Mallet 1872 , p. 148; for more on Mallet’s theory of …
- … Annals of Science 48: 39–67. Mallet, Robert. 1872. Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop …
- … and cosmical relations. [Read 20 June 1872. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
To R. F. Cooke 7 August 1872
Summary
On arrangements for paying for stereotyped plates for Expression. D. Appleton will be told not to publish "an hour before" Murray.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 255–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8455 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 7 August 1872 …
- … 42152 ff. 255–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 , nn. 5 and 8. …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … a cheque with his letter of 6 August 1872 . CD had proposed charging D. Appleton & Co . £ …
- … of Expression (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 4 August 1872 ). For Cooke’s estimate …
- … actual costs, see his letter of 1 August 1872 . Expression included photographic plates …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 and n. 6). On the translations of Expression , …
From R. F. Cooke 6 December 1872
Summary
First edition of Expression nearly exhausted. Asks CD to send corrections to the printer for another issue, Murray thinks, of 2000.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 433 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8661 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 6 December 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 6 Dec 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … be advertised in the second issue (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 7 December [1872] ). …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … was disrupted by a gas strike from 29 November to the evening of 10 December 1872 (see The …
- … Times , 6 December 1872, p. …
- … Illustrated London News , 14 December 1872, p. 570). The first print run of Expression …
- … plates (see letter to J. V. Carus, 16 July 1872 and n. 3). John Murray . CD made this …
From W. E. Darwin [4 January 1872]
Summary
Sends comments on his diagram of Stonehenge. Will go to Beaulieu.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 49) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8141F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin [4 January 1872] …
- … 275: 49) William Erasmus Darwin Bassett, Southampton [4 Jan 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … had received the last proof in his letter of 9 January [1872] ( Correspondence vol. 20). …
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 January [1872] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 20). In 1872, the Thursday after 3 January was 4 January. The diagram has not been found …
- … with the letter from W. E. Darwin, [1 January 1872] ( Correspondence vol. 20). In the same …
- … about the diagram (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 January [1872] ). …
- … In 1872, 15 January was in fact a Monday. Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott was the …
- … the ruined abbey in Beaulieu on 5 January 1872 (see Earthworms , pp. 193–7). William was …
To C. L. Brace 20 July [1872]
Summary
Comments on Brace’s work [The dangerous classes of New York (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Loring Brace |
| Date: | 20 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8419 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To C. L. Brace 20 July [1872] …
- … DAR 143: 142 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 July [1872] Charles Loring Brace …
- … Comments on Brace’s work [ The dangerous classes of New York (1872)]. …
- … Bibliography Brace, Charles Loring. 1872. The dangerous classes of New York, and twenty …
- … Loring Brace visited Down on 11 July 1872 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD refers to …
- … twenty years’ work among them ( Brace 1872 ), a copy of which is in the Darwin Library– …
From Briton Riviere 16 May 1872
Summary
Sends sketches of expressions in two dogs.
| Author: | Briton Riviere |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8333 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Briton Riviere 16 May 1872 …
- … DAR 176: 176 Briton Riviere Kensington 16 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … one of an affectionate dog (see letter to Briton Riviere, 1 April 1872 , and letter from …
- … Briton Riviere, 3 April 1872 ). Sketches by Riviere were reproduced in Expression , pp. …
- … 52 and 53. See letter to Briton Riviere, 1 April 1872 and n. 1. …
- … engraver was James Davis Cooper (see letter from Briton Riviere, 3 April 1872 and n. 2). …
To Williams & Norgate 6 May [1872]
Summary
"Be so good as to send me Unsere Zeit with Julius Frauenstädt’s article ["Darwin’s Auffassung des geistigen und sittlichen Lebens des Menschen" n.s. 8 (May 1872), 597–605]. I am much obliged for the information."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 6 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8313A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Williams & Norgate 6 May [1872] …
- … DAR 249: 118 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 May [1872] Williams & Norgate …
- … Bibliography Frauenstädt, Julius. 1872. Darwin’s Auffassung des geistigen und sittlichen …
- … und sittlichen Lebens des Menschen" n.s. 8 (May 1872), 597–605]. I am much obliged for the …
- … conception of the intellectual and moral life of humans; Frauenstädt 1872 ), published in …
- … the 1 May 1872 issue of Unsere Zeit , in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. No letter …
To G. H. Kinahan and M. H. Close 29 October 1872
Summary
Much obliged for GHK and MHC’s General glaciation [of Iar-Connaught (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kinahan; Maxwell Henry Close |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8583 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Kinahan and M. H. Close 29 October 1872 …
- … Much obliged for GHK and MHC’s General glaciation [ of Iar-Connaught (1872)]. …
- … CD’s presentation copy of Kinahan and Close 1872 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Oct 1872 George Henry Kinahan Maxwell Henry …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 29 1872 Gentlemen I am very much obliged for your kind note & …
From Francis Galton 15 November 1872
Summary
Agrees the rabbit experiment has gone on long enough, but would like one more litter.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A50–A51, A69–A70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8626 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Francis Galton 15 November 1872 …
- … A50–A51, A69–A70 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 15 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the habit of relating. H. Montague Butler, D.D. Harrow on the Hill | Nov r . 11 th . 1872 …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … See letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] and n. 2. Galton was experimenting on …
- … from rabbits of different colours. See letter to Francis Galton, 27 May [1872] and n. 2. …
- … in the Crystal Palace Poultry Show, which opened on 19 November 1872 ( The Times , …
- … 20 November 1872, p. 9). …
- … letter from Francis Galton, 7 November 1872 and n. 1. Galton refers to the Royal Academy …
- … see letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] . CD’s only surviving sister was Caroline …
From C.-F. Reinwald 23 November 1872
Summary
J. J. Moulinié’s translations of Descent and Origin required much reworking, which accounts for delays.
| Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8643 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From C. -F. Reinwald 23 November 1872 …
- … DAR 176: 98 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald Paris 23 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species by …
- … Rue des Saints Pères N o 15 23 d November 1872 To Charles Darwin, E sq . Down, Beckenham. …
- … of the French edition of Descent (Moulinié trans. 1872), had written that he hoped the …
- … first volume would be published early in 1872 ( letter from J. …
- … J. Moulinié, 1 January 1872 ). Reinwald refers to Gaston de Saporta , Charles Frédéric …
- … from C. -F. Reinwald, 22 October 1872 and n. 2. Approved by the author. Largeness: …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … On Moulinié’s illness, see also the letters from C. -F. Reinwald, 13 September 1872 and …
- … 17 September 1872 . Moulinié’s translation of the fifth edition of Origin was half done …
- … letter from J. J. Moulinié, 1 January 1872 ). Reinwald also refers to the Franco- …
To Eduard Strasburger 29 July 1872
Summary
Comments on EAS’s work [? Die Coniferen und die Gnetaceen: eine morphologische Studie (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger |
| Date: | 29 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, Handschriftenabteilung (NL Strasburger I) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8398 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Eduard Strasburger 29 July 1872 …
- … on EAS’s work [? Die Coniferen und die Gnetaceen: eine morphologische Studie (1872)]. …
- … Strasburger I) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 July 1872 Eduard Adolf (Eduard) Strasburger …
- … Bibliography Strasburger, Eduard. 1872. Die Coniferen und die Gnetaceen: eine …
- … Die Coniferen und die Gnetaceen ( Strasburger 1872 ), inscribed by the author, is in the …
- … difficult morphological problems ( Strasburger 1872 , 1: iii); his own research aimed at …
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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
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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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
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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
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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…
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … 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
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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 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…
