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To M. C. Lloyd   5 June [1872]

Summary

Thanks her for drawing of dog.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Mary Charlotte Lloyd
Date:  5 June [1872]
Classmark:  Sherman Bull (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8370

Matches: 8 hits

  • … To M.  C.  Lloyd   5 June [1872] …
  • … Bull (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 June [1872] Mary Charlotte Lloyd …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … through Samuel Butler at the end of May 1872, when he was already in possession of those …
  • … see letter from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and letter from …
  • … Samuel Butler, 30 May 1872 ). …
  • … see Expression pp.  52–5; see also letter to Briton Riviere, 29 May 1872 , and letter from …
  • … Samuel Butler, 30 May 1872  and n.  2). Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter had provided CD with …

To Briton Riviere   4 April 1872

Summary

Thanks for kindness. BR must not think of trying until he feels inclination and strength for task.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Briton Riviere
Date:  4 Apr 1872
Classmark:  DAR 147: 319
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8274

Matches: 4 hits

  • … To Briton Riviere   4 April 1872
  • … DAR 147: 319 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Apr 1872 Briton Riviere …
  • … See letter from Briton Riviere, 3 April 1872 . CD refers to James Davis Cooper . …
  • … Down, Beckenham, Kent April 4, 1872 Dear Sir I thank you most sincerely for your kindness. …

To John Murray   13 November 1872

Summary

Thanks JM for £210 on last reprint of Origin [6th ed.]. Pleased by its sale

and by the success of Expression.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Murray
Date:  13 Nov 1872
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8623

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To John Murray   13 November 1872
  • … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Nov 1872 John Murray …
  • … See letter from John Murray, 12 November [1872] . The …
  • … sixth edition of Origin , first published in 1872, was reprinted in 1873 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Nov 13 th 1872 My dear M r Murray Many thanks for the 210 £ for …

To Friedrich Hildebrand   9 February 1872

Summary

Comments on FH’s paper ["Verbreitungsmittel der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14].

Discusses function of mucus filaments on seeds of Compositae and other plants.

Comments on Eugen Askenasy’s publication [Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)].

Comments on evolutionary views of Carl Nägeli.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:  9 Feb 1872
Classmark:  Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8206

Matches: 8 hits

  • … To Friedrich Hildebrand   9 February 1872
  • … 2018 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Feb 1872 Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand …
  • … der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14]. Discusses function of mucus filaments …
  • … Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)]. Comments on evolutionary views of Carl …
  • … Askenasy supported Nägeli’s view and countered CD’s response in Askenasy 1872 , pp.  9–27. …
  • … Bibliography Askenasy, Eugen. 1872. Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre. Leipzig: …
  • … from Friedrich Hildebrand, 5 February 1872  and n.  4. The reference is to Hildebrand  …
  • … on criticisms of Darwinian theory ( Askenasy 1872 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL. Carl …

To R. F. Cooke   23 August 1872

Summary

CD has given translation right [for Expression] to Dutch publisher Joh. Ijkema.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Date:  23 Aug 1872
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 269–70)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8482

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To R.  F.  Cooke   23 August 1872
  • … 42152 ff. 269–70) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … See letter from Johan IJkema, 21 August 1872 . Cooke had recommended charging £75 per …
  • … being printed by the Heliotype Company (see letter from R.  F.  Cooke, 16 August 1872 ). …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 23. 1872 My dear Sir Thanks for the enclosed. Herr Ijkema of …

To C. L. Dodgson   14 December [1872]

Summary

His thanks for the excellent photograph. [See 8668.]

He is no longer working on expression but appreciates the obliging offer.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Date:  14 Dec [1872]
Classmark:  A Dodgson family member (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8680A

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To C.  L.  Dodgson   14 December [1872] …
  • … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Dec [1872] Charles Lutwidge Dodgson …
  • … the letter to C.  L.  Dodgson, 10 December 1872 . For details of the photograph, see the …
  • … letter to C.  L.  Dodgson, 10 December 1872 , n.  2. Dodgson’s note has not been found. …
  • … and on Drosera in particular, on 23 August 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma …
  • … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that on 15 December 1872 CD was ill in bed. …

To J. D. Hooker   12 July [1872]

Summary

Overjoyed at the way the newspapers have taken up JDH’s case. The memorial has done great good this way, whatever the wretched Government does. It is enough to make one a Tory. JDH has done a service to all men of science by showing governments that they cannot be trampled on.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  12 July [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 94: 222–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8406

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To J.  D.  Hooker   12 July [1872] …
  • … DAR 94: 222–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … critical of Ayrton; the Daily News , 10 July 1872, p.  5, claimed that his meddling would …
  • … letter from John Lubbock to W.  E.  Gladstone, 20 June 1872  and enclosure). There were …
  • … articles about the dispute in The Times , 8 July 1872, p.   …
  • … 11; the Daily News , 10 July 1872, p.  5; …
  • … and the Pall Mall Gazette , 11 July 1872, pp.  10–11, all of which were favourable to …

To Amy Ruck   [1 November 1872]

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Summary

Sends a copy of Expression and his autograph.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin
Date:  [1 Nov 1872]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8590

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Amy Ruck   [1 November 1872] …
  • … 185: 48 Charles Robert Darwin Down [1 Nov 1872] Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … Darwin (see letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 3 May [1872] and n.  5); she had also helped CD with …
  • … work on earthworms (see letters from Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [20 January 1872] and [ …
  • … 1 February 1872] ). Ruck’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for Expression (Appendix …

To W. W. Baxter   [after 4 December 1872]

Summary

Thanks for information about the Atropia.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Walmisley Baxter
Date:  [after 4 Dec 1872]
Classmark:  DAR 249: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8659F

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To W.  W.  Baxter   [after 4 December 1872] …
  • … DAR 249: 70 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 4 Dec 1872] William Walmisley Baxter …
  • … this letter and the letter from W.  W.  Baxter, 4 December 1872 . See letter from W.   …
  • … W.  Baxter, 4 December 1872 . See letter from W.   …
  • … W.  Baxter, 4 December 1872  and n.  3. …

To Francis Galton   29 March [1872]

Summary

Comments on FG’s description of a séance at the house of William Crookes.

Will use FG’s words about [H. M. Butler’s] hereditary habit [in Expression, p. 33 n. 8].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  29 Mar [1872]
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8258

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To Francis Galton   29 March [1872] …
  • … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Mar [1872] Francis Galton …
  • … letter from Francis Galton, [before 28 March 1872] and n.  6. In the passage referred to, …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872 . See …
  • … letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872  and n.  3. The reference …
  • … See letter from Francis Galton, 28 March 1872 . CD quoted Galton on the inheritance of a …

To W. E. Darwin   26 January [1872]

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Summary

Gives information on recent editions of Lyell’s works.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  26 Jan [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 138
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8183

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To W.  E.  Darwin   26 January [1872] …
  • … DAR 210.6: 138 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Jan [1872] William Erasmus Darwin …
  • … The eleventh edition of Charles Lyell’s Principles of geology appeared in 1872 ( C.   …
  • … Lyell 1872 ). The sixth edition of Lyell’s Elements of geology appeared in 1865 ( C.   …
  • … of geology. London: J. Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern …

To Thomas Rivers   3 April 1872

Summary

Thanks for vines and for all the information given him. Fears experiment will be more difficult than he had expected.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Rivers
Date:  3 Apr 1872
Classmark:  John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 61)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8268

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Thomas Rivers   3 April 1872
  • … John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 61) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1872 Thomas Rivers …
  • … See letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872 . Rivers had sent two vines, together with …
  • … CD refers to an article in Revue horticole 44 (1872): 111–12 on the apricot-plum, Prunus …
  • … see letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872 ). Amygdalus was the genus of peaches and …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap.  3. 1872 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for yr kind …

To J. V. Carus   3 August [1872]

Summary

Has sent sheets of Expression.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Julius Victor Carus
Date:  3 Aug [1872]
Classmark:  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 86–87)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8446

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To J.  V.  Carus   3 August [1872] …
  • … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 86–87) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Julius Victor Carus …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … and the letter to J.  V.  Carus, 16 July 1872 . Carus was translating Expression into …
  • … the letter from J.  V.  Carus, 16 July 1872 . CD was correcting proof-sheets of Expression …
  • … 22 August (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from R.  F.  Cooke, 1 August 1872 . …

To Edwards & Kidd   30 July [1872]

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Summary

Discussion of the charge made for the plates [for Expression].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edwards & Kidd.
Date:  30 July [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 144
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8436

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Edwards & Kidd   30 July [1872] …
  • … DAR 96: 144 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 July [1872] Edwards & Kidd. …
  • … the letter to R.  F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 . …
  • … and the letter to R.  F.  Cooke, 29 July 1872 . CD refers to Ernest Edwards of Edwards and …
  • … of the Post Office London directory 1872). CD refers to his publisher, John Murray , and …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …

To Henry Johnson   2 May [1872]

Summary

Thanks for notes on worm-castings. Amount of ammonia surprises CD. David Forbes asserts that published analysis of carbon in vegetable matter valueless. Suspects that worms search for food and do not blindly swallow earth.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Johnson
Date:  2 May [1872]
Classmark:  Torquay Museum Society (AR470)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8306

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Henry Johnson   2 May [1872] …
  • … Torquay Museum Society (AR470) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 May [1872] Henry Johnson …
  • … See also Earthworms , p.  238. See letter from Asa Gray, 2 February 1872 , and letter from …
  • … John Scott, 22 March 1872 . See Earthworms , chapter 2, for CD’s conclusions on worms’ …
  • … found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD visited Forbes on 1 March 1872 ( letter from David …
  • … Forbes, 1 March 1872 ). Water of composition: water that is chemically (rather than …

To J. D. Cooper   21 May 1872

Summary

Please to send to Briton Riviere the block with the drawing of the dog, and a new block of the same size.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  James Davis Cooper
Date:  21 May 1872
Classmark:  Princeton University Library, Special Collections, Manuscripts Division (Briton Rivière Family Correspondence C 1637)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8342F

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To J. D. Cooper   21 May 1872
  • … Family Correspondence C 1637) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May 1872 James Davis Cooper …
  • … was engraving them (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter from Briton Riviere, 20 May 1872 ). …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. May 21. 1872 Dear Sir Will you be so good as to send to Mr …

To Albert Günther   13 May [1872]

Summary

Is the horned toad of Oregon a batrachian or a lizard?

Hopes AG will be promoted in the British Museum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Date:  13 May [1872]
Classmark:  Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8324

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Albert Günther   13 May [1872] …
  • … Library Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 May [1872] Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) …
  • … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
  • … of the class Reptilia. See letter from Albert Günther, 10 May 1872 , and letter to …
  • … Albert Günther, 11 May [1872] . CD refers to the British Museum . …
  • … and the letter from Albert Günther, 10 May 1872 . CD discussed Tapaya douglasii (now …

To J. T. Moggridge   9 October [1872]

Summary

Discusses JTM’s research on habits of insects. "How incomparably more valuable are such researches than the mere description of a thousand species."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Traherne Moggridge
Date:  9 Oct [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 146: 378
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8550

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To J.  T.  Moggridge   9 October [1872] …
  • … DAR 146: 378 Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks 9 Oct [1872] John Traherne Moggridge …
  • … CD stayed in Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter …
  • … from J.  T.  Moggridge, 6 October 1872  and n.  1. …
  • … this letter and the letter from J.  T.  Moggridge, 6 October 1872 . See letter from J.   …
  • … T.  Moggridge, 6 October 1872 . CD refers to Moggridge’s book, Harvesting ants and trap- …

To Leonard Darwin   11 July [1872]

Summary

CD wants no more alterations than are necessary [to proofs of Expression]. Warns LD that "any alteration seems at first an improvement".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Leonard Darwin
Date:  11 July [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 153: 90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8404

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Leonard Darwin   11 July [1872] …
  • … DAR 153: 90 Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 July [1872] Leonard Darwin …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
  • … sheets of Expression , which was published in November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). See also …
  • … Supplement, letter to Leonard Darwin, 26 July [1872] ; the two letters were copied on the …
  • … of Expression (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). …

To Asa Gray   22 October 1872

Summary

Spiralling of tendrils.

Has worked hard on Drosera.

Is interested in tracing the "nerves" of Dionaea which follow the vascular bundles. Finds he can paralyse half of the leaf by pricking it at a certain point.

Wishes AG to carry out two experiments on D. filiformis.

Has received AG’s Dubuque address [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 4 (1872): 282–98].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  22 Oct 1872
Classmark:  Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (100)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8568

Matches: 8 hits

  • … To Asa Gray   22 October 1872
  • … University (100) Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks Down letterhead 22 Oct 1872 Asa Gray …
  • … recommenced experimenting on Drosera in August 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Drosera …
  • … D. filiformis . Has received AG’s Dubuque address [ Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 4 (1872): 282–98]. …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 6 October 1872  and nn.  8 and 9. CD evidently received the …
  • … Loring Gray . In his letter of 6 October 1872 , Gray had argued that the coiling motion in …
  • … the Common, Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and letter to …
  • … J.  D.  Hooker, 10 October [1872] )). Many temperate species of Drosera (sundew) die back …
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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'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,…

Matches: 3 hits

  • … on butterflies and termites,  16 January 1872 CD asks G. C. Wallich for the negative of a …
  • … permission to publish it in Expression ,  24 February [1872] Gerard Krefft's " …
  • … sketches of  Thylacoleo carnifex ,  15 May 1872 Hubert Airy's description of the …

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…

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  • … 11-14 . What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first …
  • … classroom. Over six hundred of Darwin's letters from 1872 are now published online for …
  • … in man and animals .  Read Darwin's Life in Letters for 1872 . Darwin and women …

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…

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, Francis [before 30 June 1872] New University …
  • … Galton, Francis 7 Nov 1872 Rutland Gate, London, …
  • … Meyer, A.B. 25 April 1872 Manila, Philippin Islands …
  • … Reade, Winwood W. 7 Sept 1872 11 St Mary Abbot' …
  • … Reade, Winwood W. 5 Nov 1872 13 Alfred Place, …

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),…

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  • … in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), arguing that similarities in facial …
  • … Letter 8367: Darwin, C. R. to Wright, Chauncey, 3 June [1872] In this letter to the …

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…

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  • … Letter 8335 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, [16 May 1872] Reade tells Darwin of his …
  • … Letter 8341 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, [20 May 1872] Reade shares with Darwin his …
  • … 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November 1872] Ann Cupples asks Emma to …

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…

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  • … Letter 8140 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [3 January 1872] Darwin congratulates his son for …
  • … Letter 8146 - Darwin to Treat, M., [5 January 1872] Darwin praises Mary Treat’s …
  • … Letter 8171 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L., [21 January 1872] Darwin thanks his niece for the …

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…

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  • … was published in Fun magazine on 23 November  1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s …
  • … the firm of Dalziel 
 date of creation November 1872 
 computer-readable date …

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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  • … < Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor …
  • … reactive to Origin of Species in the 1860s, and by 1872 the joke must have seemed rather stale.  …
  • … to Darwin, enclosing one from Rood to himself, 11 June 1872 (DCP-LETT-8381); Darwin’s reply to Gray, …

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…

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  • … 8137 - William Darwin to Charles Darwin, 1 January 1872 Darwin’s eldest son writes …
  • … observed so much without aid.” [Letter 8140, 3 January 1872] Letters 8144 , 8169 …

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…

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  • … Letter 8545 - Asa Gray to Charles Darwin, 6 October 1872 Asa Gray writes to Darwin …
  • … Letter 8656 - Asa Gray to Charles Darwin, 2 December 1872 Asa Gray writes to Darwin …

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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  • … for the book may have been increased by the publication in 1872 of  Corals and coral islands , by …
  • …  vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, Murray replied …
  • …  vol. 20, letter to Hubert Airy, 24 August 1872 ). The passage took twelve weeks aboard the …

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…

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  • … Waddy appeared in the journal Once a Week through 1872. It clearly emulated the more famous …
  • … with monogram ‘FW’) 
 date of creation 1872 
 computer-readable date 1872-01-01 …
  • … Darwin, F.R.S.’, Once a Week , new series 9:232 (8 June 1872), pp. 520-3. Cartoon Portraits and …
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