From R. F. Cooke 20 November 1872
Summary
Quandary caused by Heliotype Company’s failure to deliver enough plates for Expression because of a strike. Murray’s now has 7000 books and only 3000 sets of plates.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 431 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8637 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 20 November 1872 …
- … 3000 sets of heliotypes in October (see letters from R. F. Cooke, 9 October 1872 , 11 …
- … October 1872 , and …
- … 22 October 1872 ). …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 20 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … heliotype plates for Expression , see the letters from R. F. Cooke, 2 October 1872 and …
- … 4 October 1872 . ‘Tuesday next’ was 26 November. The manager was a …
- … see letter from R. F. Cooke, 4 October 1872 ); the enclosed letter has not been found. …
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 R. F. Cooke 23 August 1872
Summary
Cost of impression of the heliotype plates [for Expression] is so high that he asks CD to consider having a set photographed onto wood and then engraved. Index [for Expression] is in hand.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 418 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8483 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 23 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 23 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … the letter from R. F. Cooke, 16 August 1872 . The index to Expression was being prepared …
- … Dallas ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 4 August 1872 ). John Murray had been in Scotland ( …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 21 August 1872 ). …
From R. F. Cooke 1 August 1872
Summary
Answers CD’s questions on arrangements for forthcoming publication of Expression – including cost of stereotypes, woodcuts, and photo reproductions for foreign translations.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 411 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8444 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 1 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 1 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of £315 that was to be paid into his bank (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 ). …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 . William Clowes & Sons were the printers of …
- … stereotypes (see letter from D. Appleton & Co. , 23 February 1872 , and letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 ). James Davis Cooper engraved the woodcuts for Expression ( …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Prodger, Phillip. 2009. Darwin’s camera: art …
- … letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 30 March 1872 ). Eduard Friedrich Koch of the Stuttgart …
- … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1872 ). CD did not charge for translation rights, but …
- … to V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [ 1872] ). McLeod was a representative of the London …
From R. F. Cooke 9 August 1872
Summary
Agrees on price for supplying Appleton with Expression electrotypes and stereotypes. Difficulties with heliotypes [for illustrations of Expression].
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 413 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8460 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 9 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 9 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 7 August 1872 . On CD’s concerns about the costs of the …
- … plates for Expression , see the letter to R. F. Cooke, 8 August [1872] . …
From R. F. Cooke 16 August 1872
Summary
Cost of plates [for Expression] is very high and will make "a terrible hole in the profits".
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 416 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8473 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 16 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 16 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 15 August 1872 ). On the costs of the heliotype plates for …
- … the letter from R. F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin, 13 August 1872 , and the letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 15 August 1872 . …
From R. F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin 13 August 1872
Summary
Explains the cost of heliotype plates [for Expression] and the consequent need to raise the price of the book.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 414 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8467 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of Expression , see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 , nn. 5 and 8. …
- … From R. F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin 13 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 13 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … see letter from R. F. Cooke, 9 August 1872 ). On the size of the plates and the number …
- … the letter to R. F. Cooke, 8 August [1872] and nn. 3 and 4. The American edition was …
From R. F. Cooke 14 August 1872
Summary
Sends a set of plates [for Expression]. Price of the book must be 12s instead of 10s 6d, or 14s instead of 12s.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 415 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8469 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 14 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 14 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 8 August [1872] ). The plates were being printed by the …
- … Heliotype Company. See letter from R. F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin, 13 August 1872 . …
From R. F. Cooke 4 October 1872
Summary
Heliotype Company assures RC all 8000 sets of the plates [for Expression] will be ready next week.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 422 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8544 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 4 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 4 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … See letter from R. F. Cooke, 2 October 1872 and n. 3. Mr Wright has not been further …
- … size than the English edition (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 3 October 1872 and n. 3). …
From R. F. Cooke 21 August 1872
Summary
Has ordered printing of 2000 sets of illustrations [for Expression] for Murray’s and informed D. Appleton of price per thousand. Has answered letter from Eduard Koch [of Schweizerbart]. Has also arranged for index.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 417 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8479 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 21 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 21 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … 50, Albemarle S t . | W. Aug t . 21. 1872 My dear Sir I have desired the Heliotype people, …
- … see letter from Charles Layton, 13 August 1872 ). CD had forwarded a note from the German …
- … letter to R. F. Cooke, 17 August 1872 ). Electros: electrotypes of the woodcut …
From R. F. Cooke 11 October 1872
Summary
D. Appleton has been sent 3000 sets of plates [for Expression]. Hopes to publish [Expression] on 12 Nov.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 424 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8555 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 11 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 11 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … Layton was the firm’s agent in London (see letter from Charles Layton, 13 August 1872 ). …
- … Expression was published on 26 November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 9 October 1872 . …
From R. F. Cooke 27 July 1872
Summary
Foreign translations, illustrations, and other arrangements for Expression. Foreign publishers must be bound not to publish before the English edition is out.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 410 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8430 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 27 July 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 27 July 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Kilburn ( Post Office London directory 1872). Mr McLeod has not been further identified. …
- … 50, Albemarle S t . London | W. July 27. 1872 My dear Sir By the enclosed note as well as …
- … from V. O. Kovalevsky, [after 8 June 1872] ). CD’s new work was Expression . CD had …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 14 July 1872 and n. 1). The Heliotype Company had three …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1872
Summary
Murray’s will allow CD 18 copies [of Expression].
All foreign publishers, except Dutch, have paid for the plates.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 426 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8575 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1872] . Cooke refers to Expression and Descent , …
- … ones (see letter to John Murray, 8 January [1872] and n. 3). Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species by …
- … 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
From R. F. Cooke 26 August 1872
Summary
Defers to CD and has ordered 2000 sets of impressions from heliotype plates [for Expression] for Murray’s and 3000 sets for Appleton. Also has directed printer to send Appleton a set of stereotype plates of the work and the woodcuts.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 419 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8487 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 26 August 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 26 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … letter to R. F. Cooke, 15 August 1872 ). Cooke had written to Layton about the charges …
- … see letter from R. F. Cooke, 21 August 1872 ). William Clowes & Sons were the printers …
From R. F. Cooke 25 November 1872
Summary
Murray’s must publish [Expression] tomorrow with only 4000 copies, because plates for 3000 additional copies have not yet been delivered. The trade and public will be dissatisfied. It may be advisable to get police to defend the house.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 432 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8646 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 25 November 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … number of heliotype plates available (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 November 1872 ). …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
From R. F. Cooke 2 October 1872
Summary
Has learned that German edition [of Expression] will be on larger pages than English one. No copies of heliotype plates [for Expression] have been delivered. Hopes Heliotype Company is not going to throw them over. Suggests CD write a strong letter.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 421 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8539 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 2 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 2 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter from John Murray, 3 September [1872] ) For more on CD’s use of the heliotype …
- … letter to J. V. Carus, 23 September 1872 ). The Heliotype Company Limited had premises …
- … London ( Post Office London directory 1872). John Murray had agreed to supply plates for …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
From R. F. Cooke 9 October 1872
Summary
Expression is now almost ready. The plates will require great care in the binding.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 423 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8549 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 9 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 9 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … was CD’s US publisher. Expression was published on 26 November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … The US edition was published in December 1872 but has the date 1873 on the title page ( …
From R. F. Cooke 26 October 1872
Summary
Does not understand Reinwald [French publisher of Expression], who apparently intends an edition of only 500 copies. Sends first copy to CD.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 427 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8576 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 26 October 1872 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 26 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … letter to R. F. Cooke, [25 October 1872] . CD had asked for proof-sheets of Expression …
From R. F. Cooke 6 August 1872
Summary
Sends Murray’s cheque for £315 for the last issue of Descent.
Details regarding foreign editions of Expression.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 412 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8452 |
Matches: 4 hits
From R. F. Cooke 22 October 1872
Summary
Presentation copies [of Expression] will be ready in a week. Has ordered only 250 copies to have cut edges because trade prefers uncut pages.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 425 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8570 |
Matches: 4 hits
| letter | (46) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (46) |
| John Murray |
| Darwin, C. R. | (46) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (46) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (46) |
| John Murray | (46) |
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
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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
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
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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.…
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Lydia Becker, 2 August 1863 ; to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). Click on the play …
Language: key letters
Summary
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....
Summary
... 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'
Summary
< 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
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … for the prosperity I have long enjoyed” ( 29 March 1872 ). …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 3 hits
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…
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…
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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…
