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From W. W. Reade 20 May 1872

Summary

His book has received bad reviews; therefore CD’s letter cheers him up.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 May 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 61
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8341

Matches: 18 hits

… From W. W. Reade 20 May 1872 …
… DAR 176: 61 William Winwood Reade Kensington 20 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… London: C. J. Skeet. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
… also letter from Samuel Butler, 11 May 1872 . Richard Francis Burton was going to Iceland …
… for sulphur ( ODNB ). See also letter from J. J. Aubertin, 16 January 1872 and n. 4. …
… to Reade has not been found, but see the letter from W. W. Reade, 16 May 1872 . Reade …
… refers to his Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ). The …
… reviewer in the Athenæum , 11 May 1872, pp. …
… 587–8, described Reade 1872 as thoroughly worthless, needlessly profane, indecent, …
… novel published by Reade in 1860, Liberty Hall ( Reade 1860 ). Reade 1872 was reviewed in …
… the Scotsman , 17 May 1872, p. 3; the reviewer accused Reade of being led by an ‘erratic …
… sketch-book , Reade 1873 ), but the work of recasting Reade 1872 was never completed. …
… In Reade 1872 , pp. 440–1, Reade suggested that the conversation of primeval humans was …
… had premises at 1 Savile Row, London ( Post Office London directory 1872). Chapter …
… 4 (the last chapter) of Reade 1872 , ‘Intellect’, covered the period from the origin of …
… specific point he had alluded. In Reade 1872 , p. 410, Reade wrote, ‘Mind is a property …
… Nicholas Trübner was the publisher of Reade 1872 . Reade’s African sketch-book ( Reade …
… was not published until 1873. See Reade 1872 , p. 273; see also Correspondence vol. 19, …

From W. W. Reade 16 February 1872

Summary

Defends Descent against CD’s self-disparagement. The parts on the moral sense seem to him the finest in the book.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	16 Feb 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 53
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8215

Matches: 12 hits

… From W. W. Reade 16 February 1872 …
… CD stayed in London from 13 February until 21 March 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
… DAR 176: 53 William Winwood Reade Kensington 16 Feb 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. Tylor, Edward Burnett. …
… to explain sleep and dreams. In Reade 1872 , p. 168, Reade maintained that savages had …
… but see letter to Anton Dohrn, 3 February 1872 , in which CD wrote that he felt it was a …
… Reade refers to his book The martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ; see letter from W. …
… W. Reade, 13 February 1872 ). For more on objections to CD’s theory of the development of …
… See letter from W. W. Reade, 13 February 1872 and n. 1. The author of the paragraph …
… of the Athenæum , Norman MacColl . Reade visited CD on 19 March 1872 (see letter from W. …
… W. Reade, 18 March [1872] ). Reade’s first known visit to CD was in January 1871 (see …

From W. W. Reade 12 September [1872]

Summary

Beginning work on his African travels [The African sketch-book (1873)].

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Sept [1872]
Classmark:	DAR 176: 63
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8519

Matches: 7 hits

… From W. W. Reade 12 September [1872] …
… DAR 176: 63 William Winwood Reade Kensington 12 Sept [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
… The year is established by the reference to Reade 1872 , which was …
… published in April 1872, and Reade 1873 (see nn. 2 and 3, below). …
… to his African sketch-book ( Reade 1873 ). Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) was published …
… in May 1872 ( Publishers’ Circular ). The enclosure has not been found. …

From W. W. Reade 3 April 1872

Summary

Sends preface of his book [see 8241]; he acknowledges debt to CD, but does not claim to have given a correct exposition of Darwinism.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 Apr 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 58
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8272

Matches: 9 hits

… From W. W. Reade 3 April 1872 …
… DAR 176: 58 William Winwood Reade Kensington 3 Apr 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Correspondence vol. 19). See also letter from W. W. Reade, 12 March 1872 and n. 6. …
… John Murray. 1871. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
… some statements made in Descent (see Reade 1872 , pp. iv–v). The statement referred to …
… may have received it when he visited CD in London on 19 March 1872 (see letter from W. …
… W. Reade, 18 March [1872] ). …
… In Reade 1872 , p. 445, Reade stated that moral sense developed according to Darwinian …
… moral sense, see Descent 1: 70–106. In Reade 1872 , p. 423, Reade maintained that racial …

From W. W. Reade 16 May 1872

Summary

WWR is beginning to appreciate CD’s warnings against his polemical writing.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	16 May 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 60
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8335

Matches: 7 hits

… From W. W. Reade 16 May 1872 …
… DAR 176: 60 William Winwood Reade Kensington 16 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
… but evidently concerned Reade’s Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ; see letter from W. …
… W. Reade, 3 May 1872 . Reade refers to his African sketch-book ( Reade 1873 ). …
… See letter from W. W. Reade, 3 May 1872 . Nicholas …
… Trübner was the publisher of Reade 1872 . …

From W. W. Reade 14 October [1872]

Summary

Huxley will be asked to review Expression in Pall Mall Gazette.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	14 Oct [1872]
Classmark:	DAR 176: 64
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8558

Matches: 7 hits

… From W. W. Reade 14 October [1872] …
… 176: 64 William Winwood Reade London, Alfred Place, 13 14 Oct [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
… Shoe String Press. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
… to Expression , which was published in November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). Reade refers to …
… identified. An anonymous review of The martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) had appeared in the …
… Saturday Review , 12 October 1872, pp. 474–5. …

From W. W. Reade 13 February 1872

Summary

Sending sheets of his forthcoming work on Africa [Martyrdom of man (1872)] with views that differ from CD’s on music and sexual selection.

The Pall Mall Gazette will review the new [6th] edition of the Origin, together with Mivart’s Genesis of species [1871].

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	13 Feb 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 52
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8210

Matches: 10 hits

… From W. W. Reade 13 February 1872 …
… DAR 176: 52 William Winwood Reade Kensington 13 Feb 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… forthcoming work on Africa [Martyrdom of man (1872)] with views that differ from CD’s on …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species by …
… with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. Reade, William Winwood. …
… Gossip’ section of the Athenæum , 3 February 1872, p. 147, read, ‘Mr. Winwood Reade is …
… to is The martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ). The publisher’s marked copy of the Athenæum in …
… in Descent in his letter of 12 March 1872 , but may have discussed more topics when he …
… letter from W. W. Reade, 18 March [1872] ). Reade refers to The African sketch-book ( …

From W. W. Reade 12 March 1872

Summary

Has just finished his work [? The martyrdom of man (1872)]. The new points are: (1) Negroes have whiskers; (2) their music is sometimes agreeable; (3) the Kaffirs are Negroes.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Mar 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 55
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8241

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… From W. W. Reade 12 March 1872 …
… DAR 176: 55 William Winwood Reade Kensington 12 Mar 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… finished his work [? The martyrdom of man (1872)]. The new points are: (1) Negroes have …
… Penguin Books. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
… Reade was working on his Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ); it was …
… published in May 1872 ( Publishers’ circular , …
… 16 May 1872). Reade’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for …
… of Descent in his letter of 16 February 1872 . In Descent 2: 321, CD wrote, ‘With negroes …
… letter from W. W. Reade, 13 February 1872 . In the nineteenth century, the term ‘Caffre’ …

From W. W. Reade 3 May 1872

Summary

Glad Mrs Darwin likes his preface, but fears she will not like his tone on religion.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 May 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 59
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8310

Matches: 10 hits

… From W. W. Reade 3 May 1872 …
… DAR 176: 59 William Winwood Reade Kensington 3 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. [Lewes, George Henry. ] 1868a. Darwin on …
… of man and his apotheosis (see letter from W. W. Reade, 18 March [1872] and n. 3). …
… with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. Reade, William Winwood. …
… refers to his Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ). There is an annotated copy in the Darwin …
… See letter from W. W. Reade, 20 February 1872 and n. 3. Reade was hoping for a review …
… John Morley had reviewed Descent for him ([Morley] 1871a). Reade 1872 was reviewed in the …
… Pall Mall Gazette , 23 November 1872, pp. 11–12. Expression was reviewed anonymously in …

From W. W. Reade 18 March [1872]

Summary

Will see CD tomorrow.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	18 Mar [1872]
Classmark:	DAR 176: 57
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8247

Matches: 6 hits

… From W. W. Reade 18 March [1872] …
… his apotheosis: a narrative of nations . See also letter from W. W. Reade, 3 May 1872 . …
… DAR 176: 57 William Winwood Reade Kensington 18 Mar [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
… the letter from W. W. Reade, 14 March 1872 . The card has not been found; the note may …
… the letter from W. W. Reade, 14 March 1872 . Reade’s Martyrdom of man was advertised …
… Gazette , 18 March, and 4, 5, 6, and 30 April 1872. The first title was The martyrdom of …

From W. W. Reade 14 March 1872

Summary

Plans for visit to CD.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	14 Mar 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 56
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8242

Matches: 6 hits

… From W. W. Reade 14 March 1872 …
… DAR 176: 56 William Winwood Reade Kensington 14 Mar 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
… was in London from 21 February to 16 March 1872 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Reade had …
… Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from W. W. Reade, 12 March 1872 and n. 5. …
… last chapter of Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 , pp. 395–468) dealt with the evolution of …

From W. W. Reade 5 November 1872

Summary

Observations on expression: women gnash teeth when sexually excited. W. Africans do not kiss.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	5 Nov 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 65
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8600

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… From W. W. Reade 5 November 1872 …
… 176: 65 William Winwood Reade London, Alfred Place, 13 5 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… 78–9). Martyrdom of man was reviewed in the Saturday Review , 12 October 1872, pp. 474–5. …
… of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. Reade, William Winwood. …
… letter from W. W. Reade, 14 October [1872] . Reade refers to Thomas Henry Huxley . In …
… in Expression , pp. 289–307. Reade’s Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) was reviewed in the …
… Morning Post , 16 October 1872, p. 3. The reviewer noted that Reade was a ‘devoted and …
… book ( Reade 1873 ). Expression was reviewed in the Daily News , 5 November 1872, p. …
… 2, and the Daily Telegraph , 5 November 1872, p. 5. There are copies in DAR 226.2: 122, …

From W. W. Reade 20 February 1872

Summary

Saw editor of the Pall Mall Gazette about review of Origin and Genesis of species.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 Feb 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 54
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8221

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… From W. W. Reade 20 February 1872 …
… DAR 176: 54 William Winwood Reade Kensington 20 Feb 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… added to Origin 6th ed. See letter from W. W. Reade, 18 February 1872 and n. 2. …
… Reade refers to Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ; see pp. 215–25 for the section on Jesus). …
… with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …

From W. W. Reade 7 September 1872

Summary

Sends extract [from Carl Johan Andersson, Lake Ngami (1856)] on expression.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	7 Sept 1872
Classmark:	DAR 176: 62
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8514

Matches: 5 hits

… From W. W. Reade 7 September 1872 …
… DAR 176: 62 William Winwood Reade Kensington 7 Sept 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… He may have mentioned the book when he visited CD on 19 March 1872 (see letter from W. …
… W. Reade, 18 March [1872] ). CD discussed laughter accompanied by tears in different …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Frost, John. 1853. Wild scenes in a hunter’s …

From W. W. Reade 12 September 1871

Summary

Prefers W. C. Wells’s explanation of the formation of the Nehro type to CD’s sexual selection.

Outlines his view of the origin of man by natural selection.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Sept 1871
Classmark:	DAR 176: 47
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7936

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… John Murray. 1871. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
… the earliest development of humans in Reade 1872 , pp. 419–21. CD discussed language in …
… second edition of Descent a reference to Reade 1872 , p. 441, and Reade 1873 , 2: 313, …
… periods of time ( Reade 1873 , 2: 523–4). Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) was published …
… in May 1872 ( Athenæum , …
… 11 May 1872, p. 589). Reade …

From W. W. Reade 18 February 1872

Summary

Compares Origin to Newton’s Principia and Adam Smith’s Wealth of nations.

His view of CD’s response to Mivart.

On mammae;

gradualism of evolution;

suicide among savages.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	18 Feb 1872
Classmark:	DAR 88: 74–5
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8218

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… From W. W. Reade 18 February 1872 …
… Winwood Reade London, St Mary Abbot’s Terrace, 11 18 Feb 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin : On the origin of species by means …

From W. W. Reade 20 September 1871

Summary

Surprised at Mivart’s harsh review [Q. Rev. 131 (1871): 47–90], considering courteous tone of his book. Assures CD he has not been converted by Mivart.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 Sept 1871
Classmark:	DAR 176: 50
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7955

Matches: 5 hits

… in Origin 6th ed. , p. 178. Reade’s Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ) was published …
… in May 1872 ( Athenæum , …
… 11 May 1872, p. 589); his African sketch-book ( Reade 1873 ) was not published until …
… with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Reade, …
… William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. Reade, William Winwood. …

From W. W. Reade 4 March 1871

Summary

Praise for gentle but resolute tone of Descent.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	4 Mar 1871
Classmark:	DAR 176: 46
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7546

Matches: 4 hits

… Thomas Henry Huxley . Reade’s book, The martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ), was published …
… in May 1872 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
… 16 May 1872, p. 317). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
… Publishing. 1990. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …

From W. W. Reade 15 September 1871

Summary

Believes CD will not consider him a good Darwinian since he accepts natural selection only as a secondary law.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	15 Sept 1871
Classmark:	DAR 176: 48
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7947

Matches: 4 hits

… John Murray. 1869. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & …
… Reade refers to his Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ); see letter from W. W. Reade, 12 …
… in his letter of 12 September 1871 . Reade 1872 contains a section outlining Reade’s …
… is no appendix on natural selection in Reade 1872 . St George Jackson Mivart in his On the …

From W. W. Reade 21 February 1871

Summary

Various comments on Descent;

on suicide on Gold Coast;

on mulattoes’ not being prolific.

Author:	William Winwood Reade
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	21 Feb 1871
Classmark:	DAR 89: 172–4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7501

Matches: 4 hits

… Lauffer & Stolp. Reade, William Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. …
… his African sketch-book ( Reade 1873 ). Reade’s work was published in 1872 under the title …
… Martyrdom of man ( Reade 1872 ). CD cited Reade frequently in Descent . In Descent 1: 26– …
… methods of suicide in either Reade 1872 or Reade 1873 . Descent 1: 100: ‘Neither can we …

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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…

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… ‘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,…

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… 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

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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… 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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