To Alexander Agassiz 10 September [1871 or 1873]
Summary
Discusses exchange of books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1871 or 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7932 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and Stationers’ Weekly Trade Circular 2 (1872): 708). Variation US ed. sold for $6 ( …
- … Stationers’ Weekly Trade Circular 2 (1872): 708). Agassiz’s clerk has not been identified. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … Galápagos from December 1871 to October 1872 ( Marcou 1896 , 2: 183–91). The circular and …
- … s. , and Origin 6th ed. , which came out in 1872, sold for 7 s. 6 d. Variation sold for £1 …
From Alexander Agassiz 9 December 1872
Summary
Thanks for Expression.
Has lost a year’s work in the fire that has devastated Boston.
| Author: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | G. R. Agassiz ed. 1913, pp. 120–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8667 |
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- … From Alexander Agassiz 9 December 1872 …
- … ed. 1913, pp. 120–1 Alexander Agassiz Cambridge Mass. 9 Dec 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and woodcuts, the atlas of A. Agassiz 1872–4 included plates made from photographic …
- … negatives by the Woodburytype and Albertype processes ( A. Agassiz 1872–4 , 1: xi). …
- … Bibliography Agassiz, Alexander. 1872–4. Revision of the Echini . 4 parts and an atlas of …
- … man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. …
- … 1997. The Great Boston Fire of 1872 . Dover, N.H. : Arcadia. …
- … Cambridge. Dec. 9, 1872. I have to thank you for the trouble you have taken in sending me …
- … The fire, which blazed on 9 and 10 November 1872, had destroyed most of the business area …
- … Agassiz’s Revision of the Echini was published in parts in 1872 and 1874; it included a …
- … separate atlas of plates published in 1872 and 1873. Some of the plates were lithographs, …
To Alexander Agassiz 1 [June] 1881
Summary
Thanks AA for letter on coral reefs. "I used to think … that areas of elevation and of subsidence must – as a general rule be separated by a single great line of fissure, or rather of several".
Suggests that AA urge again his views on reappearance of old characters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Date: | 1 [June] 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12965 |
From Alexander Agassiz 4 March 1872
Summary
Thanks for new [6th] edition of Origin.
Is working on Echini.
The more material he gets the less easy it is to diagnose a genus or species. Has little doubt that "classification is nothing but the most arbitrary convenient tool, depending upon the material at our command at a special time".
| Author: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | G. R. Agassiz ed. 1913, p. 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8236 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Alexander Agassiz 4 March 1872 …
- … ed. 1913, p. 119 Alexander Agassiz Cambridge Mass. 4 Mar 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 2: 181–91; see also letter to Asa Gray, 15 January 1872 , n. 2). Rio: Rio de Janeiro. …
- … 1 (1863–9): 253–307. Agassiz, Alexander. 1872–4. Revision of the Echini . 4 parts and an …
- … Cambridge, March 4, 1872. Many thanks for the copy of the new edition of the “Origin of …
- … A. Agassiz 1869 ) into his Revision of the Echini ( Agassiz 1872–4 ; see p. 371). …
- … of his Revision of the Echini ( Agassiz 1872–4 ) to descriptions of particular species of …
- … 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
To Alexander Agassiz 28 August [1871]
Summary
Thanks AA for a ‘splendid case of gradation of structure’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Date: | 28 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (13 December 2018, lot 236) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7918G |
To Alexander Agassiz 1 June [1871]
Summary
Discusses homologies in various animal groups.
Comments on Mivart [Genesis of species].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Date: | 1 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7793 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
From Alexander Agassiz [before 1 June 1871]
Summary
Instances of sexual differences in viviparous fishes, suggested by reading chapters on sexual selection [in Descent] and by Mivart’s Genesis of species.
Notes on echinoderms.
| Author: | Alexander Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 1 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: A43–6 DAR 89: 29–31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7415 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Agassiz, Alexander | (3) |
| Agassiz, Alexander | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
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The website has been updated with an interactive timeline (try it!) and enhanced secondary school resources for ages 11-14. What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first time, and a selection of Darwin's…
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May 1872] Darwin consults his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
- … Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February 1872] Amy Ruck sends a second …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
- … Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] Dora Roberts reports an …
- … 8144 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [5 January 1872] Darwin asks his niece, Lucy, …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 8169 - Wedgwood, L. to Darwin, [20 January, 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, gives the …
- … 8427 - Darwin to Litc hfield, H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William …
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … Lydia Becker, 2 August 1863 ; to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). Click on the play …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
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The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … the fittest’ as ‘survival of the better’ (see Spencer 1872, and the letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'
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< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November 1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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- … for the prosperity I have long enjoyed” ( 29 March 1872 ). …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
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< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born …
- … him in May, August and October 1871, and in March and August 1872, but some of these payments, and …
- … April 1871, and reproduced in the London Journal in June 1872. Darwin also sent it to various …
- … one of Huxley, in The London Journal , 55:1426 (8 June 1872), p. 357, illustrating an article …
4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature
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< Back to Introduction A series of portrait caricatures drawn by Frederick Waddy appeared in the journal Once a Week through 1872. It clearly emulated the more famous series in Vanity Fair, and indeed, Waddy’s drawing of Darwin has the same title or…
