From A. R. Wallace 4 August 1872
Summary
Has sent CD’s letter to Nature [see 8448].
Expresses admiration for H. C. Bastian’s The beginnings of life [1872] and comments on its bearing upon Origin.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B111–12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8450 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From A. R. Wallace 4 August 1872 …
- … DAR 106: B111–12 Alfred Russel Wallace Grays 4 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … H. C. Bastian’s The beginnings of life [1872] and comments on its bearing upon Origin . …
- … Bibliography Bastian, Henry Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account of …
- … 2 vols. London: Macmillan. Bree, Charles Robert. 1872. An exposition of fallacies in the …
- … before the House of Commons (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1872 and n. 2). …
- … The Dell, Grays, Sussex. August 4th. 1872 Dear Darwin I have sent your letter to “ …
- … Wallace refers to CD’s letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] (see letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Charles Robert …
- … Bree’s letter appeared in Nature , 1 August 1872, p. 260. …
- … Wallace’s review of Bree’s book ( Bree 1872 ) was published in …
- … Nature , 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9. Wallace’s review of Henry Charlton …
- … Bastian’s The beginnings of life ( H. C. Bastian 1872 ) appeared in Nature , …
- … 8 and 15 August 1872, pp. 284–7 and 299–303. Bastian advanced various evidence in support …
To Nature 3 August [1872]
Summary
Replies to C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was wrong about early pedigree of man.
Defends the statement of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s book [Exposition of fallacies … of Darwin (1872)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Nature |
Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | Nature, 8 August 1872, p. 279 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8448 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Nature 3 August [1872] …
- … Nature , 8 August 1872, p. …
- … 279 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Nature …
- … Bibliography Bree, Charles Robert. 1872. An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of …
- … C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [ Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was wrong about …
- … Defends the statement of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [ Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s …
- … book [ Exposition of fallacies … of Darwin (1872)]. …
- … of Descent in a letter in Nature , 1 August 1872, p. 260. For CD’s views on Bree, see …
- … also the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 May [1872] . …
- … s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr. Darwin ( Bree 1872 ) appeared in …
- … Nature , 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9. According to Bree, CD had placed the origin of humans …
To V. O. Kovalevsky 10 August [1872]
Summary
Sends proofs and details [concerning VOK’s Russian translation of Expression (1872)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Date: | 10 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8462 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To V. O. Kovalevsky 10 August [1872] …
- … Leffler Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Aug [1872] Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир …
- … Sends proofs and details [concerning VOK’s Russian translation of Expression (1872)]. …
- … letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] . …
- … Kovalevsky visited CD on 22 September 1872 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Wundt, Max Wilhelm. 1863. Vorlesungen ueber …
- … of the work (see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] ). See letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 10 August [1872] and n. 2. CD was at Leith Hill …
- … III and Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , from 13 to 21 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD …
- … proof-sheets of Expression on 22 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Wundt 1863 . See …
From A. R. Wallace 31 August 1872
Summary
Further reflections upon Bastian’s book [The beginnings of life (1872)].
ARW’s prospects for Directorship at Bethnal Green Museum.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B113–14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8498 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … From A. R. Wallace 31 August 1872 …
- … DAR 106: B113–14 Alfred Russel Wallace Grays 31 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … upon Bastian’s book [ The beginnings of life (1872)]. ARW’s prospects for Directorship at …
- … Letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] . Wallace refers to H. …
- … C. Bastian 1872 . See letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] and n. 9. For a discussion of Thomas Henry Huxley’s …
- … see letter from H. H. Howorth, 30 July 1872 and n. 1). His views on sterility and …
- … both CD and Wallace (see letter from H. H. Howorth, 30 July 1872 and n. 2). See letter …
- … from H. H. Howorth, 30 July 1872 and n. 4. …
- … Bibliography Bastian, Henry Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account of …
- … The Dell, Grays, Essex August 31st. 1872 Dear Darwin Many thanks for your long & …
- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] . CD had objected to Bastian’s claim to that …
- … Galton 1872a . See letter from Francis Galton, 28 May 1872 and n. 5. See letter …
- … to A. R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] and n. 12. Henry Cole , as secretary of the …
- … The Bethnal Green Museum opened in June 1872 with an exhibition of paintings and pottery …
From V. O. Kovalevsky [12–17 August 1872]
Summary
CD cannot omit mention of Wilhelm Wundt’s Thierseele [Vorlesungen über die Menschen und Thierseele (1863)] in his book.
Murray could control the number of copies of translation of Expression sold in Russia by the number of heliotypes he will supply.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [12–17 Aug 1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8464 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From V. O. Kovalevsky [12–17 August 1872] …
- … Онуфриевич Ковалевский) London, Euston Rd, 218 [12–17 Aug 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the Russian translation (see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] and n. 10). …
- … Kovalevsky visited Down on 22 September 1872 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Wundt, Max Wilhelm. 1863. Vorlesungen ueber …
- … this letter, the letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [1872] , and the letter to V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 17 August 1872 . The letter to V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 10 August [1872] , carries postmarks of …
- … 11 and 12 August 1872. Kovalevsky had recommended that CD read Wundt 1863 for its …
- … see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] ). No reference to the book appears in …
- … Hill Place in Surrey from 13 to 21 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). There had been a …
To A. R. Wallace 28 August [1872]
Summary
Detailed response to reading of Bastian’s Beginnings of life [1872]. On the whole, it seems probable to CD that spontaneous generation is true.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 28 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8488 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 28 August [1872] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Aug [1872] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … reading of Bastian’s Beginnings of life [1872]. On the whole, it seems probable to CD that …
- … South Kensington Museum, opened in June 1872 ( Dickens 1879 ). Wallace had been hoping for …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 August 1872 . Wallace had praised Henry Charlton Bastian’s …
- … The beginning of life ( H. C. Bastian 1872 ) in his letter …
- … of 4 August 1872 . …
- … CD’s annotated copy of Bastian 1872 is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 34). …
- … 1865–6): 73–184. Bastian, Henry Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account …
- … and ‘bios’ (life). See H. C. Bastian 1872 , 1: 232, 243–4. Bastian cited Herbert …
- … 7 ) extensively in H. C. Bastian 1872 . Bastian described three modes of ‘heterogenetic’ …
- … of many minute organisms’ ( H. C. Bastian 1872 , 1: 252). Bastian claimed that organisms …
- … Pasteur and Jeffries Wyman ( H. C. Bastian 1872 , 1: vii). For CD’s earlier reservations …
- … the formation of crystals ( H. C. Bastian 1872 , 2: 72–85). He claimed that microscopic …
- … at any point in time ( H. C. Bastian 1872 , 2: 558– 63, 568). Evolution was thus not …
- … new Evolution philosophy’ ( H. C. Bastian 1872 , 2: 98; see also 2: 603). For Bastian’s …
To A. R. Wallace 3 August [1872]
Summary
Encloses a letter to Nature [see 8448] correcting Dr Bree, who has accused ARW of "blundering". ARW should tear up CD’s letter if he does not like it or plans to reply himself.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | Waddington Auction (dealers) (July 1998) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8447 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 3 August [1872] …
- … dealers) (July 1998) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Bibliography Bree, Charles Robert. 1872. An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Nature , 3 August [1872]. Charles …
- … Robert Bree had defended his book ( Bree 1872 ) against Wallace’s criticism (see …
- … letter to Nature , 3 August 1872 and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … CD’s letter appeared in Nature , 8 August 1872, p. 279. …
- … Down. | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 3. 1872 My dear Wallace I hate controversy, chiefly perhaps …
To R. F. Cooke 15 August 1872
Summary
Arrangements for the plates for Expression and charges to be made for them to foreign editors.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 15 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 260–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8471 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 15 August 1872 …
- … 260–1) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place 15 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … Expression had not yet been made (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 4 August 1872 and n. 7). …
- … See letter from Charles Layton, 13 August 1872 . The plates were being printed by the …
- … Expression , see the letter to R. F. Cooke, [14 August 1872] , and the letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 14 August 1872 and n. 1. On the …
- … the letter from Charles Layton, 13 August 1872 . The Russian translation of Expression was …
- … see letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] and n. 10). The letter from Eduard …
- … Leith Hill Place | Wotton— Dorking Aug 15 1872 My dear Sir I have rec d the plates, & I …
To R. F. Cooke 4 August 1872
Summary
Asks whether he can tell Appleton that Murray will supply clichés and stereotypes [for Expression] at only a small profit. Will make same offer to other foreign editors. Prefers that W. S. Dallas prepare the index.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 4 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 258–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8451 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 4 August 1872 …
- … 42152 ff. 258–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … has been found before that of 13 September 1872; CD’s last letter from him was that of 1 …
- … to William Sweetland Dallas (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 and n. 9). …
- … See letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 . See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 and n. 3. On CD’s profits for the US edition …
- … the letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 16 March 1872 . D. Appleton & Co . had specified that …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 4 1872 My dear Sir I am particularly obliged for all your …
- … letter from D. Appleton & Co. , 23 February 1872 ). Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky was …
- … see letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 and n. 5). He had visited CD sometime …
To J. D. Hooker 4 August [1872]
Summary
CD hopes the Times abstract of minutes of Lords of the Treasury will make JDH’s position more comfortable.
The "wretched Lords" make CD indignant, but "nothing equals Owen’s conduct. – I used to be ashamed of hating him so much, but now I will carefully cherish my hatred & contempt to the last day of my life."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 225–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8449 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 August [1872] …
- … DAR 94: 225–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Aug [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Owen’s report, see Parliamentary Papers 1872 (335): Appendix III, pp. 169–75. CD had come …
- … The boxes contained worm castings from India; see letter to John Scott, 12 August 1872 . …
- … Ayrton , was reported in The Times , 30 July 1872, including an abstract of the minutes ( …
- … from the Treasury ministers dated 24 July 1872 that praised Hooker’s work at the Royal …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 1. On the conduct of the Treasury …
- … ministers, see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 . …
- … Beginning in July 1872, a number of newspapers had taken up Hooker’s case, including The …
- … of the natural history collections ( The Times , 30 July 1872, p. 5; see also the letter …
- … Huxley to the editor, The Times , 31 July 1872, p. 7). Owen’s report was part of a long- …
From F. W. Harmer 31 August 1872
Summary
He became entrapped in the W. Lyon controversy by defending CD against Frederic Bateman of Norwich.
As a religious man, FWH wants to apologise for the attacks CD has suffered in the name of religion.
Author: | Frederic William Harmer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8499 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From F. W. Harmer 31 August 1872 …
- … DAR 166: 103 Frederic William Harmer Norwich 31 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in the Eastern Daily Press. Bateman’s letter was in the issue of 25 April 1872, p. 2. …
- … Eastern Daily Press , 30 April 1872, p. 2. …
- … Norwich: Jarrold and Sons. Bateman, Frederic. 1872. Darwinism tested by recent researches …
- … in language. [Read 18 March 1872. ] Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute …
- … Letter to F. W. Harmer, 29 August 1872 . William Penman Lyon’s book, Homo versus …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Lyon, William Penman. [1871. ] Homo versus …
- … on language’, was delivered at a meeting of the Victoria Institute on 18 March 1872 ( …
- … Bateman 1872 ). The Victoria Institute was founded in 1865 to investigate questions of …
- … in Bateman’s published paper ( Bateman 1872 ), which argued that no definite portion of …
To R. F. Cooke 7 August 1872
Summary
On arrangements for paying for stereotyped plates for Expression. D. Appleton will be told not to publish "an hour before" Murray.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 7 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 255–6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8455 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 7 August 1872 …
- … 42152 ff. 255–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Aug 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 , nn. 5 and 8. …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … a cheque with his letter of 6 August 1872 . CD had proposed charging D. Appleton & Co . £ …
- … of Expression (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 4 August 1872 ). For Cooke’s estimate …
- … actual costs, see his letter of 1 August 1872 . Expression included photographic plates …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 and n. 6). On the translations of Expression , …
To R. F. Cooke [14 August 1872]
Summary
Is greatly relieved to hear that the estimate [of the Heliotype Company] was a mistake. Sends lettered copies of seven plates for Expression, and discusses payment to be made by foreign editors for copies of the plates.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | [14 Aug 1872] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 253–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8468 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke [14 August 1872] …
- … 4) Charles Robert Darwin Leith Hill Place [14 Aug 1872] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin, 13 August 1872 ). On the translations of Expression , see …
- … the letter from R. F. Cooke, 1 August 1872 , nn. 5 and 8. Oscar Gustaf Rejlander had …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, [13 August 1872] . …
- … In 1872, the first Wednesday following 13 August was 14 August. See letter …
- … from G. H. Darwin, [13 August 1872] . George Howard Darwin had received from Cooke a …
From Anton Dohrn 21 August 1872
Summary
Has reported on the Naples Zoological Station to BAAS meeting at Brighton. Hopes to open it in January. Is at work building up the library by contributions from publishers and naturalists.
Deplores Wallace’s "drifting away" and his association with such men as H. C. Bastian.
Disbelieves in ascidians as our ancestors. Has a substitute he is sure will please CD.
Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 209 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8481 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Anton Dohrn 21 August 1872 …
- … DAR 162: 209 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn Lewisham 21 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in his letter to Dohrn of 3 February 1872 . Ellen Frances Lubbock . It is not known which …
- … Bibliography Bastian, Henry Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account of …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1872), p. 48, and Heuss 1991 , pp. 129–30). …
- … also letter from Anton Dohrn, 15 February 1872 . The station opened in October 1873. Works …
- … Leipzig), Vieweg (Brunswick), and Fischer (Cassel) ( Nature , 11 July 1872, p. 203). See …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1872), p. 48. Alexander Agassiz promised to …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1872), p. 48). Williams & Norgate was a …
- … on the origin of life ( H. C. Bastian 1872 ; Wallace 1872d ). See also letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 4 August 1872 and n. 3. Dohrn had …
- … see letter to Anton Dohrn, 3 February 1872 and n. 4). CD had suggested that the most …
To John Scott 12 August 1872
Summary
Acknowledges a box of worm-casts from India and a bottle of worms in spirits. There is no memorandum.
His book on expression is finished and includes valuable information from JS.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 12 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8465F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Scott 12 August 1872 …
- … Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 69 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Aug 1872 John Scott …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent, Aug. 12, 1872. My Dear Sir,— I received from Kew about a week ago …
- … and burrowing behaviour (see letter from John Scott, 22 March 1872 , and letter to …
- … John Scott, 15 April [1872] ). The box had been forwarded from the Royal Botanic Gardens, …
- … Kew ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 August [1872] ). …
- … Expression was published on 26 November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). Scott had supplied CD with …
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 ). …
To Anton Dohrn 24 August [1872]
Summary
Rejoices at success [of Naples Zoological Station]. Will send complete set of his books to the library.
If AD is interested, he will send a copy of Expression when it comes out.
Invites AD to visit Down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Date: | 24 Aug [1872] |
Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 700 & 700a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8486 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Anton Dohrn 24 August [1872] …
- … Ana 525. Ba 700 & 700a) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Aug [1872] Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Anton Dohrn, 21 August 1872 . …
- … Letter from Anton Dohrn, 21 August 1872 . On Dohrn’s efforts to establish a …
- … see the letter from Anton Dohrn, 21 August 1872 and n. 2. Dohrn had requested scientific …
- … see letter from Anton Dohrn, 21 August 1872 ). Dohrn’s name appears on the presentation …
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 K. M. Giuntsburg 20 August 1872
Summary
Sends a paper in which he has applied CD’s theory of natural selection to the explanation of the mortality rate of new-born infants ["Die Kindersterblickeit", J. Kinderkrankheiten (1872)].
Author: | Charles Günzbourg |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 239 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8478 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From K. M. Giuntsburg 20 August 1872 …
- … DAR 165: 239 Charles Günzbourg Moscow 20 Aug 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … rate of new-born infants ["Die Kindersterblickeit", J. Kinderkrankheiten (1872)]. …
- … Gunzbourg D r . | Moscau, le 20 Août 1872. Mon Adresse | D r . Charles Gunzbourg, | …
- … Karl Markovich (Günzburg, Charles). 1872. Die Kindersterblichkeit im Allgemeinen und die …
- … Charles Gunzbourg D r . | Moscow, 20 August 1872. My Address | D r . Charles Gunzbourg, | …
- … in light of Darwinian theory; Giuntsburg 1872 ), is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
letter | (70) |
Darwin, C. R. | (32) |
Cooke, R. F. | (9) |
John Murray | (9) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (5) |
D. Appleton & Co | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (38) |
Cooke, R. F. | (8) |
John Murray | (8) |
Galton, Francis | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
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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,…
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…