From Francis Darwin [before 30 June 1872]
Summary
Quickening of heart-beat in fear. A. H. Garrod does not think that this means that the heart is working harder.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 30 June 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8364 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [before 30 June 1872] …
- … DAR 162: 52 Francis Darwin New University Club [before 30 June 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 30 June 1872] , and letter from A. H. …
- … Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] and n. 6. …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Garrod, …
- … Alfred Henry. 1872. On the law which regulates the frequency of the pulse . London: H. K. …
- … A. H. Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] . Alfred Henry Garrod . CD had presumably …
- … a paper on the regulation of the frequency of the pulse ( Garrod 1872 ). See also …
To John Murray 7 November [1872]
Summary
Has sent off a few trifling errata [of Expression] to Mr Clowes. Asks about the heliotypes.
Would like to hear about the sale of his books. [See 8616.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 7 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8607A |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Murray 7 November [1872] …
- … Private collection Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Nov [1872] John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … letter from John Murray, 6 November [1872] ). William Clowes was Murray’s printer. See …
- … letters from J. V. Carus, 7 October 1872 and n. …
- … 6, 11 October 1872 and n. …
- … 1, and 24 October 1872 and nn. 4, 7, and 10. The orders referred to have not been …
- … reproduced using the heliotype process. See letter from John Murray, 6 November [1872] . …
From Auguste Houzeau de Lehaie 4 November 1872
Summary
Has received Expression and will forward it to his brother [Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie].
| Author: | Charles Auguste Benjamin Hippolyte (Auguste) Houzeau de Lehaie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 274 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8599 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Auguste Houzeau de Lehaie 4 November 1872 …
- … Benjamin Hippolyte (Auguste) Houzeau de Lehaie Hyon 4 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … R. Wallace, 20 October [1872] . The letter has not been found. …
- … Evidently CD had been sent two copies of Houzeau 1872 (see n. 2, above). …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Houzeau, …
- … Jean-Charles. 1872. Études sur les facultés mentales des animaux comparées à celles de l’ …
- … of Jean-Charles’s book on the mental faculties of animals ( Houzeau 1872 ); see letter to …
- … Chauncey Wright, 6 September [1872] ; see also letter to A. …
- … Hyon 4 novembre | 1872 Monsieur, J’ai bien reçu hier un exemplaire de votre nouvel …
- … Hyon 4 November | 1872 Sir, Yesterday I received a copy of your new work “Expression of …
From T. H. Farrer 17 October 1872
Summary
Suggests possible experiments with Pisum and Lathyrus.
Has read the article CD spoke of; the doctrine of inherited mental and corporeal qualities is most fertile.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8563 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. H. Farrer 17 October 1872 …
- … Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 17 Oct 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in the brain that could be inherited by offspring as instincts ( Spalding 1872 , p. 486). …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 October [1872] . See letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, 13 October [1872] and n. 7. Farrer’s wife, Frances Farrer , had died in 1870, …
- … sweetpea) and L. sylvestris , see Farrer 1872 , p. 480. In his paper, Farrer referred …
- … University Press. 1985–. Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1872. On the fertilisation of a few …
- … common papilionaceous flowers. Nature , 10 October 1872, pp. …
- … 478–80, and 17 October 1872, pp. 498–501. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: …
- … letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 October [1872] and nn. 9 and 10. In his article on instinct, …
To D. Appleton & Co. 16 March 1872
Summary
Acknowledges payment from sale of his books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.412) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8244 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To D. Appleton & Co. 16 March 1872 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Devonshire St, 9 Down letterhead 16 Mar 1872 D. Appleton & Co …
- … See letter from D. Appleton & Co. , 23 February 1872 . See letter from D. …
- … Appleton & Co. , 23 February 1872 and n. 1. No letter from Charles Layton on the subject …
- … US ed. (1871) . See letters from D. Appleton & Co . , 17 February 1872 and n. …
- … 2, and 23 February 1872 . …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. March l6. 1872 Dear Sir I received a short time since your letter …
From John Murray 6 November [1872]
Summary
Is convinced that 2000 more copies [of Expression] must be printed without delay in order to meet demand. He therefore asks CD to send his corrections to the printer at once.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 428 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8602 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From John Murray 6 November [1872] …
- … DAR 171: 428 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 6 Nov [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … F. Cooke, 11 October 1872 ). On publishers’ customary November ‘sale dinners’, see …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … and the letter to John Murray, 7 November [1872] . Murray had originally planned to print …
- … see letter from R. F. Cooke to G. H. Darwin, 13 August 1872 ). According to …
- … 1977 , 7000 were published on 26 November 1872, but two different issues of the text are …
- … s printers. Murray’s trade sale took place on Friday 8 November 1872 ( letter from R. …
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 …
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. …
To J. V. Carus 12 December [1872]
Summary
Has not strength nor time to alter and improve Variation.
First English edition of Expression now at 9000 copies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 12 Dec [1872] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 90–91) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8674 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … to print 2000 more copies of Expression (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 6 December 1872 ). …
- … To J. V. Carus 12 December [1872] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 90–91) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Dec [1872] Julius Victor Carus …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … and the letter from J. V. Carus, 10 December 1872 . A second edition of Carus’s German …
- … being prepared for publication (see letter from J. V. Carus, 10 December 1872 ). Carus’s …
- … translation of Expression was published in 1872 (Carus trans. 1872b). CD’s publisher, …
From W. E. Darwin [3 March 1872]
Summary
Sends dirt residue of chalk samples for David Forbes to examine.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Mar 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8220 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin [3 March 1872] …
- … DAR 162: 104 William Erasmus Darwin unstated [3 Mar 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … E. Darwin, [ 1 March 1872] . B: presumably the samples of dirt residue were labelled A …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, [1 March 1872] . …
- … The first Sunday after 1 March 1872 was 3 March. William refers to David Forbes ; see …
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, [1 March 1872] . William refers to Robert Mann Parsons . See …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, [29 February 1872] , and letter to W. …
From Asa Gray 2 December 1872
Summary
CD’s finding the nervous system of Dionaea is wonderful.
Coiling of tendrils of climbing plants.
Thanks CD for the new book [Expression].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8656 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … D. Hooker, [after 6 July 1867] ). See letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 and n. 2. …
- … From Asa Gray 2 December 1872 …
- … DAR 165: 182 Asa Gray Cambridge, Mass. 2 Dec 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Larson, Taft Alfred. 1978. History of …
- … Cambridge. Mass, Dec, 2. | 1872 My Dear Darwin My good wife duly received the new book you …
- … in early October. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 October [1872] and n. 2. For details of …
- … see letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 . Gray had communicated William Marriott Canby’s …
- … See letter from J. T. Rothrock, 25 November 1872 . Wyoming was a small settlement on the …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 and n. 5. CD’s plants of Drosera filiformis (the …
To J. D. Hooker 2 January 1872
Summary
Heartily glad about the news of the Ayrton affair development.
Huxley looks very unwell from too much miscellaneous work; CD wishes he could be made a Director General for transference of British Museum and for other scientific work, as JDH suggests.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 216–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8139 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 January 1872 …
- … DAR 94: 216–17 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Jan 1872 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … vol. 19, Appendix II). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 3. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 5. CD refers to Thomas Henry Huxley . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 January 1872 and n. 2. CD was in London from 14 to 22 …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 2. 1872 My dear Hooker I am heartily glad of yr news, & now I …
To Briton Riviere 19 May [1872]
Summary
Comments on drawings of hostile dog and affectionate dog.
Sends small gift of money.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Briton Riviere |
| Date: | 19 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 320 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8339 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Briton Riviere 19 May [1872] …
- … DAR 147: 320 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 May [1872] Briton Riviere …
- … it out. Riviere returned the cheque (see letter from Briton Riviere, 20 May 1872 ). …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Briton Riviere, 16 May 1872 . See …
- … letter from Briton Riviere, 16 May 1872 and n. 1. James Davis Cooper engraved woodcuts …
- … see the letter from Briton Riviere, 3 April 1872 . In his Account books–cash account (Down …
- … a payment by cheque of £5 5 s. on 20 May 1872 for ‘Riviere Science drawing’, but later …
To J. D. Hooker 10 October [1872]
Summary
Is much vexed about Drosera.
Land-level changes and volcanic activity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 31–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8552 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 10 October [1872] …
- … Darwin 1873–81: 31–2) Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks 10 Oct [1872] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 October 1872 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 7 October 1872 . Henry Lettington was CD’s gardener. CD refers to Drosera …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 October 1872 . Hooker hoped that CD’s butler, Joseph …
- … his letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 August [1872] . For more on Bastian’s theory and other …
- … Planets 85–86: 209–24. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes …
- … him in finding a horse to buy. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 October 1872 and n. 5. …
- … CD refers to Robert Mallet and Mallet 1872 . Secular refrigeration theories accounted for …
- … due to cycles of cooling (see Mallet 1872 , pp. 153–7). George Poulett Scrope attributed …
- … Lyell (see Scrope 1825 and C. Lyell 1872 , 2: 230– 1). For more on nineteenth-century …
- … 2 vols. London: John Murray. Mallet, Robert. 1872. Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop …
- … and cosmical relations. [Read 20 June 1872. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
To A. R. Wallace 27 July [1872]
Summary
On ARW’s "crushing" review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of C. R. Bree’s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr Darwin.
Comments on other reviews and exchanges.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8429 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 27 July [1872] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 July [1872] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … On ARW’s "crushing" review [ Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of C. R. Bree’s An exposition of …
- … Maclachlan & Stewart. Bree, Charles Robert. 1872. An exposition of fallacies in the …
- … in the hypothesis of Mr. Darwin ( Bree 1872 ). In his article, Wallace exposed the errors …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 May [1872] . There is an annotated copy of Bree’s earlier …
- … See Wallace 1872b , p. 239. In March 1872, Wallace had moved into The Dell, the house he …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker and Acton Smee Ayrton (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] . …
- … Williams & Norgate. Spencer, Herbert. 1872. Mr. Martineau on evolution. Contemporary …
- … CUL (see Marginalia 1: 69). Spencer 1872 (‘Mr. Martineau on evolution’) was a reply to …
- … See letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 June [1872] and n. 1. Charles Lyell , Richard Owen , …
To C. I. F. Major [c. 1 November 1872]
Summary
Will let CIFM know [probably about John Murray’s terms for an Italian translation of Expression].
Thanks for information about hornless fossil Bos etruscus and Miocene fossils of genus Sus [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 505, 521].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major |
| Date: | [c. 1 Nov 1872] |
| Classmark: | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Crerar Manuscript 131) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8564F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To C. I. F. Major [ c . 1 November 1872] …
- … Manuscript 131) Charles Robert Darwin [c. 1 Nov 1872] Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major …
- … précédée d’un aperçu sur les quadrumanes fossiles en général. [Read 1 April 1872. ] Atti …
- … Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 15 (1872–3): 79–95. Major, Charles Immanuel Forsyth. …
- … I. Myodes torquatus Pall. delle caverne del Württemburg. [Read 26 May 1872. ] Atti …
- … letter from C. I. F. Major, 17 November 1872 ( Correspondence vol. 20). CD probably refers …
- … of Expression (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter from C. I. F. Major, 18 October 1872 ). …
- … In his letter of 18 October 1872 , Major sent CD information about fossil specimens of the …
- … Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 15 (1872–3): 111–29. Major, Charles Immanuel Forsyth. …
- … de Monte Bamboli. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 15 (1872–3): 290–503. …
From Asa Gray 31 May 1872
Summary
Sends, via C. L. Brace, his book [Botany for young people, pt 2 How plants behave (1872)], "your own science adapted to juvenile minds".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 180 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8363 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … about 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8). See also letter from Asa Gray, 2 February 1872 . …
- … From Asa Gray 31 May 1872 …
- … DAR 165: 180 Asa Gray Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass. 31 May 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … for young people , pt 2 How plants behave (1872)], "your own science adapted to juvenile …
- … Botanic Garden, | Cambridge, Mass. May 31, 1872 My Dear Mr. Darwin By the hands of an old …
- … and Letitia Brace visited Down on 11 July 1872 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD and …
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 …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 May [1872]
Summary
Thanks for information on sexual colours in pigeons.
Will send latest edition of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 14 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8326 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 May [1872] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May [1872] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Bree published An exposition of the fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr. Darwin in 1872 ( …
- … Bree 1872 ). CD refers to his publisher, John Murray ; the dedication he sent has not been …
- … this letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 May 1872 . See letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, 13 May 1872 and n. 4. See second enclosure to …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 May 1872 . …
- … In the Field , 11 May 1872, p. 430, Tegetmeier had responded to Charles Robert Bree’s …
- … Maclachlan & Stewart. Bree, Charles Robert. 1872. An exposition of fallacies in the …
To R. F. Cooke [25 October 1872]
Summary
Comments on discussions with C. Reinwald concerning French edition of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | [25 Oct 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8538 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke [25 October 1872] …
- … 143: 285 Charles Robert Darwin Sevenoaks [25 Oct 1872] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … £50 (see letter to J. V. Carus, 16 July 1872 ). Later, a charge of £75 for all foreign …
- … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 17 August 1872 ). There is no record in the Murray Archive ( …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 22 October 1872 . …
- … The Friday following 22 October 1872 was 25 October. See letter from C. - …
- … F. Reinwald, 22 October 1872 . CD’s letter to Reinwald has not been found. …
- … stayed in Sevenoaks from 5 to 26 October 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Initially, CD …
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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
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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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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…
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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…
