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From C. W. Thomson   22 June 1878

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Seeks CD’s support for W. C. M’Intosh, candidate for Chair in Natural History at Aberdeen.

Author:  Charles Wyville Thomson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 June 1878
Classmark:  DAR 178: 116
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11562

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  • … of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part X. Report …
  • … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
  • … the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part XXVIII. Report …
  • … on British marine annelids ( McIntosh 1873–1922 ); the first volume dealt with nemertine …
  • … spiders) collected by HMS Challenger between 1873 and 1876 was published in 1881 ( Hoek …
  • … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. …
  • … McIntosh, William Carmichael. 1873–1922. A monograph of the British marine annelids. 4 …

To W. H. Kesteven   5 June 1878

Summary

Feels WHK’s views on the origin of tumbling in pigeons are very likely correct.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Henry Kesteven
Date:  5 June 1878
Classmark:  DAR 261.11: 16 (EH 88206068)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11543

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  • … University Press. 1985–. Moore, W. J. 1873. Columbidæ. Indian Medical Gazette 8: 7–9, 35– …
  • … of the rock pigeon, Columba livia ). In 1873, Thomas Lauder Brunton sent CD William James …
  • … the Indian Medical Gazette ( W. J. Moore 1873 ); see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to T. …
  • … L. Brunton, 26 March 1873 . In Variation 1: 217, CD wrote: We do not in the least know the …

From J. D. Hooker   14 February 1878

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Asks opinion of his proposal to Bartholomew Price to translate and publish C. K. Sprengel [Das entdeckte Geheimniss (1793)] and Hermann Müller [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)] in one volume.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Feb 1878
Classmark:  DAR 104: 113
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11356

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  • … Geheimniss (1793)] and Hermann Müller [ Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)] in one volume. …
  • … John Murray. 1880. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
  • … The fertilisation of flowers; H. Müller 1873 ) in a single volume. Sprengel 1793 contains …

From Hermann Müller   25 September 1878

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Thanks CD for his efforts to get HM’s book, Die Befruchtung der Blumen [1873], translated into English. [See Fertilisation of flowers, translated by D’Arcy W. Thompson, preface by C. Darwin (1883).]

Will soon return to his observations on insects in general and bees in particular.

Author:  Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Sept 1878
Classmark:  DAR 171: 311
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11710

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  • … HM’s book, Die Befruchtung der Blumen [1873], translated into English. [See Fertilisation …
  • … University Press. 1985–. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten …
  • … Die Befruchtung der Blumen ( H. Müller 1873 ) was translated by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   20 [May 1878]

Summary

Will dispatch plants for Kew tomorrow.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  20 [May 1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 124–5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11518

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 124–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [ …
  • … to letter from J. D. Hooker, [1 November 1873] . CD’s notes for his experiments removing …
  • … studied movement in this species in November 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21). Drosera is …

To Wilhelm Behrens   29 August [1878]

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Thanks him for ["Beiträge zur Geschichte der Bestäubungstheorie", in Program der Königlichen Gewerbeschule zu Elberfeld, 1877/78 (1879)]. Agrees with appreciation of Carl Sprengel’s work. Rejoices how highly GWJB appreciates Hermann Müller.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens
Date:  29 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv – Standort Wolfenbüttel (VI Hs 11 nr. 12)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11678

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  • … A Martini & Grüttefien. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten …
  • … 39–40). An English translation of H. Müller 1873 , with a preface by CD, was published in …
  • … of flowers by means of insects; H. Müller 1873 ) to be the first true extension of …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   21 November [1878]

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CD hopes his book [Movement in plants] will be worth the effort WTT-D has put into getting plants for him; fears he has achieved little.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  21 Nov [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 207–8)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11753

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 207–8) Charles Robert Darwin London, …
  • … see Nature , 5 December 1878, p. 109). He served as president from 1873 to 1878 ( ODNB ). …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   9 May [1878]

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CD wants some plants; asks Lynch to raise some Cactaceae for him. Observations on sensitivity and movements of radicle.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  9 May [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 119–21)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11499

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 119–21) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 9 …
  • … London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, Julius. 1873–4. Ueber das Wachsthum der Haupt- und …
  • … of primary and adventitious roots; Sachs 1873–4 ). Many of his experiments were performed …

To Francis Darwin   [11 May 1878]

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Julius von Sachs will "swear & curse" when he finds out he has missed sensitiveness of root apex. Has been putting his notes together and the case is conclusive. [Dated "Saturday 10th" by CD.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  [11 May 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 211: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11504

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  • … 1 (1870–5) Heft 2: 1–30. Sachs, Julius. 1873–4. Ueber das Wachsthum der Haupt- und …
  • … of primary and adventitious roots; Sachs 1873–4 ) had been published in two issues of the …
  • … embryonic roots, appeared in issue 3 (1873); the second part, on taproots and adventitious …
  • … of a methodological error (see Sachs 1873–4 , pp. 432–4; see also Ciesielski 1872 ). The …

From Francis Darwin   [12 May 1878]

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Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [12 May 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 47
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11504F

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  • … of primary and adventitious roots, Sachs 1873–4 ; see letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May …
  • … of Science n.s. 8: 167–86. Sachs, Julius. 1873–4. Ueber das Wachsthum der Haupt- und …
  • … and nn. 2 and 4. The German paper was Sachs 1873–4 . Francis had discarded notes on failed …

From Ernst Haeckel   9 February 1878

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Sends birthday wishes.

Discusses his work on the Challenger [expedition] Radiolaria.

Author:  Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Feb 1878
Classmark:  DAR 166: 71
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11348

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  • … by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the scientific results of …
  • … voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology . Vol. 18, pt 40, numbers 1, …

From Francis Darwin   [22 June 1878]

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Describes his talk with Julius von Sachs about canary-grass.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [22 June 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 51
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12131F

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  • … London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, Julius. 1873–4. Ueber das Wachsthum der Haupt- und …
  • … to dry out partially during preparation ( Sachs 1873–4 , p. 401). CD had reported that his …
  • … coating on leaves and fruit) in August 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. …
  • … D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 ). He had resumed investigating the function of bloom on leaves …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   25 June [1878]

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Asks WTT-D to identify a leaf.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  25 June [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 133–4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11565

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 133–4) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   16 February [1878]

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Wants Trifolium resupinatum for "bloom" experiment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  16 Feb [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 110–11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11362

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 110–11) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   5 April 1878

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Review of Forms of flowers [Nature 17 (1878): 445–7].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  5 Apr 1878
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 114–15)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11464

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 114–15) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   31 August [1878]

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Movements of flower-stalks of Oxalis.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  31 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 148–9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11682

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 148–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   31 January [1878]

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Thanks for WTT-D’s help.

Burying action of seeds.

"Bloom" on ferns.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  31 Jan [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 106–7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11340

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 106–7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   14 July [1878]

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Movement and sensitivity of flower parts; relationship to cross-fertilisation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  14 July [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 135–6)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11605

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 135–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 …

From W. E. Hart   27 January 1878

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Offers observations on pollination.

Author:  William Edward Hart
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Jan 1878
Classmark:  DAR 166: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11334

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  • … arvense (creeping thistle). H. Müller 1873 . Johan Severin Axell ; Axell 1869 . Viola …
  • … John Murray. 1877. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und …
  • … ground ivy) published in Nature , 26 June 1873, p. 162. Hart had said that all the plants …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   30 August [1878]

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Heliotropism in roots.

Francis Darwin’s work on "bloom" and its relation to stomata.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  30 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 146–7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11680

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  • … Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 146–7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 …
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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?

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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…

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  • … and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved …
  • … A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response to  The expression of the …
  • … to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ).  Drosera  was the main focus of …
  • … leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). Darwin found that the …
  • … copy of the  Handbook for the physiological laboratory  (1873), a detailed guide to animal …
  • … Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work …
  • … & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). Darwin worried, however, that …
  • … when it will be ready” ( letter to John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). Keeping it in the family …
  • … their burrows” ( letter from Francis Darwin, 14 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin …
  • … will be created” ( letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ). Erasmus, who had studied medicine …
  • … work” ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ).  Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …
  • … 1872 and sold quickly. He wrote to Hooker on 12 January [1873] , “Did I ever boast to you on the …
  • … anonymously in the  Edinburgh Review  in April ([Baynes] 1873). Darwin asked one of his Scottish …
  • … before hand” ( letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] ). Readers' lives …
  • … letter from L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield, 20 February 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen …
  • … ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873] ). Some readers proposed alternative …
  • … that accompanied sexual intercourse? (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main …
  • … with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The zoologist Henry Reeks suspected …
  • … and good breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning …
  • … a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). One of the leading …
  • … the jaws” ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 April 1873 ). Crichton-Browne was trying …
  • … the disease ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 30 December 1873 ). Instinct  In …
  • … to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). Darwin soon became …
  • … shops ( letter to  Nature , [before 13 February 1873] ). Huggins’s letter prompted replies from …
  • … to  Nature  ( letter to  Nature , [before 13 March 1873] ) about a horse who had pulled a mail …
  • … with his finger ( letter to  Nature , [before 3 April 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the …
  • … fellow species” ( letter to  Nature , [before 24 July 1873] ). Character and genius …
  • … as “utopian” ( letter to Francis Galton, 4 January [1873] ). Continuing the line of research he …
  • … money very well” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Among character traits, he listed …
  • … honest & industrious” ( letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ). Supporting science, …
  • … father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ).  In April, Darwin also …

All Darwin's letters from 1873 go online for the anniversary of Origin

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To celebrate the 158th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species on 24 November, the full transcripts and footnotes of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. Read about Darwin's life in 1873 through his…

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  • … of over 500 letters from and to Charles Darwin in 1873 are now available online. We have also …
  • … Here are some highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1873: I do not think any …
  • … in Drosera.  ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 October [1873] ) In 1873, Darwin continued …
  • … work to do  ( Letter to E. A. Darwin, 20 September 1873 ) As well as working on …
  • … of them sold!  ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ) Expression of the …
  • … brother.  ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ) Darwin wrote this to Thomas …
  • … and marvellous  ( Letter to Francis Galton, 28 May 1873 ) Darwin was invited to …

Charles Harrison Blackley

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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…

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  • … Darwin was very interested in hay fever. On 14 June [1873] he wrote to Blackley to thank him for …
  • … Aestivus (hay-fever or hay-asthma). And on   5 July 1873 Darwin wrote again, saying:  ‘The …
  • … in every direction. (Letter to C. H. Blackley, 5 July [1873] ) Blackley wrote back …
  • … regions of the atmosphere.  Blackley wrote on 7 July 1873 that his high altitude experiments had …
  • … remained elusive.   He wrote to Darwin on 11 July 1873 : The problem of cure has still …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • … 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of …
  • … system to follow ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 February 1873 ). Despite also working on experiments with …
  • … with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the …
  • … Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to his German …
  • … when it will be published’ ( To J. V. Carus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller also wrote from …
  • … my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had found Müller’s …
  • … them by different routes’ ( To Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 ). Although Darwin had completed a …
  • … must turn to the vegetable kingdom’ In June 1873, Delpino informed Darwin that …
  • … to avoid crossing ( From Federico Delpino, 18 June 1873 ). Darwin was intrigued. ‘I am very glad …
  • … Bees’, he told Delpino ( To Federico Delpino, 25 June [1873] ). Darwin’s suspicion that sweet peas …
  • … his crossing experiments through the early summer, by August 1873, Darwin decided to shift focus …
  • … effects of Interbreeding’ ( To J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] ). In September, Darwin wrote a …
  • … conditions of life’ ( To  Nature , 20 September [1873] ). Just as the free-swimming barnacle …
  • … of their parents’ ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to …

Your letter eternalized before us: From N. D. Doedes, 27 March 1873

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  Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch student fans of Darwin and the photographs they exchanged with each other.

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  • …   Geoff Belknap looks at his favourite set of letters between two Dutch …

Frank Chance

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The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…

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  • … However, while footnoting a second letter from Chance in 1873, a discovery was made.  This letter …
  • … (Letter from Frank Chance, 31 July–7 August 1873 ) The pony hair turned up in the …
  • … son William’s house near Southampton on 10 August [1873] . William had followed up on a similar …

Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource

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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose.  Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…

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  • …   Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more …

Francis Galton

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Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…

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  • … including photography, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. In 1873, he proposed founding a society to …
  • … difficult to judge on these latter heads” ( 4 January [1873] ). Like most of his contemporaries, …
  • … particular inherited talents, except for business ( 28 May 1873 ). Galton grew increasingly …

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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  • … Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
  • … had suggested a new edition of the coral book in December 1873, when he realised the difficulty a …
  • …  vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 December [1873] ). Darwin himself had some trouble …
  • … of human evolution and inheritance himself.  In August 1873, he had published in the  Contemporary …
  • … the use of the Down schoolroom as a winter reading room in 1873 (see  Correspondence , vol. 21, …
  • … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 July [1874] ). In 1873, Hooker had begun a series of …
  • …  vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin,  [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted several weeks in …
  • … Moulinié, who had died after a period of ill health in 1873.  Edmond Barbier corrected defects in …
  • … was a copy of Joseph Simms’s book on physiognomy (Simms 1873), which contained Darwin’s portrait to …

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 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist …
  • … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat reports in detail on her …
  • … Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 July 1873] Mary Treat provides a detailed …
  • … 9156  - Wallace, A. R . to Darwin, [19 November 1873] Wallace reassures Darwin that …
  • … 9157  - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …
  • … Letter 8719  - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 January 1873] Darwin gives Mary Treat close …
  • … 9157  - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin offers the work of …

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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  • … 8962: Darwin, C. R. to Max Müller, Friedrich, 3 July 1873 In the 1870s, Darwin corresponded …

Francis Darwin

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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences.  Francis completed…

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  • … work” (letter from E. A. Darwin, 25 September [1873] ).  Shortly afterwards, it was arranged for …

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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  • … in different species of  Gasteria ,  7 December 1873 F. F. Hallett's rough sketch …

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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  • … Constantijn Costerus and his friend had written to Darwin in 1873, praising his works and describing …
  • … Letter to J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes, [22?] March 1873 ) The Dutch friends so …

4.23 Gegeef, 'Battle Field of Science'

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< Back to Introduction Another satirical print by ‘Gegeëf’, The Battle Field of Science and the Churches, is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate in a twopenny journal, The Gauntlet, which, like Our National Church and…

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  • … Science and the Churches , is signed and dated 30 November 1873. It survives as a foldout plate …
  • … not to have progressed beyond its first issue of December 1873. A detached and damaged copy of The …
  • … (pseudonym) 
 date of creation 30 November 1873 
 computer-readable date 1873-11 …
  • … references and bibliography The Gauntlet 1 (Dec. 1873). Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley Papers: …

2.6 Adolf von Hildebrand bust

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< Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a plaster bust of Darwin for the ‘fresco room’ of his new research centre, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples. It was a fitting memorial of a long association between the two…

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  • … < Back to Introduction In 1873, the German biologist Anton Dohrn commissioned a …
  • … on at least two occasions during the construction (1872–1873). Most of the money for the building …
  • … saloon where Darwin’s bust was to be placed in 1873, together with a bust of Karl Ernst von Baer, …
  • … image Adolf von Hildebrand 
 date of creation 1873 
 computer-readable date …
  • … ‘The Zoological Station at Naples’, Nature 8 (29 May 1873), p. 81. Thomas Huxley’s letter to …

Exercise: Caricatures of Science

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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …

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  • … width="191"] Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1873)[/caption]   …
  • … and biographical sketches of men of the day , (1873).   …

Darwin's bad days

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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:

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  • … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …

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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  • … Weale, J.P.M. [Jan 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, …

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 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 August 1873] Darwin thanks Treat for sending over …
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