To ?[a New Orleans newspaper] [c. February 1873]
Summary
CD responds to a poem, "Comus", and a New Orleans Mardi Gras editorial; he cannot tell from the "wonderful mistakes" whether the writer is "witty, ignorant, or blunders for the sake of fun".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | New Orleans newspaper |
Date: | [c. Feb 1873] |
Classmark: | Benfey (1997):179 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8753F |
From W. M. Canby 1 February 1873
Summary
At Asa Gray’s request, responds to CD’s questions about WMC’s observations on Dionaea and particularly about the size of the insects captured and the excitability of the leaves after an insect is captured.
Author: | William Marriott Canby |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8755 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From W. M. Canby 1 February 1873 …
- … DAR 58.1: 25 William Marriott Canby Wilmington, Del. 1 Feb 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Wilmington Delaware U.S.A. Febr. 1 st 1873 Mr. C. Darwin | Down, Beckingham, Kent, …
- … me your letter to him dated Jan. 8 th 1873, in which you inquire about some observations …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 8 January 1873 and n. 1. For Canby’s observations on Dionaea …
To J. V. Carus 1 February 1873
Summary
Has no corrections for second German edition [of Expression]. Plans to bring out an improved edition in a year or two.
Thanks for reference JVC sent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 1 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 102–103) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8754 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 1 February 1873 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 102–103) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Feb 1873 Julius Victor Carus …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 1 1873 My dear Sir I am glad to hear of the new edit. I have …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 29 January 1873 and n. 1; CD refers to the new German …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 29 January 1873 and n. 3. CD’s publisher, John Murray , …
To John Chapman 1 February 1873
Summary
Thanks for Chapman 1873 (Chapman, John. 1873. Neuralgia and kindred diseases of the nervous system).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Chapman |
Date: | 1 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | Western University Archives, History of Medicine Collection, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada (A04-011-051) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8751F |
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- … To John Chapman 1 February 1873 …
- … Thanks for Chapman 1873 (Chapman, John. …
- … 1873. Neuralgia and kindred diseases of the nervous system ). …
- … London, Ontario, Canada (A04-011-051) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Feb 1873 John Chapman …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 1 1873 My dear Sir I am very much obliged to you for your …
- … Bibliography Chapman, John. 1873. Neuralgia and kindred diseases of the nervous system: …
- … in the Darwin Library–Down ( Chapman 1873 ; see Marginalia 1: 165). CD had tried Chapman’s …
- … cited CD’s comments on wisdom teeth from Descent 1: 26–7 in Chapman 1873 , pp. 184–5. …
From J. T. Moggridge 1 February 1873
Summary
He does not accept Wallace’s definition of instinct because it excludes "inherited experience", i.e., "knowledge acquired by and transmitted through ancestors".
House-flies do not seem to have an instinctive fear of trap-door spiders.
Miss Forster gives him news of CD.
Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 217 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8756 |
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- … From J. T. Moggridge 1 February 1873 …
- … DAR 171: 217 John Traherne Moggridge Mentone 1 Feb 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Moggridge, John Traherne. 1873. Harvesting ants and trap-door spiders: notes …
- … building in trapdoor spiders (see Moggridge 1873 , pp. 128–30). Laura Mary Forster was a …
- … her observations on ants in Algiers ( Moggridge 1873 , p. 52). The enclosure has not been …
- … Gastaldy | Mentone | ( France ) 1 Feb. | 1873 My dear M r . Darwin Your most kind letter …
- … ants and trap-door spiders ( Moggridge 1873 ) and wrote ‘it seems to me capital’ ( letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 27 January [1873] ). Alfred Russel Wallace’s definition of instinct …
To W. B. Dawkins 3 February 1873
Summary
A letter of recommendation for W. B. Dawkins in his application for the Woodwardian professorship of geology in the university of Cambridge.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Boyd Dawkins |
Date: | 3 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Archives (GEOL 9/*1 2b) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8757F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. B. Dawkins 3 February 1873 …
- … Archives (GEOL 9/*1 2b) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb 1873 William Boyd Dawkins …
- … chair from 1818 until his death in January 1873. The post went to Thomas McKenny Hughes ( …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent. February 3, 1873. My dear Sir, I have great pleasure in expressing …
To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 3 February [1873]
Summary
Thanks for J. D. MacDonald’s paper ["Distribution of invertebrata", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 21 (1872–3): 218–23].
CD feels lines of genetic connection between animals offer a most difficult problem; Ernst Haeckel may have done mischief by facing the difficulty.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont |
Date: | 3 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (RAMC/474/2); Trustees of the Army Medical Services Museum |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8757 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 3 February [1873] …
- … Museum Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb [1873] Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont …
- … the letter from F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 31 January 1873 . See letter from F. S. …
- … B. F. de Chaumont, 31 January 1873 and n. 1. …
- … John Denis Macdonald’s paper was read on 20 March 1873 and published in the Proceedings of …
- … the Royal Society of London ( Macdonald 1873 ). Macdonald had drawn up a physiological …
- … Berlin: Georg Reimer. Macdonald, John Denis. 1873. On the distribution of the invertebrata …
- … the theory of evolution. [Read 20 March 1873. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … scheme for invertebrates ( Macdonald 1873 , pp. 219, 223). This classification reversed …
- … F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 31 January 1873 and n. 2. In Expression , pp. 265–6, CD …
To J. E. Gray 4 February [1873]
Summary
Is glad JEG has made out what the guemul is ["On the Guémul", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. 10 (1872): 445–6; 11 (1873): 214–20, 308–10].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
Date: | 4 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.411) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8758 |
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- … To J. E. Gray 4 February [1873] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.411) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb [1873] John Edward Gray …
- … the Guémul", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. 10 (1872): 445–6; 11 (1873): 214–20, 308–10]. …
- … further parts appeared in March and April 1873). In 1869, Gray had suffered a paralytic …
- … Natural History 10 (1872): 445–6; 11 (1873): 214–20, 308–10. Marginalia : Charles Darwin’s …
To E. H. Giglioli 6 February [1873]
Summary
Thanks his Italian colleague for articles on the skull of a chimpanzee.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
Date: | 6 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | Andrusier Autographs (dealer) (22 November 2013) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8201A |
From C. I. F. Major 6 February 1873
Summary
Cannot find a publisher for Italian translation of Expression. Gives up the project.
Author: | Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8759 |
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- … From C. I. F. Major 6 February 1873 …
- … DAR 171: 30 Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major Pisa 6 Feb 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Pise 6 févr. 1873 Très honoré Monsieur, Après avoir reçu des refus de deux éditeurs, je …
- … 17 November 1872 ). CD’s letter of 31 January 1873 has not been found, but in a letter to …
- … Pisa 6 Feb. 1873 Most honoured Sir After receiving a rejection from two editors, I have …
From F. B. Goodacre 7 February 1873
Summary
Would like a museum set up illustrating origins, varieties, and uses of domestic animals; seeks CD’s approval of the idea.
Author: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8760 |
From T. H. Huxley [8 February 1873]
Summary
Forwards Matthew Arnold’s Literature and dogma [1873].
Hopes they can secure Hooker for President of Royal Society.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [8 Feb 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 328 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8761 |
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- … From T. H. Huxley [8 February 1873] …
- … DAR 166: 328 Thomas Henry Huxley unstated [8 Feb 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Matthew Arnold’s Literature and dogma [1873]. Hopes they can secure Hooker for President …
- … Bibliography Arnold, Matthew. 1873. Literature & dogma: an essay towards a better …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Matthew Arnold, 9 February [1873] . …
- … Matthew Arnold’s Literature & dogma ( Arnold 1873 ) was published in early …
- … February ( Publishers’ Circular , 17 February 1873, p. 114). …
- … Dalton Hooker was elected president of the Royal Society of London in 1873 ( ODNB ). …
To Matthew Arnold 9 February [1873]
Summary
Thanks MA for his Literature and dogma [1873].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Matthew Arnold |
Date: | 9 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8762 |
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- … To Matthew Arnold 9 February [1873] …
- … Thanks MA for his Literature and dogma [1873]. …
- … DAR 221.5: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Feb [1873] Matthew Arnold …
- … Bibliography Arnold, Matthew. 1873. Literature & dogma: an essay towards a better …
- … The year is established by the reference to Arnold 1873 (see letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, [8 February 1873] and n. 2). See letter …
- … from T. H. Huxley, [8 February 1873] and n. 2. See letter …
- … from T. H. Huxley, [8 February 1873] . …
From John Murray 10 February [1873]
Summary
Encloses cheque for 1000 guineas, CD’s share of profits on first 7000 copies of Expression.
Author: | John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 435 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8763 |
To F. B. Goodacre 11 February [1873]
Summary
Thinks FBG’s idea of a room at the British Museum of domestic birds and animals an excellent one, but a collection of plants would be much more difficult.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
Date: | 11 Feb [1873] |
Classmark: | Dr John Goodacre (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8763F |
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- … To F. B. Goodacre 11 February [1873] …
- … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb [1873] Francis Burges Goodacre …
- … this letter and the letter from F. B. Goodacre, 7 February 1873 . See letter from F. …
- … B. Goodacre, 7 February 1873 . Goodacre quoted this part of CD’s sentence …
- … in a letter published in Country: a Journal of Rural Pursuits , 15 May 1873, pp. 8–9. …
To C. I. F. Major 11 February 1873
Summary
Is sorry that CIFM has had to give up translating Expression into Italian.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major |
Date: | 11 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | Kotte Autographs (dealers) (30 October 2008) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8763G |
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- … To C. I. F. Major 11 February 1873 …
- … 30 October 2008) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Feb 1873 Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 11. 1873 Dear Sir I am very much obliged for yr note, & am …
- … letter from C. I. F. Major, 6 February 1873 . The other prospective translator has not …
- … from C. I. F. Major, 6 February 1873 and n. 2. No correspondence with Canestrini and …
To Nature [before 13 February 1873]
Summary
Sends a letter from William Huggins about a case of inherited fright in three generations of mastiffs. Discusses the different origins of instincts and their inheritance.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Nature |
Date: | [before 13 Feb 1873] |
Classmark: | Nature, 13 February 1873, pp. 281–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8765 |
From E. M. Swanwick [after 13 February 1873]
Summary
Gives a case of peculiar behaviour in cats that apparently is inherited.
Author: | Eustace Maclean Swanwick |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 13 Feb 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 325 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8793 |
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- … From E. M. Swanwick [after 13 February 1873] …
- … Maclean Swanwick London, Torrington Square [after 13 Feb 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873] (see n. 3, below). No earlier letter …
- … from Swanwick has been found. See letter to Nature , [before 13 February 1873]. This …
- … letter was published in Nature , 13 February 1873, pp. 281–2. …
From Mariabella Fry 15 February 1873
Author: | Mariabella Hodgkin; Mariabella Fry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 220 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8767 |
From Francis Galton to William Huggins 15 February 1873
Summary
Returns family documents about "Kepler" [William Huggins’ dog, see Collected papers 2: 170–1]; there is still some sort of investigation into the "precise mental condition" of "Kepler" and his relatives.
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | William Huggins |
Date: | 15 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 105: A72–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8766 |
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Clephan, T. R. | (1) |
Collier, W. F. | (1) |
Forster, L. M. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Arnold, Matthew | (1) |
Canby, W. M. | (1) |
Carus, J. V. | (1) |
Arnold, Matthew | (1) |
Canby, W. M. | (2) |
Carus, J. V. | (1) |
Chapman, John | (1) |
Clephan, T. R. | (1) |
Collier, W. F. | (1) |
Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
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Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Dawkins, W. B. | (1) |
Forster, L. M. | (1) |
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Fry, Mariabella | (1) |
Galton, Francis | (1) |
Gaudry, Albert | (1) |
Giglioli, E. H. | (1) |
Goodacre, F. B. | (2) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Gray, J. E. | (1) |
Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
Hague, J. D. | (1) |
Head, H. A. | (1) |
Higginson, T. W. | (1) |
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Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
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Moggridge, J. T. | (1) |
Murray, John (b) | (1) |
Müller, Hermann | (1) |
Nature | (1) |
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New Orleans newspaper | (1) |
Nicols, Arthur | (1) |
Schaible, C. H. | (1) |
Shaw, James | (1) |
Smith, Robert | (2) |
Swanwick, E. M. | (1) |
Williams & Norgate | (1) |
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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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…
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 …
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 …