To Frederick Allen’s agent [October 1873]
Summary
Has heard that Mr Allen wishes to let his house and thinks it probable that it would suit his son [Francis]. Asks whether he may have refusal of it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Agent for Mr Allen |
Date: | [Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 157–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9079 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 October [1873]
Summary
Hears from Frank [Darwin] that Drosera behaves perversely. Suggests that motor influence may move longitudinally away from the excited glands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9081 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 October [1873] …
- … 1731-1-7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Oct [1873] John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 September [1873] . CD had sent Drosera plants to Burdon …
- … Sanderson (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 September [1873] ). See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [30 September 1873] . For CD’s experiments on the transmission …
From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873]
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8702 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873] …
- … 210.2: 29 George Howard Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [1 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … at Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). George refers to Erasmus (Ras). …
- … The visit took place on Wednesday 8 October 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the …
- … in a letter to Horace Darwin, [10 June 1873] (DAR 258: 579), Emma Darwin wrote: ‘D r …
To Karl Marx 1 October 1873
Summary
Thanks KM for gift of his "great work on Capital" [2d German ed. of Das Kapital]. Wishes he understood more of "the deep & important subject of political Economy".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Karl Heinrich (Karl) Marx |
Date: | 1 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers D. 1013) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9080 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Karl Marx 1 October 1873 …
- … Bibliography Marx, Karl. 1873. Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. 2d edition. …
- … Engels Papers D. 1013) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Oct 1873 Karl Heinrich (Karl) Marx …
- … second edition of Marx’s Das Kapital ( Marx 1873 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down (later …
From S. W. Moore [1 October 1873]
Author: | Samuel William Moore |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9082 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From S. W. Moore [1 October 1873] …
- … DAR 58.1: 40 Samuel William Moore unstated [1 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter from Francis Darwin, [19 September 1873] . CD had asked Moore to prepare animal …
- … see letter to Edward Frankland, 21 September [1873] , and Insectivorous plants , pp. 102, …
- … the preparation are given in Klein et al. 1873, 1: 480–2. In Insectivorous plants , pp. …
From Emma Wuttke 1 October 1873
Summary
Sends tracing of ancient Egyptian illustration of dogs and cattle.
Author: | Emma Wuttke |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 189 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9083 |
From G. H. Darwin [before 3 October 1873]
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 3 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9084 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [before 3 October 1873] …
- … 28 George Howard Darwin New University Club [before 3 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, 3 October [1873] . CD had …
- … published a letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2, headed ‘On the males and …
- … see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]). George’s draft has not been found, but was a …
- … of organs (see letter from G. H. Darwin to Nature , 4 October [1873]). George took …
- … at Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Leonard Darwin was working at the …
- … at Down House. Andrew Clark began treating both CD and George in 1873 (see letter from …
- … Andrew Clark, 3 September 1873 , and letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] ). Edmund Langton was George’s cousin. …
To G. H. Darwin 3 October [1873]
Summary
CD thinks GHD’s letter is an excellent clarification [of CD’s conjectural view on the elimination of useless parts in species], but does not want to publish it as his [CD’s] own. Asks GHD to think carefully before he publishes it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 3 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9085 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 3 October [1873] …
- … DAR 210.1: 12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1873] George Howard Darwin …
- … see n. 3, below). See letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] . CD had …
- … published a letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, pp. 431–2, headed ‘On the males and …
- … see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]). George had drafted a clarification of CD’s …
- … see letter to Nature from G. H. Darwin, 4 October [1873]); George’s letter was published …
- … in the issue of 16 October 1873. The second part of CD’s letter in Nature (see n. 2, …
- … residence at Trinity College in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Both George and his cousin Edmund …
- … Clark about their health (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] ). …
From S. W. Moore 3 October 1873
Summary
Sends formula for pure pepsin for experiments on digestion of Drosera, and information on legumin. Will send chlorophyll soon.
Author: | Samuel William Moore |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 41–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9086 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From S. W. Moore 3 October 1873 …
- … 58.1: 41–2 Samuel William Moore London, Brixton Rd, 113 3 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter from S. W. Moore, [1 October 1873] . See, for example, Variation 2: 7–24. In …
- … dilute hydrochloric acid (see Klein et al. 1873, 1: 484). In Insectivorous plants , p. …
From G. H. Darwin to Nature 4 October [1873]
Summary
Sends, with CD’s approval, a clarification of CD’s explanation of how useless organs might diminish [see 9061]. Using Quetelet’s law of normal distribution GHD shows how horns of cattle, having become useless, would gradually diminish and finally disappear.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Nature |
Date: | 4 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | Nature, 16 October 1873, p. 505 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9087 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin to Nature 4 October [1873] …
- … Nature , 16 October 1873, p. …
- … 505 George Howard Darwin Down 4 Oct [1873] Nature …
- … is established by the fact that this letter was published in Nature , 16 October 1873. …
- … See letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]. See letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, [before 3 October 1873] , and letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 3 October [1873] . George refers to Adolphe Quetelet and Quetelet 1869 , 1: …
From G. H. Darwin 5 October 1873
Summary
Has decided to send the letter ["Variation of organs", Nature 8 (1873): 505].
Writes of his poor health and problems of settling in at Trinity.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9088 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 5 October 1873 …
- … 210.2: 30 George Howard Darwin Trinity College, Cambridge 5 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter ["Variation of organs", Nature 8 (1873): 505]. Writes of his poor health and …
- … Bibliography Goodman, John. 1873. White corpuscles, their nature and origin in the animal …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science (1873), Transactions of the sections, pp. 129– …
- … organs (see letter from G. H. Darwin to Nature , 4 October [1873] and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1873 ( ODNB ). Horace Darwin was an undergraduate …
- … to the south of France for their health in January 1873 ( letter from G. H. Darwin …
- … house in Down for Francis Darwin (see letter to Frederick Allen’s agent, [October 1873] ). …
- … to H. E. Litchfield, 25 January 1873 (DAR 210.2: 24)). George was following the dietary …
- … see letter from G. H. Darwin, [1 October 1873] and n. 2). Gyp-room: a room where the …
- … was printed in the Proceedings ( Goodman 1873 ); the abstract mentioned that corpuscles …
- … in a letter in Chemical News , 23 May 1873, p. 255. Henry Fisher Cox of the Examiner , a …
From J. D. Hooker 6 October 1873
Summary
Mimosa prostrata, described by John Lindley as M. marginata, native of Brazil.
Who supplies CD with distilled water and chemicals?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 169–70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9089 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … W. Moore, 3 October 1873 ). …
- … From J. D. Hooker 6 October 1873 …
- … DAR 103: 169–70 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 6 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Royal Gardens Kew Oct r . 6. 1873 My dear Darwin Mimosa prostrata is only a name from the …
- … CD had been working on Mimosa since at least August 1873 (see letter to …
- … Francis Darwin, 15 August [1873] and n. 10). CD described the movements of M. marginata …
- … Moore (see, for example, letter to W. W. Baxter, 4 September 1873 , letter from Edward …
- … Frankland, 27 September 1873 , and letter from S. …
To Edward Frankland 7 October [1873]
Summary
Requests a piece of the most sensitive litmus paper in order to test the secretions of minute hairs of plants which catch minute flies. [See 9098.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
Date: | 7 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9090A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 7 October [1873] …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Oct [1873] Edward Frankland …
- … the letter to Edward Frankland, 29 September 1873 . CD had asked Frankland to analyse the …
- … letter to Edward Frankland, 29 September 1873 ). CD usually ordered litmus paper from his …
From S. W. Moore 7 October 1873
Summary
Thanks CD for copies of his books.
Sends chlorophyll extract [for CD’s work on Drosera digestion].
Author: | Samuel William Moore |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9090 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From S. W. Moore 7 October 1873 …
- … DAR 58.1: 43 Samuel William Moore London, Brixton Rd, 113 7 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD’s work on insectivorous plants (see letters from S. W. Moore, [1 October 1873] and …
- … 3 October 1873 ). See letter from S. …
- … W. Moore, 3 October 1873 . CD credited Moore with sending him chlorophyll, and described …
From Ernst Haeckel 8 October 1873
Summary
On CD’s paper ["Complemental males of certain cirripedes", Collected papers 2: 177–82].
Comments on paper by W. H. Dallinger and J. J. Drysdale ["Life history of a Cercomonad", Mon. Microsc. J. 10 (1873): 53–8].
Discusses origin of life, the Gastraea theory and concept that primary germ layers are homologous in all animals. Notes similar views of E. Ray Lankester ["On the primitive cell-layers of the embryo", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. 11 (1873): 321–38].
Reception of Darwinism in Germany.
Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9091 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Ernst Haeckel 8 October 1873 …
- … DAR 166: 61 Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel Jena 8 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. 11 (1873): 321–38]. Reception of Darwinism in Germany. …
- … history of a Cercomonad", Mon. Microsc. J. 10 (1873): 53–8]. Discusses origin of life, the …
- … original German, see pp. 441–3. See letter to Ernst Haeckel, 25 September 1873 . CD had …
- … a letter in Nature , 25 September 1873, p. 42, headed ‘On the males and complemental …
- … and on rudimentary structures’ (see letter to Nature , 20 September [1873]). Haeckel …
- … also refers to Dallinger and Drysdale 1873 (‘A lesson in biogenesis’). In Haeckel 1866 , …
- … and Magaz. of nat. hist. No 65. Mai 1873 “On the primitive Cell-layers of the Embryo” …
- … and Magaz. of nat. hist. no. 65 May 1873, “On the primitive cell-layers of the embryo” …
- … sterile water (Dallinger and Drysdale 1873, pp. 57–8). Monera, a taxon of unicellular …
- … the English translation was dated 24 June 1873. The term gastrula (an embryo at the stage …
To Alexander Bain 9 October 1873
Summary
Thanks AB for his review of Expression [May 1873, in The senses and the intellect, 3d ed. (1874), pp. 697–714]. Admits vagueness of some points. Has never grasped AB’s principle of spontaneity. But, as they look at everything so differently, it is not likely that they should agree closely.
A recent review by T. S. Baynes, [Edinburgh Rev. 137 (1873): 492–528] is "magnificently contemptuous" toward CD and many others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Bain |
Date: | 9 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9092 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To Alexander Bain 9 October 1873 …
- … DAR 143: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Oct 1873 Alexander Bain …
- … Bibliography Bain, Alexander. 1873. Review of ‘Darwin on expression:’ being a postscript …
- … Green, and Co. [Baynes, Thomas Spencer. ] 1873. [Review of Expression . ] Edinburgh Review …
- … AB for his review of Expression [May 1873, in The senses and the intellect , 3d ed. ( …
- … by T. S. Baynes, [ Edinburgh Rev. 137 (1873): 492–528] is "magnificently contemptuous" …
- … Down Beckenham Oct. 9. 1873 My dear Sir I am particularly obliged to you for having sent …
- … Review of ‘Darwin on expression’ ( Bain 1873 ), inscribed, ‘With the author’s respects and …
- … cited Bain in Descent and Expression. In Bain 1873 , p. 698, Bain had commented that CD’s …
- … theory of blushing was ‘one of the happiest suggestions in the book’ ( Bain 1873 , p. …
- … 712). [Baynes] 1873 criticised CD, Thomas Henry Huxley , John Tyndall , and Herbert …
- … letter to George Cupples, 28 April [1873] . CD stayed at the hydropathic establishment at …
- … See also Expression , pp. 8–9. In Bain 1873 , p. 699, Bain wrote, ‘By Spontaneity, I …
To Francis Darwin 10 October 1873
Summary
Asks for details about microscope parts.
Wants FD to ask Hooker for species of Desmodium; CD believes he has found new movements.
Also ask whether Hooker has Drosophyllum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9095 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 10 October 1873 …
- … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.1) Charles Robert …
- … Darwin Down 10 Oct 1873 Francis Darwin …
- … but there is no record of one sent in 1873 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards book ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 10. 1873 You had better take this note to Kew and read to …
- … microscope from the German maker, Edmund Hartnack , in June 1873 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). Nouveau petite modèle : new small model ( …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). In his Classed account books (Down House …
- … of £16 8 s. for ‘Hartnack &c’ on 26 June 1873. CD discussed the movements of Desmodium …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1873] ). Immersion lenses were designed to view …
From Edward Frankland 10 October 1873
Summary
The results of EF’s tests for acids in the secretion of Drosera are largely negative [see Insectivorous plants, p. 88].
Author: | Edward Frankland |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 44–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9094 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Edward Frankland 10 October 1873 …
- … 58.1: 44–6 Edward Frankland London, Lancaster Gate, 14 10 Oct 1873 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD had requested sensitive litmus paper in his letter to Frankland of 7 October [1873] . …
- … see letter to Edward Frankland, 12 July 1873 ). He had sent Frankland the washings of some …
- … letter to Edward Frankland, 29 September 1873 ). CD cited Frankland for the information in …
To W. H. Leggett 10 October [1873]
Summary
Has not seen number of Botanical Bulletin with account of Apocynum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Henry Leggett |
Date: | 10 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9093 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. H. Leggett 10 October [1873] …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Oct [1873] William Henry Leggett …
- … Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 3 (1872): 46, 49–50, 53–5; 4 (1873): 1–2, 23. …
- … he was editor, between October 1872 and June 1873 ( Leggett 1872–3 ). The Torrey Botanical …
From Francis Darwin [11 October 1873]
Summary
Has got a cold, so will not go to Kew. Wrote to Hartnack about price of microscopes and describes own model. Told Hooker about Tisley Spiller’s microscope in Paris.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [11 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9095F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [11 October 1873] …
- … DAR 274.1: 9 Francis Darwin London [11 Oct 1873] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … microscopes ( Chemical News , 5 December 1873, p. iv). Erasmus Alvey Darwin . Some notes …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 10 October 1873 . …
- … In 1873, the Saturday following 10 October was 11 October. CD had included questions …
- … in his letter to Francis of 10 October 1873 . Joseph Dalton Hooker was director of the …
- … s microscopes, in his letter of 10 October 1873 . Francis refers to Edward Emanuel Klein . …
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Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
Darwin, Francis | (3) |
Frankland, Edward | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (54) |
Hooker, J. D. | (11) |
Darwin, G. H. | (10) |
Darwin, Francis | (5) |
Frankland, Edward | (5) |
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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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 …