To G. H. Darwin [8 August 1874]
Summary
Approves of GHD’s letter [to Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 587–9] and his present plan, which removes all CD’s objections. Will make his own letter to Murray less imperious. "It will be a dreadful evil to me, if … we come to a quarrel."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [8 Aug 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9596 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [8 August 1874] …
- … of Descent (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). CD and his wife, Emma, were …
- … letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 . In 1874, the Saturday after …
- … Darwin ; see letter from G. H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] . George had suggested that …
- … Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] . For CD’s original letter, with George’s amendments, see the enclosure to the letter from G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin 19 October [1874]
Summary
Advice to GHD on whether to accept invitation to lecture at the Royal Institution.
Murray has sent the Quarterly Review issue. CD has told Murray that he is convinced Mivart is the author and what he thinks of him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 19 Oct [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9687 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 19 October [1874] …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 . Letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin, 18 October 1874 and n. 14). Francis Maitland Balfour ; see letter from G. H. …
- … lecture (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 ). CD refers to the October 1874 …
- … Darwin, 18 October 1874 and n. 17. George was helping CD with the proof-sheets of Descent 2d ed. ( letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin, 18 October 1874 . George had been invited by William Spottiswoode to give a Friday evening lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain , and George had suggested the topics of political economy or development in dress (see letter from G. H. …
- … 1874. Murray, John. 1908–9. Darwin and his publisher. Science Progress in the Twentieth Century 3: 537–42. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition. ) Edited by H. C. G. …
To G. H. Darwin [24 October 1874]
Summary
Writes about instructions to compositor and return of proofs [of Descent]. Requests return of 2d volume of Descent, to which he may want to refer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [24 Oct 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9696 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [24 October 1874] …
- … letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] , and the letter from G. H. …
- … see Radick 2008 , p. 47). See letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 3. …
- … Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 2. In November 1874, George published a review of William Dwight Whitney’s ‘Darwinism and language’ ( Whitney 1874 ) titled ‘Professor Whitney on the origin of language’ in the Contemporary Review ( G. H. …
- … Darwin, 24 October 1874 . In 1874, 24 October was a Saturday. Apus appears in Descent 2d ed. , p. 255. Apus was formerly a genus of Notostraca (tadpole shrimp), but the name has now been replaced by Triops . CD refers to the first edition of Descent ; see the letter to G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin [5 or 6 August 1874]
Summary
Has no objection to sending GHD’s letter as it is. The only accusation it seems necessary to rebut is about licentiousness. Regrets this is not made more prominent.
Gives some suggestions for GHD’s reply to Mivart’s attack.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [5 or 6] Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 28, 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9588 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [5 or 6 August 1874] …
- … letter and the letters from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 and 6 [August] 1874 . George …
- … at Southampton. See letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] and n. 4. See letter from …
- … H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). The draft has not been found. See letter from G. H. Darwin, …
- … 1874 , p. 70). In his essay on marriage in the Contemporary Review , George had described oppressive marriage laws of former times in order to justify his contention that his own proposals could eventually be implemented ( G. H. Darwin …
From G. H. Darwin 24 October 1874
Summary
GHD explains conduction, radiation, and convection.
His paper on political economy for Royal Institution lecture has reached 60 pages. Plans to send it to Contemporary Review.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 54; 210.2: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9695 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 24 October 1874 …
- … letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 October …
- … See letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 3. Isaac Newton’s observations …
- … Venus expedition; see letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 and n. 19. CD added a …
- … in dress. (See letter to G. H. Darwin, 19 October [1874] and n. 3. ) Aut Caesar aut …
- … of Descent ; see letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] . Henry Jackson . St George …
- … Darwin 1873a ) in an anonymous review ( [Mivart] 1874 ); see letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 and n. 1, and letter to G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin [29 May 1874]
Summary
CD has forwarded proofs of Descent [2d edition]. Urges GHD not to work on them if his poor health makes them too tiring.
Thanks GHD about Spalding [i.e., for responding to Spalding’s request, see 9472].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [29 May 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 22 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9474 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [29 May 1874] …
- … this letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] , and the letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin, 30 May 1874 . CD was preparing the second edition of Descent . The letter from George has not been found. Douglas Alexander Spalding had visited CD at Down (see letter to G. H. …
From G. H. Darwin [6 or 7 August 1874]
Summary
Urges CD not to break with Murray even if he does not force the editor [of Q. Rev.] to insert GHD’s letter [in response to Mivart’s attack]. Murray may have a rule not to meddle with editor.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [6 or 7] Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9592 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [6 or 7 August 1874] …
- … this letter, the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 , and the letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin 1873a , [Mivart] 1874 , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ). Murray …
- … Darwin, [8 August 1874] . F: father, i.e. CD. George refers to the letter CD was planning to write to John Murray asking him to have the editor of the Quarterly Review print George’s response to a hostile reference to his article on marriage (see G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin 10 June 1874
Summary
Comments on GHD’s paper ["Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 18 (1875): 22–41]. Hopes it will be published and read at the Statistical Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9487 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 10 June 1874 …
- … have not been found (see letters to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] and [29 May 1874] ). …
- … Darwin 1875b , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 and n. 2). The draft seen …
- … 1874 . George was an examiner in mathematics and classics for Trinity College, Cambridge; the examinations took place between 8 and 13 June 1874 (Trinity College Archive, Head Lecturer’s Book 1801–1900). George was checking proof-sheets for the second edition of Descent , which was published as a single volume whereas the first edition was in two parts (see letter from G. H. Darwin, …
To G. H. Darwin [6 December 1874]
Summary
Returns historical sketch [of GHD’s "cousin paper"?] with comments. "For Heavens sake put a sentence in some conspicuous place that your results seem to indicate that consanguineous marriage, as far as insanity is concerned, cannot be injurious in any very high degree."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [6 Dec 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9746 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin [6 December 1874] …
- … letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 . In 1874, the Sunday after 5 …
- … Darwin, 5 December 1874 . CD had presumably read the last part of George’s paper on cousin marriage ( G. H. …
- … on, see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 . Erasmus Alvey Darwin . CD refers …
- … 1874] . St George Jackson Mivart had attacked an article by George (‘On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage’; G. H. Darwin …
From G. H. Darwin 5 August 1874
Summary
Regrets he cannot follow the line of denial CD suggests. Explains why he must defend himself against charge that he approves of oppressive laws.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9585 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 5 August 1874 …
- … Review ( G. H. Darwin 1873a , [Mivart] 1874 ; see letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [ …
- … 1874 , p. 70). The enclosure has not been found. Mivart’s review and George’s riposte (G. Darwin 1874b ) both appeared in the Quarterly Review. Andrew Clark . Dr H. …
- … 1874 , p. 70). George had written, ‘Prostitution was not merely tolerated [in Teutonic communistic bodies], but was secretly promoted as a check to over-population, as in Japan at the present day’ ( G. H. Darwin …
To G. H. Darwin [30 July 1874]
Summary
Hasty note to express his most decided opinion that letter [to Q. Rev.] should not give a sketch of GHD’s essay – only an explicit denial "& do not allude to me".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [30 July 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9576 |
To G. H. Darwin [21 April 1874]
Summary
GHD’s corrections seem very good. Murray hopes there will be few corrections in Descent. CD assured him no changes have been made merely for improving style.
Wants very much to hear about "the terrible cousin affair".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [21 Apr 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9423 |
To G. H. Darwin 1 August [1874]
Summary
GHD’s article will not do. It is too long and the denial seems weak and confused; also, it ought to be in the form of a letter to the editor. Encloses draft of the sort of letter of denial he thinks GHD should write.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 1 Aug [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 27, 29, 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9580 |
To G. H. Darwin 19 April [1874]
Summary
Is sorry to hear the news about the cousin question – a real misfortune.
Congratulates GHD on being nearly finished with work on Descent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 19 Apr [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9419 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
To G. H. Darwin 25 [October 1874]
Summary
Thanks GHD for clear lecture on heat.
Will keep paper on proportion of sexes, in case GHD wants it again.
Wants him to translate some pages of Swedish or Norwegian sent by A. W. Malm, "a good man".
Glad to see the statistical paper ["Theory of exchange value", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 17 (1875): 243–53].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 25 [Oct 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9697 |
To G. H. Darwin 27 November [1874]
Summary
CD thinks better of "cousin paper" than GHD does.
With respect to GHD’s "viscous work", remembers endless discussions of movement of viscous matter 20 years back, apropos of movement of glaciers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 27 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9735 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 27 November [1874] …
- … political economy (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 5 November [1874] and n. 6). CD probably …
- … Darwin, 26 November 1874 (DAR 258: 1566)). George’s work on viscous spheroids was eventually presented to the Royal Society of London in 1878 ( G. H. …
- … 1874): iii), rather than to the older Statistical Society of Manchester. George’s paper was published in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London in March 1875 ( G. H. Darwin …
To G. H. Darwin [20? August 1874]
Summary
Likes GHD’s article ["Professor Whitney on the origin of language", Contemp. Rev. (1874): 894]. "You have defended me nobly."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [20? Aug 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9711 |
From G. H. Darwin 6 [August] 1874
Summary
Sends a draft of his letter to the editor of the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 587–9], answering Mivart’s charges. Encloses draft of CD’s letter to John Murray, urging publication of GHD’s defence, with George’s amendments.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 [Aug] 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C56–8; DAR 210.2: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9590 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 6 [August] 1874 …
- … letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 . George probably wrote 6.9.74 in …
- … population. ’ See letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 . See enclosure: George’s …
- … 1874 issue of the Quarterly Review (137: 587–9), in the form of a letter dated 7 August 1874. In his anonymous attack, St George Jackson Mivart had written, ‘Now, however, marriage is the constant subject of attack, and unrestrained licentiousness theoretically justified.... Elsewhere he [G. H. Darwin] …
From G. H. Darwin 20 April 1874
Summary
Sends Descent material. Is staggered by CD’s power of marshalling facts and his conciseness and clearness of thought. The only fault he finds is some slight want of conciseness of diction.
He feels CD’s power more now "that I quail before the thought of arranging the few paltry facts I’ve got about those d––d cousins".
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9421 |
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