From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin [before 1 July 1874]
Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [before 1 July 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 138 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9525 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … digestive ability (see, for example, letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June 1874 ). …
- … From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin [before 1 July 1874] …
- … Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison unstated [before 1 July 1874] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … the letter from L. C. Harrison, [1 July 1874] . Harrison’s father was Josiah Wedgwood …
To Francis Darwin [July 1874 – September 1876]
Summary
Has had a nice stay with William, who is charming but rather languid and cannot read to himself.
Love to Amy [Darwin] and Mrs Ruck.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [July 1874–Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9523A |
To Joseph Fayrer [1–3 July 1874]
Summary
Cobra poison is a stimulant to protoplasm. Poison acts very differently on cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Date: | [1–3 July 1874] |
Classmark: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 23 (1874–5): 274 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9527F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Joseph Fayrer [1–3 July 1874] …
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 23 (1874–5): 274 Charles Robert …
- … Darwin [1–3 July 1874] Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet …
- … see letter from Joseph Fayrer, 30 June 1874 ). CD’s experiment was performed on Drosera …
- … between this letter, the letter from Joseph Fayrer, 30 June 1874 , and the letter to …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 4 July [1874] . This letter was published in Brunton …
- … to Joseph Fayrer, [before 25 June 1874] ). Square brackets in the original: presumably the …
- … tissues of a frog in his letter of 30 June 1874 . In Fayrer’s experiment, the ciliae …
To W. E. Darwin 1 July [1874]
Summary
Asks WED to visit Winchester soon and collect Utricularia for him
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 1 July [1874] |
Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (11 May 2017) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9525F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 1 July [1874] …
- … dealers) (11 May 2017) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 July [1874] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … letter and the letter to John Ralfs, 8 July 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22; republished in …
- … in Winchester (see this volume, Supplement, letter to John Ralfs, 8 July 1874 ). …
From J. D. Hooker 1 July 1874
Summary
Has "given the slip" to Nepenthes, but is setting a plant up in an enclosure for special observation.
Has some splendid Sarracenia and will perform any miracle regarding them CD puts him up to.
Charmed with CD’s account of Pinguicula. Would like to try whether Lychnis has the same use of viscid fluid.
Has written for English Utricularia for CD.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 200–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9526 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 1 July 1874 …
- … DAR 103: 200–1 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 1 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on the stem. In his letter of 26 June 1874 , CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer whether they had …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1874] and n. 12). Sarracenia (trumpet pitchers) …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] and n. 4). Lychnis viscosa is a synonym …
- … William Turner Thiselton-Dyer of 26 June 1874, CD mentioned that Hooker was going to try …
- … Hooker arrived at Down on Saturday 11 July 1874. In October and November 1873, Hooker had …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 1 July 1874
Summary
Describes leaf movements of Pinguicula and Drosera in capturing prey. Notes effects of ammonium carbonate on leaves.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 1 July 1874 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Carnivorous Plants) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9527 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 1 July 1874 …
- … Carnivorous Plants) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 July 1874 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 1 1874 My dear M r Dyer Very many thanks for your …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 ; the letter is incomplete and the section where …
- … Horticultural Society ; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] and n. 4. CD …
- … solution of carbonate of ammonia on 22 June 1874 (DAR 59.1: 54). CD noted the paralysing …
From L. C. Harrison [1 July 1874]
Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 July 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 138v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9528 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From L. C. Harrison [1 July 1874] …
- … Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison unstated [1 July 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Harrison to Emma Darwin, [before 1 July 1874] and n. 2. Harrison refers to James Edward …
- … quoted in her letter of [before 1 July 1874] does not appear in the first edition of the …
To J. D. Hooker 2 July 1874
Summary
Thinks Frank and he have worked out Pinguicula well and they long to attack Utricularia. Tried several plants with sticky glandular hairs; some few absorb ammonia, but the greater number do not. If JDH sends plant or seed of Lychnis CD will examine it to see whether it catches many flies. Asa Gray has written him much about Sarracenia, with a specimen showing the splendid dodge by which ground insects are enticed up and then drowned. Describes how it may be investigated, to see whether it absorbs decayed matter from flies, or ammonia thus generated.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 322–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9529 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 July 1874 …
- … DAR 95: 322–3 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 July 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … John Murray. 1875. Mellichamp, Joseph Hinson. 1874. Notes on Sarracenia variolaris. …
- … of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1874) pt B: 113–33. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1874 and nn. 1 and 2. CD and Francis Darwin …
- … a genus of carnivorous plants of the family Lentibulariaceae, in June 1874 (see letter to …
- … Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] ). CD had also been trying to acquire specimens of Utricularia ( …
- … see letter to W. D. Fox, 18 June 1874 ). In 1866, CD had asked Hooker for a plant of …
- … 4, and 16 June 1874 ). A summary of …
- … findings was published in Nature , 1 October 1874, p. 442. In Insectivorous plants , p. …
- … pitcher-plant, Nepenthes (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1874 and n. 3). …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1874 and n. 5. Lychnis viscosa is a synonym of …
- … plant) was described by Joseph Hinson Mellichamp ( Mellichamp 1874 ; see letters from …
- … Asa Gray , 12 May 1874 and n. …
From J. D. Hooker 3 July 1874
Summary
Sends results of his observations on Nepenthes. Would be grateful for any hints for further observations.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 202–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9530 |
To T. H. Farrer 4 July [1874]
Summary
Has read THF’s article on Coronilla [see 9400] – "a very curious case"; is troubled by C. emerus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 4 July [1874] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/23) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9531 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 4 July [1874] …
- … Bibliography Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1874. Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers— …
- … Coronilla. Nature , 2 July 1874, pp. 169–70. …
- … 299/23) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 July [1874] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … article, ‘Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers—Coronilla’ ( Farrer 1874 ), appeared in …
- … Nature , 2 July 1874. …
- … In Farrer 1874 , p. 169, Farrer had described and illustrated how the claw or base of the …
- … Hooker visited CD on Saturday 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Flowers in …
To Joseph Fayrer 4 July [1874]
Summary
Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 July [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9533 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Joseph Fayrer 4 July [1874] …
- … DAR 144: 104 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 July [1874] Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet …
- … his response to the letter to T. L. Brunton, 25 May [1874] , which has not been found. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Joseph Fayrer, 6 July 1874 . …
- … In his letter of 30 June 1874 , Fayrer had described an experiment in which he added a …
- … of the tentacles. See letter to Joseph Fayrer, [1–3 July 1874] , and letter from …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 30 June 1874 . Crotalus is the genus of rattlesnakes. See …
- … letter to T. L. Brunton, 25 May [1874] and n. 5. …
- … his response to CD’s letter of 11 May 1874 , Thomas Lauder Brunton had evidently mentioned …
To J. D. Hooker 4 July 1874
Summary
It would be interesting to prove that some plants feed on decayed animal matter whilst others like Drosera can digest fresh animal matter. Suggests the method for observing this.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 324–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9532 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 July 1874 …
- … DAR 95: 324–5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 July 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … bladderwort; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 ). He probably refers to …
- … William Darwin Fox (see letter to John Ralfs, 8 July 1874 and n. 2). …
- … Mg: morning. Hooker visited CD on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1874 . Hooker had asked for hints for observation …
- … tropical pitcher-plant) in his letter of 3 July 1874 . Drosera is the genus of sundews. …
- … In his letter of 3 July 1874 , Hooker mentioned he had observed a sugary secretion …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1874 . CD had asked several correspondents for …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 4 1874 My dear Hooker I do not know that I have any …
From Joseph Fayrer 6 July 1874
Summary
Will do experiments CD suggests.
Is sending his book on the poisonous snakes of India [The Thanatophidia of India (1872)].
Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 110 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9534 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Joseph Fayrer 6 July 1874 …
- … Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet London, Granville Place, 16 6 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Joseph Fayrer, 4 July [1874] . See …
- … letter to Joseph Fayrer, 4 July [1874] and nn. 5 and 6. Fayrer refers to Thomas Lauder …
- … of Fayrer’s book, Thanatophidia of India ( Fayrer 1872 ), was published in February 1874 ( …
- … Fayrer 1874 ; see Publishers’ …
- … circular , 2 March 1874, p. 138). CD was …
- … for the wedding of Francis Darwin and Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874; his next visit to London …
- … was from 3 to 12 December 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Fayrer wrote that the object …
- … J. and A. Churchill. Fayrer, Joseph. 1874. The Thanatophidia of India: being a description …
- … 16 Granville Place 6 July 1874 My dear Sir I will take the earliest opportunity of trying …
From Amy Ruck to Francis Darwin? 6 July 1874
Summary
Information about insects on Pinguicula leaves.
Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 6 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 59.1: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9534G |
From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for proofs [of Descent, 2d English ed.].
Publisher would like better photographs for Expression [2d German ed.].
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9536 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 96 Julius Victor Carus Edinburgh 7 July 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … pp. 108–10. In the summers of 1873 and 1874, Carus gave a course of lectures on natural …
- … before 8 May 1873] , and this volume, letter from J. V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1874] ). After visiting Frans Cornelis Donders in …
- … better’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 7 July 1874 ; DAR 239.23: 1.19). …
- … George arrived back at Down on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Carus was …
- … George Street, | Edinburgh, 7 th . July | 1874 My dear Sir, I was very sorry to learn from …
- … foreign editions, including Carus trans. 1874, had been supplied by John Murray from the …
To F. C. Donders 7 July 1874
Summary
Asks about the effect of atropine on the eye. Is interested in parallel case: influence of phosphate of ammonia on glands of Drosera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
Date: | 7 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 417 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9535 |
From E. B. Baxter 8 July 1874
Summary
Sends quotation from R. C. Virchow which contravenes CD’s statement in Expression that there is no voluntary control of the iris.
Author: | Evan Buchanan Baxter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9538 |
From J. D. Hooker 8 July 1874
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 204–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9537 |
Matches: 4 hits
To John Ralfs 8 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for the Pinguicula plants, which have recovered, and asks if he could also send Utricularia, since his other supplies have failed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Ralfs |
Date: | 8 July 1874 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 76527) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9534F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Ralfs 8 July 1874 …
- … The Huntington Library (HM 76527) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 July 1874 John Ralfs …
- … draft letter to John Ralfs, [after 25 June 1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22). CD’s letter to …
- … Supplement, letter to W. E. Darwin, 1 July [1874] . CD had asked William Darwin Fox for a …
- … vol. 22, letter to W. D. Fox, 18 June 1874 ). CD had written to David Moore , the …
- … 22, letter to David Moore, 28 June 1874 ). Joseph Dalton Hooker had described Pinguicula …
To J. V. Carus 9 July [1874]
Summary
Advises JVC on how his publisher might deal with problem of getting satisfactory heliotype copies for 2d [German] edition of Expression.
Regrets that he will again be away in August, when JVC might have come for a visit.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 9 July [1874] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 116–117) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9539 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 9 July [1874] …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 116–117) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 July [1874] Julius Victor Carus …
- … between this letter and the letter from J. V. Carus, 7 July 1874 . See letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 7 July 1874 and n. 3. The Heliotype Company had been late in fulfilling the …
- … Howard Darwin returned from abroad on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … from home from 25 July until 24 August 1874 (see ‘Journal’ ( Appendix II)). CD and Carus …
Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
Fayrer, Joseph | (2) |
Harrison, L. C. | (2) |
Klein, E. E. | (2) |
Belt, Thomas | (1) |
Carus, J. V. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Darwin, Francis | (4) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Donders, F. C. | (2) |
Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
Fayrer, Joseph | (2) |
Frankland, Edward | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Knowles, J. T. | (1) |
Moir, David | (1) |
Moore, David | (1) |
Price, John | (2) |
Ralfs, John | (2) |
Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
Unidentified | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (59) |
Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
Darwin, Francis | (4) |
Fayrer, Joseph | (4) |
Romanes, G. J. | (4) |
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 23 hits
- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
- … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
- … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
- … libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
- … [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
Summary
The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
Matches: 9 hits
- … of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
- … ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
- … are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
- … signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
- … more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
- … must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
- … the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
- … day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
- … have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
Matches: 16 hits
- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
- … appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
- … of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
- … to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
- … to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
- … a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
- … George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
- … to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
- … a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
- … reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
- … the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
- … ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
- … of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
- … this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
- … to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
Matches: 1 hits
- … understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …
Joseph Simms
Summary
The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
Essay: What is Darwinism?
Summary
—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
Summary
—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
Matches: 7 hits
- … attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
- … laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
- … botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
- … A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
- … white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
- … had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
- … 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
- … Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
- … Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …
4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1
Summary
< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…
Matches: 6 hits
- … < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
- … this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
- … appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
- … The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
- … at bottom left. date of creation February 1874 computer-readable date c. …
- … of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Summary
George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
Matches: 1 hits
- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
Matches: 7 hits
- … < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
- … in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
- … mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
- … bottom right) date of creation September 1874 computer-readable date 1874-09 …
- … and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
- … and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
- … letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
Matches: 1 hits
- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 1 hits
- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
Darwin as mentor
Summary
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…
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
- … Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
- … taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874. computer-readable date c …
- … 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
Summary
< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…