To Friedrich Max Müller 5 January 1875
Summary
Has read FMM’s article in Contemporary Review [25 (1875): 305–26].
Never suspected FMM was responsible for the Quarterly Review article ["Primitive man", Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 40–77]; knows it was written by Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) catalogue 89 (October 2002) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9802 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … article ["Primitive man", Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 40–77]; knows it was written by Mivart. …
- … vol. 22, Appendix V. G. H. Darwin 1874 was a discussion of William Dwight Whitney’s …
- … Max Müller’s ‘Lectures on Mr. Darwin’s philosophy of language’ ( Whitney 1874 ). CD …
- … had attempted but failed to have Whitney 1874 republished in the Contemporary Review ( …
- … letter from J. T. Knowles, 4 August 1874 ). …
- … to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review 25 (1874–5): 305–26. [Mivart, St George Jackson. ] …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of works by August …
- … CD’s views on language (G. H. Darwin 1874). Müller noted that George’s defence had been …
- … article in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 ), and denied that he was the author of …
From J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875]
Summary
Disapproves of Huxley’s article [review of Ernst Haeckel’s Anthropogenie] in Academy [7 (1875): 16–18].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9797 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … vol. 22, letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). Hooker’s presidential address to …
- … the Royal Society of London was delivered on 30 November 1874 (J. D. …
- … it were reprinted in Nature , 31 December 1874, pp. 175–8, and 7 January 1875, pp. 196– …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22). Hooker wrote ‘74’ …
- … Darwin by St George Jackson Mivart in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70). …
- … In his letter of 29 December 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22), Hooker had suggested that …
- … to Huxley’s letter to CD of 23 December 1874 ( ibid. ), in which Huxley said that he hoped …
- … to Hooker with his letter of 24 December [1874] ( ibid. ). Huxley had lambasted ‘the …
- … Ernst Haeckel’s book Anthropogenie (Haeckel 1874) in the Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. …
- … the writer of this paper [ [Mivart] 1874 ] outrages decency by insinuations against Mr. …
From W. B. Dawkins 14 March 1875
Summary
Is glad CD is pleased with his book [Cave hunting (1874)].
Relationship between language and race. The Basques.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 130 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9887 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … is pleased with his book [ Cave hunting (1874)]. Relationship between language and race. …
- … Garland Publishing. 1990. Taylor, Isaac. 1874. Etruscan researches . London: Macmillan. …
- … in the Fortnightly Review, September, 1874. [Read 9 February 1875. ] Journal of the …
- … 1874a). Dawkins had sent CD a copy in October 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letter to …
- … W. B. Dawkins, 18 October [1874] ). CD’s lightly annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … in the Fortnightly Review in September 1874 (Dawkins 1874b). CD mentioned having read …
- … in his letter to Dawkins of 18 October [1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22). An unsigned …
- … in the Saturday Review , 12 September 1874, pp. 336–7. The reviewer, while accepting the …
- … Dawkins may also allude to a review of Etruscan researches ( I. Taylor 1874 ) in the …
- … Athenæum , 9 May 1874, pp. 625–6, in which the reviewer argued that when conflicting …
From Friedrich Max Müller 7 January 1875
Summary
FMM discusses his reply to George Darwin’s article [see 9711].
Intends within a year to place his whole argument before CD when, he hopes, his difficulties connected with the origin of language will be carefully considered by CD.
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9808 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … article in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 ) was St George Jackson Mivart. Whitney …
- … in the Quarterly Review was [Mivart] 1874 ; it contained an attack on George Howard …
- … CD’s views on language (G. H. Darwin 1874). Müller noted that George’s defence had been …
- … article in the Quarterly Review ( [Mivart] 1874 ), and denied that he was the author of …
- … that article. In his article (G. H. Darwin 1874), George had drawn attention to William …
- … Müller 1873 ) in the North American Review ( Whitney 1874 ). The quotation is from G. …
- … H. Darwin 1874, p. 894; the ‘Oxford linguist’ was Max Müller himself. In …
- … to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review 25 (1874–5): 305–26. [Mivart, St George Jackson. ] …
- … and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. Müller, Hermann. 1873. Die …
- … Wilhelm Engelmann. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of …
From John Fiske 15 March 1875
Summary
Thanks CD for Descent
and for his praise of Cosmic philosophy [1874].
| Author: | John Fiske |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9888 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Thanks CD for Descent and for his praise of Cosmic philosophy [1874]. …
- … CD sent Fiske a copy of Descent 2d ed. in December 1874 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 22, letter to John Fiske, 8 December [1874] ). In …
- … his letter to Fiske of 8 December [1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22), CD had praised Fiske’ …
- … based on the doctrine of evolution ( Fiske 1874 ), noting especially Fiske’s ability as an …
- … in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Fiske, …
- … John. 1874. Outlines of cosmic philosophy: based on the doctrine of evolution, with …
To Gustav Jäger 3 February 1875
Summary
Comments on GJ’s book [In Sachen Darwins ins-besondere contra Wigand (1874)]. Not convinced that there are species which are fixed or variable independently of the conditions to which they are subjected.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gustav Jäger |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1875 |
| Classmark: | Frau Dr Hildegard Jaeger (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9839 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Sachen Darwins ins-besondere contra Wigand (1874)]. Not convinced that there are species …
- … Bibliography Jäger, Gustav. 1874. In Sachen Darwin’s insbesondere contra Wigand. Ein …
- … of Chicago Press. Wigand, Albert. 1874–7. Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung Newtons …
- … never giving rise to anything new ( Jäger 1874 , p. 5ff). Parts of this discussion are …
- … und Cuviers (Darwinism and the natural science of Newton and Cuvier; Wigand 1874–7 ) was …
- … published in 1874. CD’s copy of the three-volume work is in the Darwin Library–Down. For …
- … particularly contra Wigand; Jäger 1874 ), with CD’s signature, is in the archive of the …
From J. D. Hooker 17 March 1875
Summary
No action on assistance yet, but has had a private note from Disraeli asking whether Thiselton-Dyer is his recommendation.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9891 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Michael Joseph. Barber, Mary Elizabeth. 1874. Notes on the peculiar habits and changes …
- … pupa of Papilio nireus. [Read 2 November 1874. ] Transactions of the Entomological Society …
- … secretary to the Office of Works in May 1874 ( ODNB ). Joseph Dalton Hooker and CD had …
- … and pupa of Papilio nireus ’, was read at a meeting in November 1874 and published in the …
- … society’s transactions ( Barber 1874 ; see Correspondence vol 22, letter from H. …
- … W. Bates, 1 October 1874 ). Henry Barkly was the governor of Cape Colony (South Africa). …
- … Hawthorn Hooker. Frances Harriet Hooker died in 1874. Francis Sibson was the Hooker family …
- … private secretary from 1872 until September 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, 15 September 1874 ). Douglas Strutt Galton was director of public works …
From Hermann Müller 7 August 1875
Summary
Thanks for Insectivorous plants.
Believes Lepidoptera are of greater importance as fertilisers in alpine regions than in lowlands.
The famous stone pits of Ohningen are for sale.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10110 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … vol. 22, letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … 110–12, and 31 December 1874, pp. 169–71. The subnival region is the uppermost mountain …
- … pp. 205–6; 25 September 1873, pp. 433–5; 20 November 1873, pp. 44–6; 1 January 1874, pp. …
- … 164–6; 18 June 1874, pp. …
- … 129–30; 12 November 1874, pp. …
- … 32–3; 10 December 1874, pp. …
- … 110–12; 31 December 1874, pp. 169–71; 20 May 1875, pp. 50–1; 8 July 1875, pp. 190–1; 13 …
- … The articles on alpine flowers (parts 7–9) appeared in issues for 12 November 1874, pp. …
- … 32–3, 10 December 1874, pp. …
To J. D. Hooker 3 January [1875]
Summary
Has not heard from Mivart; CD is convinced he is a hypocrite.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 363–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9798 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Press. 1985–. Warming, Eugenius. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Lentibulariaceæ. I. …
- … den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (1874): 33–58. (Resumé in French, pp. 8–15. ) …
- … address to the Royal Society of London, made on 30 November 1874 (J. D. …
- … it were reprinted in Nature , 31 December 1874, pp. 175–8, and 7 January 1875, pp. 196– …
- … there is an annotated copy of Warming 1874 in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … vol. 22, letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). Huxley had learned about the …
- … communicated with Mivart about it in December 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22). CD had …
- … 22, letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 December [1874] ). CD refers to Hooker’s presidential …
From Francis Galton 24 September 1875
Summary
Sends a lecture CD wished to see
and corrects himself about the twins.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10169 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Bibliography Bernard, Claude. 1874. Cours de physiologie générale au Muséum d’histoire …
- … Galton refers to were part of Bernard’s 1874 lectures, ‘Phénomènes de la vie communs …
- … aux animaux et aux végétaux’ ( Bernard 1874 ); specifically lectures in …
- … Revue scientifique , 3 October 1874 and …
- … 10 October 1874: ‘Sexualité de l’œuf—préfécondation’, ‘Fécondation de l’œuf—élément male’, …
- … Darwin Archive–CUL: ‘Natural selection and dysteleology’, Nature , 12 March 1874 (G. J. …
- … Romanes 1874a; DAR 52: D15); ‘Rudimentary organs’, Nature , 9 April 1874 (G. J. Romanes …
- … reducing cause in species’, Nature , 2 July 1874 (G. J. Romanes 1874c; DAR 52: D17); and ‘ …
To Smith, Elder & Co 30 October 1875
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £2 8s 10d for 2d edition of Coral reefs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections (Honeyman Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10233 |
From Lawson Tait 17 March [1875]
Summary
Sends a short essay [The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries (1874)] on which he would welcome CD’s opinion. Believes problems of pathology can be attacked by regarding them from "Darwinian" point of view.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9892 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … and treatment of diseases of the ovaries (1874)] on which he would welcome CD’s opinion. …
- … Bibliography Tait, Lawson. 1874. The pathology and treatment of diseases of the ovaries; …
- … treatment of diseases of the ovaries ( Tait 1874 ); CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. In Tait 1874 , pp. 58–63, Tait discussed the formative origin of …
- … for by CD’s theory of pangenesis ( Tait 1874 , p. 60). CD had outlined his provisional …
- … without a fusion with the male germ’ ( Tait 1874 , p. 60). Tait’s transcription of the …
To George Bentham 18 January [1875]
Summary
Thanks GB for his "Report on [the recent progress and present state of] systematic botany" [Rep. BAAS (1874): 27–54] and for the way in which he refers to CD’s book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GEB/1/3: Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree-Dyer, (1830–1884) 719) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9824 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … state of] systematic botany" [ Rep. BAAS (1874): 27–54] and for the way in which he refers …
- … established by the reference to Bentham 1874 (see n. 2, below). There is an offprint of …
- … present state of systematic botany’ (Bentham 1874), in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … In Bentham 1874, p. 33, Bentham wrote that CD’s Origin , with its doctrine of the …
To St G. J. Mivart 12 January 1875
Summary
StGJM’s article in the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 40–77] contains wholly false and malicious accusations against CD’s son George. Since StGJM has refused to make any sort of retraction, CD will not hold any future communication with him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | St George Jackson Mivart |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9812 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … s article in the Quarterly Review [137 (1874): 40–77] contains wholly false and malicious …
- … the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …
- … Your article in the Q. R. for July 1874 contains a wholly false & malicious accusation …
- … of vice to check population (that is, of prostitution; [Mivart] 1874 , p. 70, G. H. …
- … Darwin 1873). In the October 1874 issue of the Quarterly Review , a letter from George …
From Michael Foster 30 January 1875
Summary
Account of the fund to help Anton Dohrn’s zoological station at Naples.
| Author: | Michael Foster |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 215/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9835F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … at Naples, see Correspondence vol. 22, letters from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] and …
- … 17 June [1874] , and letters to …
- … Michael Foster, 23 April [1874] and …
- … 9 May [1874] . See also letter from A. G. Dew-Smith, 17 January 1875 . Alfred Newton. …
- … faithfully, | A NTON D OHRN . December 20 th , 1874 Subscriptions. s. d. £. C. Darwin, …
From John Murray 17 February [1875]
Summary
JM expresses his willingness to publish a new edition of Variation whenever CD revises it.
Descent [2d ed.] has not sold much since the annual sale – 1300 copies altogether.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 444 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9861 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … before this time was that of 17 November 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22). The letter from …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent 2d US ed. : The descent of man, and …
- … ed. ) and a cheap edition of Descent in 1874 ( Descent 2d ed. ). CD was informed by Robert …
- … printings (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters from R. F. Cooke, 16 June 1874 and …
- … 12 November 1874 ). The last extant letter …
- … letter to D. Appleton & Co. , 5 November 1874 ). When stereotype plates were made, the …
From Daniel Oliver 2 January 1875
Summary
The generic name Genlisea must be preserved for Utriculariaceae with five-part calyces.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9796 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … John Murray. 1875. Warming, Eugenius. 1874. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Lentibulariaceæ. I. …
- … den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (1874): 33–58. (Resumé in French, pp. 8–15. ) …
- … plant) with his letter to 24 December 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22). Oliver had earlier …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 19 December 1874 ). 5-merous: pentamerous, having five parts. …
- … paper on Genlisea and Utricularia ( Warming 1874 ) in Insectivorous plants , pp. 397 n. …
From T. C. Brown 12 May 1875
Summary
Notes absence of material on fossil coral reefs in CD’s 2d edition [Coral reefs (1874)]. Has been collecting specimens from a fossil reef near his home for four years; gave many to Oxford.
| Author: | Thomas Crowther Brown |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 324 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9976 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … coral reefs in CD’s 2d edition [ Coral reefs (1874)]. Has been collecting specimens from a …
- … Coral reefs 2d ed. was published in 1874 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 1 July 1874). CD’s book focused on coral reefs from a geological perspective, and did not …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Duncan, Peter Martin. 1866–72. A monograph of …
- … professor of geology at Oxford University in 1874; Oxford lies in the centre of outcrops …
- … account of the specimens from the fossil reef in November 1874 (see letter from T. C. …
- … Brown to Joseph Prestwich, 24 November 1874, Archive Collections of the Oxford University …
From G. J. Romanes 14 January 1875
Summary
Would like to see papers [on potato grafting] mentioned by CD.
CD has doubtless seen case in Gardeners’ Chronicle of vine in which scion has affected the stock [P. Grieve, "Singular sport upon a grape vine", Gard. Chron. (1875): 21].
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9816 |
To James Sully 23 December 1875
Summary
Thanks JS for Sensation and intuition [1874]. Regrets that it was not published earlier, so he could have profited by some of the discussions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Sully |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (MS ADD 158/1-6/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10320 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (77) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (11) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (6) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (5) |
| John Murray | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (101) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (12) |
| Tait, Lawson | (5) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (4) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (178) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (10) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (8) |
| Tait, Lawson | (8) |
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 …
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?
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—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…
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- … Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …
Essay: Evolution & theology
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—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…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘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…
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- … 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
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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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- … 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 …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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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…
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- … started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …
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…
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
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- … months earlier. Although Sarah visited Darwin in Down in 1874 , their connection lapsed until …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … later, would take his camera across the globe to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. Tommy, …
- … Perfilieff , a member of the Tolstoy family in March of 1874, Darwin included the line “I have the …
- … newly-produced carte . Image: Charles Darwin, 1874, Elliot and Fry, Dar 257:11, …
- … ©Cambridge University Library Between 1874 and 1878 Darwin was very busy – too busy, …
- … Darwin’s Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874 . New Haven, USA: Yale University Press, …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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- … Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to Abbott, F. E. A., 30 March 1874 Writing to the American …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … 9633 - Nevill, D. F. to Darwin, [11 September 1874] Dorothy Nevill tells Darwin …
Clémence Auguste Royer
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Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
Francis Darwin marries
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The Darwins' son, Francis, marries Amy Ruck; Francis starts work as his father's assistant
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- … The Darwins' son, Francis, marries Amy Ruck; Francis starts work as his father's assistant …
Lydia Becker
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Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the Women’s Suffrage Journal. She was also a successful biologist, astronomer and botanist and, between 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. …
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- … Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the …
