From John Murray 6 January [1876]
Summary
At last, Expression is beginning to sell again.
Cooke has not yet decided on number of Variation [2d ed.] to print.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 481 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10347 |
From Hermann Hoffmann 10 January 1876
Summary
Bug on Tilia, cited in Variation, was Cimex apterus.
| Author: | Karl Heinrich Hermann (Hermann) Hoffmann |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10353 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
To W. H. Dallinger [after 10 January 1876]
Summary
CD has read all of WHD’s and J. J. Drysdale’s papers [on spontaneous generation, monads, and the origin of life] and finds them the best work on the subject.
The function of bladders in Utricularia is not to float the plant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Dallinger |
| Date: | [after 10 Jan 1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS CG/u/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10354 |
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- … papers in the series (Dallinger and Drysdale 1874 and Dallinger and Drysdale 1875) are in …
From Ernst Haeckel 13 January 1876
Summary
Sends copy of Arabische Korallen [1876].
Comments on reception of his paper on "Gastrula" [see 10012].
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10356 |
To Ernst Haeckel 21 January [1876]
Summary
EH’s Arabische Korallen is spirited, clear, and poetical. With respect to formation of islands, thinks EH lays too much stress on views of Ehrenberg. Admires drawings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 21 Jan [1876] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/ 37 [9890]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10363 |
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- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
From James Torbitt 24 January 1876
Summary
Are plants that arise from vegetative propagation individuals or merely parts of the original parent plant?
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 130 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10365 |
From M. T. Masters 26 January 1876
Summary
In response to CD’s query, answers that he has frequently heard discussions at the Horticultural Society of a saccharine secretion from leaves of the lime and has no doubt it really does occur. [See Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 402.]
| Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10367 |
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- … in hot weather. See also Correspondence vol. 22, letter to T. H. Farrer, 4 July [1874] . …
To James Torbitt 26 January 1876
Summary
Obliged for Belfast Journal.
Almost impossible to determine what constitutes an individual. Definition for sexually reproducing organisms does not apply to lower ones.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10368 |
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- … Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1874–5): 112–25. …
To Hubert Airy 27 January [1876?]
Summary
Agrees to aid HA in applying for membership in a society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
| Date: | 27 Jan [1876?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10369 |
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- … vol. 22, letter from Hubert Airy, 13 March 1874 and nn. 1 and 2. ) In 1875, among those …
To Asa Gray 28 January 1876
Summary
Thanks for reviews of Insectivorous plants and of Climbing plants in Nation and American Journal Science [see 10329].
AG’s essay on seed dispersal ["Burs in the borage family", Am. Nat. 10 (1876): 1–4].
Preparing book on advantages of crossing [Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10370 |
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- … games with Emma (see Correspondence vol. 22, letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n. 12). …
From J. D. Hooker 28 January 1876
Summary
Asks CD to come up to vote for Lankester.
Severely critical of R. L. Tait’s paper on Nepenthes communicated to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 51–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10371 |
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- … study of digestion in Nepenthes ( Hooker 1874 ), Hooker referred to the work of Augustus …
To Fritz Müller [9 February 1876]
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on to Nature ["Brazil kitchen middens, habits of ants, etc.", Nature 13 (1876): 304–5].
Would be grateful for Ceropegia seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | [9 Feb 1876] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 38) (EH 88205868) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10384 |
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- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 February [ 1876] ). In 1874, Joseph Dalton Hooker had sent CD a …
- … Belt in The naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 , pp. 218–20; see Correspondence vol. 22, …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 July 1874 , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 16 July 1874 ). They are now known as Beltian bodies. No record that Müller …
To H. T. Stainton 11 February [1876]
Summary
Has signed enclosure [Royal Society nomination for McLachlan] with pleasure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1876] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10385 |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 February [1876]
Summary
Asks for identification of a Cineraria which is self-sterile.
Fritz Müller’s letter on Cecropia [see 10384].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 14 Feb [1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 22a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10391 |
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- … sent CD a specimen of bull-horn acacia in 1874 (see letter to Fritz Müller, [9 February …
From R. F. Cooke 21 February 1876
Summary
Murray wishes to settle payments for Descent [2d ed., 11th thousand]. Over 500 copies of the 1000 printed have been sold.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 482 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10404 |
From Lawson Tait 21 February 1876
Summary
RLT to review 2d ed. of Variation and write an article on Pangenesis.
Discussion of "Survival of the Fittest".
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 28–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10405 |
From G. J. Romanes [c. 19 March 1876]
Summary
Thanks for copy of 2d ed. of Variation.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 19 Mar 1876] |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10421F |
From J. V. Carus 19 March 1876
Summary
Insectivorous plants is out
and Climbing plants is at the printer’s.
He is now at work on the geological writings.
Thinks all of CD’s papers extremely interesting "for the spirit and the method".
Cites some misprints in Climbing plants.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10419 |
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- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … of lectures in the summers of 1873 and 1874 (see Correspondence vol 22, letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 19 January 1874 ). LLD: legum doctor (Latin; doctor of laws) ( Chambers ). Carus …
- … ed. ). In his letter to Carus of 19 March [1874] ( Correspondence vol. 22), CD said that ‘ …
From J. V. Carus 21 March 1876
Summary
A difficulty with a passage in Coral reefs about "vertical thickness", which JVC thinks should read "horizontal extent".
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10423 |
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- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs 3d ed. : The structure and …
To J. V. Carus 21 March 1876
Summary
Glad to hear that [German edition of] Insectivorous plants is published.
Thanks for errata in Climbing plants [2d ed.].
Sends list [missing] of his papers, with those certainly not worth translating marked with a red line.
Reports on work in progress.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 139–140) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10422 |
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- … letter from Charles Lyell, 25 September 1874 , and this volume, letter from J. W. Judd, 15 …
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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…
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- … 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…
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- … 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,…
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- … 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…
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- … 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?
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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 …
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…
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- … < 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)
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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 …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
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< 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…
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- … < 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
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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 …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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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…
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- … can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< 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
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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
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
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< 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…
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- … 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
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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…
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< 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…
