To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.
Health indifferent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9289 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874 …
- … München (Ana 525. Ba 711) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1874 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 13 1874 My dear D r Dohrn I was astonished yesterday by …
- … telegram from Anton Dohrn , 12 February 1874). See Correspondence vol. 21, letter from …
- … Darwin’s diary, Francis Maitland Balfour arrived on Saturday 7 February 1874 (DAR 242). …
- … Francis Darwin married Amy Ruck in July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), ODNB ). CD …
To Fritz Müller 13 February 1874
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on termites to Nature ["Habits of various insects", Nature 10 (1874): 102–3].
Would be interested in observations on the stingless bees of Brazil.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9288 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Fritz Müller 13 February 1874 …
- … 10 no 37) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1874 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … Habits of various insects", Nature 10 (1874): 102–3]. Would be interested in observations …
- … letter from Hermann Müller, 15 February 1874 . See also Correspondence vol. 21, letter to …
- … letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874]. CD refers to the first three parts of F. …
- … 5 . See letter to Nature , 11 February [1874]. Müller’s name appears on CD’s presentation …
- … sent Müller a copy of Thomas Belt’s Naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ; see letter to …
- … Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 ). CD had sent Hermann Müller the money from the profits of …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 13 1874. My dear Sir Your letter rec d yesterday has …
From T. M. Coan 14 February 1874
Summary
On the declining population of the Hawaiian Islands [see Descent (1875), pp. 186–7, 187–8 n. 43].
| Author: | Titus Munson Coan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: A11, DAR 90: 40–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9290 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From T. M. Coan 14 February 1874 …
- … DAR 69: A11, DAR 90: 40–3 Titus Munson Coan New York 14 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … West 27 th S t . , | New York, Feby. 14 th 1874. Mr. Charles Darwin, Dear Sir: My friend …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Dibble, Sheldon. 1843. History of the …
From Albert Günther 14 February 1874
Summary
Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.
| Author: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9291 |
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- … From Albert Günther 14 February 1874 …
- … Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther British Museum 14 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … British Museum Febr. 14 th . 1874 My dear Sir I have had great pleasure in signing Mr …
- … see letter to Albert Günther, 12 February 1874 ). Swinhoe was not successful until 1876 ( …
- … also letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 . Günther had asked CD about Galápagos …
From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874]
Summary
Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8709 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874] …
- … 90: 8 Leonard Darwin Naval College, Greenwich [after 14 Feb 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … dates given by Coan were correct; see also letter from ? , [after 14 January 1874] . …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 . Titus Munson Coan’s figures suggested that …
- … letter from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 ). When CD published these figures in Descent …
From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874
Summary
Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.
Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9293 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874 …
- … 303 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 15 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was published in Nature , 19 February 1874. Müller refers to his paper ‘Anwendung der …
- … The second edition of Descent was published in 1874; the German translation of the first …
- … Lippstadt Feb. 15 1874. My dear Sir Many thanks for your very kind letter I received two …
- … Müller 1864 , Dallas trans. 1869) on 12 February 1874; the letter has not been found, but …
- … the letter to Fritz Müller, 13 February 1874 . See also Correspondence vol. 21, letter to …
- … 25 September 1873 . See letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874], and letter to …
- … Nature , 11 February 1874. Fritz’s …
From C. S. Tomes [before 16 February 1874]
Summary
Inherited dental abnormalities in man. [Enclosed are proofs of pp. 113–16 from J. Tomes, A system of dental surgery, 2d ed. (1873).]
| Author: | Charles Sissmore Tomes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 16 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 129 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9195 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From C. S. Tomes [before 16 February 1874] …
- … Sissmore Tomes London, Cavendish Square, 37 [before 16 Feb 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to C. S. Tomes, 16 February [1874] . J. Tomes and Tomes 1873 . The memorandum …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From A. S. G. Canning 16 February 1874
Summary
Offers information on pea-fowl for new edition of Variation.
| Author: | Albert Stratford George Canning |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9296 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From A. S. G. Canning 16 February 1874 …
- … Stratford George Canning London, Portman Square, 31 16 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter has not been found, but see the letter from A. S. G. Canning, 23 February 1874 . …
- … 31. Portman Square Feb ry 16 th | 1874. Sir Understanding from M r Murray that another …
From J. A. Gammie 16 February 1874
Summary
Sends his observations on the fertilisation of Hedychium gardnerianum by sphinx moths. Did not look for pollen on the wing tips.
| Author: | James Alexander Gammie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 157a: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9296A |
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- … From J. A. Gammie 16 February 1874 …
- … the Himalayas. See also letter from J. A. Gammie, 28 August 1874 . Also spelled Mangpu. …
- … DAR 157a: 98 James Alexander Gammie Monarpur, Darjeeling 16 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with the letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 March 1874 . No letter from CD to Gammie has been …
To George Harris 16 February [1874]
Summary
Returns proofs; has no criticisms or remarks worth sending.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Harris |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division (Ms. 10, Letters concerning George Harris’s A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9294 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To George Harris 16 February [1874] …
- … Nature and Constitution of Man ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1874] George Harris …
- … the letter from George Harris, 10 February 1874 . No letter from Harris requesting return …
- … the proof-sheets with his letter of 10 February 1874 , and CD had thanked him for them …
- … in his letter to Harris of 12 February 1874 . CD was working on the second editions of …
To H. E. Litchfield 16 February [1874?]
Summary
On the "doubtful & obscure" subject of marriage of cousins, CD believes, that judging from the analogy of animals, no direct evil would follow from their marriage. He would, however, expect the offspring of unrelated parents to be somewhat superior in size and vigour. The injury from the increase of any bad tendency common to the family seems to CD more to be feared than mere consanguinity; "the good effects of crossing distinct families I look at as great & undoubted".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1874?] |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8207 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. E. Litchfield 16 February [1874? ] …
- … Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1874? ] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma …
- … s research (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 February 1874 ). The letter is written on a …
- … CD used between January 1872 and November 1874. In 1872, Henrietta and her husband Richard …
To C. S. Tomes 16 February [1874]
Summary
Thanks for facts on inheritance
Thinks CST’s paper (C. S. Tomes 1874) about the enamel on the teeth of the armadillo is most remarkable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Sissmore Tomes |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Andrusier Autographs (dealer) (Spring 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8216F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To C. S. Tomes 16 February [1874] …
- … dealer) (Spring 2013) Charles Robert Darwin 16 Feb [1874] Down Charles Sissmore Tomes …
- … Bibliography Tomes, Charles Sissmore. 1874. On the existence of an enamel organ in an …
- … on inheritance Thinks CST’s paper (C. S. Tomes 1874) about the enamel on the teeth of the …
- … found, but see n. 1, above. In C. S. Tomes 1874 , Tomes had written that in the armadillo …
- … from C. S. Tomes, [before 16 February [1874] . Alexander von Brandt’s letter has not …
To H. B. Tristram 16 February 1874
Summary
Asks HBT to sign certificate [for Royal Society] for Robert Swinhoe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Baker Tristram |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9295 |
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From Octavius Pickard-Cambridge 17 February 1874
Summary
Criticises sexual selection theory. Supports natural selection.
Gives CD references on proportion of sexes in spiders.
| Author: | Octavius Pickard-Cambridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9299 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Octavius Pickard-Cambridge 17 February 1874 …
- … DAR 161: 7 Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Blandford 17 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … Bloxworth Rectory | Blandford Febry 17. 1874 My dear Sir I am most pleased to give you the …
To G. E. Shuttleworth 17 February [1874]
Summary
At the suggestion of Crichton-Browne CD writes on behalf of his son George, who is making a study of marriages between first cousins and of their offspring to determine the proportion of the latter who may be among the insane, deaf and dumb, idiotic, blind etc. Is GES willing to ask his patients [at the Royal Albert Asylum] for the information relevant to this study?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Shuttleworth |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1874] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.5134) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9299A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. E. Shuttleworth 17 February [1874] …
- … Collection (MS.5134) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Feb [1874] George Edward Shuttleworth …
- … the letter to James Crichton-Brown, 5 January 1874. Shuttleworth was superintendent of the …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 February 1874 . See letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 6 February 1874 . This is one of the letters George wrote for CD to send to …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 17 February 1874
Summary
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9298 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From W. B. Tegetmeier 17 February 1874 …
- … DAR 90: 98–9 William Bernhard Tegetmeier Finchley 17 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Lee, Rawdon Briggs. 1894. A history and …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 5 February 1874 . CD was interested in the numbers of each …
- … of dogs and other animals (see also letters from George Cupples , 3 February 1874 and …
- … 7 February 1874 ). John Henry Walsh , who wrote under the pen name Stonehenge, was editor …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 18 February 1874 , and Descent 2d ed. , p. 19 n. 41). It …
To L. D. Blake 18 February 1874
Summary
Does not believe in the possibilty of dog suicide.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lillie Devereux Blake |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Blake 1888, pp. 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9300F |
From A. S. G. Canning 18 February 1874
Summary
Reports on a female black-winged pea-fowl at his home in Ireland.
| Author: | Albert Stratford George Canning |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9302 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From A. S. G. Canning 18 February 1874 …
- … Stratford George Canning London, Portman Square, 31 18 Feb 1874 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from A. S. G. Canning, 16 February 1874 . CD mentioned the black-shouldered peahen in …
- … 31. Portman Square Feb ry . 18 th | 1874. Sir I received your letter this morning. — About …
To Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen 18 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for HHHvZ’s translation of Expression. CD will have HHHvZ’s notes translated by one of his sons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9321 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen 18 February 1874 …
- … DAR 249: 120 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb 1874 Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen …
- … F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Johan IJkema was Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen’s publisher. …
- … 1871–2). The second edition of Descent was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. …
- … Down, Beckenham, Kent. Feb 18. 1874 My dear Sir I must have the pleasure of thanking you …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for answering his query on greyhound puppies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9300 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 18. 1874 My dear Sir You have, as usual, answered my query …
- … from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 . CD had enquired about the number of each sex …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 and n. 4. CD cited Alexander von Brandt …
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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: 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…
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- … EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …
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 …
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…
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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
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…
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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
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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…
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…
