From Wallis Nash 4 January 1880
Summary
Reports on the comfortable life of an immigrant in Oregon.
Author: | Wallis Nash |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12400 |
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- … Party was a US political party founded in 1874 in opposition to gold-backed currency; the …
From T. H. Huxley 3 February 1880
Summary
Has read Butler’s letter and CD’s draft reply and Litchfield’s letter. Has no hesitation in saying CD should take no notice. Litchfield’s advice is judicious.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B82–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12457 |
To W. Z. Seddon 4 February 1880
Summary
Comments on colours of races of man. Wishes WZS "or anybody else" could account for them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 461 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12460 |
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- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
From Anton Dohrn 11 February 1880
Summary
Sends birthday greetings
and the good news of a subvention for the Zoological Station received from the German government. There are now 20 naturalists working at the Station.
Author: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12471 |
From Adolf Ernst 29 February 1880
Summary
Plants in Venezuelan plains.
Observations on Turnera: heterostyly, leaf-base glands’ secretion eaten by ants.
Observations on role of leaf secretions in fertilisation of Marcgravia and Passiflora.
Author: | Adolf Ernst |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12504 |
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- … 2018)). The postal union was set up in 1874; the charges for letters and printed matter …
- … When I first saw the plains (in February 1874), it was at the end of the dry season; and …
- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Forms of flowers 2d ed. : The different …
- … postal union. Signed at Berne, October 9, 1874. Washington: Government Printing Office. …
To James Caird 24 March 1880
Summary
Encloses a statement regarding the progress of Torbitt’s potato experiments, and discusses the handling of the fund CD holds for Torbitt.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Caird |
Date: | 24 Mar 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 52: E7a, E9–14, E16v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12546 |
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- … Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1874–5): 112–25. …
To Adolf Ernst 4 April 1880
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter; is sure it would be worth while to test fertility of illegitimate offspring of heterostyled plants.
Would welcome any information on occurrence of bloom-covered leaves on dry plains.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Adolf Ernst |
Date: | 4 Apr 1880 |
Classmark: | State Darwin Museum, Moscow (GDM KP OF 8973) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12561 |
From James Dixon 7 May 1880
Summary
Corrects CD’s statement [Descent 1: 19] that the platysma myoides muscle cannot be brought into voluntary action. He can move every one of his facial muscles.
Author: | James Dixon |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 185 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12598 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
From S. T. Preston 20 May 1880
Summary
Thanks for CD’s comments on his paper ["On a point relating to brain dynamics", Nature 22 (1880): 29–30].
Contends that self-interest as a motive for conduct is more salutary than is generally thought, and should be considered in the evolution of morality.
Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 May 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12610 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Lange, Friedrich Albert. 1866. Geschichte …
To Alphonse de Candolle 28 May 1880
Summary
Thanks for AdeC’s Phytographie [1880]. CD finds in it a number of "philosophical" remarks new to him. The work would have been invaluable to him in dealing with puzzles when writing his cirripede monographs.
Describes his system of keeping notes on separate pieces of paper filed in several scores of large portfolios.
Has just sent MS of Movement in plants to the printer. Thinks he has suceeded in showing "that all the more important great classes of movements are due to the modification of a kind of movement common to all plants from their earliest youth".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Date: | 28 May 1880 |
Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12618 |
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- … s botanical assistant and secretary since 1874 ( Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 269). CD was in …
To W. C. McIntosh 18 June 1880
Summary
Asks for information about worms.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Carmichael McIntosh |
Date: | 18 June 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 351 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12640 |
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- … de zoologie expérimentale et générale 3 (1874): pl. 13. CD discussed worm-castings …
To R. P. Hardy 7 September 1880
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ralph Price Hardy |
Date: | 7 Sept 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12708 |
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- … balance sheets for the club from 1868 until 1874 had been lost (see letter to R. P. Hardy, …
From T. M. Reade 21 September 1880
Summary
Sends his paper ["Oceans and continents", Geol. Mag. 7 (1880): 385–91].
Thinks John Murray of Edinburgh goes out of his way to deny an elevation/subsidence view of coral reefs ["On the structure and origin of coral reefs and islands", Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 10 (1878–80): 505–18].
Author: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Sept 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12720 |
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- … Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Murray, John. 1880. On the stucture and …
From Frederick Parsons 3 October 1880
Summary
Reports case of a girl’s sudden death when a large abscess, formed by a cherry-stone in the vermiform appendix, burst into the peritoneum. Perhaps relevant to Descent [2d ed., pp. 20–1].
Author: | Joshua Frederick (Frederick) Parsons |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12736 |
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- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
From Horace Darwin 7 October 1880
Summary
Worm-castings. Encloses notes about worm activities at Gravetye Manor.
Author: | Horace Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 65: 99, 100; DAR 162: 72, 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12742 |
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- … Horace Darwin had served an apprenticeship from 1874 to 1877 ( ODNB ). St Tibbs Row is in …
From S. T. Preston 26 October 1880
Summary
His intent in quoting Descent on the law of equal hereditary transmission to both sexes in his article "Evolution and female education" was to support female education.
Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12776 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution …
To ? 5 November 1880
Summary
Refers correspondent to Descent for some information on marriage arrangements, and on the mental and moral nature of monkeys.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 5 Nov 1880 |
Classmark: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12797 |
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- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
To George Maw 8 November 1880
Summary
Believes the flexure in GM’s dead animals must result from the greater strength of the muscles on the left side. Thinks his son George once tested the strength of each leg of a group of boys, and CD could get his notes if wanted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Maw |
Date: | 8 Nov 1880 |
Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/18) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12805 |
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- … vol. 22, letter to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] ). The specimen of Maw’s Monograph of the …
From R. F. Cooke 15 November 1880
Summary
Murray’s must reprint Descent. Does CD want to make any corrections in the plates?
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.11: 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12821 |
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- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
To Williams & Norgate 16 November 1880
Summary
Although he cannot use the Neapolitan work, his respect for the service to science rendered by the Zoological Station at Naples leads him to subscribe.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
Date: | 16 Nov 1880 |
Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (4 November 2010, lot 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12823A |
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- … vol. 22, letter to Anton Dohrn, 7 March 1874 . Dohrn later asked CD to accept the series …
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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
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
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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
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< 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…