To R. D. Fitzgerald 16 July 1875
Summary
Thanks RDF for a part of his book [Australian orchids, vol. 1 (1875–82)]; suggests further observations RDF could make and defends some of his own conclusions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert David Fitzgerald |
Date: | 16 July 1875 |
Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 2546) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10069 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To R. D. Fitzgerald 16 July 1875 …
- … Library, Sydney (A 2546) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 July 1875 Robert David Fitzgerald …
- … his book [ Australian orchids , vol. 1 (1875–82)]; suggests further observations RDF could …
- … CD had received the first part of Fitzgerald’s Australian orchids ( Fitzgerald 1875–94 ). …
- … See letters to Mr Russell , 26 June [1875] and …
- … 12 July 1875 . Fitzgerald described the genus Pterostylis , with illustrations of P. …
- … an illustration of C. dimorpha ( Fitzgerald 1875–94 , vol. 1, part 1). The ‘calli’ are …
- … 2: 138–56. ] Fitzgerald, Robert David. 1875–94. Australian orchids. 2 vols. Sydney: Thomas …
- … in the introductory essay to Fitzgerald 1875–94 , vol. 1, part 1: 1. The self-fertile bee …
- … flowers produced no seed (see Fitzgerald 1875–94 , vol. 1, part 1: 2. ) Fritz Müller …
- … as agents of fertilization’ ( Fitzgerald 1875–94 , vol. 1, part 1: 2). On Cypripedium ( …
To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 23 December 1875
Summary
Thanks for FdeC’s work [Lectures on state medicine (1875)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont |
Date: | 23 Dec 1875 |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (RAMC/473/6) Trustees of the Army Medical Services Museum |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10321 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To F. S. B. François de Chaumont 23 December 1875 …
- … Thanks for FdeC’s work [ Lectures on state medicine (1875)]. …
- … Museum Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Dec 1875 Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont …
- … state medicine ( François de Chaumont 1875 ) dealt with sanitation. François de Chaumont …
- … de Chaumont, Francis Stephen Bennet. 1875. Lectures on state medicine delivered before …
- … Apothecaries at their hall in Blackfriars: May & June 1875 . London: Smith, Elder, & Co. …
To Friedrich Hildebrand 28 July [1875]
Summary
Apologises that he cannot supply any maize seed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Date: | 28 July [1875] |
Classmark: | Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10098F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Friedrich Hildebrand 28 July [1875] …
- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … March 2018 Charles Robert Darwin 28 July [1875] Down Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) …
- … between this letter and the letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 26 July 1875 . See …
- … letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 26 July 1875 . Federico Delpino . Insectivorous …
- … plants . See letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 26 July 1875 . …
To Alpheus Hyatt 21 January [1875]
Summary
Thanks for note and extract.
Will be glad to read AH’s memoir when published [? "The Jurassic and Cretaceous Ammonites collected in South America by Prof. James Orton" Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Proc Mem Jnl!?] 17 (1875): 365–72].
Recalls AH’s visit to Down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alpheus Hyatt |
Date: | 21 Jan [1875] |
Classmark: | Maryland Historical Society (Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9826 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Alpheus Hyatt 21 January [1875] …
- … Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Jan [1875] Alpheus Hyatt …
- … Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Proc Mem Jnl!? ] 17 (1875): 365–72]. Recalls AH’s visit to Down. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Alpheus Hyatt, 8 January [1875] . See …
- … letter from Alpheus Hyatt, 8 January [1875] . An abstract of Hyatt’ …
- … ammonites ( Hyatt 1874 ) was published in 1875. It is not known when Hyatt visited Down. …
To G. J. Romanes 12 July [1875]
Summary
Discusses revisions for Variation, 2d ed.
Discusses experiments involving graft-hybrids.
Alludes to Pangenesis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 12 July [1875] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.471) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10059 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 12 July [1875] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.471) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1875] George John Romanes …
- … in Farrer’s garden to be sent to Romanes (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 7 April [1875] ). …
- … Royal Institution of Great Britain 8 (1875–8): 166–77. Variation 2d ed. : The variation of …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … began work on Variation 2d ed. on 6 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD expanded …
- … circular 1876), although it carried an 1875 publication date. For the description of the …
- … the letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 January 1875 and n. 3. Romanes’s work on the nervous …
- … of Thomas Henry Farrer , from 3 June to 6 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD had …
- … see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 January 1875 and n. 2). CD briefly discussed the …
To J. D. Hooker 19 June [1875]
Summary
Has come to Abinger Hall for a rest after Insectivorous plants, soon to appear. Is sick of the accursed subject.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 June [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 386–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10024 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 19 June [1875] …
- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … DAR 95: 386–7 Charles Robert Darwin Abinger Hall 19 June [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … plants , which was published on 2 July 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) and Appendix …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 June 1875 . In a …
- … letter to Emma Darwin of [5 June 1875] (DAR 245: 54), Henrietta Emma Litchfield mentioned …
- … Henry Farrer , from 3 June to 6 July 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Harriet Anne …
To J. D. Hooker 8 January [1875]
Summary
JDH would be rash not to follow advice of his friends. [CD’s] wife and George oppose his writing to Mivart.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Jan [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 367–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9809 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Cohn 1875a ) is in DAR 58.2: 35–43. See letter to F. J. Cohn, 1 January 1875 . …
- … To J. D. Hooker 8 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 367–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 January 1875 . John Tyndall , Thomas Archer Hirst , and …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 January 1875 ). Thomas Henry Huxley had written to Mivart, …
- … Edinburgh (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] and n. 4). Daniel Oliver’ …
- … the letter to Oliver of 6 January [1875] . Genlisea (the corkscrew plant), Aldrovanda (the …
To Chauncey Wright 13 March 1875
Summary
Discusses function of the eyebrows in protecting the eyes from sweat.
Mentions notices in the Nation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Chauncey Wright |
Date: | 13 Mar 1875 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9886 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Chauncey Wright 13 March 1875 …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Mar 1875 Chauncey Wright …
- … Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Journal of researches : Journal of researches …
- … See letter from Chauncey Wright, 24 February 1875 and n. 1. …
- … manuscript of Insectivorous plants until 29 March 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … In his letter of 24 February 1875 , Wright suggested that adaptations could have several …
- … angered. In his letter of 24 February 1875 , Wright described how William James suffered …
- … See letter from Chauncey Wright, 24 February 1875 and n. 11. Wright sent CD …
- … on books about evolution; it was published in Nation , 18 February 1875, pp. 113–14. …
To J. V. Carus 25 December 1875
Summary
Thanks for errata in Insectivorous plants.
Sends spare copies of his papers, but thinks several are not worth publishing.
Has only one copy, which he will lend JVC, of the best one, on "Erratic boulders of South America" [Collected papers 1: 145–63].
Has not sent "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" [Collected papers 1: 87–137], as he is sure he was wrong.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 25 Dec 1875 |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 137–138) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10323 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 25 December 1875 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 137–138) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Dec 1875 Julius Victor Carus …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 , and letter to C. - …
- … F. Reinwald, 26 December 1875 ). The German edition of Insectivorous plants was Carus …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 7 February 1875 and n. 4), but they eventually appeared as part …
- … a second-hand copy of the first edition (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 October [1875] ). …
- … the fourth thousand (see letter from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 , nn. 3–11). See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 and n. 3. See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 and n. 6. See letter …
- … from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 and n. 8. Eduard Koch , the head of E. Schweizerbart’ …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 ). Both these works had been published by …
- … see letter from J. V. Carus, 21 December 1875 and n. 15). He did not include ‘Parallel …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Nicol, James. 1869. On the origin of the …
To R. F. Cooke 1 September [1875]
Summary
Thanks RC for his kind note. It was only Climbing plants for which he wanted the proofs to have wide margins. Wishes he understood more about printing. It would be a great convenience to authors if exterior margins of proofs were broad.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 1 Sept [1875] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 328–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10147 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 1 September [1875] …
- … in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874a ), see the letter from Federico Delpino, 11 September 1875 . …
- … ff. 328–9) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 1 Sept [1875] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Climbing plants : On the movements and …
- … and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 August 1875 . The printer William Clowes & Sons had …
- … letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 August [1875] . Cooke explained to CD that he had asked for …
- … letter from D. Appleton & Co. , 16 August 1875 , where the writer noted that Appleton’s …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 August 1875 ). Francis Darwin . D. Appleton & Co . , CD’s …
To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1875]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 Jan [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 369–71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9818 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 369–71 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Jan [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Roxburgh, William. 1820–4. Flora Indica; or …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 . Douglas Strutt Galton was director of works …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 and n. 2. Hooker had had a long-running …
- … and Utricularia (bladderworts; letter from Daniel Oliver, 2 January 1875 , and letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 6 January [1875] ). The pamphlets have not been identified; one of them was …
- … was transferred to another post in 1873. Galton retired in August 1875 ( The Times , …
- … 21 August 1875, p. 9). CD had asked Thomas Henry Farrer to use his influence to have an …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 January 1875 and n. 3). The pamphlet has not been …
To ? [February 1875 or earlier?]
Summary
Reports that Variation is out of print. Suggests means of obtaining a copy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [Feb 1875 or earlier?] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) catalogue p. 192 (20 July 1989) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9790A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To ? [February 1875 or earlier? ] …
- … p. 192 (20 July 1989) Charles Robert Darwin Down [Feb 1875 or earlier? ] Unidentified …
- … the fact that a second edition of Variation was planned in February 1875 (see letter from …
- … John Murray, 17 February [1875] . In September 1873, John Murray , CD’s publisher, had …
- … 25 September [1873] ), and by February 1875, copies were evidently not available to …
- … buy ( letter to John Murray, 16 February [1875] . …
To Francis Galton 10 November [1875]
Summary
Comments on FG’s paper ["The history of twins"].
CD is "in a passion with the Spectator who always muddles".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 10 Nov [1875] |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/20) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10254 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Galton 10 November [1875] …
- … Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/20) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Nov [1875] Francis Galton …
- … See letter to Francis Galton, 7 November [1875] and n. 8. …
- … 1875a was published in the Spectator , 6 November 1875, pp. 1387–9. CD had commented on a …
- … s article ‘A theory of heredity’ ( Galton 1875b ) in his letter of 7 November [1875] . See …
- … also letter from Francis Galton, 8 November 1875 . See …
- … letter to Francis Galton, 7 November [1875] and n. 3. …
To Gustavus Fritsche 27 October 1875
Summary
Will send vol. 1 [of Variation, 2d ed.] as soon as complete so that correspondent can decide about the translation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gustavus Fritsche |
Date: | 27 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10230 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Gustavus Fritsche 27 October 1875 …
- … Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 13) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Oct 1875 Gustavus Fritsche …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … letter from Gustavus Fritsche, 23 October 1875 and n. 6. John Lubbock lived very near CD …
- … letter from Gustavus Fritsche, 23 October 1875 . Fritsche hoped to translate Variation 2d …
- … failed to pay for a set of stereotypes (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 8 October 1875 ). See …
- … letter from Gustavus Fritsche, 23 October 1875 . The photograph has not been identified, …
To E. F. W. Pflüger [after 14 April 1875]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger |
Date: | [after 14 Apr 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9931 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To E. F. W. Pflüger [after 14 April 1875] …
- … 97: C10 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 14 Apr 1875] Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from E. F. W. Pflüger, 14 April 1875 . …
- … Pflüger 1875 . …
- … Pflüger, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm. 1875. Beiträge zur Lehre von der Respiration I. Über …
To F. J. Cohn 2 September 1875
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
Date: | 2 Sept 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 100 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10150A |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To F. J. Cohn 2 September 1875 …
- … DAR 185: 100 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Sept 1875 Ferdinand Julius Cohn …
- … Liebwerda in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic; letter from F. J. Cohn, 28 August 1875 ). …
- … zu Berlin 7: 1478–80. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 2. 1875 My dear Sir I had resolved not to trouble you with …
- … the common or round-leaved sundew); see letters from F. J. Cohn, 21 August 1875 and …
- … 28 August 1875 , and letter to F. …
- … J. Cohn, 24 August 1875 . In Insectivorous plants , p 362, CD pointed out that all plants …
- … pp. 38–65. In his letter of 28 August 1875 , Cohn described CD’s discovery as ‘the most …
To G. J. Romanes 8 October 1875
Summary
CD is circulating certificate proposing GJR for membership in Linnean Society.
Discusses hybrid potatoes from Germany.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 8 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.477) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10186 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 8 October 1875 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.477) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Oct 1875 George John Romanes …
- … from G. J. Romanes, 29 September 1875 . Romanes had sent some of the best specimens from …
- … potato-grafting experiments. See letter from G. J. Romanes, 29 September 1875 and n. 5. …
- … letter to G. J. Romanes, 24 September [1875] and n. 2). He had sent the nomination form to …
- … of Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 October [1875] and n. 4). …
- … Huxley visited CD on 16 and 17 October 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter …
To Lawson Tait [after 17 June 1875]
Summary
RLT will find abundant evidence of absorption by Aldrovanda in CD’s forthcoming book [Insectivorous plants]. Congratulates him on his discovery of ferments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Date: | [after 17 June 1875] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10019 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Lawson Tait [after 17 June 1875] …
- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Abinger Hall [after 17 June 1875] Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait …
- … letter and the letter from Lawson Tait, 17 June [1875] . Tait expressed an interest in …
- … Aldrovanda (the waterwheel plant) in his letter of 17 June [1875] . Insectivorous …
- … plants was published on 2 July 1875 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)); the section on …
- … matter. In his first letter of 12 June [1875] , Tait had informed CD that he had isolated …
To J. W. Clark 9 February 1875
Summary
Thanks for information about effect of fear on the iris.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Warner Clark |
Date: | 9 Feb 1875 |
Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9847 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. W. Clark 9 February 1875 …
- … was, in fact, Joseph Warner Clark ; see letters from J. W. Clark, 25 June [1875] and …
- … 16 September 1875 . …
- … Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Feb 1875 Joseph Warner Clark …
- … in letters of 25 June and 16 September 1875 on the dilation of dogs’ and cats’ pupils due …
To Anton Dohrn [after 7 February 1875]
Summary
The Zoological Station has already resulted in "capital work" by F. M. Balfour and Ray Lankester. G. J. Romanes is coming next year.
CD will be interested in AD’s ancestry of vertebrates. "I shall be very sorry to give up the ascidians."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Date: | [after 7 Feb 1875] |
Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 1120) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9852 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Anton Dohrn [after 7 February 1875] …
- … Ana 525. Ba 1120) Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 7 Feb 1875] Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … 205–6). Insectivorous plants was published on 2 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … London: John Murray. 1871. Fol, Hermann. 1875. Études sur le développement des mollusques. …
- … York: Springer Verlag. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Anton Dohrn, 7 February 1875 . See …
- … letter from Anton Dohrn, 7 February 1875 and nn. 2 and 3. Dohrn had reported that the …
- … letter from Anton Dohrn, 7 February 1875 and nn. 6 and 7. Dohrn argued that vertebrates …
- … on the development of pteropods ( Fol 1875 ), Hermann Fol had been critical of some of the …
- … development in Lankester 1873a ; see Fol 1875 , pp. 34, 88, 93. Pteropods, or sea …
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Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
Summary
To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1875…
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- … of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first …
- … it behaved in similar ways to the Drosera secretion. In 1875, Klein was a very controversial …
- … I liked the man .’ Other highlights from the 1875 letters include: I am very …
- … of my books. ( Letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] ) Darwin wrote this to his …
- … new Editions . ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 August [1875] ) Darwin also completed …
- … this possible ( Letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Agitation for a law …
- … made false statements ( Letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 ) Relations between the …
- … always succeeds ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 October [1875] ) Darwin wrote …
- … help his father and brothers with scientific instruments: in 1875, he designed a hygrometer. …
- … his great works ( Letter to A. B. Buckley, 23 February 1875 ) The year was saddened …
- … in my time ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ) In December, Darwin was …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
Summary
‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
Matches: 24 hits
- … during his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close …
- … mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have …
- … again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered …
- … learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : ‘I declare to you I did not believe …
- … carried out on live animals in laboratories. In January 1875, he received details of experiments by …
- … printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In the event, the book …
- … in a review of the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia …
- … born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back over old ground …
- … which I had long wished to see,’ he wrote on 21 April 1875 , ‘and now that I have seen it, I am …
- … do a good deal of “hammering”,’ he wrote on 14 July 1875 . ‘I shall not let Pangenesis alone …
- … his own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February 1875?] ). By May, having finished …
- … proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] ). But Francis also found …
- … on astronomy, or the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max …
- … researches (Carus trans. 1875b; the series is Carus trans. 1875–87). More controversial was the …
- … Darwin wrote: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875’. The great and the good …
- … Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such visitors from the upper …
- … I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the …
- … of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 March [1875] and 27 March [1875] ). ‘As I am …
- … Nepenthes & will soon publish’, Darwin warned on 17 July 1875 . But Tait was undaunted. He …
- … Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer who …
- … was appropriate for so distinguished a nominee. Already in 1875, Lankester had been elected a fellow …
- … of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was notified of …
- … ‘high type’ ( letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 ). …
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…
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- … the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ). Darwin also worried that any bill …
- … their own petition (letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ). In the event, Darwin became …
- … within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, Darwin mentioned the effect …
- … (letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, 14 January [1875] ). In the course of the public …
- … to Huxley (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 …
- … sketch for a petition (letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] ). This was evidently passed back …
- … on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 7 April [1875] ), and circulating it to others in …
- … were made (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 10 April 1875 ), and another version was prepared …
- … of Lords (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875] ). He was still unsure whether …
- … Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 April [1875] ). The next day he wrote to …
- … else you think best’ (letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). After further consultations, a …
- … are evident in Darwin’s correspondence in April and May 1875. The initial petition (DAR …
- … order of the clauses. In the revised sketch, dated 24 April 1875, the penalty for unlawful …
- … at this alteration (letter from T. H. Huxley, 19 May 1875 , letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, …
- … corrections had been made (letter to Lyon Playfair, 26 May 1875 , and letter from Lyon Playfair, …
- … ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a …
- … the RSPCA. The commission met between 5 June and 15 December 1875, examining fifty-three witnesses, …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
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Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on …
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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- … but inconclusive (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 July 1875 ). Eventually Romanes, who had …
- … physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 July 1875 ). Darwin was concerned that the method be …
- … let loose from hell’ ( letter to F. B. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). Darwin’s involvement in …
- … position most frankly in a letter to Henrietta, 4 January [1875] . I have long thought …
- … present agitation. ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Darwin worked closely …
- … death in this country. ( letter To T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ) Legislation was passed …
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…
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- … on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had planned a new set of …
- … fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier papers on plants with …
- … any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him that he …
- … to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann Müller had also read Meehan …
- … obscure this matter’ ( From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1875 ). The Italian botanists were …
- … plants that crossing was of little importance (Pedicino 1875; Comes 1875). Darwin was philosophical, …
- … Kölreuter’s papers’ ( To Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). Darwin’s copy of Johann Kölreuter’s …
- … in the conditions’ ( To Ernst Haeckel, 13 November 1875 ). He added on a darker note, ‘What I …
- … papers in the same book ( To J. V. Carus, 25 December 1875 ). As Darwin continued to write …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was written from Rainow, a …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … sketch showing his system of selection, 21 May 1875 J. G. Joyce's report of …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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- … book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of …
- … forms. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in March 1875 remarked that Darwin had ‘invested …
- … Sambourne date of creation December 1875 computer-readable date …
- … references and bibliography Punch vol. 69 (11 December 1875), p. 242. Gardeners’ Chronicle …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 September 1875 ). He began to compile an account …
- … end of the previous year. He had been incensed in December 1875 when the zoologist Edwin Ray …
- … The controversial issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission …
- … to Insectivorous plants , which was published in July 1875, with a US edition published later …
- … in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date of 1875), Darwin must have been gratified by …
- … Darwin, who had communicated the paper to the society in 1875 at Tait’s request, with the ‘awful job …
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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- … not retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack Mivart in …
- … Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair …
- … wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any future …
- … and a second French edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Vivisection: Darwin's testimony to the Royal Commission
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Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. 4661. (Chairman.) We are very sensible of your kindness in coming at some sacrifice to yourself to express your opinions to the Commission. We attribute it to the great…
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- … Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … cited for all purposes as “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875.” SCHEDULE. …
- … under the provisions of “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875,” empowering me to make experiments on …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, that the above-named M.N. is enaged in …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, accompanied by Certificate, such as is …
1.6 Ouless oil portrait
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< Back to Introduction The first commissioned oil portrait of Darwin was painted by Walter William Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from Darwin’s son William, who as far back as 1872 had…
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- … Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from …
- … the resulting picture was shown at the Royal Academy in May 1875, the Times reviewer noted …
- … Walter William Ouless date of creation March 1875 computer-readable date …
- … and letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker, 30 March [1875], DCP-LETT-9905. ‘The Royal Academy’ …
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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- … to an end. The dispute was not resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). By January 1875, Mivart had still not made any …
- … book Anthropogenie , in the Academy , 2 January 1875. ‘Possessed by a blind animosity against …
- … (Mivart was a Catholic convert.) On 12 January 1875 , Darwin finally wrote to Mivart, …
- … article in a letter published in the Academy , 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…