To John Fiske 21 October [1875]
Summary
Thanks for excellent notice of Chauncey Wright.
Would like a copy of Wright’s "Darwinism in Germany" [Nation 21 (1875): 168–70].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fiske |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 8264) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10208 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To John Fiske 21 October [1875] …
- … The Huntington Library (HM 8264) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct [1875] John Fiske …
- … Wright. Would like a copy of Wright’s "Darwinism in Germany" [ Nation 21 (1875): 168–70]. …
- … Bibliography [James, William. ] 1875. Chauncey Wright. …
- … Nation , 23 September 1875, p. 194. …
- … Wright, Chauncey. 1875. German Darwinism. …
- … Nation , 9 September 1875, pp. 168–70. …
- … Fiske probably sent the obituary that had appeared in Nation , 23 September 1875 ( [ …
- … James] 1875 ). It mentioned Wright’s recent review article (see n. …
- … 2, below). Wright’s article, ‘German Darwinism’ ( C. Wright 1875 ) appeared in …
- … Nation , 9 September 1875. See also letter to C. …
- … E. Norton, 7 October 1875 . …
From Hermann Müller 23 October 1875
Summary
Is glad CD is working on cross- and self-fertilisation; reports recent works of botanists, notably Thomas Meehan’s ["Are insects any material aid to plants in fertilisation?", Philadelphia Press 13 Aug 1875], in which the importance of cross-fertilisation is denied.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 305 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10219 |
Matches: 22 hits
- … From Hermann Müller 23 October 1875 …
- … 305 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 23 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in fertilisation?" , Philadelphia Press 13 Aug 1875], in which the importance of cross- …
- … Bibliography Comes, Orazio. 1875. Continuazione degli studii sulla impollinazione. …
- … London: John Murray. 1876. Meehan, Thomas. 1875. Are insects any material aid to plants in …
- … Lippstadt Oct. 23. 1875. My dear Sir. Many thanks for your kind letter of Oct. 9. Today …
- … letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ), but the sentences quoted by Müller are …
- … for the Advancement of Science ( Meehan 1875 ). Meehan referred to George Howard Darwin’s …
- … on marriages between first cousins ( G. H. Darwin 1875a ) in Meehan 1875 , p. 244. CD’s …
- … are notes for his reply to Müller (see letter to Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). …
- … banking account (Down House MS) for 9 October 1875 recorded that he had received a cheque …
- … Cross and self fertilisation on 1 September 1875, but this may be an error, since he also …
- … 24: 243–51. Pedicino, Nicola Antonio. 1875. Della impollinazione nella Thalia dealbata , …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … American Naturalists in Detroit of Aug. 12. 1875 Thomas Meehan of German town has read a …
- … to Variation 2d ed. until 3 October 1875 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II); see also …
- … letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Nicola Antonio Pedicino and Comes had published …
- … in Rendiconto dell’Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche ( Pedicino 1875 ; …
- … Comes 1875 ). Meehan had …
- … sent a copy of his paper ( Meehan 1875 ) as reprinted in the Philadelphia Press to …
- … CD (see letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 and n. 2). Meehan evidently told …
- … Philadelphia-Press, Friday, August 13, 1875” abounds with perversities and is, I think, no …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 October 1875
Summary
Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].
Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10210 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 October 1875 …
- … Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Oct 1875 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 October 1875 . Thiselton-Dyer had commented on the tendency …
- … Bibliography King, George. 1875. Note on a sport in Paritium tricuspe , G. …
- … Don. [Read 16 December 1875. ] Journal of …
- … the Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 15 (1875–7): 101–3. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 22 1875 My dear Dyer As you seem interested about the …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5, and letter from W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 October 1875 and n. 3. …
- … King’s manuscript was read in December 1875 and published in the Journal of the Linnean …
- … of London ( Botany ) in May 1876 ( King 1875 ). Paritium was a subgenus of Hibiscus ; the …
- … Talipariti hastatum . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1875 , and letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 October [1875] and n. 5. See also letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5. See letter from …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October 1875] and n. 2. Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum is now …
To J. D. Hooker 15 October [1875]
Summary
Has decided to send R. L. Tait’s paper to the Royal Society.
Will try glycerine on Mimosa but doubts it will have an effect.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 394–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10200 |
Matches: 20 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 15 October [1875] …
- … DAR 95: 394–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Oct [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 23: 225–70. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. King, …
- … George. 1875. Note on a sport in Paritium tricuspe , G. …
- … Don. [Read 16 December 1875. ] Journal of …
- … Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 15 (1875–7): 101–3. Movement in plants : The power of …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October 1875] and n. 2). Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum is a synonym …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD had asked Hooker’s advice on whether …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 October [1875] ). Hooker counselled CD to refuse on the …
- … of poor health and too much work ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 ). Tait …
- … had visited Down on 17 April 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Lawson Tait’s address …
- … s letter to CD with his letter of 14 October 1875 and telegraphed Tait’s address to CD in …
- … to reply to Tait (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1875 ). See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 and n. 6. Imantophyllum is a synonym of Clivia ; the family …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD referred to Cistus tricuspis in Variation …
- … Dyer and published in the Journal of the Linnean Society ( King 1875 ; see letter W. T. …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875). Hibiscus tricuspis and Paritium tricuspis are synonyms …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 and n. 5. CD described the action of …
- … of Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum was sent to CD on 14 October 1875 (see letter from W. T. …
To C. E. Norton 7 October 1875
Summary
Comments on the sudden death of Chauncey Wright.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1595) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10185 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … To C. E. Norton 7 October 1875 …
- … Emma Darwin, 14 and 17 September [1875] (DAR 239.1: 3.2)). The article in the Boston Daily …
- … Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1595) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Oct 1875 Charles Eliot Norton …
- … Press. 1985–. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Wright, …
- … Chauncey. 1875. German Darwinism. …
- … Nation , 9 September 1875, pp. 168–70. …
- … See letter from C. E. Norton, 22 September 1875 . See …
- … also letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 . …
- … Wright had died on 12 September 1875. CD’s response to Woodward Emery has not been …
- … had noted in his letter of 17 September 1875 that Wright was reading Insectivorous plants …
- … Norton in his letter. Wright’s article, ‘German Darwinism’ ( C. Wright 1875 ), appeared in …
- … Nation , 9 September 1875. George Rolleston , in his address to the department of …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct. 7. 1875 My dear Mr Norton I am very much obliged for your …
- … several times during their stay. In May 1875, Leonard Darwin had visited the Norton family …
- … from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, 20 May [1875] (DAR 239.1: 2.13)). Leonard, who was an …
- … arrived at his posting in Malta on 16 September 1875 ( letter from Leonard Darwin to …
- … the Advancement of Science ( Rolleston 1875 , p. 150), had referred to Wright’s ‘brilliant …
- … letter from George Rolleston, 30 August 1875 ). Norton and his wife, Susan Ridley Sedgwick …
To Thomas Meehan 3 October 1875
Summary
Comments on review [of Insectivorous plants] in New York Independent.
Working on Cross and self-fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Meehan |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 354 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10181 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Thomas Meehan 3 October 1875 …
- … DAR 146: 354 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct 1875 Thomas Meehan …
- … Cross and self fertilisation on 1 September 1875, but this may be an error, since he also …
- … corrections to Variation 2d ed. until 3 October 1875 (see Appendix II). In Cross and self …
- … Insectivorous plants US ed. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1875. Meehan, …
- … Thomas. 1875. Are insects any material aid to plants in fertilization? Proceedings of the …
- … Down. | Beckenham. Kent. Oct. 3. 1875. My dear Sir. I received several days ago either …
- … that appeared in a New York newspaper, the Independent , 9 September 1875, p. 10, is in …
- … DAR 139.18: 10. In August 1875, Meehan had presented a paper at the annual meeting of the …
- … material aid to plants in fertilization? ’ ( Meehan 1875 ). CD’s copy of the version of …
- … in the Philadelphia Press , 13 August 1875, has not been found. It is not known which …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … but the conclusion is as given in Meehan 1875 , p. 251. Meehan argued that insects played …
- … to ensure cross-fertilisation (see Lubbock 1875 , and H. Müller 1873 and 1873–7). …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 October [1875]
Summary
Suggests WTT-D read account of Bignonia capreolata in forthcoming Climbing plants.
Plans experiments [on Melastomataceae]. Describes similar experiment performed on Monochaetum. Interested in meaning of differently coloured stamens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 3 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 29–30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10180 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 October [1875] …
- … 1873–81: 29–30) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1875] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil. 1875. Hybrid aroids. …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle , 25 September 1875, pp. 398–9. …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 September 1875 . The climbing plant specimen has not been …
- … CD to Karl Heinrich Emil Koch’s article ‘Aroid hybrids’ ( Koch 1875 ) in Gardeners’ …
- … Chronicle , 25 September 1875, in his letter …
- … of 28 September 1875 . Koch had raised three hybrids of Philodendron species and one …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 September 1875 ). CD’s son Francis Darwin was studying the …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 October [1875] ). CD enclosed the form nominating George …
- … the Linnean Society (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 24 September [1875] , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 October [1875] ). CD evidently wrote ‘Marantaceous’ and ‘eurifolium’ by …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875 ). He had made observations on Monochaetum …
From R. F. Cooke 8 October 1875
Summary
Canestrini still owes £10 from 1869 for electros of 1st edition [of Variation].
RC has urged Clowes on with printing of Variation [2d ed.],
but with Climbing plants [2d ed.] ready, it need not be done before the annual sale.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 471 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10187 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 8 October 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 8 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in 1876. See letter to R. F. Cooke, 1 September [1875] and n. 5, and letter from D. …
- … Appleton & Co. , 11 October 1875 . …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Expression : The expression of the emotions …
- … London: John Murray. 1872. Lyell, Charles. 1875. Principles of geology: or, the modern …
- … 1876); see letter from R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1875 and n. 4. The Italian translation of …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation 2d US ed. : The variation of …
- … Charles Lyell’s Principles of geology ( Lyell 1875 ), but no Italian translation has been …
- … Murray . Climbing plants 2d ed. was published in November 1875 ( Publishers’ circular , …
- … 16 November 1875, p. 932). Variation 2d ed. …
- … 1 March 1876, p. 168), although it had an 1875 imprint. Cooke planned to have a ‘made-up’ …
To R. F. Cooke 23 October [1875]
Summary
Sends list for complimentary copies and suggests various arrangements related to publication of Climbing plants.
Thinks a revised edition of Orchids is needed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 324–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10216 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To R. F. Cooke 23 October [1875] …
- … 42152 ff. 324–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Oct [1875] Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
- … All three printings were probably made in July 1875 or shortly after ( letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 16 July 1875 ). The second printing of Variation had a number of textual …
- … this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 22 October 1875 . See letter from R. …
- … F. Cooke, 22 October 1875 . Cooke had sent CD a copy of Climbing plants 2d ed. …
- … A brief notice of the book appeared in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 6 November 1875, p. 587; a …
- … was published in Nature , 25 November 1875, pp. 65–6. CD’s US publisher, D. Appleton & …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Murray, John. 1908–9. Darwin and his …
- … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … example, letter from R. F. Cooke, 24 May 1875 and n. 3). For CD’s presentation list, see …
- … Insectivorous plants was published on 2 July 1875; a second printing (second thousand) was …
From G. H. Darwin [26 October 1875]
Summary
Has sent a copy [of his article on cousin marriage] to Hermann Müller.
Problem he is now working on is a tough nut: "It does not do what [James Clerk] Maxwell said it wd or ought to do".
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Oct 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10226 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [26 October 1875] …
- … DAR 210.2: 49 George Howard Darwin Cambridge [26 Oct 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to G. H. Darwin, [25 October 1875] ). During Francis’s visit (see n. 4, above), …
- … people ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 26 October 1875 (DAR 239.23: 1.35)). …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, [25 October 1875] . …
- … In 1875, the Tuesday after 25 October was 26 October. CD asked George to send a copy of …
- … letter to G. H. Darwin, [25 October 1875] ). George probably refers to equations devised …
- … Cambridge for three days, returning to Down on 25 October 1875 ( letter from Emma Darwin …
- … to Leonard Darwin, 26 October 1875 (DAR 239.23: 1.35)). Francis was studying the ability …
- … of the awns of the seeds (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and n. 5). …
- … 242), George arrived on Saturday 30 October 1875. There is no mention of a visit to Down …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 October [1875]
Summary
Wants Imantophyllum for crossing experiments.
Is glad WTT-D thinks George King’s notes worth sending to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 26 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 37–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10227 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 October [1875] …
- … 1873–81: 37–8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Oct [1875] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … Theodor Fischer. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1875. On the classification and sexual …
- … of thallophytes’. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science n.s. 15 (1875): 295–326. ] …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875 . No letter from Thiselton-Dyer mentioning …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875 and n. 1. CD had already asked Thiselton-Dyer …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1875 and n. 4. CD donated his copy of Ludwig …
- … reproduction of thallophytes ( Thiselton-Dyer 1875 ). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton- Dyer, 22 October 1875 and n. 3). According to entries in the …
- … Clivia nobilis (green-tip forest lily) was sent to CD on 26 October 1875 and a plant of I. …
- … cyrtanthiflorum on 22 November 1875. The synonymy of what is referred to in this letter as …
- … nurseryman . In his letter of 23 October 1875 , Joseph Dalton Hooker had promised to send …
From R. F. Cooke 22 October 1875
Summary
Sends a copy of Climbing plants [2d ed.]. Price cannot be higher than 6s.
Variation [2d ed.] price will be 18s, if CD approves. Future reprints will not be costly, since both have been stereotyped.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 473 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10213 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 22 October 1875 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 22 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1 March 1876, p. 168); however, it carried an 1875 publication date. CD’s annotations …
- … for his reply to Cooke of 23 October [1875] and for the accompanying presentation list. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. ‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and …
- … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
- … Climbing plants 2d ed. was published in November 1875, priced at 6 s . ( …
- … Publishers’ circular , 16 November 1875, p. 932). An …
- … account (Down House MS) for 23 November 1875 records a payment of £63 for ‘Climbing …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [16–22 October 1875]
Summary
PS concerning Imantophyllum.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [16–22 Oct 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10201F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [16–22 October 1875] …
- … DAR 185: 152 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer [16–22 Oct 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of Imantophyllum , see the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 October [1875] and n. 2. …
- … CD’s annotation is a note for his reply of 26 October [1875]. …
- … this letter, the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 October [1875] , and the letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875 . According to an entry in the Outwards book (Royal …
- … cyrtanthiflora ) was sent to CD on 14 October 1875. A note inserted in pencil next to the …
- … letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 16 October [1875], CD mentioned his plan for experiments with …
- … in a missing part of his letter of 20 October 1875 . A plant of Clivia nobilis (green-tip …
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 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 …
From T. H. Huxley 30 October 1875
Summary
Encloses an invitation to give evidence to Vivisection Commission. Satisfied with way things were going, but E. E. Klein’s evidence that he is utterly indifferent to pain of animals has done great mischief.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 351, DAR 166: 343 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10234 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 30 October 1875 …
- … 343 Thomas Henry Huxley London, Marlborough Place, 4 30 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a copy of Insectivorous plants (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 October [1875] ). See …
- … letter to Edward Cardwell, 29 October 1875 . CD appeared before …
- … Royal Commission on vivisection on 3 November 1875 (see Report of the Royal Commission on …
- … 4 Marlborough Place Oc t . 30 th 1875 My dear Darwin The inclosed tells its own story— I …
- … Royal Commission had been set up on 22 June 1875 with Huxley as one of the commissioners ( …
- … vi). See letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 October [1875] and n. 2. The American cyclopædia was …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Record of the Royal Society of London : The …
- … 4 Marlborough Place | N. W. October 30. 1875 My dear Darwin I have just come from a …
From W. E. Darwin 16 October 1875
Summary
Sent a copy of Orchis book to Gentry. Mentions Morley’s article on Diderot. Asks for another copy of the new edition of Descent.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 55) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10201G |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin 16 October 1875 …
- … DAR 275: 55) William Erasmus Darwin Bank, Southampton 16 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … corrections and text changes was printed in 1875 ( Freeman 1977 ). William had not been on …
- … flowers through insect agency’ ( Gentry 1875 ); CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
- … 1849] . In his article ‘Diderot’ ( [Morley] 1875 ), John Morley discussed the history and …
- … String Press. Gentry, Thomas George. 1875. The fertilization of certain flowers through …
- … insect agency. American Naturalist 9: 263–7. [Morley, John. ] 1875. Diderot. …
- … Fortnightly Review 18 (1875): 353–98. Orchids : On the various contrivances by which …
From Friedrich Max Müller 13 October [1875]
Summary
Sends CD his answers to W. D. Whitney’s articles. Sees man as separated from other animals by the possession of language. There is no scientific evidence for even the slightest attempt at language in the higher animals, which cannot, therefore, be reasonably regarded as "stunted man". [See "In self-defence", Chips from a German workshop 4 (1875): 473–549.]
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10194 |
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- … From Friedrich Max Müller 13 October [1875] …
- … DAR 171: 286 Friedrich Max Müller Oxford 13 Oct [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … stunted man". [See "In self-defence", Chips from a German workshop 4 (1875): 473–549. ] …
- … Longmans, Green. Max Müller, Friedrich. 1875. My reply to Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review …
- … Review 119: 61–88. Whitney, William Dwight. 1875. Are languages institutions? Contemporary …
- … see Publishers’ circular , 2 November 1875, p. 857). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … to G. H. Darwin and Whitney in ‘My reply to Mr. Darwin’ in the January 1875 issue of the …
- … Contemporary Review ( Max Müller 1875 ). …
- … Whitney replied in April 1875 in the …
- … same journal ( Whitney 1875 ). Max Müller’s latest essay in Max Müller 1867–75 continued …
From John Tyndall 23 October [1875]
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Asks whether he may send two or three other tubes [of boiled infusions] to be placed in the open and observed for him.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10218 |
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- … From John Tyndall 23 October [1875] …
- … DAR 106: C19 John Tyndall Royal Institution 23 Oct [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to John Tyndall, 20 October [1875] . See …
- … letter to John Tyndall, 20 October [1875] . Mr Henry has not been identified. …
- … the letter to John Tyndall, 20 October [1875] and n. 2. According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … Anne Huxley , and Tyndall stayed at Down on the weekend of 16 and 17 October 1875. …
From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1875
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Comments on Hermann Müller’s article on the structure of Gunnera flowers.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10215 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1875 …
- … DAR 104: 42–3 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 23 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and n. 2. …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 12 September 1875 . The genus Gunnera was placed in the order ( …
- … manicata in his letter to CD of 12 September 1875 (see n. 1, above). CD had suggested to …
- … the terminal flower of Gunnera (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and n. 3). …
- … lateral flowers (see letter from Fritz Müller, 12 September 1875 ). See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and n. 3. Wild oat is Avena fatua . Ducks: trousers made of …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and nn. 7 and 8. The book CD donated to the …
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| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (3) |
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| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (4) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (58) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (7) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (7) |
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Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
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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
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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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- … 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…
