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To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880

Summary

Says it is not likely he will be able to criticise GJR’s work.

Recommends Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].

Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [12350 and 12356].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	3 Feb 1880
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.570)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12454

Matches: 13 hits

… J. Romanes, 23 July 1879 and n. 1). …
… Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879]. Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [ 12350 …
… Bibliography Fabre, Jean-Henri. 1879. Souvenirs entomologiques: études sur l’instinct et …
… Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Guthrie, Malcolm. 1879. On Mr. Spencer’s formula of evolution as …
… instinct get Fabre Souvenirs Entomologiques 1879. It is really admirable, and very good on …
… selection, On Mr. Spencer’s formula of evolution ( Guthrie 1879 ). CD had discussed …
… copy of Souvenirs entomologiques ( Fabre 1879 ). For CD’s comments on the book, including …
… to the French Riviera for the winter of 1879–80 (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to G. …
… the book with family members and friends in December 1879 (see Correspondence vol. 27). …
… John Fletcher Moulton had read Guthrie 1879 after discussing it with CD, and sent two …
… of the book (see Correspondence vol. 27, letters from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 and …
… 13 December 1879 ). …
… In his letter of 10 December 1879 , Moulton had criticised Guthrie’s use of physical …

From Samuel Butler 2 January 1880

Summary

Asks CD for reference to the edition of Kosmos that contains the original of Ernst Krause’s article on Dr Erasmus Darwin. There are serious differences between the translation by W. S. Dallas and the Feb [1879] article by Krause on which CD, in the preface to Erasmus Darwin, says it was based. SB notes in particular that the concluding sentence of the translation, which is clearly aimed at [SB’s] Evolution, old and new, is not in the original. Since readers will assume the text of Erasmus Darwin was written before his book appeared, SB asks for an explanation.

Author:	Samuel Butler
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	2 Jan 1880
Classmark:	DAR 92: B65–6
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12393

Matches: 14 hits

… Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
… 27, letter from W. S. Dallas, 14 March 1879 ). However, Krause sent a revised and much …
… see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 5 May 1879 , and letter from W. …
… the translation by W. S. Dallas and the Feb [1879] article by Krause on which CD, in the …
… Butler’s views (see ibid . , letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 , and letters from …
… Ernst Krause, 23 May 1879 , 7 …
… June 1879 , and …
… 13 June 1879 ); however, CD remarked: ‘I hope that you will not expend much powder & shot …
… of it’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [1879] ). The quotation is taken from the final …
… S. Dallas, 7 May 1879 ). In the preface to Erasmus Darwin , p. iii, CD mentioned only …
… reinstated in Krause 1880 . Butler’s Evolution old and new ( Butler 1879 ) was published …
… in May 1879 and contained lengthy discussions of Erasmus Darwin , Jean Baptiste de …
… vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 13 May 1879 ). Both CD and Krause were critical of …

To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880]

Summary

Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:	1 Feb [1880]
Classmark:	DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12445

Matches: 22 hits

… London: Trübner & Co. Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
… Frederick. ] 1879b. “Erasmus Darwin. ” Pall Mall Gazette , 12 December 1879, p. 12. …
… Krause read Evolution old and new ( Butler 1879 ) before finishing his own essay, but did …
… cite it in Erasmus Darwin . For his criticisms of Butler 1879 , see Correspondence vol. …
… 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and Krause 1879b . William Clowes & Sons were …
… you the following facts:— On February 22nd, 1879, my book, ‘Evolution Old and New,’ was …
… announced. It was published May 3rd, 1879. It contained a comparison of the theory of …
… to Mr. Darwin and his friends. In November, 1879, Mr. Charles Darwin’s ‘Life of Erasmus …
… of which the Pall Mall Gazette (Dec. 12th, 1879) declares him “to be a master,” “that it …
… in the Pall Mall Gazette (Dec. 12th, 1879) quotes the last sentence of the spurious …
… in the light of Butler’s book, Evolution, old and new ( Butler 1879 ). Samuel Butler’ …
… regarding Evolution, old and new ( Butler 1879 ) appeared in the Athenæum , 31 January …
… 1880, p. 155. Erasmus Darwin was published in early November 1879 ( Correspondence vol. …
… letter from Reginald Darwin, 12 November 1879 ). The title page refers to Krause as the …
… See Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 13 August 1879 , and letter from …
… Ernst Krause, 16 August 1879 . Miss Seward: Anna Seward . …
… See Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 12 March 1879 , and letter from W. …
… S. Dallas, 14 March 1879 . …
… Butler 1879 was published …
… on 3 May 1879 (see enclosure 1, above). If this date is correct, CD wrote most of this …
… vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 . Butler’s former work was Life and habit ( …

From Williams & Norgate 16 March 1880

Summary

Sends details of Netter 1879 (Abraham Netter. 1879. De l’intuition dans les découvertes et inventions. Strasbourg: Treuttel & Wurtz.)

Author:	Williams & Norgate
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	16 Mar 1880
Classmark:	Sotheby’s (dealers) (11 July 2017)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12537F

Matches: 5 hits

… Sends details of Netter 1879 (Abraham Netter. …
… 1879. De l’intuition dans les découvertes et inventions. Strasbourg: Treuttel & Wurtz. ) …
… Bibliography Netter, Abraham. 1879. De l’intuition dans les découvertes et inventions: …
… in discoveries and inventions: its relation to positivism and Darwinism; Netter 1879 ) was …
… published in 1879. CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. CD probably returned this card …

From C.-F. Reinwald 16 June 1880

Summary

Annual report on sale of Reinwald editions of CD’s works.

Author:	Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	16 June 1880
Classmark:	DAR 176: 110
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12636

Matches: 15 hits

… Paris: Reinwald. Barbier, Edmond, trans. 1879–80. De la variation des animaux et des …
… anthropologie de Paris 3d ser. 2 (1879): 430). CD had sent the sheets of Erasmus Darwin to …
… vol. 27, letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879 . CD also wrote about a …
… in his letter to Reinwald of 29 October 1879 ( Correspondence vol. 27), but no French …
… 16 Juin 1880 Cher Monsieur Ma dernière lettre était de 17 Avril 1879. J’ai été favorise …
… de vos honorées lettres de 20 et 27 Avril 1879. Nos réimpressions de vos ouvrages ont été …
… 27, letter from C. -F. Reinwald, 17 April 1879 . CD’s letters to Reinwald of 20 and 27 …
… letter to Reinwald is that of 29 October 1879 ( ibid. ). The third edition of the French …
… Paris 16 June 1880 Dear Sir My last letter was 17 April 1879. I have since been …
… your honoured letters of 20 and 27 April 1879. Our reprints of your works were delayed by …
… s nephew Frédéric Buhlmeyer died in June 1879 ( Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d’ …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Forms of flowers : The different forms of …
… s French translation of Variation was published in 1879, the second in 1880 ( Barbier …
… trans. 1879–80 ); the translation was from Variation 2d ed. …
… of Descent , translated by Barbier from Murray’s 1879 issue of the revised second English …

To Ernst Haeckel 21 January 1880

Summary

Thanks EH for copy of book [Das System der Medusen (1879)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:	21 Jan 1880
Classmark:	Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/50 [A 9904])
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12437

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… Thanks EH for copy of book [ Das System der Medusen (1879)]. …
… Haeckel’s Das System der Medusen (the first volume of Haeckel 1879–81 ) was …
… published in 1879; it included an atlas with coloured plates based on Haeckel’s …
… Bibliography Haeckel, Ernst. 1879–81. Monographie der Medusen. Vol. 1: Das System der …

To Nature 9 April [1880]

Summary

Forwards a letter from E. S. Morse on Omori shell mounds refuting F. V. Dickins’ review [Nature 21 (1880): 350] of Morse’s memoir ["The shell mounds of Omori", Mem. Sci. Dep. Univ. Tokyo 1 (1879) pt 1].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Nature
Date:	9 Apr [1880]
Classmark:	Nature, 15 April 1880, p. 561
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12571

Matches: 6 hits

… Bibliography Morse, Edward Sylvester. 1879. Shell mounds of Omori. Memoirs of the Science …
… of Morse’s memoir ["The shell mounds of Omori", Mem. Sci. Dep. Univ. Tokyo 1 (1879) pt 1]. …
… some of the Japanese collections to which he was given access in Morse 1879 , pp. iv, 3. …
… responding to a negative review of Morse 1879 with his letter to CD of 23 March 1880 . …
… Frederick Victor Dickins’s review of Morse 1879 was published in Nature , 12 February …
… the evidence of cannibalism, see Morse 1879 , pp. 17–19. Morse discussed the platycnemic …

To Ernst Krause 5 January 1880

Summary

The reviews of Erasmus Darwin are mainly favourable.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	5 Jan 1880
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36198)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12403

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… Journal of Science , pp. 1–8. Other reviews appeared in the Academy , 6 December 1879, p. …
… 411, the Athenæum , 6 December 1879, pp. 723– …
… 4, and the Derby Mercury , 3 December 1879, p. 6. See Correspondence vol. 27, Appendix V. …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und …
… Reviews of Erasmus Darwin were published in the Pall Mall Gazette , 12 December 1879, p. …
… 12, and The Times , 22 November 1879, p. 6; an article-length review, ‘The history of …

To T. H. Thomas 22 October 1880

Summary

Thanks correspondent and H. J. Schaaffhausen for interesting photographs of fine footprints.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Thomas
Date:	22 Oct 1880
Classmark:	The National Library of Wales (NLW MS. 3127C no.12)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12770

Matches: 7 hits

… Bibliography Sollas, W. J. 1879. On some three-toed footprints from the …
… conglomerate of South Wales. [Read 9 April 1879. ] Quarterly Journal of the Geological …
… London 35: 511–16. Thomas, Thomas Henry. 1879. Tridactyl uniserial ichonites in the Trias …
… Porthcawl, Glamorgan. [Read 16 January 1879. ] Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists’ …
… plates reproduced from drawings he had made ( Thomas 1879 ). The discovery was also …
… to the Geological Society of London in early 1879 together with a lithograph of …
… one of Thomas’s drawings ( Sollas 1879 ). See plate on p. 349. …

From J.-H. Fabre 3 January 1880

Summary

Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].

Author:	Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	3 Jan 1880
Classmark:	DAR 164: 1
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12398

Matches: 3 hits

… Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879]. …
… Bibliography Fabre, Jean-Henri. 1879. Souvenirs entomologiques: études sur l’instinct et …
… its original French, see p. 13. Fabre 1879 ; CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Library– …

To Asa Gray 19 January 1880

Summary

Describes the germination and early growth of Megarrhiza about which AG has been misinformed. The tubular petioles act functionally like a root.

Ipomoea did not germinate.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Asa Gray
Date:	19 Jan 1880
Classmark:	Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (126)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12433

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… sowing seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla (bush morning-glory) in December 1879 (see letter to …
… Asa Gray, 16 December 1879 ). His new gardener was William Duguid . …
… and Arts 3d ser. 14: 21–4. Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. Vol. I. Structural …
… of Marah fabacea , California manroot) from Gray in December 1879 (see Correspondence vol. …
… 27, letter to Asa Gray, 16 December 1879 ). His notes on the plant, recorded between 10 …
… the ground (see A. Gray 1877 and A. Gray 1879 , pp. 20–1). CD annotated the illustration …

To T. H. Huxley 2 February 1880

Summary

Asks THH to advise him about a response to Samuel Butler’s attack accusing CD of dishonesty. Quotes the advice of others but will do what THH advises.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:	2 Feb 1880
Classmark:	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 336)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12451

Matches: 7 hits

… who had written reviews of both Butler 1879 and Erasmus Darwin ( [Pollock] 1879a and [ …
… Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
… read Butler’s Evolution, old and new ( Butler 1879 ), he did not cite it in his own essay. …
… Butler accused CD and Krause of responding to Butler 1879 while maintaining that they had …
… written their book before Butler 1879 was published. CD evidently enclosed a copy of the …
… Frederick. ] 1879b. “Erasmus Darwin. ” Pall Mall Gazette , 12 December 1879, p. 12. …

From Daniel Mackintosh 15 January 1880

Summary

The violent stranding of floating ice as first mentioned in CD’s article ["Ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire", Collected papers 1: 163–71] is the most remarkable of the Moel Tryfan phenomena.

Author:	Daniel Mackintosh
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	15 Jan 1880
Classmark:	DAR 171: 9
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12426

Matches: 5 hits

… praised Mackintosh’s paper on erratic boulders ( Mackintosh 1879 ; see Correspondence vol. …
… 27, letters to Daniel Mackintosh , 9 October 1879 and …
… 16 October 1879 ). …
… 3 (1838–42): 425. ] Mackintosh, Daniel. 1879. Results of a systematic survey, in 1878, of …
… previous observations. [Read 26 March 1879. ] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society …

To J.-H. Fabre 6 January 1880

Summary

Thanks JHF for copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:	6 Jan 1880
Classmark:	Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12406

Matches: 3 hits

… Thanks JHF for copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879]. …
… CD’s annotated copy of Fabre 1879 is in the Darwin Library–CUL; see letter from J. -H. …
… John Murray. 1871. Fabre, Jean-Henri. 1879. Souvenirs entomologiques: études sur l’ …

From Ernst Krause 22 March 1880

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German edition of Erasmus Darwin delayed because Murray has not sent phototypes and galvanographs.

Two of CD’s articles from Nature to appear in April Kosmos ["Sexual colours in butterflies", Collected papers 2: 220–2, Kosmos 7 (1880): 72–4;

"Fertility of hybrids from the Chinese goose", Collected papers 2: 219–20, Kosmos 7 (1880): 77–8].

Moritz Wagner will begin a series criticising natural selection.

Author:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	22 Mar 1880
Classmark:	DAR 92: B57
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12542

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… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und …
… Haeckel ). See also Correspondence vol. 27, letters to Nature , 15 December [1879] and …
… 16 December 1879 . Wagner argued that different species evolved as a result of …
… had published the English edition of Erasmus Darwin in November 1879 ( Correspondence vol. …
… letter from Reginald Darwin, 12 November 1879 ); Karl Alberts’s company, Ernst Günther, …
… extended German edition ( Krause 1880 ). In 1879, CD thought he had been treated unfairly …
… see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 4 November 1879 , and letter from …
… Ernst Krause, 6 November 1879 . German translations of CD’s short letters ‘Fertility of …

To J.-H. Fabre 31 January 1880

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Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].

Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.

Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.

Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:	31 Jan 1880
Classmark:	DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12443

Matches: 7 hits

… on JHF’s book [ Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)]. Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin …
… vols. London: J. Johnson. Fabre, Jean-Henri. 1879. Souvenirs entomologiques: études sur l’ …
… a copy of Souvenirs entomologiques ( Fabre 1879 ; see letter from J. -H. Fabre, 3 January …
… digger wasps that paralyse prey (see Fabre 1879 , p. 124). Jean Pierre Huber ; the correct …
… Cerceris julii , Bembex julii , and Ammophila julii after his son ( Fabre 1879 , pp. 320– …
… 3). See Fabre 1879 , pp. 261–74. For CD’s interest in homing instincts, see Correspondence …
… The final page of Fabre’s book ( Fabre 1879 , p. 323) contained a dedication to his son, …

From J. H. Comstock 4 June 1880

Summary

Summarises points of interest in his Report upon cotton insects [U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology (1879)].

Author:	John Henry Comstock
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	4 June 1880
Classmark:	DAR 161: 217
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12621

Matches: 5 hits

… his Report upon cotton insects [U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology (1879)]. …
… copy of Report upon cotton insects ( Comstock 1879 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL. Aletia …
… F. Darwin 1875 ; see n. 3, below). In Comstock 1879 , p. 87, Comstock cited F. Darwin 1875 …
… the Pacific fruit-piercing moth). Comstock 1879 , pp. 319–33, was a chapter by William …
… Bibliography Comstock, John Henry. 1879. Report upon cotton insects, prepared under the …

From E. S. Morse 23 March 1880

Summary

Offended by F. V. Dickins’ review [Nature 21 (1880): 350] of his Omori mound paper. Asks CD to have it reviewed elsewhere and encloses a letter to Nature he wants CD to forward. [See 12571.]

Author:	Edward Sylvester Morse
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	23 Mar 1880
Classmark:	DAR 171: 247; Nature, 15 April 1880, pp. 561–2
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12544

Matches: 6 hits

… had used ‘Yedo’, a romanised form of the former name for Tokyo. See Morse 1879 , plate 18. …
… Bibliography Morse, Edward Sylvester. 1879. Shell mounds of Omori. Memoirs of the Science …
… Morse’s Shell mounds of Omori ( Morse 1879 ) was published in Nature , 12 February 1880, …
… and translated Japanese works ( ODNB ). See Morse 1879 , plates 1–15, and pp. 17–19. …
… CD had commented on a proof-copy of Morse 1879 (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to E. …
… S. Morse, 21 October 1879 ). The original enclosure has not been found; the text has been …

From S. T. Preston 24 October 1880

Summary

Regrets the pretentious tone of his 5 Aug letter [12678].

Author:	Samuel Tolver Preston
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	24 Oct 1880
Classmark:	DAR 174: 64
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12773

Matches: 4 hits

… a popular exposition of parts of Spencer 1879 . Preston’s essay was based on the privately …
… he had written with William Sharpey Seaton on physics and ethics ( [Seaton] 1879 ). …
… ser. 2: 443–62. [Seaton, William Sharpey. ] 1879. Physics and ethics: the conservation of …
… London: Harrison and Sons. Spencer, Herbert. 1879. The data of ethics . London: Williams …

To James Torbitt 4 March 1880

Summary

Going to London today to speak to T. H. Farrer about funds for potato breeding experiments. "I have told Farrer I would subscribe £50."

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	James Torbitt
Date:	4 Mar 1880
Classmark:	DAR 148: 111
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12511

Matches: 4 hits

… H. Farrer, 2 November 1879 , and letter to …
… James Torbitt, 17 November 1879 . …
… through Farrer in November and December 1879; see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from T. …
… 27, letter to James Torbitt, 17 November 1879 , and this volume, letter to T. H. Farrer, …

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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
… Press . Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back …
… was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). He was also unsatisfied with his …
… me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June 1879] ). Even the prospect of a holiday in the Lake …
… ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26] July [1879] ). From July, Darwin had an additional …
… ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ). He may have been consoled to learn …
… pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 ). The year ended with the start of …
… or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and the …
… marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years old …
… could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of Greiz College …
… with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). The botanist and schoolteacher …
… was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). Carus Sterne was the …
… ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent admirers, …
… he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 ]). Meanwhile, Darwin began searching …
… my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). While searching for Seward …
… time Darwin came to investigate his grandfather’s life in 1879, however, not only was Erasmus Darwin …
… where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May [1879] ). On the Galton side of the …
… in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). She suggested that Darwin contact their …
… with pride’ ( letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). It was from Reginald that …
… with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin’s aim was ‘to give some sort of …
… indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin welcomed Krause’s suggestion, but …
… He hates scientific men’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 ). From the start of his …
… to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members of Darwin’s …
… with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard Darwin, …
… life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little consolation that …
… his ‘tether’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July …
… of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his proper work was …
… they intended to publish their results as a book. By June 1879, Darwin was completing an …
… roots of seedlings ( letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] ). Francis in Würzburg …

1879 Letters now online

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In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause on Erasmus’s scientific work. Darwin’s son…

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… In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, …
… of over 640 letters written to and from Darwin in 1879 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
… such a job. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 December [1879] ) In early 1879, as a tribute …
… . ( Letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 ) Just over a week after his …
… irritations ( Letter t o Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] ) Darwin regarded his …
… the country . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 23 October 1879 ) During the year Darwin …
… of the theory of natural selection. Nothing came of it in 1879, but it was to bear fruit later. He …
… strong health . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 October 1879 ) Darwin wrote this to his …

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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… map of the sandhills in central Sweden, 16 February 1879 C. W. Hamilton's …

Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms

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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…

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… book, Erasmus Darwin , had been published in November 1879. It was received well by his relations …
… he had written for the German journal Kosmos in February 1879, an issue produced in honour of …
… Butler, Evolution old and new , which had appeared in May 1879. Krause wanted to correct Butler’s …
… Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and letter to Ernst Krause, 9 …
… Darwin stated that Krause’s piece had been written in 1879 (before Evolution old and new was …
… had raised the plant from seeds sent by Asa Gray in December 1879. His observations differed, …
… by Gray in an article and textbook (A. Gray 1877 and A. Gray 1879, pp. 20–1). ‘I think you cannot …
… vol. 27, letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 December 1879 ). For some years, Wallace’s main source of …

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…

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… Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the most …
… couple of days ( letter from A. F. Batalin, 28 February 1879 ). Darwin was especially keen for his …
… so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 ). He was reassured by De Vries, who …
… When Francis spent a month in Algiers in early 1879, Darwin asked him to visit the botanist Gaetano …
… seeds ( letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 March 1879] ). He continued to write up the …
… ’. The lull in experimental work continued into March 1879, and Darwin seemed weary when he told …
… the subject of bloom from his book. In mid-June 1879, Darwin was pleased to get back to …
… and growth ( letter from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 ). Darwin replied, ‘ I thank you much for …
… the Spring ’. Luckily, De Vries published two papers in 1879 and 1880 that Darwin was later able to …
… ‘A horrid bore’ In late October 1879, Darwin told Gray, ‘ I have written a rather big …
… bodies’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 October 1879 ). Thiselton-Dyer, who had assisted in …
… earlier ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 November 1879 ). Hooker offered to write to Egypt for …

Darwin’s student booklist

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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…

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… it was first published in 1804. On rereading this work in 1879 Darwin judged it ‘a wretched …

1.14 William Richmond, oil

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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…

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… William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL …
… Oxford in this same year. In a letter of 18 June 1879, Darwin told Thiselton-Dyer (Hooker’s …
… William Blake Richmond   date of creation 1879-80   computer-readable date 1879 …
… in DAR 215.31b. Letters from Darwin to John Fiske, 10 June 1879 (DCP-LETT-12098) and to Thiselton …

Life of Erasmus Darwin

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The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…

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… The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a …
… the book into grist for controversy. In February 1879, Darwin received an unusual birthday …
… my grandfathers life ', Darwin wrote to Krause on 14 March 1879. He made contact with family …
… my tether '. The book was published in November of 1879. Darwin filled his notice with …
… whose Evolution Old and New had been published in May of 1879, had not failed to find the …

Power of movement in plants

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…

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… Letter 12152 - Francis Darwin to Darwin, 12 July 1879 Francis writes to his father …

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, …

People featured in the Dutch photograph album

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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …

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… 20 june 1854 Middelburg 13 october 1879 Groningen 8 …
… 16 july 1815 Rotterdam 28 february 1879 Vucht 102 …
… Arnhem 7 june 1834 23 december 1879 Arnhem 117 …
… 21 september 1849 Den Bosch 13 oktober 1879 Groningen …

People featured in the Dutch photograph album

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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…

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… 20 June 1854 Middelburg 13 October 1879 Groningen Feminist and …
… 16 July 1815 Rotterdam 28 February 1879 Vucht He was Med. Dr. …
… Arnhem 7 June 1834 23 December 1879 Arnhem https://www …
… 21 September 1849 Den Bosch 13 October 1879 Groningen Partner of …

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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… frame and published in The Examiner on 11 October 1879. There was even a wood-engraved version …
… series of eminent men portrayed in The Examiner (11 Oct. 1879), facing p. 1312. Engraving by …

Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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… Letter 12041 — Darwin, C. R. to Fordyce, John, 7 May 1879 In this letter marked “private”, …

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…

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… Litchfield to a family servant as her leaving present in 1879. Henry Eeles Dresser’s album of …

3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos

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< Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of Wight with his immediate family, his brother Erasmus, and his friend Joseph Hooker. The family’s accommodation at Freshwater was rented from the photographer Julia…

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… in his journal after an encounter with the great man in 1879, ‘his features are not good’; yet ‘his …

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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… Darwin himself in London in 1873 and was invited to Down in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy …
… inviting Fiske to Down House: DCP-LETT-12098 (10 June 1879) and DCP-LETT-12606 (14 May [1880]). John …

1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing

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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…

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… her early teens (she won several prizes there); nor that in 1879 she had parental blessing for her …

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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… 1872 208 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 29 NOVEMBER 1879 209 A GRAY, 1882, …

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