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To S. P. Woodward 27 May [1856]

Summary

Thanks for answer to query. "I see … that there is no hope of comparing the same genus at two different periods, and seeing whether the tendency to vary is greater at one period in such genus than at another period."

Inclined to dispute SPW’s doctrine that islands are generally ancient. Doubts that they are remnants of continents.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Samuel Pickworth Woodward
Date:	27 May [1856]
Classmark:	Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/5)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-1879

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… DCP-LETT-1879 …

To Ernst Krause 9 June [1879]

Summary

CD is glad to hear that EK plans a short historical discussion on evolution [in Erasmus Darwin],

but hopes he will not spend much powder and shot on Butler – his ephemeral work is not worth it. Sends a review [of Evolution, old and new].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	9 June [1879]
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36187)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12096

Matches: 16 hits

… To Ernst Krause 9 June [1879] …
… Library (HM 36187) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 June [1879] Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… Review of Evolution, old and new by Samuel Butler. ] Academy , 17 May 1879, pp. 426–7. …
… Anon. 1879. Evolution, old and new. …
… From one standpoint. Examiner , 16 May 1879, pp. 646–7. …
… Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus …
… see letter from W. S. Dallas, 4 June 1879 . CD was worried that some of his biographical …
… Krause in his revised essay for Erasmus Darwin (see letter to Ernst Krause, 5 June 1879 ). …
… the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 . See …
… letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 and nn. 4 and 5. …
… CD refers to Samuel Butler and S. Butler 1879 ( Evolution, old and new ). CD sent …
… Krause an unsigned review of S. Butler 1879 from the Saturday Review (see …
… letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879 ). It was later revealed to have been written by …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Pauly, Philip J. 1982. Samuel Butler and his …
… 1880 ). Several reviews of S. Butler 1879 had appeared by this time (see S. Butler 1882 , …
… one appeared in the Examiner ( Anon. 1879 ), which Butler later assumed was also by …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 26] July [1879]

Summary

Has failed with his experiments on aerial roots.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:	[after 26] July [1879]
Classmark:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 180–1)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12129

Matches: 18 hits

… To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 26] July [1879] …
… ff. 180–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 26] July [1879] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
… Bibliography Ball, John. 1879. On the origin of the flora …
… of the European Alps. [Read 9 June 1879. ] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society …
… with the plants that were sent on 17 June 1879 in which he mentioned which of them were …
… that letter has not been found (see letters to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 and n. …
… 2, and 18 June 1879 and n. 3). …
… between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 July 1879 . In his letter to J. …
… D. Hooker, 22 July [1879] , CD had written that he would send plants back to Kew. …
… to him on 16 December 1878 and 17 June 1879, but the last record of a plant of Bignonia …
… of the return of the plants sent on 17 June 1879 ( Outwards book , Archives, Royal Botanic …
… book , p. 164). The plants sent on 17 June 1879 from Kew had been requested so that CD …
… their aerial roots (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 and n. 2). Thiselton- …
… s paper on the origin of alpine flora ( Ball 1879 ) are now missing; see letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June 1879 and n. 5. Joseph …
… on the paper are in his letter of 26 July 1879 . CD was about to leave for a holiday …
… stayed in Coniston from 2 to 27 August 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Anthurium …
… roots along the stem; it was one of the plants sent on 17 June 1879 (see n. 3, above). …

To Ernst Krause 13 May 1879

Summary

Assures EK he will lose no time in writing his essay [on Erasmus Darwin].

A book by Samuel Butler on Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck has been announced [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	13 May 1879
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36183)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12051

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… To Ernst Krause 13 May 1879 …
… Library (HM 36183) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 13 May 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… advertisement in Nature , 8 May 1879, p. x. …
… Lamarck has been announced [ Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK. …
… Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und …
… In his letter of 8 May 1879 , Krause asked to be sent proof-sheets of CD’s biographical …
… waste time (see letter to Ernst Krause, 9 May [1879] ). Samuel Butler’s book discussed the …
… Baptiste de Lamarck ; and Erasmus Darwin ( S. Butler 1879 ). William Sweetland Dallas had …
… mentioned the book in his letter of 9 May 1879 ; it was announced in an …

To F. B. Goodacre 5 December 1879

Summary

Were the hybrid geese FBG sent to CD brother and sister from the same hatch? CD intends to send a letter on their breeding to Nature [Collected papers 2: 219–20].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Burges Goodacre
Date:	5 Dec 1879
Classmark:	Dr John Goodacre (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12345

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… To F. B. Goodacre 5 December 1879 …
… Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 5 Dec 1879 Francis Burges Goodacre …
… 26, letter from F. B. Goodacre, 2 September 1878 ). Goodacre 1879 . See also letter to F. …
… B. Goodacre, 29 August 1879 , and letter from F. …
… B. Goodacre, 1 September 1879 . …
… See letter to Nature , 15 December [1879]. …
… Bibliography Goodacre, Francis Burges. 1879. On the question of the identity of species of …
… the common domestic and the Chinese goose. [Read 18 November 1879. ] Proceedings …
… of the Zoological Society of London (1879): 710–12. …
… Cavendish Sq ure | London. December 5. 1879 My dear Sir Will you be so kind as to inform …

To A. S. Wilson 5 March 1879

Summary

Discusses ASW’s discovery of error in Russian belief about wheat varieties. Suggests that he publish paper in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society. [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4.]

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alexander Stephen Wilson
Date:	5 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 148: 367
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11917

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… To A. S. Wilson 5 March 1879 …
… DAR 148: 367 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Mar 1879 Alexander Stephen Wilson …
… Bibliography Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1879. Experiments with kubanka and saxonica wheat: …
… first year’s experiments and results. Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879, pp. 652–4. …
… Society . [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4. ] …
… See letter from A. S. Wilson, 27 February 1879 . No drawings have been found in the Darwin …
… kubanka and saxonica wheat’, which was published in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879 ( …
… Wilson 1879 , p. 653). Wilson had enclosed …
… varieties with his letter of 27 February 1879 , but the manuscript has not been found in …
… Darwin Archive–CUL. A proof copy of Wilson 1879 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
… Down March 5, 1879 My dear Sir I have just returned home after an absence of a week, and …

To Harvard University Library? 2 October [1879]

Summary

Sends postal order for Samuel Scudder’s Catalogue [of scientific serials (1879)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Harvard University Library
Date:	2 Oct [1879]
Classmark:	Boston Public Library
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12244

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… To Harvard University Library? 2 October [1879] …
… Boston Public Library Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Oct [1879] Harvard University Library …
… Sends postal order for Samuel Scudder’s Catalogue [ of scientific serials (1879)]. …
… Bibliography Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1879. Catalogue of scientific serials of all …
… The year is established by the reference to Scudder 1879 ; the recipient is conjectured …
… from the publisher of Scudder 1879 (see n. 2, below). Samuel Hubbard Scudder’ …
… serials of all countries was published by the Library of Harvard University in 1879 ( …
… Scudder 1879 ). It appears in CD’s Library catalogue (DAR 240), but is no longer in the …

To Gaston de Saporta 19 January 1879

Summary

Thanks GdeS for his photograph; sends his own. Glad to hear GdeS’s work [Le monde des plantes (1879)] is popular in France.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta
Date:	19 Jan 1879
Classmark:	Archives Gaston de Saporta (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11835

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… To Gaston de Saporta 19 January 1879 …
… Bibliography Saporta, Gaston de. 1879. Le monde des plantes avant l’apparition de l’ …
… collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Jan 1879 Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de …
… his own. Glad to hear GdeS’s work [ Le monde des plantes (1879)] is popular in France. …
… See letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 January 1879 and n. …
… 2. Saporta 1879 . See …
… letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 January 1879 and n. 3. CD was working on movement in …
… Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Jan 19 th . 1879. — My dear Sir I am particularly glad to …

To A. S. Wilson 4 [June] 1879

Summary

Mentions wheat varieties sent by Governor General of Turkestan.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alexander Stephen Wilson
Date:	4 [June] 1879
Classmark:	DAR 148: 366
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11820

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… To A. S. Wilson 4 [June] 1879 …
… DAR 148: 366 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 [June] 1879 Alexander Stephen Wilson …
… Bibliography Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1879. Experiments with kubanka and saxonica wheat: …
… first year’s experiments and results. Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879, pp. 652–4. …
… wheat, since it was published in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 May 1879, after Kaufman wrote …
… to CD ( Wilson 1879 ). For CD’s letter to Kaufman, see Correspondence vol. …
… 30, letter to K. P. von Kaufman, 4 June 1879 . The wheat specimens never arrived (see …
… letter to A. S. Wilson, 30 December [1879] ). …
… and the letter from K. P. Kaufman, 9 May 1879 . The copyist wrote ‘Jan’ in error. See …
… letter from K. P. von Kaufman, 9 May 1879 . Konstantin Petrovich Kaufman mentioned having …
… Down Jan: 4. 1879 My dear Sir Your excellent article in the Gardeners Chronicle has led, I …

To Ernst Krause 17 November 1879

Summary

Answers EK’s questions. Sorry to report Erasmus Darwin sold only 600 copies at advance sale.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	17 Nov 1879
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36197)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12324

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… To Ernst Krause 17 November 1879 …
… Library (HM 36197) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Nov 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… Erasmus Darwin (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 ). William Stukeley and …
… Stukeley 1740 (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 4). …
… The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 5). …
… letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 6. Thomas Okes . Thomas Bentley . Brooke …
… Andrew Duncan (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 12). Joseph Cradock . …
… Jesse Foot (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 15). …
… The Lunar Society of Birmingham (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 16). …
… published in the second week of November 1879. John Murray had an annual sale dinner for …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Nov 17 | 1879 My dear Sir I am much obliged for your …

To Francis Darwin 2 July [1879]

Summary

Stresses importance of ensuring that cauterisation of radicles does not, through injury, prevent movement. Plans an experiment to test for "apheliotropism" in certain radicles.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	2 July [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 60
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12133

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… To Francis Darwin 2 July [1879] …
… DAR 211: 60 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 July [1879] Francis Darwin …
… Bibliography Spencer, Herbert. 1879. The data of ethics . London: Williams and Norgate. …
… 28 June; they returned to Down on 1 July 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Abbadubba …
… Spencer ’s book The data of ethics ( H. Spencer 1879 ) had been published in the second …
… half of June ( Publishers’ Circular , 1 July 1879, p. 506). For Spencer’s view …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [ 1879] and n. 6). Sinapis is a genus of mustard. CD …
… in the roots of this species (see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and n. 5, …
… letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 4). CD was planning to remove by …
… one from his silver fir branches (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 7). …
… the idea of causation, see H. Spencer 1879 , pp. 47–58. Francis had written that mustard …
… see letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 June 1879 ). For CD’s use of the …
… see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , n. 8. CD had asked Francis to …

To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879

Summary

Wishes to subscribe to RM’s translation of Weismann.

Has seen Scudder’s article.

A. R. Wallace’s article ["Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Raphael Meldola
Date:	7 Feb 1879
Classmark:	Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11862

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… To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879 …
… Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Feb 1879 Raphael Meldola …
… Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent. …
… and their native countries’ ( Wallace 1879 ) was published in Nineteenth Century ; see …
… letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 6. …
… Down, Feb. 7 th . 1879. Dear M r . Meldola, Pray keep Kosmos as long as you like, and I …
… F. Müller 1879a from CD; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 2. …
… See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 3. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & …
… circulars be issued. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 4. CD …
… error; Meldola referred to Scudder 1877 in his letter of 6 February 1879 . Alfred Russel …

To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]

Summary

Requests some seeds.

Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	[4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 49
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11815

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… of Phyllanthus niruri and Medicago maculata from Kew in his letter of 24 March 1879 . …
… To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879] …
… DAR 211: 49 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] Francis Darwin …
… Francis left for Algiers on 4 February 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)) and departed …
… from Algiers on 8 March ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879 ). See also letter from …
… Francis Darwin, [ c. 25 February 1879] . Wilhelm Pfeffer discussed Phyllanthus niruri ( …

To Reginald Darwin 8 April 1879

Summary

Details of family history. Has discovered Dr Darwin did get to Edinburgh before his son, Charles, died.

The more CD reads of Dr Darwin the higher he rises in his estimation.

Is tired of writing letters, "half the fools throughout Europe write to ask me the stupidest questions".

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Reginald Darwin
Date:	8 Apr 1879
Classmark:	DAR 153: 98; Lawrences Auctioneers (dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11982

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… To Reginald Darwin 8 April 1879 …
… dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Apr 1879 Reginald Darwin …
… by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. LL : The life and letters of Charles Darwin, …
… See letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 . The section ‘Since … a copy. ’ was cut out …
… his letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 . On the engraving by John Allen Wedgwood , …
… Down, April 8, 1879. My dear Cousin Every word in your letter shows that you believe in …
… see letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). CD wished to borrow Sketch of the life of …
… Reginald Darwin in his letter of 7 April 1879 . Reginald Darwin had mentioned that he had …
… see letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 ). CD had asked Reginald Darwin whether he …
… see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). The first four lines appeared in Erasmus …
… the letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 and n. 3. Leonard Darwin of the Royal Engineers …
… see letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). George Howard Darwin had been in Algiers for …
… MS; see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). Robert Bruce Cotton had recorded that a …
… see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 and n. 9). William Darwin (1681–1760) was …
… See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879. Erasmus Darwin’s eldest son, Charles , …
… see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 5). It was Elizabeth Anne Wheler not her …

To G. J. Romanes [18 January 1879]

Summary

Notes advertisement of Tito Vignoli, Fundamentalgesetz der Intelligenz im Thierreiche [1879].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	[18 Jan 1879]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.558)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11833

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… To G. J. Romanes [18 January 1879] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.558) Charles Robert Darwin Down [18 Jan 1879] George John Romanes …
… advertisement of Tito Vignoli, Fundamentalgesetz der Intelligenz im Thierreiche [1879]. …
… Intelligenz im Thierreich. Versuch einer vergleich Psychologie 234 pp 8 vo Leipz 1879— 4/– …
… Milan: Fratelli Dumolard. Vignoli, Tito. 1879. Über das Fundamentalgesetz der Intelligenz …
… in comparative psychology; Vignoli 1879 ). It was a translation from the Italian of …

To C.-F. Reinwald 29 October 1879

Summary

Discusses arrangements for a French translation of Erasmus Darwin (1879).

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Date:	29 Oct 1879
Classmark:	DAR 202: 80
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12276

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… To C. -F. Reinwald 29 October 1879 …
… DAR 202: 80 Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Oct 1879 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald …
… Discusses arrangements for a French translation of Erasmus Darwin (1879). …
… See letter from Ernst Krause, 20 October 1879 . Karl Alberts was publishing a German …
… Ernst Krause to Francis Darwin , 26 October 1879 . CD usually received deferred royalties …
… letter from C. F. Reinwald, 17 April 1879 ). Francis Darwin was CD’s secretary. CD uses ‘ …
… very faithfully | Ch Darwin Oct 29 th . 1879 To M r Reinwald (Frank—keep this foul copy) ( …

To Francis Galton 8 June [1879]

Summary

Caroline Darwin says mysterious visitor’s name was Brand. It was in time of Colonel Pole. Never visited Mrs Pole or Mrs Darwin [Elizabeth Collier], but sent respectful messages.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Galton
Date:	8 June [1879]
Classmark:	UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/28)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12095

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… To Francis Galton 8 June [1879] …
… Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/28) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 June [1879] Francis Galton …
… by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… 1832). See letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 and n. 8. On the portrait used for the …
… frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin , see the letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 3. …
… Thomas Lauder Brunton ; see letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 and n. 9. …
… by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 . …
… Letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 . The Darwins visited Caroline Sarah Wedgwood and …
… Leith Hill Place, Surrey, from 21 to 26 May 1879 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No letter …
… when Galton visited Down on 26 April 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The visitor …

To H. N. Moseley 4 February 1879

Summary

Comments on HNM’s book [Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henry Nottidge Moseley
Date:	4 Feb 1879
Classmark:	Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 13)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11858

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… To H. N. Moseley 4 February 1879 …
… Comments on HNM’s book [ Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger" (1879)]. …
… 8 November 2018, lot 13) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1879 Henry Nottidge Moseley …
… in Moseley 1875a . For Moseley’s dedication to CD in Moseley 1879 , see the letter to H. …
… N. Moseley, 20 January 1879 and n. 1. …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb. 4 th 1879 Dear Moseley I have at last read every …
… a copy of his Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’ ( Moseley 1879 ); see letter to H. …
… N. Moseley, 20 January 1879 . Moseley’s chapter on …
… the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) is in Moseley 1879 , pp. 481–512. His account ‘Amongst the …
… 169: 425–503. Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1879. Notes by a naturalist on the ‘Challenger’, …

To Ernst Krause 15 September 1879

Summary

Agrees to EK’s proposals [for publishing Erasmus Darwin]. Will send sheets to Paris, but is not sure there will be a French translation.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	15 Sept 1879
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36194)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12231

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… To Ernst Krause 15 September 1879 …
… frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin (see letter from R. F. Cooke, 11 September 1879 and n. 1). …
… Library (HM 36194) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Sept 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… See letter from Ernst Krause, 12 September 1879 and n. 7. Edmond Barbier . CD had sent a …
… Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald (see letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879) . See …
… letter from Ernst Krause, 1 September 1879 and n. 4. William Sweetland Dallas . The …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 15. 1879 My dear Sir, I quite agree to what you propose, & I …

To Casimir de Candolle 21 October 1879

Summary

Thanks CdeC for his work [Anatomie comparée des feuilles (1879)]. The plates are wonderfully good.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Anne Casimir Pyramus (Casimir) de Candolle
Date:	21 Oct 1879
Classmark:	Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12266

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… To Casimir de Candolle 21 October 1879 …
… for his work [ Anatomie comparée des feuilles (1879)]. The plates are wonderfully good. …
… collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct 1879 Anne Casimir Pyramus (Casimir) de …
… CD’s offprint of C. de Candolle 1879 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Alphonse de …
… Bibliography Candolle, Casimir de. 1879. Anatomie comparée des feuilles chez quelques …
… familles de Dicotylédones. [Read 6 March 1879. ] Mémoires de la Société de physique et …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Oct 21. 1879 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for …

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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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