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From R. F. Cooke   11 September 1879

Summary

On cost of the portrait of Dr Darwin, for Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 502
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12226

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  • … in Wales. Cooke was on holiday in Wales ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 6 September 1879) . …
  • … From R. F. Cooke   11 September 1879
  • … Francis Cooke John Murray Rhiwgwreiddyn, Machynlleth 11 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Erasmus Darwin US ed. : Erasmus Darwin . By …
  • … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). D. Appleton & Co. published Erasmus Darwin …
  • … see letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). The river Dulas runs north of Machynlleth …

To C.-F. Reinwald   11 September 1879

Summary

Has sent remaining sheets for proposed French translation of Erasmus Darwin. Edmond Barbier should consider the pages from Seward’s Life that have been cut from the English edition.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Date:  11 Sept 1879
Classmark:  University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 64)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12225

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  • … To C. -F. Reinwald   11 September 1879
  • … 3314 1: 64) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Sept 1879 Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of …
  • … letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 2 September [1879] and n. 2. In preparing Erasmus Darwin , CD …
  • … see letter from Ernst Krause, 1 September 1879 ). Edmond Barbier had translated some of …

From Ernst Krause   12 September 1879

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Thanks for printed sheets and MS. Intends that German version should follow the English, but will add notes to clarify unfamiliar material for German readers.

Thanks for list of plant names.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B39–40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12227

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  • … From Ernst Krause    12 September 1879
  • … DAR 92: B39–40 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Regensburg 12 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … In his letter of 16 August 1879 , Krause had listed several English common names for …
  • … p. 21. CD’s notes were for his reply ( letter to Ernst Krause, 15 September 1879 ). …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
  • … letter to Ernst Krause, 3 September [1879] . CD had sent proof-sheets of Erasmus Darwin …
  • … Reinwald . See letter to Ernst Krause, 3 September [1879] and n. 3, and letter to C. - …
  • … F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879 and n. 1. William Sweetland Dallas had translated Krause’s …
  • … a supplementary notice | by | Charles Darwin ’ in his letter to Krause of 18 July [1879] . …

From W. S. Dallas   13 September 1879

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Acknowledges proofs of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12228

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  • … From W.  S.  Dallas   13 September 1879
  • … DAR 99: 122 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 13 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
  • … Erasmus Darwin (see letter to Ernst Krause, 3 September [1879] ). See also letter from W. …
  • … S. Dallas, 28 August 1879 . Krause’s essay contained extensive quotations from Erasmus …
  • … Society, | Burlington House, W. 13 Sep r .  1879 Dear M r . Darwin I write a few lines in …

To Victor Marshall   14 September 1879

Summary

CD responds to VM’s desire to plant a tree in his honour by offering three choices.

Again expresses his pleasure in Coniston.

Acknowledges that Ruskin was right about his feeling "a deep and tender interest about the brightly coloured hinder half of certain monkeys".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall
Date:  14 Sept 1879
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12230

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  • … To Victor Marshall   14 September 1879
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Sept 1879 Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall …
  • … at Coniston in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sep 14. 1879 My dear M r Marshall Your letter amused …
  • … letter from Victor Marshall, 7 September 1879 and n. 3. Marshall wanted to plant a tree …
  • … s recent visit to his hotel ( letter to Victor Marshall, 25 August 1879 , and letter from …
  • … Victor Marshall, 7 September 1879 ). Joseph Dalton Hooker was director of the Royal …

To G. J. Romanes   14 September [1879]

Summary

Thanks GJR for gift of game.

Contributes to [Naples] Zoological Station.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George John Romanes
Date:  14 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.567)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12229

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  • … To G.  J.  Romanes   14 September [1879] …
  • … Society (Mss.B.D25.567) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Sept [1879] George John Romanes …
  • … sent a cheque to assist Grant Allen (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 23 July 1879 and n. 1). …
  • … in Cowie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in August 1879; Nature reported the event and made an …
  • … for financial support ( Nature , 14 August 1879, pp. 372–3). No letter from Romanes about …
  • … the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 (CD’s ‘ Journal’ (Appendix II)). John Ruskin’s …

From W. S. Dallas   15 and 16 September 1879

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Sends his corrected proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] for CD’s approval, with questions and final arrangements.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 and 16 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 123–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12232

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  • … From W.  S.  Dallas   15 and 16 September 1879
  • … 4 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 15 and 16 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter from W. S. Dallas, 13 September 1879 ). William Clowes & Sons . The note in Erasmus …
  • … Geological Society 15 Sept.  1879 Dear M r . Darwin On consideration I have thought it …

To Ernst Krause   15 September 1879

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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 Karl Alberts   16 September 1879

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Explains his arrangements with Messrs Reinwald in France and Appleton in America, if they were to publish his work on Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Karl Alberts
Date:  16 Sept 1879
Classmark:  Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12232F

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  • … To Karl Alberts   16 September 1879
  • … Alberts (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 16 Sept 1879 Down Karl Alberts …
  • … been found, but see the letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879 . …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Erasmus Darwin US ed. : Erasmus Darwin . By …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Sep 16. 1879 Dear Sir, I am much obliged for your letter, & hope …
  • … see letter from Ernst Krause, 12 September 1879 ). CD had sent a copy of the proof-sheets …
  • … to Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald (see letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 11 September 1879) . See …
  • … also letter to Ernst Krause, 5 [May] 1879 . D. Appleton & Co. …
  • … ed. See letter to Ernst Krause, 15 September 1879 and n. 5. The letter to Reinwald has not …

From James Torbitt   18 September 1879

Summary

Illness of his wife.

Potato crossing experiments; believes he has increased yield considerably.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 154
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12233

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  • … From James Torbitt   18 September 1879
  • … DAR 178: 154 James Torbitt Belfast 18 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter to James Torbitt, [after 30 April 1879] . Margaret Ann Torbitt . On the ‘Black …
  • … five’ potato, a variety named by Torbitt, see the letter from James Torbitt, 1 May 1879 . …

From W. S. Dallas   19 September 1879

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Final decisions about the printing of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 125–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12235

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  • … From W.  S.  Dallas   19 September 1879
  • … 99: 125–6 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 19 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Society, | Burlington House, W. 19 Sept.  1879 Dear M r . Darwin Many thanks for the …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A …
  • … letter from W. S. Dallas, 15 and 16 September 1879 ). In Erasmus Darwin , p. 171, Krause …
  • … see letter from Ernst Krause, 2 October 1879 ). The botanic garden; a poem in two parts ( …

From Melchior Neumayr   19 September 1879

Summary

Sends new publication [see 11838].

Plans major study of evolutionary palaeontology.

Comments on form series discovered by Joachim Barrande.

Has not heard from Leopold Würtenberger.

Author:  Melchior Neumayr
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 172: 17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12234

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  • … From Melchior Neumayr    19 September 1879
  • … DAR 172: 17 Melchior Neumayr Vienna 19 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Barrande 1852–1911 ) was published in 1879. On Pentamerus , a prehistoric genus of …
  • … 1911 , 5: 35–41. See letter from Leopold Würtenberger, 10 January 1879 , and letter from …
  • … Melchior Neumayr, 21 January 1879 . CD’s annotations are for his reply to Neumayr, which …
  • … Prague: the author. Neumayr, Melchior. 1879. Zur Kenntnis der Fauna des untersten Lias in …
  • … its original German, see Transcript. A copy of Neumayr 1879 is in the Darwin Library–CUL. …
  • … letter from Melchior Neumayr, 21 January 1879 . The Lias is a series of strata forming the …

From Henry Johnson   22 September [1879]

Summary

Requests autograph for a friend.

Has retired to Ludlow because of angina pectoris.

He and his daughter, Mary, were present in the cave near Tenby when George Rolleston found so many antediluvial bones.

Author:  Henry Johnson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12236

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  • … From Henry Johnson   22 September [1879] …
  • … DAR 168: 69 Henry Johnson Ludlow 22 Sept [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 . Mary Elisabeth Johnson (Johnson’s daughter) …

To Henry Johnson   24 September 1879

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Sends the requested signature,

with sympathy for HHJ’s state of health [see 12236].

Reports that HJ’s experiments on tension of parts are often quoted in German works and periodicals.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Johnson
Date:  24 Sept 1879
Classmark:  Private collection
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12236A

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  • … To Henry Johnson   24 September 1879
  • … Private collection Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Sept 1879 Henry Johnson …
  • … autograph in his letter of 22 September [1879] . Johnson had published several articles on …
  • … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Sept 24 th — 1879 My dear Johnson It gives me pleasure to do …

To George Sleigh   [before 26 September 1879]

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Asks correspondent to consider taking a position as his gardener.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Sleigh
Date:  [before 26 Sept 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 202: 93
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12282

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  • … To George Sleigh   [before 26 September 1879] …
  • … DAR 202: 93 Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 26 Sept 1879] George Sleigh …
  • … the letter to Thomas de Grey, 26 September 1879 . Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Smith . CD …
  • … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 October [1879] and n. 2). CD’s interest in building an …
  • … in several letters from Emma Darwin to Henrietta Emma Litchfield in September 1879. …
  • … On 24 September 1879, Emma wrote: ‘Sir J. brought word of a promising gardener but he …
  • … Darwin to Elizabeth Darwin, [26 September 1879] (DAR 219.9: 210)); the other man employed …
  • … de Grey, Baron Walsingham . See letter to Thomas de Grey, 26 September 1879 and n. 1. …

To Thomas de Grey   26 September 1879

Summary

Asks for a character reference for a former servant of correspondent.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
Date:  26 Sept 1879
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12237

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  • … To Thomas de Grey   26 September 1879
  • … collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Sept 1879 Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham …
  • … had become ill (see letter to George Sleigh, [before 26 September 1879] , and letter to J. …
  • … D. Hooker, 1 October [1879] and n. 2). …
  • … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Sept.  26 th 1879 My Lord I should be much obliged if you …

From Henry Johnson   26 September [1879]

Summary

Thanks CD for his autograph.

Author:  Henry Johnson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12238

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  • … From Henry Johnson   26 September [1879] …
  • … DAR 168: 70 Henry Johnson Ludlow 26 Sept [1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … relationship between this letter and the letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 . See …
  • … letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 . Charles Powell Peters . Mary Elisabeth …

From E. Desrousseaux   30 September 1879

Summary

ED is at work on a book to be called "Les grands phénomènes de la nature", which will furnish additional proof of CD’s doctrine.

Expounds his theory that all phenomena originate in movement.

Author:  E. Desrousseaux
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 162: 173
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12239

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  • … From E. Desrousseaux    30 September 1879
  • … DAR 162: 173 E. Desrousseaux Alouzon 30 Sept 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … the assurance of my highest regard, Desrousseaux Mouzon (Ardennes) 30 September 1879
  • … de ma très-haute considération, | Desrousseaux Mouzon (Ardennes) le 30 Septembre 1879
  • … Science 25: 245–78. Desrousseaux, E.  1879. Les grands phénomènes de la nature: Première …
  • … was Barbier trans. 1876 . Desrousseaux 1879 . Isaac Newton . Immanuel Kant was an early …
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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 …

Suggested reading

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  Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…

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  • … Buckley, A.,  The fairy-land of science , (London, 1879; Philadelphia 1888). Holmes, M. …

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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