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To Daniel Mackintosh   16 October 1879

Summary

DM may show CD’s letter [to the Royal Society].

Pleased that his old paper should have stimulated DM to such excellent work.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Daniel Mackintosh
Date:  16 Oct 1879
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12259

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  • … To Daniel Mackintosh   16 October 1879
  • … Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Oct 1879 Daniel Mackintosh …
  • … Bibliography Mackintosh, Daniel. 1879. Results of a systematic survey, in 1878, of the …
  • … previous observations. [Read 26 March 1879. ] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society …
  • … In his letter of 14 October 1879 , Mackintosh had asked CD’s permission to show …
  • … CD’s letter to him of 9 October 1879 , praising his article …
  • … on erratic boulders ( Mackintosh 1879 ), to the secretaries of the Royal Society of …
  • … had referred to CD’s ‘Ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire’ ( Mackintosh 1879 , pp. 442, …
  • … 448). See Mackintosh 1879 , p. 428. Mackintosh used the term ‘overshot boulder-loads’ to …

From Francis Darwin   [before 31 July 1879]

Summary

Discusses Müller-Thurgau’s work on heliotropism. Will start on Thursday for Heidelberg and Strassburg.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 31 July 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 56
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12177F

Matches: 13 hits

  • … From Francis Darwin   [before 31 July 1879] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 56 Francis Darwin Würzburg [before 31 July 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 39 (1879) pt. 1: 143–209; 42 (1880) pt. 1: 1– …
  • … England on Thursday (see n. 9, below). In 1879, the Thursday before 4 August was 31 July. …
  • … extant letter from Francis is that of 9 July 1879 . Francis had been uncertain whether he …
  • … see letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 ). Francis’s paper ‘Über das Wachstum negativ …
  • … the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The ‘French …
  • … published in Biographie médicale (see letter from James Paget, 25 July 1879 and n. 1). …
  • … notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Müller-Thurgau, Hermann. 1876. Ueber …
  • … See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and n. 7. In his published paper ( F. Darwin …
  • … see the letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 and n. 8. Fredrik Elfving had observed a …
  • … see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879] and n. 3). The instrument maker in …
  • … Darwins in the Lake District on 4 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the Sunday …

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   27 January 1879

Summary

Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Jan 1879
Classmark:  DAR 205.2: 259, DAR 209.6: 207
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11847

Matches: 6 hits

  • … From W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   27 January 1879
  • … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [20 January 1879] and n. 4. …
  • … 259, DAR 209.6: 207 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 27 Jan 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [20 January 1879] and n. 2, and letter to W. …
  • … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January [1879] and n. 2. James Carter & Company were London seed …
  • … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 April 1879 ). Henry Nottidge Moseley . See letter from …

From John Ball   8 August 1879

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Hopes CD will read and comment on his lecture ["Origin of flora of the Alps", Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. (1879)]. Disgrees with CD; JB maintains that the high antiquity of existing plant genera and families explains wide differences in their distribution.

Author:  John Ball
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Aug 1879
Classmark:  DAR 160: 35
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12187

Matches: 9 hits

  • … From John Ball   8 August 1879
  • … DAR 160: 35 John Ball Piedmont 8 Aug 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … by meteors and asteroids; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June 1879 and n. 5. …
  • … flora of the Alps", Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. (1879)]. Disgrees with CD; JB maintains that the …
  • … Bibliography Ball, John. 1879. On the origin of the flora …
  • … of the European Alps. [Read 9 June 1879. ] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society …
  • … Southwell Gardens, | South Kensington. 8 Aug.  1879 Dear Mr Darwin Before leaving England …
  • … the flora of the European Alps’ ( Ball 1879 ); an annotated copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
  • … Collection–CUL. In Ball 1879 , Ball challenged the theory of glacial migration, which CD …

To ?   23 October 1879

Summary

Is obliged for the note about Wallis Nash’s death, but he has since heard that the report was false.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  23 Oct 1879
Classmark:  Ronald T. Raines (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12268F

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To ?    23 October 1879
  • … Ronald T. Raines (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Oct 1879 Unidentified …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Oct 23 d 1879 My dear Sir I am much obliged for your …
  • … the 1870s, before emigrating to Oregon in 1879. Mary Desborough , Louisa’s widowed mother, …
  • … been identified, but apparently reached Down on 6 October 1879 ( letter from Emma Darwin …
  • … to Ida Farrer, [6 October 1879] (DAR 258: 651)). In his book Two years in Oregon ( Nash …
  • … sharp attack of illness’ in the autumn of 1879. Nash wrote a memoir of the Darwins as his …

From Ernst Krause   15 May 1879

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Thanks for answers to questions [in 12032].

Has ordered the new book by Butler [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. It may make EK’s own essay superfluous.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12053

Matches: 9 hits

  • … From Ernst Krause    15 May 1879
  • … DAR 92: B26 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 15 May 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … book by Butler [ Evolution, old and new (1879)]. It may make EK’s own essay superfluous. …
  • … 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 …
  • … See letter to Ernst Krause, 9 May [1879] . CD considered Mary Ann Schimmelpenninck ’s …
  • … Seward ’s book to be false (see letter to Ernst Krause, 9 May [1879] and nn. 6 and 8). …
  • … s book in his letter to Ernst Krause, 13 May 1879 ; Butler discussed Erasmus Darwin’s life …
  • … and evolutionary views in S. Butler 1879 , pp. 173–234. CD was writing a biographical …

To Grant Allen   26 May [1879]

Summary

Has GA seen an article on GA’s Colour-sense by a great man, J. R. L. Delboeuf, in Revue Scientifique 24 May 1879? It has pleased CD greatly.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
Date:  26 May [1879]
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12062

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To Grant Allen   26 May [1879] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 May [1879] Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen …
  • … man, J. R. L. Delboeuf, in Revue Scientifique 24 May 1879? It has pleased CD greatly. …
  • … après M. Grant-Allen’ in Revue scientifique de la France et de l’étranger , 24 May 1879 ( …
  • … Delboeuf 1879 ), Joseph Delboeuf had reviewed Allen’s book on the colour sense ( G. Allen …
  • … London: Trübner & Co. Delboeuf, Joseph. 1879. Le sens des couleurs chez les animaux d’ …

To Ernst Krause   16 June [1879]

Summary

CD will attend to ELK’s suggestions, but there is plenty of time, because Dallas translates slowly and Murray will not publish the book before November.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:  16 June [1879]
Classmark:  New York Medical College
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12111G

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To Ernst Krause   16 June [1879] …
  • … York Medical College Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 June [1879] Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
  • … notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Murray, John. 1908–9. Darwin and his …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879 . See …
  • … letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879 . Krause had revised his essay on Erasmus Darwin ( …
  • … Erasmus Darwin . Erasmus Darwin was published in November 1879 ( letter from Reginald …
  • … Darwin, 12 November 1879 ). On John Murray ’s November sale dinners, see Murray 1908–9 , …

From C. M. C. Darwin   14 April 1879

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Answers CD’s query about Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn.

Sends an introduction for Leonard Darwin to their tenants at Elston Hall.

Author:  Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 138–41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11994

Matches: 10 hits

  • … From C.  M.  C.  Darwin   14 April 1879
  • … DAR 99: 138–41 Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin Otley 14 Apr 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 2. Robert Darwin (1682–1754) …
  • … See letter to Reginald Darwin, 8 April 1879, n. 8 . William Morgan Darwin had no sons. …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Post Office London directory : Post-Office …
  • … Creskeld, | Otley. April 14 th . 1879 Dear M r . Darwin, , I have to thank you for a long …
  • … see letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 2). CD had asked whether Leonard Darwin …
  • … see letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 3). The letter of introduction has not …
  • … See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 4. CD had found letters from Erasmus …
  • … see letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 ). Paul-Adolphe Rajon had made an etching …

To Hugo de Vries   6 September 1879

Summary

Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.

Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  6 Sept 1879
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12219F

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To Hugo de Vries   6 September 1879
  • … Artis Library (De Vries 7) Charles Robert Darwin 6 Sept 1879 Down Hugo de Vries …
  • … common corncockle. See letter to Hugo de Vries, 12 August 1879 , and letter from Hugo …
  • … de Vries, 2 September 1879 . …
  • … See letter from Hugo de Vries, 2 September 1879 . Francis Darwin . Oscillatoria is a genus …
  • … more on De Vries’s theory of turgor, see the letters from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 and …
  • … 2 September 1879 . On contraction of the leaf-cells in Drosera (sundew) and Dionaea (Venus …

From Ernst Krause   10 February 1879

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Birthday greetings.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Feb 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11868

Matches: 8 hits

  • … From Ernst Krause    10 February 1879
  • … DAR 92: B14 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause Berlin 10 Feb 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Zu Darwin’s 70. Geburtstagsfeier, am 12. Februar 1879’ (The dawning of a new world-view. …
  • … For Darwin’s 70th birthday celebration, on 12 February 1879), Die …
  • … Gartenlaube 7 (1879): 112–15. …
  • … N.O.  Friedenstrasse 10. II. den 10 Februar 1879. Hochgeehrter Herr! Beim Beginne eines …
  • … CD’s 70th birthday was on 12 February 1879. Krause had contributed to a celebratory issue …
  • … N.O.  Friedenstrasse 10. II. 10 February 1879. Most esteemed Sir! At the beginning of a …

To J. D. Hooker   22 July [1879]

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At work on Movement in plants.

Discusses John Ball’s, G. de Saporta’s, and his own theories of higher plant origin. Their rapid development remains an "abominable mystery".

Frank is working in Würzburg.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  22 July [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 95: 485–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12167

Matches: 11 hits

  • … To J.  D.  Hooker   22 July [1879] …
  • … DAR 95: 485–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 July [1879] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 26 July 1879 . William Turner Thiselton-Dyer had not left …
  • … Kew (see letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 26 July 1879 ). Lathyrus aphaca is yellow pea. …
  • … In a note dated 2 September 1879, CD wrote that he could detect no apheliotropism in …
  • … Bibliography Ball, John. 1879. On the origin of the flora …
  • … of the European Alps. [Read 9 June 1879. ] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society …
  • … of carbonic acid in the atmosphere ( Ball 1879 , pp. 581–3). Gaston de Saporta discussed …
  • … in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879; they were in London on 1 August ( Emma …
  • … joined the Darwins at Coniston on 4 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). John …
  • … and Monthly Record of Geography ( Ball 1879 ). Cycadeae (a synonym of Cycadaceae, the …

To Leopold Würtenberger   15 January 1879

Summary

Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Leopold Würtenberger
Date:  15 Jan 1879
Classmark:  Helmut Würtenberger (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11829F

Matches: 7 hits

  • … To Leopold Würtenberger   15 January 1879
  • … private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 15 Jan 1879 Down Leopold Würtenberger …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 15. 1879 Dear Sir, I am extremely sorry that your …
  • … letter from Leopold Würtenberger, 10 January 1879 . CD’s next letter to Würtenberger has …
  • … not been found, but see the letters to Melchior Neumayr , 15 January 1879 and …
  • … 24 January 1879 , and the letter from …
  • … Leopold Würtenberger, 29 January 1879 . There is an annotated copy of Würtenberger’s ‘ …

To James Torbitt   17 November 1879

Summary

Describes problems of raising money [for potato experiments]. "A Government official in another office remarked to me that it was very difficult for Ministers to decide what to do in such cases as they must be prepared for mere cavillers in the H[ouse] of Commons."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  James Torbitt
Date:  17 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 148: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12326

Matches: 6 hits

  • … To James Torbitt   17 November 1879
  • … DAR 148: 109 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Nov 1879 James Torbitt …
  • … to letter from James Torbitt, 15 November 1879 . Thomas Henry Farrer and Dudley Francis …
  • … Ryder , Viscount Sandon (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 30 October 1879 , and letter to T. …
  • … H. Farrer, 17 November 1879 ). …
  • … Down, Nov.  17, 1879. My dear Sir I have been very glad to read so good a report. Three …

From James Torbitt   30 April 1879

Summary

Has had an account of his experiments published. Sends CD some specimens of seedlings and tubers.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 152
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12020

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  • … From James Torbitt   30 April 1879
  • … DAR 178: 152 James Torbitt Belfast 30 Apr 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … On the Black 75 potato, see the memorandum from James Torbitt, 1 May 1879 . CD’s note is a …
  • … draft of his reply ( letter to James Torbitt, 3 May 1879 ). …
  • … potatoes. Archives of Natural History 35: 208–22. Torbitt, James. 1879. Cultivation of the …
  • … potato. Field , 8 March 1879, p. 272. …
  • … pp. 209 and 211). He published an account of his experiments in the Field in March 1879 ( …
  • … Torbitt 1879 ). CD had funded some of Torbitt’s experiments in 1878 (see Correspondence …
  • … Belfast 30 th April 1879 Charles Darwin Esqr. | Down. My dear Sir. With profound respect, …

From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 June 1879

Summary

Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  30 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 49
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12128F

Matches: 14 hits

  • … From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 June 1879
  • … DAR 274.1: 49 Francis Darwin 30 June 1879 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
  • … Dorking, Surrey, from 28 June until 1 July 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Francis …
  • … I (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 and nn. 2 and 3). Ubbadubba was a pet name …
  • … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 6). See n. 7, above. CD had noted …
  • … sun (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 6). Karl Goebel , although not a …
  • … from Francis Darwin, [before 26 June 1879] ). He was using lunar caustic (silver nitrate) …
  • … s skin, see letter to ? , 23 January [1879? ] , nn. 1 and 2. Monstera is a genus in the …
  • … Porliera (a synonym of Porlieria ), see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 3. …
  • … See letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . CD had asked Francis to touch a cell (of …
  • … Frank , see the letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 . Elizabeth Darwin and Mary …
  • … Elizabeth Atkin had travelled to Switzerland on 17 June 1879; they returned to …
  • … Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Villars-sur-Ollon is a village in …
  • … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879] and n. 3). George Howard Darwin had been …

From W. S. Dallas   9 May 1879

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Has CD seen Samuel Butler’s Evolution, old and new [1879], which contains a biography of Erasmus Darwin and exposition of his philosophy? "Does not this rather take the wind out of our sails?"

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 106
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12045

Matches: 7 hits

  • … From W.  S.  Dallas   9 May 1879
  • … DAR 99: 106 William Sweetland Dallas Geological Society 9 May 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … seen Samuel Butler’s Evolution, old and new [1879], which contains a biography of Erasmus …
  • … Darwin , CD’s grandfather, in S. Butler 1879 , pp. 173–234. Dallas was translating Ernst …
  • … Bibliography Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. …
  • … Society, | Burlington House, W. 9 May 1879 My dear Sir Have you seen a small work just …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …

To Ernst Krause   5 June 1879

Summary

Has read Dallas’ translation of first part of EK’s essay [on Erasmus Darwin]. Has sent his MS to printer. Is perplexed by duplication. Thinks EK’s essay is better than his. Wishes he had sent all his material to him for a single biography. Best plan may be for EK to incorporate whatever he thinks useful in CD’s material.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:  5 June 1879
Classmark:  The Huntington Library (HM 36186)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12087

Matches: 8 hits

  • … To Ernst Krause   5 June 1879
  • … Library (HM 36186) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 June 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
  • … for example, letter to Ernst Krause, 19 March 1879 ); he had received papers, letters, and …
  • … from various family members (see, for example, letter to Reginald Darwin, 1 April 1879 ). …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
  • … See letter from W.  S.  Dallas, 4 June 1879 . William Sweetland Dallas was translating a …
  • … but see the letter to John Murray, 2 June 1879 . Krause was revising his original essay, …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 5 | 1879 My dear Sir I received this morning from Mr Dallas …

To E. K. Blyth   26 February [1879]

Summary

Details of publications by G. H. Darwin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edmund Kell Blyth
Date:  26 Feb [1879]
Classmark:  Maggs Brothers (dealers) (catalogue 1432, 2009)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11905F

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  • … 1875a and 1875b ). George was in Algeria ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879 ). …
  • … To E.  K.  Blyth   26 February [1879] …
  • … dealers) (catalogue 1432, 2009) Charles Robert Darwin 26 Feb [1879] Down Edmund Kell Blyth …
  • … s statement that the envelope was postmarked 1879, and by George Howard Darwin’s being …

To Ernst Krause   14 May 1879

Summary

Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.

Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.

EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:  14 May 1879
Classmark:  The Huntington Library (HM 36184)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12052

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  • … To Ernst Krause   14 May 1879
  • … Library (HM 36184) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 14 May 1879 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
  • … de Lamarck ; and Erasmus Darwin ( S. Butler 1879 ). CD alludes to ideas about cell memory …
  • … their work on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1880 ; see letter from Ernst Krause, 8 May 1879 ). …
  • … London: Trübner & Co. Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of …
  • … The Darwins returned home on 26 May 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Krause’s essay on …
  • … see letter from Ernst Krause, 8 May 1879 ). Krause had stated that CD’s biographical …
  • … work (see letter from Ernst Krause, 8 May 1879 ). Samuel Butler had published a book on …
  • … by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der …
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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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