To Hermann Welcker 30 January 1880
Summary
Thanks for letter of 18th January 1880 and for present of Essays. Interested in Welcker’s investigation of the 'ligamentum teres', and his comment on the feet of the Chinese.
Will esteem it an honour if Welcker dedicates his next book to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermann Welcker |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitätsarchiv (Rep. 29, Nr. 715) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12442G |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Hermann Welcker 30 January 1880 …
- … Rep. 29, Nr. 715) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Jan 1880 Hermann Welcker …
- … Thanks for letter of 18th January 1880 and for present of Essays. Interested in Welcker’s …
- … and Welcker 1872a ; see letter from Hermann Welcker, 18 January 1880 and n. 10). Welcker’s …
- … the spine was never published; see letter from Hermann Welcker, 18 January 1880 and n. 13. …
- … letter from Hermann Welcker, 18 January 1880 and n. 2. Welcker 1876 discussed the position …
- … letter from Hermann Welcker, 18 January 1880 and n. 3). CD had been alerted to the absence …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 30 th 1880 Dear Sir I thank you sincerely for your very …
From Samuel Butler to the Athenæum [before 31 January 1880]
Summary
Darwin’s ‘Life or Erasmus Darwin’ came out in November 1879, after the March 1879 publication of Samuel Butler’s ‘Evolution Old and New’. CD guarantees accuracy of a translation in the book of an article from Kosmos. CD said article appeared before ‘Evolution Old and New,’ but Butler thinks it takes material from it. Otherwise, CD published another article entirely. Butler strongly criticizes the translation published by CD. Describes correspondence with CD about the matter, and involvement of Pall Mall Gazette.
| Author: | Samuel Butler |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | [before 31 Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | Athenæum, 31 January 1880, p. 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12442F |
To J.-H. Fabre 31 January 1880
Summary
Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12443 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. -H. Fabre 31 January 1880 …
- … Ms FAB 32) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Jan 1880 Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 31. 1880 My dear Sir. I hope that you will permit …
- … see letter from J. -H. Fabre, 3 January 1880 ). In Zoonomia , Erasmus Darwin had described …
To Athenæum 1 February 1880
Summary
[A revised version (but also not sent) of the draft letter 12439.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12449 |
To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880]
Summary
Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12445 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880] …
- … 40 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Feb [1880] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … the Athenæum Down, Beckenham, Kent. Feb. 1. 1880 1.7 There … believe &c” 1.10] del blue …
- … s letter in the Athenæum of 31 January 1880, see enclosure 1. Litchfield: Richard Buckley …
- … husband. The Monday following 1 February 1880 was 2 February. CD sent this letter, a copy …
- … from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] , enclosure 2 and n. 10). CD’s first draft …
- … 1879 ) appeared in the Athenæum , 31 January 1880, p. 155. Erasmus Darwin was published in …
- … Erasmus Darwin , p. iv. See letter from Samuel Butler, 2 January 1880 , and letter to …
- … Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 . For Butler’s brief reply …
- … the letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 . The unsigned review that appeared in the …
- … for the attribution, see the letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). The unsigned …
- … in the Popular Science Review , January 1880, pp. 69–71, was probably written by Dallas , …
- … new in the Popular Science Review , January 1880, pp. 72–3, was also probably written by …
- … See letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 . The following paragraph is from a printed …
- … letter in the Athenæum of 31 January 1880, being already aware of its probable contents ( …
- … see letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 ). The following section was intended to …
- … Charles Darwin Down Beckenham | Jan 24 th . 1880. A (a sentence that [ most ] objected to) …
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880] …
- … Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 [1 Feb 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … s coachman. In a letter dated 4 February 1880 (DAR 219.1: 134), Emma Darwin wrote to her …
- … to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] . The letters are presented in the probable …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] . The ‘first letter’ has not been found. …
- … Bryanston Street, | Portman Square. W. 1 Feb 1880 Dear M r . Darwin, Henrietta asks me to …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] and three enclosures). In his first draft …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 2). Erasmus Darwin was CD’s …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1, and nn. 13–15. This note …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 3). This sentence is enclosed …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 2 and 3). John Skinner was …
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
From R. B. Litchfield 1 February 1880
Summary
Has shown S. Butler’s Athenæum letter to Frederick Pollock, who confirms RBL’s advice that it needs no answer. Sends an imaginary response by Butler.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B75–8, 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12448 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From R. B. Litchfield 1 February 1880 …
- … 8, 81 Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 1 Feb 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1; for CD’s draft replies, see …
- … from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] . Ernst Krause was the co-author of Erasmus …
- … Bryanston Street, | Portman Square. W. 1 Feb 1880 Dear M r . Darwin, Since sending off our …
- … See letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] . For Samuel Butler ’ …
- … s letter, published in the Athenæum , 31 January 1880, see the letter to H. …
- … E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1. Frederick Pollock …
- … Street ( Post Office London directory 1880). Pollock had written an unsigned review of …
- … quoted from CD’s letter to him of 3 January 1880 as follows: ‘it never occurred to me to …
From Richard Litchfield 1 February 1880
Summary
Advises against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12447 |
To Wallis Nash 1 February 1880
Summary
Can well understand WN’s new life. WN’s departure a heavy loss.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12446 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Wallis Nash 1 February 1880 …
- … Louise Nash Barton (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Feb 1880 Wallis Nash …
- … See letter from Wallis Nash, 4 January 1880 . Nash and his family had emigrated to Oregon …
- … would reply to his letter of 4 January 1880 . When Wallis and Louisa A’hmuty Nash moved …
To T. H. Huxley 2 February 1880
Summary
Asks THH to advise him about a response to Samuel Butler’s attack accusing CD of dishonesty. Quotes the advice of others but will do what THH advises.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 336) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12451 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 2 February 1880 …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 336) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Feb 1880 Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb 2. 1880 My dear Huxley, I am going to ask you to …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1. Ernst Krause had revised his …
- … letter to R. B. Litchfield, 2 February 1880 . The sentence beginning ‘I could explain …’ …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 3). See second letter from R. …
- … B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 and enclosure. Litchfield had consulted his neighbour …
- … enclosure to the first letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] (see letter to H. …
- … E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 1 and 3; see also letter to R. …
- … B. Litchfield, 2 February 1880 ). His son-in-law, Richard Buckley Litchfield , had …
- … from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] ). For the positions of CD’s family members on …
To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880
Summary
Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12453 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880 …
- … DAR 146: 56 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Feb 1880 Richard Buckley Litchfield …
- … see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 3). The copyist left a gap, …
- … Down. Feb 2. 1880 My dear Litchfield I have only a moment or two to thank you & Henrietta …
- … in Erasmus Darwin (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). Letter from H.E. …
- … Litchfield, [1 February 1880] , enclosure 1. Litchfield had composed an imaginary reply by …
- … see letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 and enclosure. Emma Darwin , Leonard …
- … first enclosure to the letter from H.E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] (see letter to H. …
- … E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 1 and 3). The sentence beginning ‘I could …
From W. Z. Seddon 2 February 1880
Summary
WZS, 12-year-old pupil, asks where he can find answer to question of what causes different shades of colour in inhabitants of earth.
| Author: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12452 |
From Asa Gray 3 February 1880
Summary
Germination of Megarrhiza. AG’s observations at variance with CD’s.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12455 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Asa Gray 3 February 1880 …
- … DAR 209.6: 201 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 3 Feb 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 3 1880 . My Dear Darwin Your letter of the 19 th …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ; see also letter to …
- … Asa Gray, 20 January 1880 . Sereno Watson was the curator of the herbarium at Harvard ( …
- … perennial ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). The rutabaga or swede ( Brassica napus …
- … by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Stocking, Kenneth M. 1955. Some taxonomic …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 ). For the species of Megarrhiza recognised at this …
From T. H. Huxley 3 February 1880
Summary
Has read Butler’s letter and CD’s draft reply and Litchfield’s letter. Has no hesitation in saying CD should take no notice. Litchfield’s advice is judicious.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B82–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12457 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley 3 February 1880 …
- … Henry Huxley Science and Art Department, South Kensington 3 Feb 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 February 1880 . CD enclosed a copy of the Athenæum containing …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 1 and 3), as well as the first …
- … letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] . Dogfish sharks and chimaeras are types …
- … Art Department | South Kensington Feby. 3. 1880 My dear Darwin I read Butler’s letter & …
- … Vertebrata and more particularly of the Mammalia. [Read 14 December 1880. ] Proceedings …
- … of the Zoological Society of London (1880): 649–61. [Mivart, St George Jackson. ] 1874b. …
- … letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] , enclosure 1). Joseph Dalton Hooker was …
From R. B. Litchfield 3 February 1880
Summary
Thinks Huxley’s judgment on answering S. Butler’s charges would be trustworthy, though THH is horribly pugnacious and would naturally be for fighting.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B79–80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12456 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From R. B. Litchfield 3 February 1880 …
- … B79–80 Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 3 Feb 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bryanston Street | Portman Square. W. 3. Feb 1880 Dear Mr. Darwin, I think Huxley’s judgm …
- … In his letter of 2 February 1880 , CD told Litchfield that he planned to ask Thomas Henry …
- … see letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 February 1880 ). For Butler’s letter to the Athenæum , see …
- … the letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1. CD had sent one or two …
- … See letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 . A second edition of Erasmus Darwin was …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 2 and 3). Both the Litchfields …
- … to reply (see letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] , and letter from R. …
- … B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). This draft is Litchfield’s suggestion for a letter from …
To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880
Summary
Says it is not likely he will be able to criticise GJR’s work.
Recommends Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [12350 and 12356].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.570) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12454 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.570) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb 1880 George John Romanes …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Feb 3. 1880 My dear Romanes, I will keep your diagram …
- … the letter to J. -H. Fabre, 31 January 1880 . Romanes evidently sent a letter he received …
- … Grant Allen to G. J. Romanes, 28 January 1880 ). CD had contributed to a subscription to …
To T. H. Huxley 4 February [1880]
Summary
Greatly relieved by THH’s letter [advising against a reply to Samuel Butler].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 338) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12458 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 4 February [1880] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 338) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb [1880] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … the letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 , in Emma Darwin ’s hand, is in DAR 92: B95– …
- … the letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 . Huxley had advised CD not to respond to …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1), in which Butler suggested …
- … see letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). CD had explained the accidental omission …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 2). Butler’s first letter to CD …
To Ernst Krause 4 February 1880
Summary
Samuel Butler’s fierce attack on CD and EK in Athenæum. CD’s sentence saying that EK had altered his Kosmos article was accidentally omitted from second proofs. Butler insinuates that EK’s attack on his book was suggested by CD or interpolated by him in EK’s text.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36200) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12459 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Ernst Krause 4 February 1880 …
- … Library (HM 36200) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Feb 1880 Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
- … to Butler’s letter (see letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 , and letter from T. …
- … H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). See Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [ …
- … see the letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1. See letter to H. …
- … E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 2. CD had pasted in the section of the first …
- … Railway Station| Orpington. S.E.R. Feb 4 1880 My dear Sir, I enclose a page from the …
To W. Z. Seddon 4 February 1880
Summary
Comments on colours of races of man. Wishes WZS "or anybody else" could account for them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 461 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12460 |
Matches: 4 hits
| letter | (647) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (326) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (15) |
| Krause, Ernst | (14) |
| Torbitt, James | (14) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (12) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (303) |
| Torbitt, James | (17) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (16) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (14) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (14) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (629) |
| Torbitt, James | (31) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (29) |
| Krause, Ernst | (27) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (24) |
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…
Matches: 30 hits
- … to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880 . Darwin became fully devoted to …
- … of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed a genealogist …
- … & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and …
- … of [William Alvey Darwin],’ George wrote on 28 May 1880 , ‘I … said you were anxious not to …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 ). Sales of Erasmus …
- … new was published). Butler wrote to Darwin on 2 January 1880 for an explanation: ‘Among the …
- … I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma …
- … an article upon’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [28 January 1880] ). Butler had once been an …
- … the public’ ( letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 ). He stated his case in the Athen …
- … Henrietta ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). ‘The world will only know … that you …
- … she warned ( letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] ). ‘He is a virulent Salamander of a …
- … husband Richard ( letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). Even the great controversialist …
- … a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). All went quiet until …
- … to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). Again, Darwin felt compelled to …
- … behave so differently.’ ( Letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 .) But Gray had based his …
- … agreed with Darwin’s ( letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 ). Having finished the manuscript …
- … or publisher?’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 July 1880 ). ‘I must take the risk & loss on my …
- … lose some for science’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 21 July 1880 ). The worries were ill founded, …
- … scale’, Darwin wrote to Alphonse de Candolle on 28 May 1880 . Readers trained in zoology realised …
- … ( letter from F. M. Balfour, [22 November 1880] ). George Romanes, who had worked on the nerves of …
- … would have been amply gratified”‘ ( 21 November [1880] ). ‘I had quite forgotten my old ambition …
- … to see anybody’ ( letter to S. H. Haliburton, 13 December 1880 ). Instinct and worms …
- … has amused me’ ( letter to W. C. McIntosh, 18 June 1880 ). Members of the family were enlisted to …
- … ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s Wedgwood nieces, Sophy …
- … frightens them’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 8 October [1880] ). The role of instinctive …
- … its return’ ( letter from J.-H. Fabre, 18 February 1880 ). Darwin shared the letter with Romanes, …
- … than the baby!’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 17 December 1880 , and letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 …
- … greatly obliged’ ( letter from W. Z. Seddon, 2 February 1880) . Darwin sympathised with the pupil; …
- … has accepted’ ( letter to W. Z. Seddon, 4 February 1880 ). On 16 February , ‘an ardent student’ …
- … to public-school pupils ( letter to Francis Galton, 7 April 1880 , and letter from Francis …
Volume 28 (1880) now published
Summary
1880 opened and closed with an irksome controversy with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of Movement in…
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1880 opened and closed with an irksome controversy with Samuel Butler, prompted …
- … available. Read more about Darwin's life in 1880 in our Life in letters …
- … Scientific Society after meeting Darwin at Down in July 1880. Forty-three members of the society …
- … of his most prized curiosities. They, and others, recognised 1880 as an important year, the year …
- … & nothing else in this world In the autumn of 1880, after finishing work on the …
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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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work …
- … and illustrated Horace’s machine in a paper (F. Darwin 1880, pp. 449–55). Diagram …
- … suggested by Darwin’s son William in February 1880, probably to replace Frank’s ‘Transversal …
- … to translate the paper into German, and it appeared in 1880 (F. Darwin 1880b). In the same letter, …
- … ’. Luckily, De Vries published two papers in 1879 and 1880 that Darwin was later able to refer to in …
- … weight of the seed ( letter from Asa Gray, 3 February 1880 ). The matter was finally settled by an …
- … would be killed by frost ( letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 ). Darwin agreed, ‘ It seems almost …
- … of Plants’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 April [1880] ). Cooke replied, ‘ We are as much puzzled as …
- … ’. The manuscript was sent off towards the end of May 1880 and Darwin then spent a fortnight at his …
- … Alphonse de Candolle’s Phytographie (A. de Candolle 1880). In his letter of thanks for the book, …
- … all plants from their earliest youth ’. By July 1880, Darwin was correcting the first sets …
- … copies they should print ( letter to John Murray, 10 July 1880 ). Moreover, since he worried about …
- … on the usual terms ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 15 July 1880 ). This was also preferable to Darwin, …
- … or raising the price ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 July 1880 ). Darwin demurred, however, stating, …
- … page numbers ( letter to Francis Darwin, 5 August [1880] ). Darwin was also very taken by Balfour …
- … genesis of the nervous system ’. By mid-September 1880, Darwin was actively engaged with the …
- … to publish it ( letter from J. V. Carus, 18 September 1880 ). The American publisher, D. Appleton …
- … Murray ( letter from D. Appleton & Co., 17 September 1880 ). Darwin was fortunate in having as …
- … and stamens ( letter from Édouard Heckel, 23 September 1880 ). Darwin wanted electrotypes …
- … the cost of these ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 16 October 1880 ). Cooke replied that although the …
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,…
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … 1866] ; 8 June [1867-72?] ) and Sophy ( 8 October [1880] ). The …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
1.15 Albert Goodwin, watercolour
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< Back to Introduction In 1880 the watercolourist Albert Goodwin was apparently invited to Down to produce that rare thing – a portrait of Darwin with members of his family. As Henrietta Litchfield, Darwin’s daughter, explained when she reproduced it…
2.7 Joseph Moore, Midland Union medal
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< Back to Introduction The Midland Union was an association of natural history societies and field clubs across the Midland counties, intended to facilitate – especially through its journal The Midland Naturalist – ‘the interchange of ideas’ and…
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- … It was decided at the Union’s annual meeting in July 1880 to award an annual ‘Darwin Prize’ for the …
- … death in 1882, suggested that the initiation of the medal in 1880 had also been intended as a …
- … founded by the Midland Union of Natural History Societies 1880’. In the centre the name of the …
- … date of creation designed and first produced in 1880 computer-readable date 1880-01-01 …
- … and bibliography letter to E. W. Badger, [19 July 1880], DCP-LETT-12660. ‘Encouragement of …
- … and Field Clubs of the Midland Counties , 3:32 (August 1880), preface and pp. 181–2. Journal of …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 12389 - Johnson, M. to Darwin, [January 1880] Mary Johnson tells Darwin about her …
- … 12745 - Darwin to Wedg wood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … 12760 - Wedgw ood, K. E. S. to Darwin, [15 October 1880] Darwin’s niece, Katherine …
- … publication of The Movement of Plants in 1880 and his “assistance” is proudly …
- … publication of The Movement of Plants in 1880 and his “assistance” is proudly …
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … 14 October [1862] To Joseph Prestwich, 3 January 1880 …
Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
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- … when at work’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 25 December [1880] ). Horace Darwin’s …
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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- … on experiments for The Power of Movement in Plants (1880). The correspondence between Darwin …
- … to his theory of evolution by natural selection. This 1880 book sought to illustrate that evolution …
- … Darwin, C.R. The power of movement in plants. 1880. London: John Murray. Chapter nine: …
- … publication of The Power of Movement in Plants in 1880. After reading Chapter Nine of …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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…
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
4.40 'Phrenological Magazine'
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< Back to Introduction Among the stranger uses of Rejlander’s photograph of Darwin (the very popular profile view) was as an illustration in Lorenzo Niles Fowler’s Phrenological Magazine of 1880; it accompanied an article titled ‘Charles Darwin – A…
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Florence Caroline Dixie
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On October 29th 1880, Lady Florence Dixie wrote a letter to Charles Darwin from her home in the Scottish Borders; “Whilst reading the other day your very interesting account of A Naturalist’s Voyage round the world,” she said, “I came across a passage…of…
