From Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood 23 December [1836]
Summary
Has been presenting wedding gifts to her nieces and nephews during CD’s absence, without asking whether they are ready for them, so she sends him £40.
Caroline says CD has taken a lecture room for his work at Cambridge.
| Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Dec [1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-333 |
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- … Bibliography Martineau, Harriet. 1837. Society in America. 3 vols. London. …
To Phillip Parker King [21 January 1836]
Summary
CD informs PPK of his impending arrival at Dunheved, Penrith; news of his journey thus far.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Phillip Parker King |
| Date: | [21 Jan 1836] |
| Classmark: | Bathurst District Historical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-293 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [20 December 1836]
Summary
Has returned CD’s Beagle journal MS. Thinks it would be an interesting account even if they did not know CD, and that it will be successful if published; the less it is mixed up with FitzRoy’s journal, the better.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Dec 1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-332 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
From Catherine Darwin 27 [December 1836]
Summary
News of family and friends, Harriet Martineau’s soirée; funds deposited for him.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 [Dec 1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-336 |
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- … Bibliography DNB : Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney …
From Robert FitzRoy [19–]20 October [1836]
Summary
Sends news of his movements since Beagle put in at Falmouth. His charts are safe and already being engraved.
Announces his engagement.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19–]20 Oct [1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 135 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-312 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
From J. M. Herbert [19 November 1836]
Summary
Welcomes CD; has tried to find him. May see him in Cambridge. Reminisces about CD’s musical taste and memory. Describes Charles Whitley’s wedding and wife. Mentions friends.
| Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Nov 1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-323 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
To Caroline Darwin [9 November 1836]
Summary
His fossil bones are unpacked and some are great treasures. He has some geology to do: R. I. Murchison has lent him a map and asked him to look at a part of the country he has been describing.
Their only protection against having Harriet Martineau as sister-in-law is that she works Erasmus too hard.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [9 Nov 1836] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-321 |
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- … Bibliography Fossil Mammalia : Pt 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle … during …
To South African Christian Recorder 28 June 1836
Summary
A defence of the work of missionaries in the Pacific islands and Australia. [The letter was apparently written by RF with supporting evidence quoted from CD’s journal. The letter is signed by RF alone. A summary conclusion, as printed, is signed by both:] "On the whole, balancing all that we have heard, and all that we ourselves have seen concerning the missionaries in the Pacific, we are very much satisfied that they thoroughly deserve the warmest support, not only of individuals, but of the British Government."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | South African Christian Recorder |
| Date: | 28 June 1836 |
| Classmark: | South African Christian Recorder 2(1836): 238 Reprint in Darwin Library—CUL: ‘Philosophical tracts’ |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-303 |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
To Charles Wilkes [7 November 1836]
Summary
Arranges to meet CW for conversation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Wilkes |
| Date: | [7 Nov 1836] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-320 |
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- … Bibliography Borthwick, D. E. 1965. Outfitting the United States exploring expedition: …
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [24 October 1836]
Summary
They are impatient for CD’s arrival.
EW is reading F. Head’s "gallop" [Rapid journeys across the Pampas (1826)] "to get up a little knowledge for him".
CD has nearly settled in favour of living in Cambridge.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [24 Oct 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-315 |
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- … Bibliography Head, Francis Bond. 1826. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across …
To Susan Darwin 28 January 1836
Summary
CD’s impressions of Sydney and of FitzRoy’s character and temperament.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1836 |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-294 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
To W. D. Fox 15 February 1836
Summary
Finds the voyage tedious at present.
Expects that the different scientific societies will be of the greatest use to his work in London when he returns home.
Gives some impressions of Australia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1836 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 48) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-299 |
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- … Bibliography Banks, M. R. 1971. A Darwin manuscript on Hobart Town. Papers and Proceedings …
From Charles Lyell 26 December 1836
Summary
Comments on [MS of] CD’s paper ["Elevation on the coast of Chili" (4 Jan 1837), Collected papers 1: 41–3].
Invites CD to dinner. "Don’t accept any official scientific place, if you can avoid it".
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Dec 1836 |
| Classmark: | K. M. Lyell (1881) 1: 474–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-335 |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
From Emma Wedgwood and Louisa Holland to F. E. E. Wedgwood [21 and 24 November 1836]
Summary
Tells of the pleasure that CD’s visit gave the family.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Louisa Holland; Louisa Croft |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 21 and 24 Nov 1836 |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-324 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [28 October 1836]
Summary
CD will not get to Maer that week. The Langtons are leaving and will meet him at Shrewsbury.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-316 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [17 December 1836]
Summary
The Darwin family are anxious for FEEW’s and Hensleigh’s opinions of CD’s journal. EW is convinced that Henry Holland is wrong if he thinks it not worth publishing.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [17 Dec 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-328 |
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- … Bibliography Buckland, William. 1836. Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to …
From Susan Darwin 12 February 1836
Summary
CD’s 27th birthday. News of family and friends. A niece, Mary Susan Parker, born 31 January.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1836 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97(ser. 2): 30–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-297 |
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- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
To J. S. Henslow 9 July 1836
Summary
Asks JSH to propose him for Geological Society. His meeting with Sir John Herschel and Andrew Smith at Cape of Good Hope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 9 July 1836 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 30 DAR/1/1/30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-304 |
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- … Bibliography Smith, Andrew. 1939–40. The diary of Dr Andrew Smith, director of the " …
To Caroline Darwin 29 April 1836
Summary
Keeling Islands, his first coral lagoons; he has been occupied with subject of coral formation for six months.
Very busy at sea rewriting old geological notes. Has difficulties with writing.
FitzRoy has proposed joint account of the journey, combining CD’s journal with his own.
Looks forward with anxiety to Henslow’s reaction to the geological notes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1836 |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-301 |
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- … Bibliography Autobiography : The autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809–1882. With original …
From S. E. (Elizabeth) Wedgwood to Hensleigh Wedgwood [16] November [1836]
Summary
Describes CD’s visit to Maer on his return from Beagle voyage.
| Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Date: | [16] Nov [1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 129) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-322 |
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- … Bibliography Clergy list : The clergy list … containing an alphabetical list of the …
| letter | (25) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, Emma | (4) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (4) |
| FitzRoy, Robert | (2) |
| Croft, Louisa | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (20) |
| Darwin, Emma | (4) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (4) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
Summary
The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< 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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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
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< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
Summary
< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
Summary
< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
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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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
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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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
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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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
