To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845]
Summary
Mainly news of the three children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-810 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845]
Summary
Has received pamphlet from JDH [John Murray, Strictures on morphology (1845)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [26 Mar 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-846 |
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- … Bibliography Murray, John. 1845. Strictures on morphology: its unwarrantable assumptions, …
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1845]
Summary
JDH’s books have arrived safely.
Is sending him corrected MS of first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.].
Lyells have just visited.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 June 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-864 |
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- … Bibliography Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César. [1841–54]. Voyage au pôle sud et …
From Trenham Reeks 14 March 1845
Summary
Discusses chemical reaction involving common salt and carbonate of lime.
| Author: | Trenham Reeks |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 39: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-838 |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
To John Lort Stokes [November–December 1845]
Summary
Comments on book by George Grey [Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and Western Australia (1841)]. "The whole expedition was that of a set of School Boys".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lort Stokes |
| Date: | [Nov–Dec 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 121b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-940 |
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- … Bibliography Grey, George. 1841. Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west …
From Hugh Cuming 28 July 1845
Summary
Discusses names and distributions of Pacific shells. [Lists by CD and Edward Forbes record names and ranges of shells collected by HC in the Galapagos.]
| Author: | Hugh Cuming |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 267, 268 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-897 |
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- … Bibliography Journal of researches 2d ed. : Journal of researches into the natural history …
To Emma Darwin [3–4 February 1845]
Summary
News of the children and books he is reading.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [3–4 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-821 |
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- … Bibliography Cowper, William, trans. 1791. The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer translated into …
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To J. D. Hooker [10 December 1845]
Summary
CD’s enjoyment of JDH’s visit and "all our raging discussions".
Would like to compare insects from Kerguelen Islands with those from Tierra del Fuego.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Dec 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-935 |
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- … Bibliography Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844–7. Flora Antarctica. 1 vol. and 1 vol. of plates. …
From Louis Fraser 23 July 1845
Summary
Informs CD about characteristics of certain species of Galapagos birds.
| Author: | Louis Fraser |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-893 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To John Murray 17 [April 1845]
Summary
Pleased to hear that Colburn has behaved more liberally than CD anticipated. Three numbers of the Colonial Library, each of 171 pages, will hold his Journal of researches. Accepts financial arrangements for its publication offered by JM.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 17 [Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.23–23A) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To John Murray 20 March [1845]
Summary
Thanks for note; encloses copy of FitzRoy’s agreement with Henry Colburn [see 379], to the effect that after sale of first edition of Narrative, CD is at liberty to publish his Journal of researches in any manner he chooses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.8–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-843 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To W. D. Fox [24 April 1845]
Summary
Murray will publish a second edition of the Journal [of researches].
CD has finished first version of South America.
A strange book, The vestiges [of creation (1844)] has appeared and some have attributed it to CD. He is "flattered and unflattered".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-859 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography [Chambers, Robert. ] 1844. Vestiges of the natural history of creation. …
From Edward Forbes [after 14 February 1845]
Summary
Sends information on Gryphaea orientalis. [See South America, p. 212.]
| Author: | Edward Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 43.1: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-809 |
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- … Bibliography Buch, Leopold de. 1836. Description physique des iles Canaries, suivie d’une …
To David Thomas Ansted, assistant secretary, Geological Society of London [c. January 1845]
Summary
Asks about Fuegian specimens stored at the Geological Society. CD needs them soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Thomas Ansted |
| Date: | [c. Jan 1845] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (George P. Merrill photograph collection, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2016-009765) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-811 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To John Murray [23 August 1845]
Summary
Has again overrun his limits [in MS of third part of Journal of researches]. Sends JM a proof sheet of his account of Cape of Good Hope for decision whether to strike it out and save four pages.
Favourable notice of Journal has appeared in Gardeners’ Chronicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | [23 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 31–32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-903 |
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- … Bibliography Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated …
From J. D. Hooker [22–30 January 1845]
Summary
Sends comparison of the floras of Society and Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22–30 Jan 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 247–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-818 |
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- … Bibliography Pöppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1835. Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem …
To C. G. Ehrenberg 23 January [1845]
Summary
Would like sketch returned [see 775].
Would be particularly thankful for result of CGE’s observations on earth of Pampas.
Asks that Ernst Dieffenbach return copperplate and woodcuts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1845] |
| Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-819 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From W. H. Miller 8 March [1845]
Summary
Discusses cleavage planes of mineralogical specimens.
| Author: | William Hallowes Miller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 39: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-836 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
To William Jackson Hooker [23 August 1845]
Summary
Will be pleased to provide a testimonial for J. D. Hooker, who is seeking the Chair in Botany at Edinburgh, but fears he himself is so little known that it could only be of the smallest service. Has asked Lyell to write to J. F. W. Herschel giving an opinion of J. D. Hooker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
| Date: | [23 Aug 1845] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: English letters 1845, 23: 147) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-904 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
| letter | (107) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (73) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (12) |
| Waterhouse, G. R. | (5) |
| Reeks, Trenham | (3) |
| Ehrenberg, C. G. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (34) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (21) |
| Murray, John (b) | (13) |
| Ehrenberg, C. G. | (5) |
| Lyell, Charles | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (107) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (33) |
| Murray, John (b) | (13) |
| Ehrenberg, C. G. | (7) |
| Waterhouse, G. R. | (6) |
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
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< 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
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< 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
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< 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 …
