From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1869
Summary
Will work on papilionaceous flowers since CD encourages it. Discusses function of hairs in certain plants.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6861 |
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- … Bibliography OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From T. H. Farrer 5 November 1869
Summary
Sends a "guess" about Mimosa leaf structure as an answer to one of CD’s questions.
Has found a Passiflora princeps.
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6973 |
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- … Bibliography Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From T. H. Farrer 27 October 1869
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Oct 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 59 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6958 |
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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 …
From Samuel Owen Glenie 20 March 1869
Summary
His observations of the chickens hatched from eggs of an isolated pair of pure-bred black-boned fowl. Nine were black-boned, two were like ordinary fowl.
Quotes a Mr Holdsworth on unusual expressions of Singhalese and Tamils in pointing and beckoning.
Author: | Samuel Owen Glenie |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6675 |
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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 …
From Walter Elliot 7 August 1869
Author: | Walter Elliot |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: A72–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6856 |
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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 …
From J. D. Hooker 7 September 1869
Summary
Reports on events at Exeter [BAAS] meeting. G. G. Stokes made a first-rate President.
Huxley "poured boiling oil" over James McCann in answer to his "conceited dogmatic sermon".
F. A. W. Miquel is coming to stay.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Sept 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 30–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6879 |
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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 John Phillips 27 January 1869
Summary
Thanks JP for his book Vesuvius [1869].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Phillips |
Date: | 27 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.360) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6580 |
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- … Bibliography Phillips, John. 1869. Vesuvius. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. …
From David Forbes 30 January 1869
Summary
DF’s opinion of Gustav Jenzsch’s book [Mikroskopische Flora und Fauna (1868)]. Encloses extract of a letter from Ferdinand Zirkel also mentioning Jenzsch’s work.
Author: | David Forbes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 143–143/2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6584 |
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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 …
From George Maw 18 April 1869
Summary
He has found abundant Drosophyllum in Andalusia.
Author: | George Maw |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Apr 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6704 |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
From George Busk 7 November 1869
Summary
The Polyzoa CD saw emerging from cells of a particular growth appear to be parasites. The main growth is a species of Sertularia; the minute parasites take possession of vacated cells.
Author: | George Busk |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Nov 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 382 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6975 |
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- … Bibliography Busk, George. 1852. Account of the Polyzoa, and Sertularian zoophytes, …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From David Taylor Fish to Gardeners’ Chronicle 8 May 1869
Summary
Discusses CD’s paper ‘Formation of mould’ and CD’s views on earthworms.
Author: | David Taylor Fish |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | 8 May 1869 |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1869): 501 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6736F |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From Frederick Smith 26 August 1869
Author: | Frederick Smith |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 82: 1–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6871 |
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- … Bibliography Descent : The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From George Bentham 26 November 1869
Summary
Comments on CD’s observations on his address; clarifies his view of the importance of isolation, the effect of climate, the plants of S. Africa and Australia.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Nov 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 165 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7012 |
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- … Bibliography Bentham, George and Mueller, Ferdinand von. 1863–78. Flora Australiensis: a …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
To A. R. Wallace 22 March [1869]
Summary
Comments on Wallace’s Malay Archipelago.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 22 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6677 |
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- … Bibliography Columbia gazetteer of the world : The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Edited …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From A. R. Wallace 30 January 1869
Summary
Argues that [general variability] of species, not single variations or sports, is basis for modification and adaptation to new conditions.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Jan 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B75–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6583 |
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- … Bibliography Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: a life. London: Chatto & Windus. …
To Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing 3 March 1869
Summary
Thanks TRRS for copy of his lecture [Darwinism (1869)]. Praises his "admirable example of liberality".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
Date: | 3 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.362) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6640 |
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- … Bibliography Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede. 1871. Essays on Darwinism. London: Longmans, …
From Adolf Reuter 23 September 1869
Summary
Sends notes on variation in plants.
Author: | Adolf Reuter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Sept 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 126 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6905 |
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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 W. T. Preyer 29 March 1869
Summary
Congratulates WP on the success of his lectures.
Discusses the phrase "struggle for existence".
Sends a list of his papers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Thierry (William) Preyer |
Date: | 29 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 254–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6687 |
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- … Bibliography Preyer, William Thierry. 1896. Darwin. Sein leben und wirken. Berlin: E. …
To J. D. Hooker 14 August [1869]
Summary
Faraday memorial is an exception.
George [Darwin] has convinced CD that North British Review article is by P. G. Tait [see 6841].
Surprised that leaves of Drosophyllum are always rolled backwards at their tips, but did not know it was unique character.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 Aug [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 149-50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6863 |
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- … Bibliography [Tait, Peter Guthrie. ] 1869a. Geological time. North British Review n.s. 11: …
To James Croll 24 February [1869]
Summary
Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Croll |
Date: | 24 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6630 |
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- … Bibliography Croll, James. 1869. On the physical cause of the motion of glaciers. …
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Farrer, T. H. | (12) |
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Tait, W. C. | (8) |
Darwin, C. R. | (249) |
Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
Cupples, George | (10) |
Wallace, A. R. | (9) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (408) |
Hooker, J. D. | (28) |
Cupples, George | (20) |
Wallace, A. R. | (17) |
Farrer, T. H. | (16) |
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
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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
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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
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< 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
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< 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
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< 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
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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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- … 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. …
4.59 '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. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
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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 …