To V. O. Kovalevsky 22 February [1870]
Summary
"I have received a very large box full of beautiful tea from Russia yesterday … my life is as regular & monotonous as a clock.
I make sure, but wofully slow progress, with my new book."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (17 March 1995); Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (1 October 1953) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13060 |
From G. W. Child 16 February [1870]
Summary
Criticises chapter on good effect of crossing in Variation: (1) does not accept that inbreeding alone results in degeneracy; (2) good effects of crossing exaggerated; (3) denies deleterious effects of close marriage in humans.
| Author: | Gilbert William Child |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6617 |
From W. E. Darwin [c. 17 February 1870]
Summary
Ask whether CD would like to subscribe again to National Education League. Describes the League’s goals.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 17 Feb 1870] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7039F |
From George Howard Darwin [1 February 1870 or earlier]
Summary
Discusses buying a horse [for CD].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1870 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7090 |
From G. H. Darwin [3 February 1870 or earlier]
Summary
Conveys some information on a quiet horse which CD may be able to purchase from a riding school.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Feb 1870 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7091 |
From D. Appleton & Co. to Asa Gray 1 February 1870
Summary
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7093 |
From Mary Susan Mostyn Owen 2 February [1870]
Summary
Asks CD to be godfather to her third child [Maud Mostyn Owen].
| Author: | Mary Susan Parker; Mary Susan Mostyn Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7094 |
From Robert Swinhoe 2 February 1870
Summary
Sends a copy of Notes and Queries for Francis Galton, as it contains a reply to Galton’s circular on hereditary genius.
RS much refreshed by his trip to Down.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 333 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7095 |
From G. H. Darwin [4 February 1870]
Summary
Believes he has found a quiet cob suitable for CD. Encloses a letter for CD to sign and send to the owner if he approves the idea.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Feb 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7096 |
To the American Philosophical Society 5 February 1870
Summary
Sends thanks for election to American Philosophical Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | American Philosophical Society. |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.378) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7097 |
From M. S. Mostyn Owen 7 February [1870]
Summary
CD’s goddaughter, Maud, has been christened.
| Author: | Mary Susan Parker; Mary Susan Mostyn Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7098 |
From Berry Benson 9 February 1870
Summary
Compliments Origin.
Sends extract about a waterplant to illustrate CD’s points about the means of dispersal in geographical distribution.
| Author: | Berry Benson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7099 |
To Alfred Newton 9 February [1870]
Summary
Was gratified "beyond measure" by AN’s comments on his pigeon chapter [in Variation] in the [Zoological] Record [5 (1868): 94–6]. AN is the first man capable of forming a judgment who seems to have thought anything of this part.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7100 |
From George P. Bissell 10 February 1870
Summary
Sends information on the distribution of various species in the U. S.
| Author: | George P. Bissell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 261 (Letters) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7101 |
From Robert Swinhoe 10 February 1870
Summary
Asks who the gentleman is who is studying cattle skulls; RS has some that he would like examined.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 334 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7102 |
From Alfred Newton 11 February 1870
Summary
Is glad to hear that CD is pleased with AN’s notice of his work on pigeons.
He will not soon forget the pleasure of his visit to Down.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7103 |
From Jane Loring Gray 14 February 1870
Summary
About a dog she supposes was suckled by a cat, since it washes its face with its paws.
| Author: | Jane Loring Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: 162–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7104 |
From Asa Gray 14 February 1870
Summary
Louis Agassiz’s ill health means AG will not get an answer to CD’s query from him. Suggests CD ask Agassiz’s son, Alexander.
Has no details about the origin of the cat-like behaviour of his dog.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 173 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7105 |
From Edward Caldwell Rye 14 February 1870
Summary
Draws CD’s attention to a paper by Maurice Girard containing observations on the fertilisation of Orchidaceae by two species of Longicornia [Ann. Soc. Entomol. France 9 (1869): xxxi–xxxii].
| Author: | Edward Caldwell Rye |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 228 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7106 |
From W. D. Fox 15 February [1870]
Summary
Hopes CD is coping with the very hard winter.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7107 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (2) |
| Mostyn Owen, M. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| American Philosophical Society. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Garner, Robert | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (35) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
