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To T. H. Huxley 27 May [1856]

Summary

Has written very strong notes to Lord Overstone and Sir J. W. Lubbock and hopes they will be of service to THH.

Acknowledges receipt of THH’s lecture [unidentified].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:	27 May [1856]
Classmark:	Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 174)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-1878

Matches: 1 hit

… DCP-LETT-1878 …

Placzek, Baruch. 1878. Die Agada und der Darwinismus / Der Darwinismus in der Agada.Jüdische Literaturblatt, 1 January 1878, pp. 1–2; 6 February 1878, pp. 21–2; 13 February 1878, pp. 29–30; 20 February 1878, pp. 34–5; 27 February 1878, pp. 41–2; 13 March 1878, pp. 49–50; 17 April 1878, pp. 62–3; 5 June 1878, pp. 89–90; 12 June 1878, pp. 93–4; 19 June 1878, pp. 97–8; 26 June 1878, pp. 101–2; 3 July 1878, pp. 105–6; 10 July 1878, pp. 109–10; 17 July 1878, pp. 113–14; 24 July 1878, pp. 117–18; 31 July 1878, pp. 121–2.

Matches: 17 hits

… 93–4; 19 June 1878, pp. …
… 97–8; 26 June 1878, pp. …
… 101–2; 3 July 1878, pp. …
… 105–6; 10 July 1878, pp. …
… 109–10; 17 July 1878, pp. …
… 113–14; 24 July 1878, pp. …
… 117–18; 31 July 1878, pp. 121–2. DAR 226.2: 5–20 (image 484ff. on Darwin online (browse): …
… Placzek, Baruch. 1878. Die Agada und der Darwinismus / Der Darwinismus …
… in der Agada. Jüdische Literaturblatt , 1 January 1878, pp. …
… 1–2; 6 February 1878, pp. …
… 21–2; 13 February 1878, pp. …
… 29–30; 20 February 1878, pp. …
… 34–5; 27 February 1878, pp. …
… 41–2; 13 March 1878, pp. …
… 49–50; 17 April 1878, pp. …
… 62–3; 5 June 1878, pp. …
… 89–90; 12 June 1878, pp. …

To B. J. Placzek 15 September 1878

Summary

Will be interested to read BP’s work on history [of evolution?].

A learned Jew in Poland [Napthali Lewy?] has published a volume showing that evolution is an ancient belief.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Baruch Jakob Placzek
Date:	15 Sept 1878
Classmark:	DAR 147: 244
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11694

Matches: 23 hits

… To B. J. Placzek 15 September 1878 …
… DAR 147: 244 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Sept 1878 Baruch Jakob Placzek …
… volume’ was Toldot Adam ( Lewy 1874 ). See also letter from Naphtali Lewy, 14 May 1878 . …
… Ha-Shahar 6: 3–60. Placzek, Baruch. 1878. Die Agada und der Darwinismus / Der Darwinismus …
… Down. | Beckenham. Kent. Sep: 15. 1878. Dear Sir. I thank you for your extremely courteous …
… in der Agada. Jüdische Literaturblatt , 1 January 1878, pp. …
… 1–2; 6 February 1878, pp. …
… 21–2; 13 February 1878, pp. …
… 29–30; 20 February 1878, pp. …
… 34–5; 27 February 1878, pp. …
… 41–2; 13 March 1878, pp. …
… 49–50; 17 April 1878, pp. …
… 62–3; 5 June 1878, pp. …
… 89–90; 12 June 1878, pp. …
… 93–4; 19 June 1878, pp. …
… 97–8; 26 June 1878, pp. …
… 101–2; 3 July 1878, pp. …
… 105–6; 10 July 1878, pp. …
… 109–10; 17 July 1878, pp. …
… 113–14; 24 July 1878, pp. …
… 117–18; 31 July 1878, pp. 121–2. …
… Der Darwinismus in der Agada’ from the Jüdische Literaturblatt for 1878 in DAR 226.2: …
… 5–20 ( Placzek 1878 ). The Agada or Haggadah is ‘the homiletical and illustrative part of …

From W. E. Darwin 22 May [1878]

Summary

Extract from Athenæum 11 May [1878], p. 606, of R. I. Lynch on germination of the provision tree.

Author:	William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	22 May [1878]
Classmark:	DAR 209.6: 199–200
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11523

Matches: 13 hits

… From W. E. Darwin 22 May [1878] …
… chestnut or provision tree; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 May 1878 and n. 5). …
… DAR 209.6: 199–200 William Erasmus Darwin Bassett 22 May [1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Extract from Athenæum 11 May [1878], p. 606, of R. I. Lynch on germination of the …
… Bibliography Lynch, Richard Irwin. 1878. On the seed-structure and germination …
… of Pachira aquatica . [Read 2 May 1878. ] Journal …
… of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 17 (1878–80): 147–8. …
… The year is established by the date of the extract from the Athenæum , 11 May 1878. CD …
… had written a note on 19 May 1878 (DAR 209.6: 200) mentioning Richard Irwin …
… s paper on Pachira aquatica ( Lynch 1878 ) and probably asked William for the account in …
… saw before leaving Southampton on 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II); letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 May 1878 ). Lynch’s paper …
… was read at the Linnean Society on 2 May 1878; he had described the germination of Pachira …

To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878]

Summary

Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.

Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.

Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	17 July [1878]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 37
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11615

Matches: 26 hits

… To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878] …
… DAR 211: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
… Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but …
… London: John Murray. 1875. Wiesner, Julius. 1878–80. Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen …
… im Pflanzenreiche. [Read 4 July 1878 and 18 March 1880. ] Denkschriften der kaiserlichen …
… this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 (see n. 6, below). …
… Letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . See …
… from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 10. CD’s letter, in which he suggested …
… post ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Quick-lime or calcium oxide is a drying …
… see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] ). A gee-gee may have been Bernard’s word for …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 3). Francis had reported that the P. …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Francis had been unsure of what CD …
… to the stomata (see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 8). The …
… s monograph on heliotropic phenomena in the plant world ( Wiesner 1878–80 ) was presented …
… on 4 July 1878 at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna; an abstract …
… Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 15 (1878): 137–40. Wiesner called heliotropism (and …
… letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 and n. 7. Federico Delpino had described …
… in T. dealbata , see the letter to Francis Darwin , 7 [July 1878] , the letters to G. …
… H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] and …
… 11 [July 1878] , and the letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1878] . Francis had reported Sachs’s views …
… plants in his letter of [before 17 July 1878] . CD refers to Climbing plants 2d ed. , p. …
… letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ). Climbing plants 2d ed. , p. 132. For …
… lists of sleeping plants, see the letters from Francis Darwin , [12 July 1878] and [before …
… 17 July 1878] . See …
… from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . CD had described the effect of carbonate of …

From Francis Darwin [12 May 1878]

Summary

Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.

Author:	Francis Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[12 May 1878]
Classmark:	DAR 274.1: 47
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11504F

Matches: 18 hits

… From Francis Darwin [12 May 1878] …
… DAR 274.1: 47 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [12 May 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 4). Fortnightly Review and Nineteenth …
… Bibliography Jevons, William Stanley. 1878. On the movement of microscopic particles …
… and the letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] , and by the reference to a payment of £ …
… 60 (see n. 12, below). In 1878, 12 May was a Sunday. …
… See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and nn. 2 and 4. The German paper was Sachs …
… root. See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 3. Francis wanted to add text to …
… and 1876). Francis was in Cambridge on 29 May ( letter to Wallis Nash, 29 May 1878 ). See …
… letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 6. CD had described the visit to his son …
… the heading ‘Advanced to Frank’ on 13 May 1878 in his Account books–cash accounts (Down …
… round-leaved sundew), read to the Linnean Society on 17 January 1878 ( F. Darwin 1878a ). …
… were reported in Kellermann and Raumer 1878. James Murie was assistant secretary of the …
… at the London Institution on 11 March 1878, ‘The analogies of plant and animal life’, was …
… des sciences between 2 May and 6 June 1878 ( F. Darwin 1878d ). George Howard Darwin had …
… in liquid’, which was published in the Quarterly Journal of Science , April 1878 ( …
… Jevons 1878 ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
… Francis returned to Down from Wales on 27 May 1878. Albert George Dew-Smith had co-written …

To J. B. Innes 27 November [1878]

Summary

CD disappointed in Pusey’s sermon against evolution [Un-science, not science, adverse to faith (1878), sermon read by H. P. Liddon at St Mary’s, Oxford, on 3 Nov 1878]. Does not agree that religion and science can be kept as distant as Pusey desires. Geology and biology must deal with history of earth and of man. But that is no reason for bitter hostility.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Brodie Innes
Date:	27 Nov [1878]
Classmark:	Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11763

Matches: 15 hits

… To J. B. Innes 27 November [1878] …
… Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Nov [1878] John Brodie Innes …
… Collins, Michael. 1989. The banking crisis of 1878. Economic History Review 2d ser. …
… 42: 504–27. Pusey, Edward Bouverie. 1878. Un-science, not science, adverse to faith: a …
… Oxford on the twentieth Sunday after Trinity, 1878. Oxford: Devonport Society of the Holy …
… against evolution [ Un-science, not science, adverse to faith (1878), sermon read by H. P. …
… Liddon at St Mary’s, Oxford, on 3 Nov 1878]. Does not agree that religion and science can …
… sermon, Un-science, not science, adverse to faith ( Pusey 1878 ). See also letter from H. …
… N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] , and letter to H. …
… N. Ridley, 28 November 1878 . Innes’s letter has not been found. …
… had been printed in the London Guardian , 20 November 1878, pp. 1611–12 (see letter to H. …
… N. Ridley, 28 November 1878 ); it did not have the extensive notes that …
… separately published version ( Pusey 1878 ) and which were highly critical of Darwinism. …
… The Darwins returned to Down on 27 November 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
… of the City of Glasgow Bank on 2 October 1878 resulted in heavy losses to a large number …

To Francis Darwin 25 July [1878]

Summary

Is forwarding the writing machine to Carl Semper.

Is glad FD has taken up his old friends, the twiners.

Hopes to get heliotropic aerial roots from J. D. Hooker. Asks FD to find out whether any moulds or roots are apheliotropic. Is puzzled by heliotropism in subterranean roots.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	25 July [1878]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 40
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11631

Matches: 21 hits

… To Francis Darwin 25 July [1878] …
… DAR 211: 40 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
… history of the Near Eastern Settlement, 1878–1880. London: Frank Cass & Co. Movement in …
… between this letter and the letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . See letter from C. …
… G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . CD was giving his typewriter to Carl Gottfried …
… Semper . Francis planned to return home on 8 August 1878 (see letter from …
… Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Francis had reported that the leaves of a Porlieria …
… closed (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 10). CD’s observations …
… to be buried. In his letter of [21 July 1878] , Francis Darwin had referred to the slight …
… Kew (see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] ). Leguminosae (a synonym of Fabaceae) is …
… letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 2). CD carried out numerous experiments on …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Francis had made tracings showing the …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 4). CD concluded that the great …
… letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 6). De Vries had studied the relation …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Kliment Arkady Timiryazev of Moscow, in …
… responses to light intensity, see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 10 October 1878 . See …
… the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] , in which CD wondered why moulds would turn …
… his views on heliotropism in moulds in his letter of 11 May 1878 . Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… had visited Down from 20 to 22 July 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… On 13 July 1878, the major European powers had replaced the Treaty of San Stefano, which …
… the end of the Russo-Turkish War in March 1878, with the Treaty of Berlin. The Treaty of …

To J. N. Lockyer 21 May [1878]

Summary

Hopes that the enclosure [11497] is worth printing in Nature [see Nature (30 May 1878)]. A wood-cut would add interest.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer
Date:	21 May [1878]
Classmark:	University of Exeter Library Special Collections (EUL MS 110)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11522A

Matches: 9 hits

… F. Gray, 8 May [1878] ). …
… To J. N. Lockyer 21 May [1878] …
… EUL MS 110) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 May [1878] Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer …
… is worth printing in Nature [see Nature (30 May 1878)]. A wood-cut would add interest. …
… this letter and the letter from A. F. Gray, 8 May [1878] . CD enclosed the letter from A. …
… F. Gray, 8 May [1878] ; the letter, together with an introductory note …
… from CD, was published in Nature , 30 May 1878, pp. 120–1 (see …
… letter to Nature , [21? May 1878]). A woodcut was made …
… of Gray’s drawing and published in Nature , 30 May 1878, p. 121 (see letter from A. …

To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878

Summary

If THF and James Caird [Enclosure Commissioner] approve of enclosed letter, CD will send it to Hooker.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:	7 Mar 1878
Classmark:	DAR 144: 92; Linnean Society of London (MS 489)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11407

Matches: 20 hits

… To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878 …
… MS 489) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Mar 1878 Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
… see, however, the letter from James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 . See letter to T. …
… H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and nn. 4 and 5. …
… see letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 , and letter from James Caird to T. …
… H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 ). The enclosure is a revised version of the letter to …
… T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 . Although dated 7 March, it contains information that could …
… of oomycete or water mould. See letter to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 2. See letter …
… to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 3. See letter …
… from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 and n. 3. It appears, however, that the information about …
… the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 March 1878 . The memorandum from William Carruthers has …
… Down. | Beckenham Kent. (&c) March 7. 1878— My dear Farrer It is a shame to trouble you, …
… Darwin. Down— Beckenham, | Kent 7 March 1878 My dear Farrer, M r . Torbitt’s plan of …
… in the letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 March 1878 . Joseph Dalton Hooker had expressed his …
… see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 ). CD’s letters have not been found; but see …
… the letter from E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield, 11 March 1878 , and the letter to T. …
… H. Farrer, 13 March 1878 . See …
… letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . Copies of Torbitt’s letter to the chancellor of …
… letter from James Torbitt, 24 February 1878 and enclosure). The Royal Agricultural Society …
… from James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 and n. 4). After massive crop failures in …

To G. J. Romanes 11 December [1878]

Summary

Sends copy of H. D. Lindemuth, "Vegetative Bastarderzeugung" [Landwirtsch. Jahrb. 7 (1878): 887–939].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	11 Dec [1878]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.555)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11784

Matches: 8 hits

… To G. J. Romanes 11 December [1878] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.555) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Dec [1878] George John Romanes …
… H. D. Lindemuth, "Vegetative Bastarderzeugung" [ Landwirtsch. Jahrb. 7 (1878): 887–939]. …
… Bibliography Lindemuth, Hugo. 1878. Vegetative Bastarderzeugung durch Impfung . Berlin: …
… letter and the letter from G. J. Romanes, [8] December 1878 . CD’s copy of Hugo Lindemuth’ …
… Plant hybridisation by means of grafting; Lindemuth 1878 ) is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
… been published in Landwirthschaftliche Jahrbücher 7 (1878): 887–939. See letter from G. …
… J. Romanes, [8] December 1878 and n. 5. …

To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878]

Summary

Instructs FD to make some observations on movement in Trifolium and Impatiens. Sends some seeds to be sown.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	[21 Nov 1878]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 47
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11754

Matches: 14 hits

… To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878] …
… DAR 211: 47 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [21 Nov 1878] Francis Darwin …
… On 9 December 1878, Francis Darwin gave a lecture at the London Institution titled ‘Self- …
… Litchfields attended ( Royal Cornwall Gazette , 20 December 1878, p. 2; Emma Darwin to H. …
… E. Litchfield, [10 December 1878] (DAR 219.9: 185), and Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, [10 December 1878] (DAR 219.1: 119)). …
… The date is established by the postmark. In 1878, the Thursday before 22 November was 21 …
… see the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1878] and n. 8. CD had asked Francis to observe …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 [August 1878] ). For CD’s conclusions on the role of the …
… me-not) in his letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 October [1878] . See also letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 November [1878] . Emma Darwin attended a …
… at Bryanston Square in London on 19 November 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); CD and …
… II)). CD visited George John Romanes (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 [November 1878] ). …
… s notes on T. strictum up to 17 November [1878] are in DAR 209.9: 62–3; Francis’s notes on …

From Francis Darwin [25–7 November 1878]

Summary

He has had no success with horse or Spanish chestnuts.

Author:	Francis Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[25–7 Nov 1878]
Classmark:	DAR 274.1: 41
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11768H

Matches: 15 hits

… From Francis Darwin [25–7 November 1878] …
… DAR 274.1: 41 Francis Darwin [25–7 Nov 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
… William. 1879. Charles Darwin. Eine biographische Skizze. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 339–50. …
… wood sorrel) (see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. 3. ) …
… See also letter from Francis Darwin, [23 November 1878] . CD planned to …
… visit Edward Frankland on 25 or 26 November 1878 (see letter to …
… Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] , and letter to …
… Edward Frankland, 22 November [1878] ). Bernard Darwin . …
… Street, London from 19 to 27 November 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)), and by the …
… see n. 7, below). See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. …
… letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] . William Ogle’s translation of Anton Kerner’ …
… Kerner 1876 ) appeared as Flowers and their unbidden guests (Ogle trans. 1878). See …
… letter to William Ogle, 17 August 1878 . Francis …
… gave a lecture on 9 December 1878 at the London Institution titled ‘Self-defence among …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, [21 November 1878] , n. 6). The American writer William Dean …

To G. H. Darwin 2 November [1878]

Summary

Forwards pamphlet (Jules Carret 1878) to GHD.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Howard Darwin
Date:	2 Nov [1878]
Classmark:	Institute of Astronomy Library, University of Cambridge (Jules Carret 1878: R.c.1473)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11733F

Matches: 9 hits

… To G. H. Darwin 2 November [1878] …
… Forwards pamphlet (Jules Carret 1878) to GHD. …
… of Astronomy Library, University of Cambridge (Jules Carret 1878: R.c.1473) Charles Robert …
… Darwin 2 Nov [1878] George Howard Darwin …
… Bibliography Carret, Jules. 1878. Sur les causes du …
… déplacement polaire. [Read 23 May 1878. ] Mémoires et documents publié par la Société …
… the letter from G. H. Darwin, 7 November 1878 . CD’s letter is written on the cover of …
… causes of polar displacement ( Carret 1878 ), read at a meeting of the Société Savoisienne …
… d’histoire et d’archéologie on 23 May 1878, and sent to CD by the author; no other …

From Raphael Meldola 13 June 1878

Summary

Would like to read Weismann’s essay on Daphnidae.

Fritz Müller’s paper on odours emitted by butterflies was read at last Entomological Society meeting.

Author:	Raphael Meldola
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	13 June 1878
Classmark:	DAR 171: 129
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11553

Matches: 16 hits

… From Raphael Meldola 13 June 1878 …
… DAR 171: 129 Raphael Meldola London, John St, 21 13 June 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Bibliography Cameron, Peter. 1878. On the larvæ of the Tenthredinidæ , with …
… special reference to protective resemblance. [Read 5 June 1878. ] Transactions …
… of the Entomological Society of London (1878): 193–9. Weismann, August. 1876–80. Beiträge …
… 27 (1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270. …
… of leaf-mimic katydids to Meldola with his letter of 17 April 1878 . For details, …
… the letter from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 and n. 2; for a report of Meldola’s exhibition …
… Entomological Society of London (Proceedings) (1878): xxiv. A brief description of Müller’ …
… Society of London (Proceedings) (1878): xxiv. Hedychium is the genus of ginger lilies; …
… In his letter of 12 June [1878] , CD had offered to send Meldola August Weismann’s third …
… Odours emitted by butterflies and moths’ ( F. Müller 1878 ), sent with his letter …
… to CD of 5 April 1878 , was read at the meeting of the …
… Entomological Society of London on 5 June 1878. Henry Walter Bates , the president of the …
… Society of London (Proceedings) (1878): xxvii). In 1877, Müller had published on sexual …
… F. Müller 1877a and 1877b). Cameron 1878 ; Tenthredinidae is the largest family of …

To R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil [18 May 1878]

Summary

Requesting permission to present a declaration against war to the Foreign secretary.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury
Date:	[18 May 1878]
Classmark:	Daily News, 23 May 1878, p. 2
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11515F

Matches: 16 hits

… To R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil [18 May 1878] …
… Daily News , 23 May 1878, p. …
… 2 Charles Robert Darwin [18 May 1878] Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of …
… Bulgaria, and the working classes, 1856–1878 . Cambridge, Mass. , and London: Harvard …
… marquess of Salisbury, on ‘Saturday last’; the Saturday before 23 May 1878 was 18 May ( …
… Daily News , 23 May 1878, p. 2). …
… was also published in The Times , 23 May 1878, p. 5. The text of the declaration read: ‘We …
… the duke of Westminster, on 20 May 1878, he replied that any statement the government felt …
… government policy ( The Times , 24 May 1878, p. 10). Besides CD, the signatories include …
… drift, into war’ ( Daily News , 23 May 1878, p. 2). An account of the declaration, which …
… held on Clerkenwell Green on 14 April, first appeared in The Times , 15 April 1878, p. 11. …
… CD had signed it by 1 May ( The Times , 1 May 1878, p. 10), and on 4 May he …
… collecting signatures ( The Times , 4 May 1878, p. 10). More than twenty fragments of …
… the treaty of San Stefano, signed on 3 March 1878, the Ottoman Empire gave up its eastern …
… especially pp. 18–28. See also letter from T. H. Farrer, 29 March 1878 , and letter to T. …
… H. Farrer, 7 May [1878] and n. 5. Gascoyne-Cecil refused the request to meet …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 24 August [1878]

Summary

Heliotropic responses in aerial roots and tendrils.

Sends seeds received from Fritz Müller.

Has been reading WTT-D’s lecture ["Plant-distribution as a field for geographical research", Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. 22: 412–45].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:	24 Aug [1878]
Classmark:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 144–5)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11675

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… To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 24 August [1878] …
… 1873–81: 144–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Aug [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
… to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June [1878]. CD refers to Gaston de Saporta ; see Saporta …
… 4 (1865): 5–264. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1878. Lecture on plant-distribution as a …
… field for geographical research. [Read 24 June 1878. ] Proceedings of …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 August [1878] . CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer for seeds of …
… Darwin’s research on bloom (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 August [1878] and n. 6). …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 21 July 1878 . Müller had seen caterpillars of Callidryas …
… the Royal Geographical Society of London 22 (1878–9): 412–45. …
… letter to Francis Darwin of 14 [August 1878] , CD mentioned that he planned to write to …
… distribution as a field for geographical research’, delivered on 24 June 1878 at the Royal …
… Geographical Society ( Thiselton-Dyer 1878 ). CD’s annotated offprint is in the Darwin …
… to his lecture in his now incomplete letter of 16 July 1878 ; see the letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] and n. 9. See also letter …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 August [1878] and n. 2. CD was making observations on …
… Arachis hypogaea (peanut). See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] . In his …

To J. D. Hooker [3 or 4 March 1878]

Summary

His attempts to obtain a Government grant for Torbitt seem hopeless.

CD is suffering from constant swimming of the head.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	[3 or 4 Mar 1878]
Classmark:	DAR 95: 453–4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11390

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… To J. D. Hooker [3 or 4 March 1878] …
… 453–4 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [3 or 4 Mar 1878] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… James Torbitt, 1 March 1878 . Torbitt’s telegram has not …
… been found; see, however, the letter from James Torbitt, 6 March 1878 . See letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 and n. 4. CD saw …
… Andrew Clark during his stay in London ( letter to Sara Darwin, [1 March 1878] ). …
… Litchfield , from 27 February to 5 March 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter …
… from J. D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 . CD was trying to raise support for James Torbitt’s …
… on blight-resistant potatoes (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] and [ …
… 1 March 1878] ). CD …
… met with James Caird on 3 March 1878 ( letter to James …
… Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). Caird was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England …
… experiments from Thomas Henry Farrer (see letters to T. H. Farrer, [28 February 1878] and …
… 2 March 1878 ). On financial support for the …
… potato experiments, see the letter from James Torbitt, 28 February 1878 and the letter to …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 May 1878

Summary

Heliotropism. Requires some plants for experiments.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:	14 May 1878
Classmark:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 122–3)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11508

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… To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 May 1878 …
… 1873–81: 122–3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May 1878 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
… John Murray. 1875. Lynch, Richard Irwin. 1878. On the seed-structure and germination …
… of Pachira aquatica . [Read 2 May 1878. ] Journal …
… of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 17 (1878–80): 147–8. …
… Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 14 th . 1878 My dear Dyer. I am particularly obliged for …
… Letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 . See letter to W. …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] and n. 7. …
… In his letter of 11 May 1878 , Thiselton-Dyer sought to correct the impression CD had …
… see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] and n. 4). Francis Darwin had taken his …
… Darwin ; according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), he returned to Down on 27 May 1878. …
… autumn. A report in the Athenaeum , 11 May 1878, p. 606, noted that Richard Irwin Lynch’s …
… germination of a species of Pachira was read before the Linnean Society on 2 May 1878 ( …
… Lynch 1878 ). Lynch described the germination of Pachira aquatica (Guiana-chestnut or …
… the paper that appeared in Nature , 23 May 1878, p. 110, described the unequal cotyledons …

To T. H. Farrer [4 March 1878]

Summary

Agricultural Society will not do potato experiments. Torbitt telegraphs that seeds to be sown tomorrow. Memorial with a few signatures might get grant from Government. Hooker believes plan the right one.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:	[4 Mar 1878]
Classmark:	DAR 144: 89
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11397

Matches: 12 hits

… To T. H. Farrer [4 March 1878] …
… H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 . See letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 2 March 1878 . …
… Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [4 Mar 1878] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron …
… James Caird’s visit (see n. 3, below). In 1878, 4 March fell on Monday. Farrer supported …
… blight-resistant potatoes (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 28 February 1878 ). James Caird …
… had visited CD in London on 3 March 1878 (see letter to …
… James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The enclosed documents have not been identified. William …
… from James Caird to T. H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 . The telegram has not been found. CD had …
… his experiments for another season (see letter to James Torbitt, 1 March 1878 ). See …
… letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 . For a revised version of the letter to T. …
… H. Farrer, 2 March 1878 , see the enclosure to the letter to T. …

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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…

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