To Nature 3 August [1872]
Summary
Replies to C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was wrong about early pedigree of man.
Defends the statement of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s book [Exposition of fallacies … of Darwin (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 8 August 1872, p. 279 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8448 |
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- … To Nature 3 August [1872] …
- … 279 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1872] Nature …
- … Nature , 8 August 1872, p. …
- … to C. R. Bree’s letter of 27 July [ Nature 6 (1872): 260] contending that CD was wrong …
- … of CD’s view in Wallace’s review [ Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of Bree’s book [ Exposition of …
- … of Descent in a letter in Nature , 1 August 1872, p. 260. For CD’s views on Bree, see …
- … appeared in Nature , 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9. According to Bree, CD had placed the origin …
- … Nature. Alfred Russel Wallace’s review of Charles Robert Bree’s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr. Darwin ( Bree 1872 ) …
Howorth, Henry Hoyle. 1872a. Circumpolar land. Nature, 28 March 1872, pp. 420–2.
Howorth, Henry Hoyle. 1872b. Recent climatic changes. Nature, 9 May 1872, pp. 24–5.
From A. R. Wallace 4 August 1872
Summary
Has sent CD’s letter to Nature [see 8448].
Expresses admiration for H. C. Bastian’s The beginnings of life [1872] and comments on its bearing upon Origin.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B111–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8450 |
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- … Wallace refers to CD’s letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] (see letter to A. R. …
- … August [1872] ). Charles Robert Bree’s letter appeared in Nature , 1 August 1872, p. 260. …
- … book ( Bree 1872 ) was published in Nature , 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9. Wallace’s review of …
- … of life ( H. C. Bastian 1872 ) appeared in Nature , 8 and 15 August 1872, pp. 284–7 and …
- … Sussex. August 4th. 1872 Dear Darwin I have sent your letter to “Nature”, as I think it …
- … Charlton. 1872. The beginnings of life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin …
- … Nature [see 8448 ]. Expresses admiration for H. C. Bastian’s The beginnings of life [1872] …
Spalding, Douglas Alexander. 1872a. On instinct. [Read before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 19 August 1872.] Nature, 10 October 1872, pp. 485–6.
Agassiz, Louis. 1872b. Professor Agassiz’s South American expedition. [Reprinted from the New York Tribune, 26 June 1872.] Nature, 11 July 1872, p. 216; 18 July 1872, pp. 229–31; 1 August 1872, pp. 270–3.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1872b. The last attack on Darwinism. Nature, 25 July 1872, pp. 237–9.
Howorth, Henry Hoyle. 1871b. A new view of Darwinism. Nature, 13 July 1872, pp. 200–1.
Moore, John. 1872. The conservation of energy not a fact, but a heresy of science. Nature, 4 July 1872: 180–1.
To J. D. Hooker 27 October [1872]
Summary
Asks for address of a Mrs Barber somewhere in South Africa.
JDH’s letter in Nature [6 (1872): 516–17] is excellent, and wonderfully quiet.
Severely criticises Owen’s conduct.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 235–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8579 |
To A. R. Wallace 3 August [1872]
Summary
Encloses a letter to Nature [see 8448] correcting Dr Bree, who has accused ARW of "blundering". ARW should tear up CD’s letter if he does not like it or plans to reply himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | Waddington Auction (dealers) (July 1998) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8447 |
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- … this letter and the letter to Nature , 3 August [1872]. Charles Robert Bree had defended …
- … against Wallace’s criticism (see letter to Nature , 3 August 1872 and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … CD’s letter appeared in Nature , 8 August 1872, p. 279. …
- … 1872 My dear Wallace I hate controversy, chiefly perhaps because I do it badly; but as D r Bree accuses you of “blundering”, I have thought myself bound to send the enclosed letter to Nature; …
To Williams & Norgate 12 April [1872]
Summary
Orders books: J. R. Leifchild, The higher ministry of nature (1872);
Hermann Müller, The application of the Darwinian theory to flowers [(1872?), reprint from Am. Nat. 5 (1871): 271–97];
and a review by J. B. Hunter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bookseller. |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1872] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.414) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8284 |
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1872d. The beginnings of life. Nature, 8 August 1872, pp. 284–7, and 15 August 1872, pp. 299–303.
Lankester, Edwin Ray. 1872. Siebold’s new researches in parthenogenesis. Nature, 10 October 1872, pp. 483–5, and 24 October 1872, pp. 523–5.
Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1872. On the fertilisation of a few common papilionaceous flowers. Nature, 10 October 1872, pp. 478–80, and 17 October 1872, pp. 498–501.
Galton, Francis. 1872a. On blood-relationship. [Read 13 June 1872.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 20 (1871–2): 394–402. [Reprinted in Nature, 27 June 1872, pp. 173–6.]
Dohrn, Anton. 1872a. The foundation of zoological stations. Nature, 8 February 1872, pp. 277–80, and 4 April 1872, pp. 437–40.
Gulick, John Thomas. 1872a. On the variation of species as related to their geographical distribution, illustrated by the Achatinellinæ. Nature, 18 July 1872, pp. 222–4.
From John Tyndall 8 June [1872]
Summary
Sends CD a copy of the memorial supporting Hooker’s case against A. S. Ayrton’s interference in the administration of Kew Gardens.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8375 |
To T. H. Farrer 13 October [1872]
Summary
THF’s article in Nature ["The fertilisation of a few papilionaceous flowers", 6 (1872): 478–80, 498–501] is extremely good.
Suspects he now has answer to why common peas and sweetpeas hardly ever intercross, a point which half drove CD mad for years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8557 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … common papilionaceous flowers. Nature , 10 October 1872, pp. 478–80, and 17 October 1872, …
- … researches in parthenogenesis. Nature , 10 October 1872, pp. 483–5, and 24 October 1872, …
- … flowers’, which appeared in Nature , 10 and 17 October 1872 ( Farrer 1872 ). CD’s …
- … article in Nature ["The fertilisation of a few papilionaceous flowers", 6 (1872): 478–80, …
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electrocution in Commentary
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
