Darwin and Henslow: Darwin and Henslow: the growth of an idea. Letters 1831–1860. Edited by Nora Barlow. London: John Murray. 1967.
To Charles Lyell 15 and 16 [February 1860]
Summary
Auguste Bravard’s discoveries magnificent.
Bravard has sent pamphlets [Observaciones geológicas (1857) and Monografia de los terrenos marinos terciarios (1858)] with strange doctrine that Pampean deposit is subaerial.
Review of Origin by Wollaston [Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 5 (1860): 132–43] clever and misinterprets CD only in a few places.
Wallace’s MS ["Zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago", J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 4 (1860): 172–84] admirably good.
Henslow "will go very little way with us". "He, also, shudders at the eye!"
Baden Powell says CD’s statement about eye is conclusive.
Leonard Jenyns cannot go as far as CD, yet cannot give good reason.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 15 and 16 Feb 1860 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.198); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B1/ Lyell Temp Box 3.1 Folder_6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2700 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … sent to Lyell ( letter to Charles Lyell, 12 [February 1860] ). The note from Lyell has not …
- … Wallace 1860 (see letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] ). CD refers to George …
- … from C. J. F. Bunbury, 30 January 1860 , and the letter to C. J. F. …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] . Bravard 1857 and 1858. Both works …
- … 1860): 132–43. See letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] . Wollaston’s review …
- … it on to Joseph Dalton Hooker . See letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] . John Stevens …
- … seemed the weakest point in his book (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 ). CD had …
- … s letter to Lyell (see letter to Charles Lyell, 12 [February 1860] ). The manuscript from …
- … been found, but see both the first and second letters to Baden Powell, 18 January [1860]. …
- … Letter from Leonard Jenyns, 4 January 1860 . Lyell copied this letter into his scientific …
- … had made this remark to Lyell. See letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] . …
- … this expression in his letter to Asa Gray, [8 or 9 February 1860] , in response to Gray’s …
- … doubts in a series of letters printed in the Athenæum in 1859 and 1860. In the autumn of …
- … CD refers to the letter from C. J. F. Bunbury, 30 January 1860 , which he had …
- … read Wallace 1860 in manuscript (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter to A. R. Wallace, …
- … referred to it in his letter to J. S. Henslow, 3 February [1860] . This probably alludes …
- … 1860 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). For Charles James Fox Bunbury’s reaction to Origin and CD’s rejoinder, see the letter …
- … Wallace 1860 , pp. 176–8). CD omitted a word when he began a new page of the letter. …
- … 1860, p. 516). This paragraph was also written in pencil on a second slip of paper and enclosed with the letter. …
From Asa Gray [10 January 1860]
Summary
Agassiz denounces Origin as "atheistical";
AG is currently reviewing it [in Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 153–84].
Jeffries Wyman praises it, though not a convert.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [10 Jan 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 26a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2631 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker, 5 January 1860 , and letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] . …
- … version of Origin . See also letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 , and letter to John …
- … by the relationship to the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] , in which CD refers to ‘ …
- … See n. 7, below, and letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] . Details concerning the …
- … of the extract, see the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] , n. 10. At a meeting of …
- … marked ‘Jan 5 1860’ by Francis Darwin , perhaps on the basis of the letter from Asa Gray …
- … J. D. Hooker, 5 January 1860 . The missing portion of this letter may have included the …
- … p. 267–8, and letter from Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker, 5 January 1860 ). Gray had asked CD …
- … 1860] . Jeffries Wyman , a colleague of Gray’s at Harvard University, taught courses on comparative anatomy and physiology. For his importance alongside Gray and Louis Agassiz in the development of natural history in the United States, see Appel 1988 . See also letter …
From H. G. Bronn [before 11 March 1862]
Summary
Asks if CD will have corrections for 2d German ed. of Origin.
CD’s theory only natural way to explain creation but contradicts current knowledge about origin of life from inorganic matter.
Has read Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63] with interest.
Author: | Heinrich Georg Bronn |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 11 Mar 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 160.3: 319 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3363 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … vol. 8, letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 [February 1860] , and letters to H. G. …
- … Bronn, 4 February [1860] and 5 October [1860] , and letter from H. G. Bronn, 13 [or 15] …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 2 [February 1860] , and letters to H. G. …
- … Bronn, 4 February [1860] and 5 October [1860] , and letter from H. G. Bronn, 13 [or 15] …
- … Bronn, 14 July [1860] , and letter from H. G. Bronn, 13 [or 15] October 1860 . For a …
- … H. G. Bronn, 14 July [1860] , and letter from H. G. Bronn, 13 [or 15] October 1860 . …
- … to H. G. Bronn, 4 February [1860] , and this volume, letter to H. G. Bronn, 25 April [ …
- … 1860, pp. 495–520). See also Bronn 1860 , and Correspondence vol. 8, letter to H. G. …
- … 1860) had been translated from the second English edition (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter …
- … trans. 1860, pp. 495–520). See also Bronn 1860a , and Correspondence vol. 8, letter to …
- … 1860) was published in Stuttgart by the firm of E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung , under the direction of Christian Friedrich Schweizerbart . See Correspondence vol. 8, letter …
- … letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] . Bronn had translated Origin into German soon after its publication in November 1859. The German edition (Bronn trans. 1860) …
- … letter to Charles Lyell, 18 July [1858] ). The only part of the projected larger work that was published during CD’s lifetime was Variation (1868). For a list of the reviews of Origin that appeared in 1860, …
To Asa Gray 2 March [1860]
Summary
Has been ill with pleurisy.
Sends more corrections and additions for American edition of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 2 Mar [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (24) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2718 |
To Charles Lyell 25 February [1860]
Summary
Comments on CL’s reaction to the Origin. Mentions reactions of other scientists.
Discusses fertility of Aspicarpa.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s views on population.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.201) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2714 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] , and letter to Charles Lyell, …
- … See also letters to Andrew Murray , 28 April [1860] , and 28 [April 1860] . …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 23 February [1860] . …
- … See letter to Herbert Spencer, 23 [February 1860] . …
- … 15 and 16 [February 1860] . CD refers to his practice of filing letters, or portions of …
- … The letter from Andrew Crombie Ramsay was probably the one dated 21 February 1860. Henry …
- … letter from William Jardine, 20 December 1859 . Murray 1860a . Andrew Murray read the paper at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 20 February 1860. …
To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1860]
Summary
Third edition of Origin will answer reviewers.
Drosera experiments detailed.
Hopes for W. H. Harvey’s conversion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3008 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … 1859] . See letter from W. H. Harvey, 24 August 1860 , and letter to W. H. …
- … to J. D. Dana, 30 July [1860] , letter from Benjamin Silliman …
- … of the year (see letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] , and letter to H. C. …
- … Harvey, [20–4 September 1860] . Harvey 1860 . See letter from W. H. Harvey, 8 October …
- … Jr, 27 October 1860 , and Correspondence vol. 7, letter to J. D. Dana, 30 December [ …
- … W. H. Harvey to J. D. Hooker, 23 November [1860] . Meyen 1837 . See letter to J. D. …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 November – 4 December 1860] . CD obviously meant to …
- … 1860] . CD made the same statement in Insectivorous plants , p. 1 n. : ‘M. Trécul went so far as to doubt whether they [the leaves] possessed any power of movement. ’ He refers to Trécul 1855 . See letter …
- … 1860] . He added a section on the topic to the revised American edition of Origin (see Correspondence vol.8, Appendix IV) and to the third edition of Origin ( Origin 3d ed. , pp. 141–3; Peckham ed. 1959, pp. 267–70). Letter …
To Asa Gray 19 October [1860]
Summary
Is thinking of publishing AG’s three-part Origin review [from Atlantic Monthly] in England.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 19 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2955 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Lyell, 23 [September 1860] , and letter from Charles Lyell, 25 September 1860 . For …
- … Huxley had suffered the death of his oldest child in September 1860 (see letter to T. H. …
- … Murray’s responses to CD’s proposal, see the letter to Asa Gray, 24 October [1860] . Bree …
- … Huxley, 18 September [1860] ). See letter to Charles …
- … Harvey 1860 . See letters from W. H. Harvey, 24 August 1860 and 8 October 1860 . …
- … 6 (1860): 373–86). See letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] . The extract from Gray’s …
- … 1860 . Hopkins 1860 . George Henry Kendrick Thwaites’s letter has not been …
- … found, but see the letter to G. H. K. Thwaites, 20 October [1860] . …
- … letter has not been found. Joseph Henry was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution , Washington, D. C. Previously he had been professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University. CD sent the second part of Gray’s three-part article on Origin ([Gray] 1860b, pp. 229–39) to Annals and Magazine of Natural History in September 1860. …
To Asa Gray 8 March [1860]
Summary
Further additions and corrections for American Origin.
Views of Owen, G. H. K. Thwaites, and W. H. Harvey on CD’s theories.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 8 Mar [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (31) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2726 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … University Library. See letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 , and also Dupree 1959 , …
- … pp. 271–2. See letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 . …
- … the United States (see letters from Asa Gray , [10 January 1860] , [17 January 1860] , and …
- … into the edition (see letters to Asa Gray , 28 January [1860] , 1 February [1860] , and [ …
- … 9 February 1860] ). See also letter to Asa Gray, 2 March [1860] . The additional material …
- … review in February (see letters to Asa Gray , 18 February [1860] and 24 February [1860] ). …
- … Letter from Francis Boott, 29 February 1860 . Boott was a close friend of Gray’s. He had …
- … had also written a long letter to Gray on 9 February 1860 itemising his objections to CD’ …
- … to the new American edition (see letter to Asa Gray, [8 or 9 February 1860] ). CD had …
- … G. H. K. Thwaites, [14 February 1860] . See letters to Charles Lyell , 18 [and 19 …
To Asa Gray 17 February [1861]
Summary
Distribution of AG’s pamphlet.
Insectivorous plants.
Informs AG of his [CD’s] notice on Pumilio in Gardeners’ Chronicle [5 Jan 1861; Collected papers 2: 36–8].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 17 Feb [1861] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (54) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3064 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 23 [September 1860] , letter from Charles …
- … Lyell, 25 September 1860 , and letter to Asa Gray, 24 October [1860] . The Times was …
- … vol. 8, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 December [1860] , and letter from J. D. …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 31 October [1860] , in which CD asked Gray to …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] ). See letter to T. H. …
- … until February 1860, when Camilla Ludwig assumed the position. See letter to Gardeners’ …
- … December 1860 . The genus Senecio includes ragworts and groundsel. See letter to Asa Gray, …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 17 September [1861] . The reference is to the edited volume of autobiographical recollections of Charles Robert Leslie (Taylor ed. 1860). …
From J. D. Hooker 26 November 1862
Summary
Returns Asa Gray letter. Gray has made a great blunder in his criticism of Oliver: he mistakes perpetuation of a variety for "propagation of variation". Confusion between "action of physical causes" and "effects of physical causes". Neither crossing nor natural selection has made so many divergent individuals, but simply variation. "If once you hold that natural selection can create a character your whole doctrine tumbles to the ground." CD’s failure to convey this, and the false doctrine that "like produces like" is at bottom of half the scientific infidelity to CD’s doctrine. There is something to the objection that CD has made a deus ex machina of natural selection since he neglects to dwell on the facts of infinite incessant variations.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 61–2, 77–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3831 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and Correspondence vol. 8, letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 June 1860 , letters to J. D. …
- … 29 [ May 1860] , 5 June [1860] , and 12 [June 1860] , letters from Charles Lyell , 15 …
- … June 1860 and 30 September 1860 , and letters to Charles Lyell , 6 June [1860] , 14 [ …
- … 1860] , and 3 October [1860] ). See also Correspondence vol. 9, letter to Charles Lyell, …
To John Murray 4 February [1860]
Summary
Final arrangements for new edition of Journal of researches [1860]. Wants one copy to give to P. L. Sclater, who has aided him.
Asks that copy of Origin be sent immediately to Schweizerbart for German translation.
Asa Gray is going to bring out an edition of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 4 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.84–85) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2686 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … by D. Appleton & Co . in May 1860 (see letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] ). …
- … D. Appleton & Co (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 ). CD sent corrections to …
- … P. L. Sclater, [3? February 1860] , and following letter. The address is that of CD’s …
- … of researches (see letters to John Murray , [25 January 1860] and 30 [January 1860] ). The …
- … in a ‘Postscript’, p. vii, dated 1 February 1860. See letter from P. L. Sclater, [3? …
- … Schweizerbart . See letter to H. G. Bronn, 4 February [1860] . The first printing of …
- … 1860) , p. vii, CD stated that Strix punctatissima , Pyrocephalus nanus , Otus galapagoensis , and Zenaida galapagoensis , previously believed to be confined to the Galápagos Archipelago, probably also occurred on the mainland. See letter …
To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860]
Summary
Blyth’s effort to raise money for a Chinese expedition.
Comments on free-will in animals.
Says natural selection is not in the same category with Huxley’s "force" and "matter".
Discusses remarkable variation in period of gestation in dogs and ducks.
Discusses Arctic flora.
Has been working on orchids; they beat woodpeckers in adaptation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.219) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2838 |
To Charles Lyell 4 May [1860]
Summary
Is sending CL an arrow-head. Says John Lubbock tells of vast numbers of flint tools in peat in France. Urges CL to conduct further research on the subject.
Comments on paper by J. S. Newberry concerning palaeozoic deposits in America [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 208–18]
and on A. von Keyserling’s view of species change.
Mentions J. W. Salter’s chart arranging Spirifer.
Comments on Andrew Murray’s paper on the Origin ["On Mr Darwin’s theory of the origin of species", Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 4 (1860): 274–91].
A Manchester newspaper article says CD has proved "might is right".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 May [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.210) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2782 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … 26 April 1861 . CD had seen Salter’s arrangement in April 1860 (see letter to Andrew …
- … the letters to Andrew Murray , 28 April [1860] and 28 [April 1860] . …
- … Letter from Charles Lyell, 2 May 1860 . The Manchester Guardian , 20 April 1860, p. 4, …
- … the formations. See letter to Andrew Murray, 28 April [1860] , and Correspondence vol. 9, …
- … Murray, 28 April [1860] ). See also letter from J. B. …
- … Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 336). Newberry 1860 . See letter to Charles Lyell, 27 and 28 April [ …
- … Strong. 1860. Notes on the ancient vegetation of North America; … In a letter to Prof. …
- … Jukes, 27 February 1860 and n. 5. See preceding letter and …
- … been found, but see the letter to R. I. Murchison, 1 May [1860] . John William Salter …
- … letter to Charles Lyell, 20 September [1859] ). He revisited France and also toured sites in Germany in September 1860 ( …
To Asa Gray 26 September [1860]
Summary
Has read sheets of AG’s third Atlantic Monthly article [Oct 1860] and praises it and AG’s other reviews and articles highly.
Is surprised at the inability of others to grasp the meaning of natural selection.
Has been testing the sensitivity of Drosera, which he finds remarkable.
Asks if AG will be able to make some observations on orchids for him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 26 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2930 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 5 [July 1860] , and letter from Charles …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 , and letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] . In May …
- … Journal of Science and Arts 30 (1860): 308). See letter to J. D. Dana, 30 July [1860] . …
- … is to Karl Ernst von Baer . See letter to Charles Lyell, 28 [September 1860] and n. 8. …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Hooker had just left …
- … to nothing! See letter from Charles Lyell, 25 September 1860 . The paper was reprinted in …
- … History , pp. 373–86. See letter to Charles Lyell, 3 October [1860] . The article was not …
- … Lyell, 25 September 1860 . Maria Hooker had apparently sent CD a letter that Gray had …
- … an English journal. Letter from W. H. Harvey, 24 August 1860 . See n. 6, above. William …
- … 1860: ‘“Almost thou persuadest me to be a Darwinite“—not quite so, but thou persuadest me to be a Grayite . ‘ (Gray Herbarium, Harvard University). John Edward Gray’s response to Origin was negative. See Correspondence vol. 7, letter …
To J. D. Hooker 29 December [1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 29 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3034 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker, 28 December 1860 . In a letter dated 10 December 1860, Gray wrote: ‘Send this note …
- … Huxley, 11 December [1860] , and letter from T. H. …
- … of Origin written by Chauncey Wright . See letters to Asa Gray , 11 December [1860] and …
- … relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, 28 December 1860 . Letter from J. D. …
- … 14 December [1860] . See letter to T. H. …
- … 14 December 1860] . See letters to Daniel Oliver , 20 December [1860] , and to J. D. …
To Asa Gray 11 December [1860]
Summary
The pamphlet of AG’s Origin reviews [Natural selection not inconsistent with natural theology (1861)]. CD will bear half the costs of publishing.
Will write to Huxley about Chauncey Wright’s review of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (38) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3017 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … to Charles Lyell, 23 [September 1860] , and letter from Charles Lyell, 25 September 1860 . …
- … See also letters to Asa Gray , 19 October [1860] and 24 October [1860] . Gray apparently …
- … advised against it on the grounds of cost (see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October [1860] ). …
- … See also letters to Asa Gray , 31 October [1860] and 26 November [1860] . The review was …
- … History Review . See letter to T. H. Huxley, 11 December [1860] , and Correspondence …
- … 1860 ). For Charles Lyell’s favourable opinion of Gray’s articles ([Gray] 1860b), see letter …
To Charles Lyell 3 October [1860]
Summary
Comments on letter from Jeffries Wyman.
Discusses reprinting reviews by Asa Gray.
Mentions views of W. S. Symonds on the geological record.
Discusses descent of turtles and tortoises.
The universality of variation.
Notes only a few species leave modified descendants.
Discusses Apteryx.
Variation among pigeons.
Comments on fertility among hybrids.
Does not agree that he makes natural selection do too much work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 3 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.230) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2935 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … and sent to CD an illegible phrase from the letter to Charles Lyell, 28 [September 1860] . …
- … Wyman , [ c . 15] September 1860 and the following letter. CD had asked James Dwight Dana …
- … Lewes 1860 . See letter to Charles Lyell, 18 May [1860] and n. 3. The German naturalists …
- … 1856 . [Gray] 1860c. See letter to Asa Gray, 26 September [1860] . The second part of [ …
- … K. M. Lyell ed. 1881 2: 337–8). See letter from Charles Lyell, 30 September 1860 . Hugh …
- … Falconer . See letter from Charles Lyell, 30 September 1860 . CD gave the results of his …
- … between hares and rabbits ( letter to Charles Lyell, 28 [September 1860] ). Cited in …
- … Wyman , [ c . 15] September 1860. The section of the letter that discussed the brain is …
- … 1860 ) in the second part of [Gray] 1860b. The third and final part of [Gray] 1860b was not reprinted in an English periodical. Neither letter …
- … 1860 so that Huxley could use it in preparing his lecture to the Royal Institution on 10 February ( T. H. Huxley 1860a ). See Correspondence vol. 7, letters …
To Jeffries Wyman 3 December [1860]
Summary
"You cannot tell how much your paper on Gestation has interested me" ["On some unusual modes of gestation in batrachians and fishes", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 27 (1859): 5–13].
Robert McDonnell has made curious discoveries on electrical organs of rays.
Is giving JW’s hog case in corrected ed. [3d] of Origin.
Would like account of tip of tail of young rattlesnake.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jeffries Wyman |
Date: | 3 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | Harvard Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (Jeffries Wyman papers H MS c 12) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3005 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … letter to Asa Gray, 3 April [1860] , and letter from Jeffries Wyman , [ c . …
- … to Benjamin Silliman Jr, 4 December [1860] . See also letter from Jeffries Wyman , [ c . …
- … Collection–CUL. See letter to Jeffries Wyman, 3 October [1860] . In Wyman 1859 Wyman …
- … See letter to Jeffries Wyman, 3 October [1860] . See …
- … 15] September 1860. See letter to J. M. Rodwell, 5 November [1860] and n. 9. …
- … 1860. See Journal of researches , p. 114. Wyman responded to CD’s inquiry in the letter …
- … Robert M’Donnell has not been found. See letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 November [1860] . …
- … 1860. The prince and his entourage visited Harvard University in October. It was presumably during an occasion on this visit that the criticism of Louis Agassiz was offered. See letter …
To Asa Gray [8 or 9 February 1860]
Summary
Sends historical preface and corrections for American edition of Origin;
would have liked AG’s review [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 153–84] at the head.
Agrees with AG’s assessment of weak points.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | [8 or 9 Feb 1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2701 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 . The sentence was corrected in Origin US ed. , …
- … 186–7. Jeffries Wyman and James Dwight Dana . See letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 . …
- … CD also states that he has received Gray’s letter of 23 January 1860 , to which he also …
- … 1853, pp. 186–7. See the enclosure with the letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] . …
- … corrections that CD sent ( letter to Asa Gray, 8 March [1860] ), had to be listed …
- … see Correspondence vol.8, Appendix IV. See also letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] . …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 . In the authorised American edition of Origin , …
- … letter. CD’s historical sketch appeared as a preface to the revised and augmented American edition of Origin . It was inserted before the table of contents, presumably so as not to affect the pagination of the electrotyped plates, and is dated ‘Feb. 1860. ’ …
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Darwin's controversies in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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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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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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Darwin and Design
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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