To Hubert Airy 10 [December] 1871
Summary
Discusses movement of ears and contraction of the platysma.
Discusses phyllotaxy, citing work of Carl Nägeli and Chauncey Wright.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
| Date: | 10 [Dec] 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8060 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … letter from John Wood, 11 April 1871 , and letter from Charles Langstaff, 3 May 1871 . …
- … See also letter from Chauncey Wright, 1 August 1871 and n. 15. George Henslow’s paper …
- … his paper on phyllotaxy ( Wright 1871c ) in his letter of 11 October 1871 . …
- … this letter and the letter from Hubert Airy, 9 December 1871 . The copyist presumably …
- … original letter. See letter from Hubert Airy, 9 December 1871 . Robert Lowe had visited …
- … 1897–1905 , 2: 188). See letter from Hubert Airy, 9 December 1871 and n. 1. CD refers …
- … William Ogle (see letter to William Ogle, 13 April [1871] ). See …
- … See letter from Hubert Airy, 9 December 1871 and n. 3. Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli’s …
- … is mentioned in CD’s letter to Chauncey Wright, 13 and 14 July [1871] . Wright discussed …
- … shivering (see letter to James Crichton-Browne, 2 November [1871] ), and probably to …
- … Kent Nov. 10. 1871. My dear Sir. I am much obliged for your letter which has interested …
From A. R. Wallace 7 August 1871
Summary
Sends notes on Fritz Müller’s letter.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 85–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7899 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … from Fritz Müller, 14 June [1871] , should be published ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 …
- … 14. See letter to Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] . CD had suggested …
- … Letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 . …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. …
- … 4. See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. …
- … 5. See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 7. Müller …
- … province (now state), Brazil. See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. …
- … E. Aug. 7th. 1871 Dear Darwin I send a few notes on Fritz Muller’s letter which I have …
- … See also letters to A. R. Wallace, 1 August [1871] and 4 August [1871] . …
To [Walter Besant?] 10 January [1872–4]
Summary
Refuses an invitation on the grounds of ill-health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Besant |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | eBay UK: worthpoint.com/worthopedia/emma-darwin-original-letter-1871-286171432, accessed 30 January 2020 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9236F |
To James Crichton-Browne 7 April [1871]
Summary
Thanks for information about blushing of idiots.
Case of pregnant woman "truly wonderful".
Thanks for photographs.
Has found London photographer, O. G. Rejlander, with passion for photographing expression.
Received information about iris of eye from F. C. Donders; shows contraction and dilation of pupil is very complex.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7666 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … in his letter to Donders of 18 March 1871 (see also letter from F. C. Donders, 28 March …
- … 3 April 1871 . Letters from James Crichton-Browne , [29– …
- … between this letter and the letters from James Crichton-Browne , [29–31 March 1871] and …
- … 31 March 1871] and 3 April 1871 . See letter from James Crichton-Browne, [29–31 March …
- … CUL (see Marginalia 1: 386). See also letter to William Turner, 28 March [1871] and nn. …
- … 7, and letter from James Crichton-Browne, [29–31 March 1871] . CD refers to Frans Cornelis …
- … 3. See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 3 April 1871 and n. 5. CD refers to Thomas …
- … 1839 , pp. 70–3). See letter to James Crichton-Browne, 28 March [1871] and n. 4. There …
- … CD refers to Vogt 1867 . See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 3 April 1871 and n. …
- … Prodger 2009 , pp. 7–9. ) See letter to James Crichton-Browne, 26 March [1871] and n. 2. …
- … for Expression . See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 and n. …
- … 3. See letter to James Crichton-Browne, 26 March [1871] and n. …
- … 11 and 12, and letter to ? , 7 April [1871] and n. …
- … 1. See letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 and n. 4. Truly ‘instantaneous’ …
From Francis Galton 25 April 1871
Summary
Upset to learn he has misrepresented CD’s doctrine on Pangenesis [in Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 19 (1871): 393–410]. Hopes that CD’s letter to Nature [3 (1871): 502–3; Collected papers 2: 165–7] will clarify the doctrine and attract attention to it.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 28–29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7717 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1871): 393–410]. Hopes that CD’s letter to Nature [3 (1871): 502–3; Collected papers 2: …
- … travelled through the blood ( Galton 1871 ; see letter from Francis Galton, 9 January …
- … this passage in his letter to Nature , [before 27 April 1871]. There is no other passage …
- … 1871 , n. 1). CD published a letter in Nature , 27 April 1871, pp. 502–3, …
- … No letter to Galton concerning Galton 1871 or CD’s letter to Nature has been found. …
- … order to clarify his position on gemmules (see letter to Nature , [before 27 April 1871]). …
To Hubert Airy 5 April [1871]
Summary
Discusses loss of voluntary movement of ears in man and monkey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
| Date: | 5 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7659 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 25 March [1871] , and letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] ). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 . …
- … See letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 and n. …
- … 3. See letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 and n. 1. …
- … 2. See letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] . CD refers to James Crichton-Browne , …
- … to William Ogle , amongst others; see letter to P. B. Mason, 24 March [1871] and n. …
To William Ogle 13 April [1871]
Summary
Reports further observations on contraction of platysma. Has been assisted by J. Wood. [See Expression, pp. 302, 303.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 11 (EH 88205909) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7679 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Ogle, [10–17 November 1870] , and this volume, letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] . …
- … myoides, see the letter to P. B. Mason, 24 March [1871] , the letter from Hubert …
- … CD refers to John Wood , and his letter of 11 April 1871 . For other communications on the …
- … Airy, 3 April 1871 , and the letter from John …
- … found, but Wood replied in his letter of 11 April 1871 . For CD’s correspondence with Ogle …
- … 1871 . CD called motion of the platysma purely involuntary in Descent 1: 19 (first and second printings). CD’s letter …
To William Preyer 30 April 1871
Summary
Is sending copy of Descent.
Thanks for copy of WP’s book [Die Blutkrystalle (1871)].
Discusses shape of external ear.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Thierry (William) Preyer |
| Date: | 30 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 265–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7729 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … menschlichen Rückenmarks ( W. Müller 1871 ); see letter from William Preyer, 27 April …
- … See annotations to letter from Hubert Airy, 3 April 1871 and n. …
- … 3. See letter from William Preyer, 27 April 1871 and n. …
- … 8. See letter from William Preyer, 27 April 1871 and n. 2. …
- … See letter from William Preyer, 27 April 1871 . CD refers to the presentation list for …
- … 19, Appendix IV. See letter from William Preyer, 27 April 1871 and n. 3. CD refers to …
- … 1871 and nn. 5 and 6. See letter from William Preyer, 27 April 1871 and n. 7. …
- … 30. 1871. My Dear Sir, I am very much obliged for your extremely kind letter. — Permit me …
From W. Baranoff and Heinrich Koch [after 31 October? 1871]
Summary
Received his last letter.
Their third lecture will contain a history of creation from the Darwinian point of view.
| Author: | W. Baranoff; Heinrich Koch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 31 Oct? 1871] |
| Classmark: | Blätter des Psychologischen Vereins zu Dresden, 27 October 1871, p. 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8032F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … the first part of Baranoff and Koch 1871 (see letter from W. Baranoff and Heinrich Koch, …
- … probably printed after 31 October 1871 (see letter from Heinrich Koch, 31 October 1871 ). …
- … and Heinrich Koch, 27 October 1871 , and the letter from Heinrich Koch, 31 October 1871 . …
- … published (or delivered) on 31 December 1871. See letter from W. Baranoff and Heinrich …
- … zu Dresden , 27 October 1871: this section contained replies to letters to the editors but …
- … letter from CD to Baranoff or Koch has been found. The third part of Baranoff and Koch 1871 …
To C. V. Riley 8 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks for letter of introduction for his sons visiting America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Valentine Riley |
| Date: | 8 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (15 January 2010) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7854F |
To James Crichton-Browne 26 March [1871]
Summary
Has sent photographs of insane woman to be engraved. Assumes JC-B has no objection.
Is making immense use of JC-B’s MS. The book ought to be described as "by Darwin & Browne".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 341 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8253 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Browne had offered to send some in his letters of 16 February 1871 and 19 February 1871. …
- … between this letter and the letters to James Crichton-Browne , 20 February [1871] and …
- … in Expression , p. 296. See also letter to James Crichton-Browne, 7 April [1871] . …
- … See letters to James Crichton-Browne , 8 February 1871 and 20 February [1871] . …
- … photographs in his letters to James Crichton-Browne , 8 February 1871 , and 20 February [ …
- … to the enclosure to the letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 . CD refers to …
- … Browne is extensively cited. See letter to James Crichton-Browne, 20 February [1871] . …
- … 1871] (see nn. 2 and 7, below). For the photographs, see Correspondence vol. 17, second enclosure to the letter …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [after 9 March 1871]
Summary
Answers CD’s letter [7560], on points of agreement between them, the chief one being the sympathy which man has with his fellows. Disagrees however with CD’s "principle" of the painful feelings of dissatisfied instinct.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 60–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7562 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 9 March 1871 , and letters from Hensleigh Wedgwood , [before 3 March 1871] and [3–9 March …
- … on the origin of the moral sense. See letters to Hensleigh Wedgwood , 3 March [1871] and …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . …
- … See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . …
- … See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . Vera causa : a true cause that brings …
To John Murray 19 February [1871]
Summary
Discusses publication of Descent. Orders copies of vol. 2 sent to Wallace, Mivart, and F. P. Cobbe.
Will attend Athenaeum and vote for RC.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 280 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7489 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Albemarle Street’ and dated 23 February 1871 ( letter to John Murray, 23 February 1871 ). …
- … See letter from John Murray, 18 February [1871] . CD refers to Alfred Russel …
- … See letter from John Murray, 18 February [1871] . …
- … this letter and the letter from John Murray, 18 February [1871] . Robert Francis Cooke had …
- … CD’s letter to Cobbe has not been found. Cobbe’s article ( Cobbe 1871 ) appeared in the …
- … Power Cobbe (see letters to R. F. Cooke, 17 January [1871] and 30 January [1871] ). …
To George Fraser 14 April [1871]
Summary
Cannot provide comment on GF’s paper for publication. Hopes GF will publish in Nature. Will consider his remarks when revising book [Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Rae Thomson (George) Fraser |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 297 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7684 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … observations he recorded in his letter of 12 April 1871 in Nature , 20 April 1871 ( G. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from George Fraser, 12 April 1871 . …
- … See letter from George Fraser, 12 April 1871 . Fraser …
- … Fraser 1871 in Descent 2d ed. ; see letter from George Fraser, 12 April 1871 and n. …
- … 14. See letter from George Fraser, 13 April 1871 and n. 3. …
From G. H. Darwin [3–9 March 1871]
Summary
Comments on points made in Hensleigh Wedgwood’s letter [7470] on moral sense in Descent.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3–9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 37–40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7561 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … uneasiness’. See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] , ‘Neither do I see how …
- … 9 March 1871] , and the letters to Hensleigh Wedgwood , 3 March [1871] and 9 March …
- … the postscript to the letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 3 March [1871] ; the original has not …
- … this letter and the letters from Hensleigh Wedgwood , [before 3 March 1871] and [3– …
- … refers to the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] , section beginning, ‘ …
- … fellows’, and the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] , ‘the beginning of …
- … section of the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] , that begins, ‘You …
- … Descent 1: 72. See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] , section beginning, ‘ …
- … George refers to the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [ before 3 March 1871] , section …
To James Crichton-Browne 20 February [1871]
Summary
JC-B’s MS most useful.
P. Gratiolet’s observations on contraction and dilation of pupils of eye of a person in extreme terror. Has JC-B ever observed this? Expression has been his hobby-horse for 30 years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 20 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 334 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7499 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … to James Crichton-Browne, 8 February 1871 , and letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 …
- … letter and the letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 , and by the reference …
- … see n. 7 below). See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 and n. 3. …
- … See enclosure to letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 . …
- … See enclosure to letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 . In Expression , …
- … See enclosure to letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 and nn. 8 and 9. …
- … weeping. ’ See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 . CD used only one …
- … 23 February 1871. See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 16 February 1871 . No notes from …
To William Preyer 13 May 1871
Summary
Obliged for letter about human ear. Comments on ears and on E. R. Lankester’s idea about the ear-lobe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Thierry (William) Preyer |
| Date: | 13 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 267–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7756 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Edwin Ray Lankester’s letter of 17 April [1871] had been sent from Leipzig, but …
- … Preyer said he was in Jena ( letter from William Preyer, 8 May 1871 and n. …
- … 9). See letter from William Preyer, 8 May 1871 and n. 9. CD had described the ears of …
- … Letter from William Preyer, 8 May 1871 . The French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen …
- … by Hinrich Nitsche (see 3d enclosure to letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). CD …
- … also refers to Peter Paul Rubens ; see letter from William Preyer, 8 May 1871 and n. …
- … 8. See letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] . …
- … May 13. 1871 My dear Sir I am much obliged for your interesting letter about the human …
From Francis Darwin [after 22 May 1871]
Summary
Explains about the attendance at St George’s hospital that is required for the MB examaminations, and how this would affect plans for a trip to north America.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7765G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1871 by Neville Goodman ( Goodman 1871 ; see letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] and …
- … medical studies (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] ). Edward Charles Stirling …
- … eyes of vertebrates, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] and n. 10. CD had …
- … and the first letter from Francis Darwin, [after 22 May 1871] . Francis was studying …
To Michael Foster 29 [June 1871]
Summary
Thanks him for curare.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Michael Foster |
| Date: | 29 [June 1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.401) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7837 |
Matches: 4 hits
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| Hooker, J. D. | (35) |
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| John Murray | (16) |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (77) |
| Murray, John (b) | (40) |
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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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
