To W. E. Darwin [after 20 November 1876]
Summary
Has written of his idea [on the formation of the gravels near Southampton] to James Geikie, who thought it very feasible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 Nov 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10486 |
To James Torbitt 10 April [1876]
Summary
JT may publish enclosed [letter by CD?], but it is not worth publication.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 10 Apr [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11468 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 7 April 1876 , and letter to James Torbitt, 4 April 1876 . …
- … What makes an individual? ’. See ibid. , letters from James Torbitt, 1 April 1876 and …
- … this letter and the letter from James Torbitt, 7 April 1876 ( Correspondence vol. 24). …
- … permission to publish CD’s letter to him of 26 January 1876 ( Correspondence vol. 24); CD …
From Lawson Tait 27 March [1876]
Summary
Regrowth of amputated digits is a capacity possessed by the new-born but rapidly lost.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10431 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Tait communicated the case to CD in his letter of 1 March 1876 . CD discussed a …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] . …
- … Letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] . …
- … James Paget ; see letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] and n. 3. Ex post facto (Latin): …
- … case of James Young Simpson’s in his letter to Tait of 25 March [1876] . …
- … See letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] and n. 2. CD’s annotations are notes for his …
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for [2d English edition of] Volcanic islands and South America [1876].
Is at work on Cross and self-fertilisation. Asks about some doubtful points.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10681 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … in 1844 and 1846 respectively by Smith, Elder & Co . ) in April 1876 ( letter from J. V. …
- … Carus, 16 April 1876 , letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876 ). The combined …
- … 2d ed. , was published by Smith, Elder & Co . in November 1876 ( letter from J. D. …
- … of Expression (Carus trans. 1877b) is 1877. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 November 1876 . …
- … 14 November 1876 ). Minor alterations were made to the main text (see letter to J. V. …
From James Torbitt 22 April 1876
Summary
Thanks for CD’s assistance and his advice on crossing.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 135 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10466 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 . …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 and n. 3. …
- … the cultivation of the potato ( Torbitt 1876 ), and the letter to James Torbitt, 4 April …
- … In his letter to Torbitt of 21 April 1876 , CD said he was too unwell to perform potato- …
- … the cause in the future. See letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 and n. 2. Robertson, …
- … duke of Bedford; the note has not been found. See letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 . …
To James Torbitt 6 April 1876
Summary
JT may publish CD’s letter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 6 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Library, Glasnevin |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10442 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … CD’s words in his letter of 4 April 1876 were paraphrased in the Daily Telegraph , 18 …
- … from James Torbitt , 6 April 1876, and the letter from James Torbitt, 7 April 1876 , are …
- … See letter from James Torbitt, 6 April 1876 and n. 1. …
- … April 1876, p. 5; see letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 and n. 7. …
- … Glasnevin. The text of the letter to Torbitt of 4 April 1876 is also on the sheet, …
From James Torbitt 6 April 1876
Summary
Requests permission to publish CD’s previous letter [10440].
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Library, Glasnevin |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10441 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … B elfast , 6th April, 1876. Letter received with profound thanks. I can make it suppress …
- … the telegram to James Torbitt , 6 April 1876, and the letter from James Torbitt, 7 April …
- … 18 April 1876, p. 5, paraphrased CD’s comments in his letter to Torbitt of 4 April 1876 . …
- … See letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 and n. 7. …
- … Glasnevin. The text of the letter to Torbitt of 4 April 1876 is also on the sheet, …
From James Torbitt 7 April 1876
Summary
Believes publishing CD’s letter will enable JT to suppress the potato disease several years sooner.
Returns CD’s answer to JT’s question "What is an individual?", and repeats his request for permission to publish it.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Library, Glasnevin |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10443 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Glasnevin. The text of the letter to Torbitt of 4 April 1876 is also on the sheet, …
- … 2. In his letter of 4 April 1876 , CD had refused Torbitt …
- … Letter to James Torbitt, 4 April 1876 . Telegram to James Torbitt , …
- … 6 April 1876. See letter to James Torbitt, 4 April 1876 and n. …
- … permission to publish his letter to Torbitt of 26 January 1876 , because he could not …
- … The text of this letter, the telegram from James Torbitt , 6 April 1876, and the telegram …
- … 1876. Charles Darwin, Esq. , | Down, Beckenham, Kent. D ear S ir ,— With profound respect, I duly received your letter …
From G. H. Darwin 1 June 1876
Summary
Greatly excited by the astronomical implications of his work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10522 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … G. H. Darwin, [4 June 1876] , and letter from Horace Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 6 March …
- … was a Thursday. See also George’s letter of 31 May 1876 , dated Thursday (31 May was a …
- … sylvestris , now D. fullonum ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] , and F. …
- … Darwin 1877b ). See letter from James Paget, 30 May 1876 . William Erasmus …
- … on 10 May 1876, when his horse fell ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242); letter to W. D. Fox, …
- … May 1876] (DAR 219.9: 135)). It was a device to demonstrate planetary motion ( letter to …
- … date George got right. See letter from G. H. Darwin, 31 May 1876 . He published his theory …
- … London ( letter from Horace Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 25 May 1876 (DAR 258: 861)). An …
To James Torbitt 21 April 1876
Summary
Does not think that publishing his letters as advertisement [for potato experiments] would help JT’s cause, so CD cannot give permission.
Regrets that he has neither the time nor health to undertake crossing experiments with JT’s specimens. Discusses crossing varieties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10463 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … See letters from James Torbitt , 18 April 1876 and 19 April 1876 . The draft of …
- … that was enclosed with the letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 , has not been found. …
- … It probably quoted the letter to James Torbitt, 14 April 1876 . Torbitt had sent CD …
- … crossing experiments; see letters from James Torbitt , 18 April 1876 and 19 April 1876 . …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 14 April 1876 and n. 3. …
- … 1876. Private My dear Sir I have received your various communications. I very much dislike my letters …
To W. E. Darwin 29 September [1876]
Summary
Discusses the purchase of some land;
plans to visit Southampton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10625 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1876 and left again on 3 November 1876 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [24– …
- … with William from 7 to 20 October 1876 ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [29 …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 28 September [1876] . See letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 September [1876] …
- … near Machynlleth (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] and n. 5). Francis and …
- … had returned to work (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 September [1876] and n. 7) Bernard …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 April [1876]
Summary
Asks for titles of papers on structure of Nepenthes for use by R. L. Tait. Mentions paper by RLT.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 62–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10477 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Lawson Tait, 25 April [1876] . …
- … See letter from Lawson Tait, 25 April [1876] . Pieter Willem Korthals , Korthals 1839– …
- … and Griffith and McClelland 1847–54; see letter to Lawson Tait, 24 April 1876 and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Lawson Tait, 25 April [1876] and n. 4. CD stayed with his brother, …
- … W.T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 62–3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Apr [1876] …
From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876
Summary
Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10492F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … law. Fritz ran away around 23 April 1876 ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 24 …
- … publications (see letter to Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] ). Jemmy was Horace Darwin’s …
- … of the arrival of CD’s typewriter (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 4). …
- … to Edward Frankland (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 2). Fritz was a …
- … October (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [24–5 October 1876] (DAR 219.9: …
- … On 1 May 1876, Horace had sent George Howard Darwin a typewritten letter from London (DAR …
To F. J. Cohn 26 July 1877
Summary
Comments on paper by Francis Darwin ["Glandular hairs of the common teasel", Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 17 (1877): 169–74, 245–72].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Date: | 26 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 266 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11073 |
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
Matches: 5 hits
- … from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 , and the letter to Francis Darwin, 30 [May 1876] ; see …
- … had not yet arrived (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. 1). In May 1876, …
- … to look for orchids (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 ). CD referred to the fly …
- … was protoplasm or not (see letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 and nn. 6 and 9). In his …
- … his observations to CD (see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). His research was …
From Charles Voysey 21 November 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for considering his protest, which he has now decided not to carry out.
| Author: | Charles Voysey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10683 |
From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876]
Summary
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … to monkeys’; see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . The paper on crossing …
- … II)). Julius von Wiesner (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 7). …
- … this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . Francis sent corrections …
- … fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] ). CD had suggested that …
- … articles by Johann von Fischer (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 4). …
- … on the teasel, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] and n. 2. CD discussed …
To Lawson Tait 28 March 1876
Summary
James Paget’s scepticism about regrowth of digits. Suggests RLT experiment with amputation of digits, both extra and normal, of kittens and fowls. Fears they will fail to regrow, but, if regrowth is proved, it will be an important discovery.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | Roy Davids Ltd (dealer) (1996) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10434 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … In his letter of 27 March [1876] , Tait had asked about James Paget’s evidence for …
- … toes on one foot and four on the other. ’ See letter from Lawson Tait, 26 March [1876] . …
- … after amputation; see also letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] and n. 3. CD’s letter …
- … pp. 25–35; see letter to Lawson Tait, 25 March [1876] and n. …
- … 3. See letter from Lawson Tait, 27 March [ 1876] . In Variation 2d ed. 2: 70, CD …
- … letter from James Paget, 14 August 1875 . Nicolaus Rüdinger’s essay on polydactylism was published in Rüdinger 1876 , …
To J. V. Carus 24 April 1876
Summary
Answers queries concerning errata in Coral reefs.
All copies of Volcanic islands are sold. Smith, Elder & Co. want to bring out a new edition, but CD is resolved not to look at a single proof.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 152–153) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10468 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … sent his comments on the text in his letter of 16 April 1876 . The answers to Carus’s four …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 26 April 1876 . See letter to Smith, Elder & Co. , 22 April 1876 and n. …
- … Society , see the letter to H. W. Bates, 20 April [1876] . See letter from J. V. …
- … Carus, 16 April 1876 and n. 5. See letter from J. V. …
- … 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He obtained copies of the books from Joseph Dalton Hooker ; see letter …
- … Carus, 16 April 1876 and n. 11. See letter from J. V. …
- … Carus, 16 April 1876 and n. 13. See letter from J. V. Carus, 16 April 1876 and n. 15. …
- … them into German; see letter from J. V. Carus, 16 April 1876 . CD stayed at the house of …
From Francis Darwin to J. H. Gilbert 8 June 1876
Summary
Asks about constituents of burnt soil.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 8 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10535F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … before 6 June 1876] , and letter from Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876] . CD wanted …
- … in a missing part of his letter of [before 6 June 1876] . ‘Loss on ignition’ is a test …
- … See letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 March 1876 . See letter to Edward Frankland, [ …
- … earlier in 1876 has been found, although CD had written to Gilbert twice (letters to J. H. …
- … 1876 and [before 9 March 1876] ). Francis acted as CD’s amanuensis for these letters. …
- … effect on variation (see letter to J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 ). His experiments were …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (421) |
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| Darwin, Francis | (33) |
| Torbitt, James | (20) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (14) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (437) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (27) |
| Darwin, Francis | (26) |
| Carus, J. V. | (22) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (18) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (858) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (63) |
| Darwin, Francis | (59) |
| Carus, J. V. | (34) |
| Torbitt, James | (32) |
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Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
Matches: 1 hits
- … I gave two seeds to a confounded old cock, but his gizzard ground them up; at least I cd. not …
