From J. D. Hooker 30 July [1867]
Summary
Plans to come to Down on Saturday.
Returned Adam Bede two years ago.
Wishes CD would return Tylor’s Early history of mankind
and his own Himalayan journal with his notes, "both of which I have lent, i.e., lost".
Lyell well and full of "Insular" difficulties which he will propound.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 172–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5588 |
To William Bowman 30 July [1867]
Summary
Plans to write a book on expression. Questions WB on orbicular muscle in screaming infant and function of muscle contractions in looking at a distant object.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 30 July [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 8 (EH 8820 6060) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5589 |
From Hermann Julius Meyer 30 July 1867
Summary
Sends fourth volume of A. E. Brehm’s Thierleben. First three sent at V. O. Kovalevsky’s request. Asks CD’s support for an English edition, since this is the first extensive popular work based on CD’s theory.
| Author: | Hermann Julius Meyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5590 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Meyer, H. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Meyer, H. J. | (1) |
Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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Bartholomew James Sulivan
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On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
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- … On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to …
