From E. A. Darwin [before 11 October 1868]
Summary
C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5746 |
From E. A. Darwin [11 October 1868]
Summary
J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".
Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B62–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6219 |
From Adam Sedgwick 11 October 1868
Summary
Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.
Describes his ill health.
Invites CD to visit Cambridge.
[Letter dated November in error.]
| Author: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 129 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6416 |
From Asa Gray 11 October [1868]
Summary
Wants seeds of Passiflora gracilis.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6931 |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Adam | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Adam | (1) |
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. 1011 (21 May 1882) front page. J van Wyhe, …
Hunt for new letters: last chance!
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Think you know of a letter to or from Darwin that we haven’t found? Let us know! Although we already know of more than 15,000 letters that Darwin exchanged with nearly 2000 correspondents around the world, letters continue to come to light in both…
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Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … the president. London. [Other eds.] [Abstract in DAR 91: 10–11.] 119: 3a Riccoboni, …
