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Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … 27 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …
- … to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an …
- … he warned that it was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). He was also …
- … all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 ). The year …
- … Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). Seventy years …
- … nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … Darwin as ‘the deep thinker’, while friends such as Ernst Haeckel, who had rebutted the physician …
- … life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). The …
- … February 1879 ). Carus Sterne was the pseudonym of Ernst Krause, editor of the journal …
- … theory of development in connection with Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Kosmos was, as …
- … 2 June 1879 ]). As one of Darwin’s most ardent admirers, Krause not only sent birthday greetings …
- … Darwin, Darwin decided to publish an English translation of Krause’s essay as a short book. …
- … 1804 Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin to send to Krause, warning him that Robert Waring Darwin, …
- … shamefully ignorant of my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). …
- … of the Admiralty described the unknown young man as ‘A M r Darwin grandson of the well known …
- … might end up ‘interfering with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin’s aim …
- … an introduction ‘almost indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin welcomed …
- … were sensitive ( letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 June 1879 ). It was this experiment …
- … but not yet approved ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 31 July 1879] ). Francis evidently …
- … the highest point, for his “why”—“what for” &c are incessant’, Darwin joked on 2 July (first …
- … is his profession tho’ not a profitable one; also D r C[lark]’s opinion that he was so likely to …
- … and prevent ‘Cattle diseases, Potato diseases &c’, probably did not know that Darwin had already …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old …
- … to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
- … studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, …
- … of evolution and creation. Many letters flowed between Darwin and his children, as he took delight …
- … character is of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed …
- … Kingdom, & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George …
- … Darwin’s Life . ‘In an endeavour to explain away y r . treatment of [William Alvey Darwin],’ …
- … coloured by controversy. The work had been co-authored with Ernst Krause, whose essay on Erasmus’s …
- … 1879, an issue produced in honour of Darwin’s birthday. Krause enlarged and revised the essay for …
- … Evolution old and new , which had appeared in May 1879. Krause wanted to correct Butler’s …
- … powder & shot’ ( Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and …
- … an inconsistency in the preface, where Darwin stated that Krause’s piece had been written in 1879 …
- … by anticipation the position I have taken as regards D r Erasmus Darwin in my book Evolution old …
- … regret that I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s …
- … to the end’, added her husband Richard ( letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). Even the …
- … It is a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). All went quiet until …
- … was repeated, and fresh accusations were brought against Krause for quoting passages of Buffon and …
- … the ‘mosquito inflated to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). Again, …
- … letter … made me open my eyes’, Gray replied on 3 February , but he affirmed his original …
- … shake their heads in the same dismal manner as you & M r . Murray did, when I told them my …
- … in a book about beetles the impressive words “captured by C. Darwin”. … This seemed to me glory …
- … ‘but the subject has amused me’ ( letter to W. C. McIntosh, 18 June 1880 ). Members of the family …
- … great doctrines …“Come of Age”‘ ( letter from W. C. Williamson to Emma Darwin, 2 September 1880 ). …
- … his voice as clearly as if he were present’ (letters to C. W. Fox, 29 March 1880 and 10 [April …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
- … of Evolution’, he told the businessman Henry Wallis on 31 March , stating that he would restrict …
- … a very old man, who probably will not last much longer.’ Darwin’s biggest fear was not death, but …
- … sweetest place on this earth’. From the start of the year, Darwin had his demise on his mind. He …
- … provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s gloominess was compounded by the …
- … was interrupted by Samuel Butler’s renewed claim that Ernst Krause had used Butler’s book …
- … and that Darwin had concealed this in his preface to his and Krause’s 1879 book Erasmus Darwin . …
- … about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a …
- … of the Darwin family consulted anxiously about whether Krause’s Kosmos article should be …
- … on 4 January , ‘would like its publication & call me & Krause liars’. Thomas …
- … Other friends rallied round. Francis Balfour translated Krause’s account and published it in …
- … he would publish, although he was sending his printers ‘in 3 or 4 weeks the M.S. of a quite small …
- … the whole case is to me’ (letters to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] and 19 February [1881] ) …
- … the sale of books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May …
- … subject requiring much work’, he told Francis Darwin on 30 May . ‘I have been thinking’, he …
- … he would feel ‘less sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The degree of …
- … falls at this late period of the season’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 July 1881 ). Darwin gave in …
- … with you’, a Swedish teacher told him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), while H. M. …
- … to possibilities for women, judging from her organization &c’. When Darwin replied the following …
- … ‘bread-winners’ ( Correspondence vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … publication & to acknowledge any criticism’ ( letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1881 ). He …
- … scientific belief. However, he objected when biologists like Ernst Haeckel converted the Darwinian …
- … to bear the ‘wear & tear of controversy’ ( letter to G. R. Jesse, 23 April 1881 ). Later in …
- … everyone else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some …
- … proved ‘the greatness of their power’ ( letter from M. C. Stanley, 16 October 1881 ). Hooker …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (1) Abney, W. de W. (3) Accademia dei Lincei …
- … (1) Ainslie, O. A. (3) Airy, Hubert …
- … (4) Alberts, Maurice (3) Albrecht, R. F. …
- … (1) Ambrose, J. L. (3) American Academy of …
- … James (1) Anderson, James (c) (3) …
- … (1) Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte …
- … Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family (1) …
- … James (1) Dieffenbach, Ernst (13) …
- … Ercolani, G. B. (2) Ernst, Adolf (9) …
- … Haeckel, Agnes (1) Haeckel, Ernst (98) …
- … S. M. (2) Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst von (3) …
- … Kraus, Carl (b) (3) Krause, Ernst (94) …
- … Pfeiffer, E. J. (2) Pfitzer, Ernst (1) …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … Ever since the publication of Expression , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The …
- … of these projects would culminate in a major publication. Darwin’s botany was increasingly a …
- … assisted his father’s research on movement and bloom, and Darwin in turn encouraged his son’s own …
- … The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate photograph albums …
- … from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, Darwin received an honorary Doctorate of …
- … sites for possible earthworm activity. Now in his 69th year, Darwin remained remarkably productive, …
- … with his research: ‘I now know on fairly good evidence of 39 genera, in 14 Families, which include …
- … producing both pollen and seeds’ ( Forms of flowers , p. 344). Darwin was typically pessimistic …
- … one of the young leaves with a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). …
- … but I think the great honour of its being printed in the R. Soc. Transactions, (sh d . the …
- … of colour sense. Darwin had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have …
- … remember declaring that they were colour blind’. Krause included these remarks, which did not appear …
- … at the end of the translation of Darwin’s article. Krause had argued, in keeping with Darwin’s own …
- … larger aim was announced in the subtitle: Zeitschrift für einheitliche Weltanschauung auf Grund …
- … by institution. The most prominent ‘torchbearer’ was Ernst Haeckel, whose portrait appeared first …
- … ‘but found him as soft & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker …
- … I hope it may remain for centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham …
- … to be horsewhipped by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned …
- … ancestry. The German zoologist and physician Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold sent photographs of a …
- … of Siebold’s study of medical monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An …
- … enclose my marriage present’, Darwin wrote to William on 3 October , ‘I fear that Sara will think …
- … any recognition by any public bodies of England & that y r . own University w d . like to be …
- … at the Senate House yesterday, with a suspended monkey &c; but I believe the cheering was more …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, …
- … London for further medical training (see letter from E. A. Darwin, [29 September 1826] ). However …
- … of England. This list is difficult to date precisely. Darwin mentions reading Granby in a …
- … The position of Granby on the list would suggest that Darwin was very busy reading in January …
- … of chemistry in 1801. Other books illustrate Darwin’s wider scientific interests, and also …
- … , which was edited by David Brewster; and Robert Grant took Darwin to meetings of the Wernerian …
- … university. There are several books of travel, and Darwin seems to have been particularly …
- … arctic zoology. Two titles are closely connected with Darwin’s family. Zoonomia was …
- … talking about inhaling <Ni>tric Oxide? (DAR 19: 3–4) Darwin’s student …
- … 2 2 Vol. 8 Vo Abernethy Physi. Lectures 3 1 Vol. Scoresby account of Polar …
- … in number Blairs lectures on Belles Lettres. 8 3 Vol. 8Vo Abernethy Hunterian orat …
- … essays in Rambler 19 Brambletye House 20 3 Vos 12 mo Clarkes travels 21 5 …
- … 1823. 8 Vo: octavo. 2 Cochrane 1825. 3 Abernethy 1822. There is a lightly …
- … to the Edinburgh journal of science (1824–32), which was edited by David Brewster ( ODNB ) …
- … perhaps refers to Abernethy 1819b and Abernethy 1823 (see n. 3). 10 White 1826. 12 mo: …
- … the Wernerian Natural History Society . Vols 1–8i (1808–39). 13 Edinburgh new …
- … 29 January [1826] ). The letter from Sarah Harriet Owen ( 31 [December 1827] ) refers to …
- … Lectures on rhetoric and belles letters . 4th edition. 3 vols. London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell; …
- … Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . 3 pts in 6 vols. London. Cochrane, …
- … Grant (1793–1874). Archives of Natural History 33: 202–13. Franklin, John. 1823. …
- … times to the year 2000 . (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. …
