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4.7 'Vanity Fair', caricature
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< Back to Introduction A letter to Darwin from his publisher John Murray of 10 May 1871 informed him, ‘Your portrait is earnestly desired – by the Editor of Vanity Fair. I hope Mr Darwin may consent to follow the example of Murchison – Bismark [sic] …
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- … < Back to Introduction A letter to Darwin from his publisher John Murray of 10 May …
- … is earnestly desired – by the Editor of Vanity Fair. I hope M r Darwin may consent to follow …
- … Darwin’s first reaction was anything but favourable: ‘I could not endure to give sittings to his …
- … Vanity Fair , no. 152 (30 Sept. 1871), p. 107. Letter from John Murray to Darwin, 10 May 1871 (DCP …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … & several reviews [Carlyle 1838–9] Nov 8 th Murchison Silurian System [Murchison 1839] …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … Huxley says I ought to read Murchinson’s Siluria [Murchison 1854]— I must read it. & …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … to William Jackson Hooker. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … 128: 14 Kitto, John. 1845. Deafness . Series I of The lost senses . 2 pts. London. …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … Sweetland Dallas, on 27 January , ‘Good God how glad I shall be when I can drive the whole of the …
- … condemnation. Darwin had expected controversy. ‘I shall be well abused’, he wrote to his …
- … one of the reasons behind the book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it delightful reading, …
- … to her liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). …
- … and had forsaken his lunch and dinner in order to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 …
- … they believe to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). …
- … and Oldham … They club together to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). …
- … one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). …
- … habits, furnished with a tail and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) …
- … ‘will-power’ and the heavy use of their arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 …
- … in order to make it darker than the hair on his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 …
- … together with an image of an orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). …
- … of himself, adding that it made a ‘very poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] …
- … each night, returning to its allotted space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 …
- … & yet feel no shade of animosity,—& that is a thing which I sh d feel very proud of, if …
- … about the darker races arising through degeneration: ‘I hold to the old belief that a man was made a …
- … me to such conclusions about negros & slavery as yours do: I consider myself a good way ahead of …
- … able to reflect on his past conduct would say to himself, I ought (as indeed we say for him) to have …
- … on 25 February : ‘Speaking in my private capacity … I think the course of all modern thought is ` …
- … which appeared just prior to Descent in early 1871. ‘I daresay it will tell heavily against …
- … had been corrupted by his devotion to Roman Catholicism: ‘I suppose that accursed religious bigotry …
- … of the year was the completion of Expression . ‘I care for nothing in the world except. laughing. …
- … of her remarks on the subject of blushing to Darwin): ‘I have long thought that Shakspear was in …
- … so giddy I can hardly sit up, so no more’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 4 August [1871] ). On 23 …
- … ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 July [1871] , letter to S. R. S. Norton, 23 November [1871] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … his investigations into their movements. Hurrah! I have been 52 hours without vomiting!! …
- … of the five physicians Darwin had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin …
- … and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
- … any excitement brings on whizzing & fainting feelings, when I cannot speak; & much of this …
- … As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
- … observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
- … origin of climbing plants. In early February, he wrote: ‘I can show beautiful gradation by which …
- … and in his request to Hooker for another specimen: ‘I want it fearfully for it is a leaf climber …
- … matters which routinists regard in the light of axioms’ ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864 …
- … long series of changes . . .’ When he told Asa Gray in a letter of 29 October [1864] that he was …
- … the completion of his first draft of the paper, he noted: ‘I have been pleased to find what a …
- … paper was published, Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that nothing …
- … of the two species with the common oxlip. In a letter of 22 October [1864] , Darwin triumphantly …
- … painstaking observations, writing on 14 April [1864] , ‘I can do as much pollen work as ever you …
- … the ‘splendid case of Dimorphism’ in Menyanthes ( letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. …
- … this interest. At the start of the year, he received a letter, insect specimens, and an article on …
- … that it was ‘the best medicine for my stomach’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] ). …
- … at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1862 with a letter regarding the fertilisation of the …
- … the very d—l, & where two or three are gathered together I would rather not be in the midst …
- … Hooker thought he was unfitted for the struggle for life: ‘I could cry like a child when appeals for …
- … 5 September 1864 ). Fritz Müeller sent his book, Für Darwin , and Darwin had it translated by a …
- … Crombie Ramsay, Joseph Beete Jukes, and Roderick Impey Murchison that were first presented at the …
- … on intellectual & moral qualities’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). …
