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To Edward Nicholson 26 August [1874]

Summary

Thanks EN for his book [Indian snakes, 2d ed. (1874)]. CD is pleased that it calls attention to gradation in the character of snake poison.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Edward Nicholson
Date:	26 Aug [1874]
Classmark:	Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9607

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… To Edward Nicholson 26 August [1874] …
… Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Aug [1874] Edward Nicholson …
… EN for his book [ Indian snakes , 2d ed. (1874)]. CD is pleased that it calls attention to …
… University Press. 1975. Nicholson, Edward. 1874. Indian snakes. An elementary treatise on …
… at Abinger, Surrey, from 25 to 30 July 1874, and with his son William Erasmus Darwin …
… in Southampton from 30 July to 24 August 1874 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). There is a …
… treatise of ophiology ( Nicholson 1874 ) in the Darwin Library–Down ( Marginalia 1: 641– …
… 2). In Nicholson 1874 , p. 10 and n. , Nicholson remarked that there was a ‘clearly …

To William Waring 13 April 1874

Summary

WW’s information accords with other accounts lately received. CD had formed an erroneous opinion on the subject.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Waring
Date:	13 Apr 1874
Classmark:	Kent History and Library Centre (CKS-U1906/Z/1)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9408

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… To William Waring 13 April 1874 …
… and Library Centre (CKS-U1906/Z/1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Apr 1874 William Waring …
… selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap. 13. 1874 My dear Sir I am very much obliged to you for your …
… letter from William Waring, 13 April 1874 and n. 3. CD received extensive information on …
… see letter from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 ). CD added this note to Descent 2d ed. , …

To G. J. Romanes 28 July [1874]

Summary

Comments on Spencer’s terms.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	28 July [1874]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.446)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9569

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… To G. J. Romanes 28 July [1874] …
… Mss.B.D25.446) Charles Robert Darwin Abinger Hall 28 July [1874] George John Romanes …
… this letter and the letter from G. J. Romanes, 24 July 1874 . See letter from G. …
… J. Romanes, 24 July 1874 . See letter from G. …
… J. Romanes, 10 July 1874 and n. 5. Spencer had substituted the terms direct and …

To W. D. Fox 18 June 1874

Summary

Asks for living plant of Utricularia and information on Pinguicula lusitanica. Gives notes on habitats.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Darwin Fox
Date:	18 June 1874
Classmark:	Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 154)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9499

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… To W. D. Fox 18 June 1874 …
… Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 154) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 June 1874 William Darwin Fox …
… secretions; his notes on experiments from June and July 1874 are in DAR 59.1: 34–53. …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 18. 1874 My dear Fox I know that you observe all natural …
… from W. E. Darwin, [before 18 June 1874] , containing a list, copied from Bromfield …
… a version of the letter to ? , 8 June 1874 , which he had been circulating and which …
… an unnamed species of Pinguicula since 31 May 1874, placing a variety of substances on the …

To T. L. Brunton 30 October 1874

Summary

Discusses expression on two halves of the face. Mentions photograph [of picture by Rubens].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet
Date:	30 Oct 1874
Classmark:	DAR 143: 163
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9703

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… To T. L. Brunton 30 October 1874 …
… DAR 143: 163 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Oct 1874 Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet …
… Bibliography Brunton, Thomas Lauder. 1874. On inhibition, peripheral and central. West …
… letter from T. L. Brunton, [29] October [1874] and n. 2. CD retained the photograph ( …
… letter from T. L. Brunton, 2 November [1874] and n. 2, and plate on p. 525); it is in …
… peripheral and central’ ( Brunton 1874 ). For more on the context of the paper, see R. …
… Down Beckenham | Kent Oct 30. 1874 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for the beautiful …

To D. T. Gardner [c. 27 August 1874]

Summary

States his indebtedness to and admiration for Humboldt and his work.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Daniel T. Gardner
Date:	[c. 27 Aug 1874]
Classmark:	New York Times, 15 September 1874
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9601

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… To D. T. Gardner [ c. 27 August 1874] …
… New York Times , 15 September 1874 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [ c. …
… 27 Aug 1874] Daniel T. Gardner …
… and the letter from D. T. Gardner, 13 August 1874 . Postal time between the eastern …
… the United Kingdom was around two weeks in 1874. There is a draft of this letter in DAR …
… letter from D. T. Gardner, 13 August 1874 . CD later wrote that reading Alexander von …

To John Murray 12 April 1874

Summary

Discusses 2d edition of Descent. CD is inclined to a cheap edition and asks JM to consider a one-volume edition in double-column format.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Murray
Date:	12 Apr 1874
Classmark:	National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 348–9)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9404

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… To John Murray 12 April 1874 …
… Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 348–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Apr 1874 John Murray …
… London: John Murray. 1871. Lyell, Charles. 1874. The student’s elements of geology. 2d …
… Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
… see the letter to R. F. Cooke, 10 April [1874] . CD refers to Charles Lyell’s Student’ …
… s elements of geology ; a second edition was published by Murray in April 1874 ( C. …
… Lyell 1874 ; Publishers’ …
… circular 1874, p. 276). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. John Lothrop Motley’s …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap 12 th 1874 My dear Sir I am much obliged to you for …

To Edward Frankland 14 May [1874]

Summary

Requests sewage water (and oleic acid) for experiments to determine sensitivity of leaves [of Drosera].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Edward Frankland
Date:	14 May [1874]
Classmark:	The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9460A

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… To Edward Frankland 14 May [1874] …
… The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May [1874] Edward Frankland …
… letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] (published on …
… 14 May 1874). The results of CD’s experiments with oleic, benzoic, and acetic acid are …
… Nature (see n. 4, below). See letter to Edward Frankland, 12 April 1874 , and letter from …
… Edward Frankland, 15 April 1874 . CD was attempting to determine the sensitivity of the …
… removing the nectaries of cowslips (see letters from Edward Frankland , 26 April 1874 and …
… 30 April 1874 ); CD included these observations in his …

To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 June 1874

Summary

JSBS’s article in Nature ["Venus’s fly-trap", 10 (1874): 105–7, 127–8] could not have been better done.

Has found another plant, Pinguicula, which can catch and digest flies.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:	12 June 1874
Classmark:	University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-18)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9489

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… To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 June 1874 …
… 1-18) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 June 1874 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
… article in Nature ["Venus’s fly-trap", 10 (1874): 105–7, 127–8] could not have been better …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. June 12 1874 My dear D r Sanderson I have just read your article …
… appeared in Nature , 11 and 18 June 1874 ( Burdon Sanderson 1874a ). The article was the …
… Institution of Great Britain on 5 June 1874. In the first part Burdon Sanderson described …
… recent extant letter from Burdon Sanderson is that of 26 May [1874], which CD answered in …
… his letter of 27 May [1874] . CD had recently begun to investigate the digestive ability …
… butterwort); see letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n. 8. Alexander Crum Brown and …

To Arnold Dodel 27 December 1874

Summary

Thanks AD-P for the copy of his work [see 9756].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Arnold Dodel-Port
Date:	27 Dec 1874
Classmark:	Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9786

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… To Arnold Dodel 27 December 1874 …
… Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Dec 1874 Arnold Dodel-Port …
… CUL (see Marginalia 1: 203–4). See letter from Arnold Dodel, 13 December 1874 . See …
… letter to Arnold Dodel, 23 December 1874 . …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 27. 1874 Dear Sir I am glad to say that I have …

CD is grieved to hear that AD is overworked and troubled about the Zoological Station. Glad he is now writing to seek assistance from English naturalists. Sends a subscription of £100 and £10 each from George and Francis Darwin.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
Date:	7 Mar 1874
Classmark:	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 712)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9338

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… recently changed his mind (see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 and enclosures). …
… To Anton Dohrn 7 March 1874 …
… München (Ana 525. Ba 712) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Mar 1874 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. March 7 th . 1874 My dear D r Dohrn I have just heard from Huxley …
… See letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 March 1874 . CD’s letter has not been found. Thomas …

To J. D. Hooker 9 October 1874

Summary

Asks JDH for leaves of Byblis and Roridula to examine, and D. Oliver for an anomalous species of Utricularia.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	9 Oct 1874
Classmark:	DAR 95: 341a
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9670

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… To J. D. Hooker 9 October 1874 …
… DAR 95: 341a Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Oct 1874 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… Down Oct 9 th 1874 My dear Hooker In your Edit of Decaisne, Byblis from Australia & …
… waterwheel plant); see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 September 1874 , and letter to J. …
… D. Hooker, 1 October [1874] . On the verso of this letter, Hooker wrote: ‘Dear Oliver | I …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] , and asked for plants in his letter to …
… D. F. Nevill, 7 September 1874 , and his letter to J. …
… D. Hooker, 8 September [1874] . CD referred to epiphytic and marsh species of Utricularia …
… a plant of Utricularia montana (see letters from D. F. Nevill, 8 [September 1874] and [ …
… 11 September 1874] ). Utricularia montana is a synonym of U. alpina . It is a species …

To the Royal Society of London 2 March [1874]

Summary

A certificate for admission [of Robert Swinhoe] to Royal Society with many signatures has been lost by the Post Office. Asks for another so he can get the signatures anew.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Royal Society of London
Date:	2 Mar [1874]
Classmark:	Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9329

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… To the Royal Society of London 2 March [1874] …
… M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar [1874] Royal Society of London …
… The secretaries of the Royal Society of London in 1874 were Thomas Henry Huxley and George …
… and the letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 , and by the form of the printed …
… address, which CD used only until November 1874. Swinhoe was put forward for election …
… Royal Society twice; he was unsuccessful in 1874, but was elected in 1876 ( Record of the …
… letter from Robert Swinhoe, 9 February 1874 ); this involved CD’s obtaining six signatures …
… also letter to H. B. Tristram, 3 March [1874] ). The certificates had to be suspended in …
… s, were read out at a meeting on 5 March 1874 ( Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …

To Carl du Prel 19 May 1874

Summary

Thanks him for copy of book [Der Kampf um’s Dasein am Himmel (1874)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Carl Ludwig August Friedrich Maximilian Alfred (Carl) Du Prel, baron
Date:	19 May 1874
Classmark:	DAR 144: 5
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9462

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… To Carl du Prel 19 May 1874 …
… DAR 144: 5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 May 1874 Carl Ludwig August Friedrich Maximilian …
… Thanks him for copy of book [ Der Kampf um’s Dasein am Himmel (1874)]. …
… Down. | Beckenham Kent. May 19. 1874. My dear Sir I thank you for your extremely kind & …
… the mechanics of the world of stars; du Prel 1874), applied the principles of biological …

To John Ralfs [after 25 June 1874]

Summary

Wants particularly to know whether seeds or leaves of other plants are ever found adhering to the leaves of Pinguicula. Observations would perhaps best be made in a month or two.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Ralfs
Date:	[after 25 June 1874]
Classmark:	DAR 59.1: 88
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9514F

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… To John Ralfs [after 25 June 1874] …
… DAR 59.1: 88 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 25 June 1874] John Ralfs …
… versions refer only to seeds. Ralfs responded to this point in his letter of 9 July 1874 . …
… from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 , in which he suggested Ralfs as a possible …
… earlier in June ( letter to ? , 8 June 1874 ), which was itself based on the draft letter …
… to W. C. Marshall, 8 June [1874] . CD expanded the text of the letter to include the …

To John Murray 18 October 1874

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Thanks for Quarterly Review [Oct 1874, containing G. H. Darwin’s letter and a rejoinder]. Is convinced the author is Mivart. Is therefore not surprised at malice in the article attacking his son [George Darwin] and grossly misrepresenting CD.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Murray
Date:	18 Oct 1874
Classmark:	National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 345–6)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9685

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… To John Murray 18 October 1874 …
… Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 345–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Oct 1874 John Murray …
… Thanks for Quarterly Review [Oct 1874, containing G. H. Darwin’s letter and a rejoinder]. …
… CD refers to the October 1874 issue of the Quarterly Review (137: 587–9), in which George …
… of works by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor ( [Mivart] 1874 ; see letter from G. …
… H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 and n. …
… 3, and letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). A rejoinder from the reviewer appeared …
… the works of John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. ] Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 40–77. …

To ? [1874–5?]

Summary

Although he formed a high opinion of one of the correspondent’s papers, regrets that he could not presume to give an opinion of the merits of a candidate in chemistry.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Unidentified
Date:	[1874–5?]
Classmark:	DAR 97: C40
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9217

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… To ? [1874–5? ] …
… DAR 97: C40 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [1874–5? ] Unidentified …
… a run of drafts from 1875 and a run from 1874. The correspondent has not been identified. …

To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875?]

Summary

Regrets the trouble GHD has had.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Howard Darwin
Date:	12 [Dec 1874 - Jan 1875]
Classmark:	DAR 210.1: 43
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9221

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… To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875? ] …
… DAR 210.1: 43 Charles Robert Darwin unstated 12 [Dec 1874? ] …
… 12 [Jan 1874? ] George Howard Darwin …
… ordered set, between letters to George dated [6 December 1874] and 10 [February 1875]. …

To Thomas Woolner 9 March 1874

Summary

Seeks support for election of his nephew, Henry Parker, to the Athenaeum.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Woolner
Date:	9 Mar 1874
Classmark:	Mitchell Library, Sydney (A26/112)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9342

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… To Thomas Woolner 9 March 1874 …
… Mitchell Library, Sydney (A26/112) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Mar 1874 Thomas Woolner …
… See letter to George Bentham, 9 March [1874] , nn. 2–4. …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. March 9 1874 My dear M r Woolner If you can attend the Ballotting …

To John Lubbock 3 April 1874

Summary

Thanks for JL’s willingness to sell land.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:	3 Apr 1874
Classmark:	DAR 261.7: 9 (EH 88205934)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9386

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… To John Lubbock 3 April 1874 …
… EH 88205934) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Apr 1874 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron …
… See letter from John Lubbock, 2 April 1874 . CD’s letter to William Mackmurdo Hacon has …
… William Denby was Lubbock’s solicitor (see letter from John Lubbock, 27 February 1874 ). …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. April 3 rd 1874. My dear Lubbock, I am much obliged to you for …

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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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… The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
… intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
… and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
… much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
… old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
… on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
… Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
… and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
… perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
… at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
… Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
… of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
… Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
… dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
… Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
… islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
… enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
… mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
… would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
… of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
… mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
… libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, however, consulted with his …
… [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He drafted a brief statement of …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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… of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. …
… ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ) The Mivart affair highlights …
… are some other highlights from Darwin's correspondence in 1874: I feel as old as …
… signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) At the age of 65, Darwin …
… more quietly was severely tested by some of the events of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of …
… must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) During the year he …
… the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) – he mourned after several …
… day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ) Darwin’s family continued …
… have to do— ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 November [1874] ) Darwin’s continuing …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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… In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son …
… appeared to have created very little stir, until, in July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review …
… of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). Darwin hastily advised against …
… to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). Darwin provided a draft of the …
… to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, which Darwin …
… a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were also …
… George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 , and was no doubt relieved to …
… to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). In October, George’s letter …
… a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other words, Mivart had used …
… reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them …
… the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley met Mivart at an evening …
… ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply soon came from Mivart . …
… of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 ). However, Huxley still wrote to …
… this. 124 Gower St W.C. Dec. 24th 1874. Private & Confidential …
… to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 …
… 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly Reviewer of 1874’. In it he reiterated his claim that …

Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874

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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…

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… understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the book, …

Joseph Simms

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The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…

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… physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874 , while he was staying in London. …
… stockings. (Letter from Joseph Simms, 14 September 1874 ) The foot could tell …

Essay: What is Darwinism?

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—by Asa Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge asks he promptly and decisively answers: ‘What is Darwinism? it is atheism.’ Leaving aside all subsidiary and incidental matters, let us consider–1. What the…

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… Gray WHAT IS DARWINISM? The Nation, May 28, 1874 The question which Dr. Hodge …

Essay: Evolution & theology

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—by Asa Gray EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward doctrines of evolution, from the nebular hypothesis down to ‘Darwinism,’ is no less worthy of consideration, and hardly less diverse, than that of…

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… EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY The Nation, January 15, 1874 The attitude of theologians toward …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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… attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, …
… had also considered taking up the issue with Murray in 1874, even threatening to break off future …
… laid to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a …
… botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letters …
… A scientific friendship had developed between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s …
… white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). Testing Pangenesis …
… had learned of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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… 9426 - Story-Maskelyne , T. M. to Darwin, [23 April 1874] Thereza Story-Maskelyne …
… Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall sends …
… 9606 - Harrison, L. C. to Darwin, [22 August 1874] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, sends a …
… Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to Darwin, [September 1874] Theodosia Marshall details …
… Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her experiments …

4.18 'Figaro' chromolithograph 1

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< Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’s French-born artist Faustin Betbeder (known as Faustin), Darwin holds up a mirror reflecting himself and the startled ape sitting beside him. Their hairy bodies, seen against a background of palm…

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… < Back to Introduction In a cartoon of 1874 by Figaro’ s French-born artist Faustin …
… this anti-Darwinian argument – a surprising one for 1874 – was genuine or tongue-in-cheek, it is …
… appeared on the front page of the issue for 18 February 1874, surrounded by an elaborate wood …
… The caricature of Darwin was not included until the May 1874 issue of the Sketch-Book (vol. 1, …
… at bottom left.   date of creation February 1874   computer-readable date c. …
… of the Huntington Library. Figaro no. 475 (18 February 1874), cover illustration. James G. …

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…

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… started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …

4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire

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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…

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… < Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum …
… in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but …
… mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me …
… bottom right)   date of creation September 1874   computer-readable date 1874-09 …
… and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines …
… and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
… letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874 …

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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… to Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 18 February 1874 ) Zouteveen’s editions of …

Animals, ethics, and the progress of science

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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…

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… can be chloroformed (letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 December 1874 ). In the previous sections …

4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy

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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…

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… < Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a …
… [1861] (DCP-LETT-3256]. Simms’s letter to Darwin, 14 Sept. 1874 (DCP-LETT-9637; from DAR 177:164). …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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… A GRAY 3 AUGUST 1871 201 TO A GRAY 3 JUNE [1874] 202 FROM A GRAY 16 …

Darwin as mentor

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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…

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… Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., [1 August 1874] Darwin gives feedback on work …
… Letter 9613 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [30 August 1874] Darwin comments on a “clever” …

3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871

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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…

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… 1871, but dates others (still with the spotted waistcoat) to 1874. Elliott and Fry were …
… Table in November 1876. The Pictorial World of 6 June 1874 published a wood engraving which …
… taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874.   computer-readable date c …
… 140.1.9). Wood engraving in The Pictorial World (6 June 1874), p. 228 (DAR 140.1.3). Another …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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… ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to have arisen when …
… with new & related matter. ( To J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). A year later, Darwin still …

3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos

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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…

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… as a steel engraving, which was published in Nature in 1874, and was included in Francis Darwin …
… to the Subscribers to Nature no. 240 June 4 th 1874’. Wood engraving in The Graphic , XI:278 …

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