To Smith, Elder & Co. 8 January 1874
Summary
Pleased they will publish a new edition of Coral reefs, and he will soon consider any addenda and write a short preface.
Will return the wood-blocks of Journal of Researches the following week.
Could his copy of Coral Reefs please be returned.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 43127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9233F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Smith, Elder & Co. 8 January 1874 …
- … John Murray Archive) (Ms. 43127) Charles Robert Darwin 8 Jan 1874 Down Smith, Elder & Co …
- … edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of …
- … Elder & Co . CD was in London from 10 to 17 January 1874 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … preface to the new edition is dated February 1874 (see Coral reefs 2d ed. , pp. v–ix). CD …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 January 1874 ). The London address was that of CD’s …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 8. 1874 Dear Sir I am very glad to hear that you will publish …
To H. A. Huxley [5 December 1874]
Summary
Wants to see Huxley tomorrow, but knows he is going down to High Elms to see Colenso.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley |
| Date: | [5 Dec 1874] |
| Classmark: | Janet Huxley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9743F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To H. A. Huxley [5 December 1874] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London [5 Dec 1874] Henrietta Anne Heathorn/Henrietta Anne Huxley …
- … Colenso , bishop of Natal, visited England in 1874 to protest against harsh treatment of …
- … Cox 1888 , 2: 388–401). CD met T. H. Huxley on 6 December 1874; see letter to G. …
- … H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] . No card from Henrietta Anne Huxley has been found. …
To G. J. Romanes [9 December 1874]
Summary
Invites GJR to visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | [9 Dec 1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.454) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9751 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes [9 December 1874] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [9 Dec 1874] George John Romanes …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to G. J. Romanes, [7 December 1874] . CD …
- … had invited Romanes for Wednesday 9 December 1874 (see letter to G. …
- … J. Romanes, [7 December 1874] ), but Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that he was in …
To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874]
Summary
CD guessed Carruthers was stirred up by Owen. Disgraceful treatment of Bentham.
Work on Descent and Coral reefs stops his doing anything of real interest.
Asa Gray’s letter. CD has acknowledged the honour [honorary membership in the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.].
"What a demon on earth Owen is. I do hate him."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 313–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9333 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 313–16 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Mar [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of the Linnean Society , see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 2. …
- … general meeting to be held on 5 March 1874 to see whether the disagreements regarding the …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 4). George Russell had been caught …
- … club (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 and n. 6). CD had begun preparing the …
- … work on it for the first three months of 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 21, Appendix II; this …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 March 1874 ), evidently giving news of CD’s election to …
- … Academy of Arts and Sciences, 28 January 1874 . CD’s relationship with Richard Owen had …
To Alfred Newton 14 March 1874
Summary
Can give no definite information. Believes severe winters are by far the most important check on numbers of birds; the destruction of eggs is of subordinate importance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/62) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9359 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Alfred Newton 14 March 1874 …
- … Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/62) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Mar 1874 Alfred Newton …
- … See letter from Alfred Newton, 10 March 1874 and n. 4. Newton had queried CD’s claim …
- … See letter from Alfred Newton, 13 March 1874 and n. 8. Up to 80,000 guillemot eggs a …
- … See letter from Alfred Newton, 13 March 1874 and n. 3. Thomas Rivers (1798–1877), his …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Mar 14 1874 My dear Professor Newton I have no definite …
To Edward Frankland 31 August 1874
Summary
Utricularia catch freshwater Crustaceans, which cannot be digested and rot in the bladders. CD is interested to identify any substance produced in the putrefaction before it is resolved into gases and salts of ammonia. He has reason to believe that the plant absorbs such products.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Frankland |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9614A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Edward Frankland 31 August 1874 …
- … The University of Manchester Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Aug 1874 Edward Frankland …
- … given both by Frankland in his letter of 9 October 1874 , and in Watts 1863–8 , 4: 553. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Aug 31 1874 My dear Professor Frankland I hope that you will …
- … the letter to Edward Frankland, 22 July 1874 . CD discussed Utricularia (bladderwort) in …
- … 453. See letter to Edward Frankland, 22 July 1874 . Frankland had not answered CD’s letter …
- … see letter from Edward Frankland, 9 October 1874 ). CD’s annotated copy of Henry Watts’s …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 October 1874
Summary
Discusses the powers of digestion of Drosera and why certain substances produce less excitement in the plant than others.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9678 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 13 October 1874 …
- … 1731-1-20) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Oct 1874 John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet …
- … basis of bones and teeth. See letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 October 1874 . …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 13. 1874 My dear D r . Sanderson Many thanks for your …
- … from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 October 1874 . CD refers to fibrin, areolar tissue, the …
- … see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 9 October 1874 , and letter from J. …
- … S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 October 1874 ). CD carried out a number of experiments on the …
To V. O. Kovalevsky 24 January [1874]
Summary
Has ordered James Clerk Maxwell’s book [On the stability of the motion of Saturn’s rings (1859)] as a present for Sofya Kovalevsky.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 24 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9253 |
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- … To V. O. Kovalevsky 24 January [1874] …
- … Leffler Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Jan [1874] Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир …
- … this letter and the letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 20 January 1874 . See letter from V. …
- … O. Kovalevsky, 20 January 1874 and nn. 11 and 12. CD refers to James Clerk Maxwell and …
- … Darwin . It was postmarked 23 January 1874. Hirn was best known for work on the mechanical …
- … a city in the Alsace region, now a part of France, but in 1874 part of the German Empire. …
To J. D. Hooker 18 September [1874]
Summary
Describes his observations on Utricularia montana.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 18 Sept [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 336–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9645 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 18 September [1874] …
- … DAR 95: 336–7 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Sept [1874] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … this letter and the letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] . See letter from D. …
- … F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] . Utricularia montana was the first epiphytic bladderwort …
- … is a synonym of U. alpina. Hooker visited Down on 26 September 1874 (see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 23 September 1874 ). In Insectivorous plants , pp. 431–2, CD described the …
To D. F. Nevill 3 September 1874
Summary
Thanks DFN for her letter [see 9620].
Has nearly finished work on Dionaea.
Asks her to send a specimen of Drosera dichotoma.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 3 Sept 1874 |
| Classmark: | Nevill 1910, pp. 107–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9624F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To D. F. Nevill 3 September 1874 …
- … 107–8 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Sept 1874 Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill …
- … See letter from D. F. Nevill, 2 September [1874] . See letter from D. …
- … F. Nevill, 2 September [1874] . CD acknowledged Nevill for providing a specimen of …
- … D own , B eckenham , K ent 3rd September 1874 D ear L ady D orothy N evill ,— I am much …
To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.
Health indifferent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9289 |
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- … To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874 …
- … München (Ana 525. Ba 711) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1874 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 13 1874 My dear D r Dohrn I was astonished yesterday by …
- … telegram from Anton Dohrn , 12 February 1874). See Correspondence vol. 21, letter from …
- … Darwin’s diary, Francis Maitland Balfour arrived on Saturday 7 February 1874 (DAR 242). …
- … Francis Darwin married Amy Ruck in July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), ODNB ). CD …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for answering his query on greyhound puppies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9300 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Feb 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Feb 18. 1874 My dear Sir You have, as usual, answered my query …
- … from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 . CD had enquired about the number of each sex …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 17 February 1874 and n. 4. CD cited Alexander von Brandt …
To G. H. Darwin 27 May [1874]
Summary
D. A. Spalding has asked for information to help with his experiments on sense of direction in animals. Has arrived at same results as GHD with blindfolded children. Will GHD let him have his results?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9472 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 27 May [1874] …
- … DAR 210.1: 21 Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 May [1874] George Howard Darwin …
- … found (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 June 1874 and n. 4). For details of Spalding’s …
- … the letter from D. A. Spalding, 21 July 1874 . Douglas Alexander Spalding’s visit is not …
- … letter from D. A. Spalding, 21 July 1874 . The article may have been Benjamin Apthorp …
To G. E. Paget 1 August 1874
Summary
Apologises for delay, but is away from home; has sent telegraph.
Francis Darwin is abroad on his honeymoon and unable to respond to GEP’s offer of a medical position.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Paget |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (Ms Add. 10379) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9580F |
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- … To G. E. Paget 1 August 1874 …
- … Ms Add. 10379) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett, Southampton 1 Aug 1874 George Edward Paget …
- … Bassett Southampton Aug 1. 1874 My dear Sir I answered your letter by telegraph this …
- … CD stayed at Abinger in Surrey from 25 July 1874 and with his son William Erasmus Darwin …
- … in Southampton from 30 July to 24 August 1874 ( Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix II). The …
- … s secretary. He married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Probably …
To Alfred Newton 12 March [1874]
Summary
Cannot answer AN’s questions about Origin; it would take weeks to find the references. Assures AN he stated nothing without an authority he thought good.
Feels sure missel thrushes have increased in number since his youth. Starlings have also increased astonishingly in Kent. "How inexplicable most of these cases are".
In a P.S. remembers his source for statement about increase of missel thrushes in Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/61) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9354 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Alfred Newton 12 March [1874] …
- … Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/61) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Mar [1874] Alfred Newton …
- … See letter from Alfred Newton, 10 March 1874 and n. 6. Newton had claimed that the marsh …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Alfred Newton, 10 March 1874 . See …
- … letter from Alfred Newton, 10 March 1874 . In response to a letter from Newton, CD decided …
- … See letter from Alfred Newton, 10 March 1874 and n. 5. In 1873, John Gould had published …
To T. L. Brunton 25 May [1874]
Summary
CD responds to information about residue of milk digested by Drosera. Is obliged for information on strength of acids and albumen and now has little doubt acid had impaired the leaves. Awaits word on pepsin and papaw juice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9468 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To T. L. Brunton 25 May [1874] …
- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 May [1874] Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet …
- … his response to CD’s letter of 11 May 1874 , Brunton had evidently mentioned the digestive …
- … between this letter and the letter to T. L. Brunton, 11 May 1874 . Brunton’s …
- … reply to CD’s letter of 11 May 1874 has not been found. CD’s questions were about the …
- … See letter to T. L. Brunton, 11 May 1874 and n. 1, and Insectivorous plants , p. 114. …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 April 1874
Summary
Many thanks for Boddaert [see 9389].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9390 |
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- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 5 April 1874 …
- … Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Apr 1874 William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Descent : The descent of man, and selection …
- … to Tegetmeier’s edition of Boddaert 1783 (Tegetmeier ed. 1874; see letter to W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, [before 5 April 1874] ). He evidently paid Tegetmeier by Post Office …
- … the argus pheasant’, in the Field , 28 March 1874, p. 296; a copy is in DAR 88: 188. The …
To Quarterly Review 7 August 1874
Summary
[Drafts by CD of the letter sent by George Darwin]. Responds to charges made in a review article [by St G. J. Mivart]. [See 9598. The final letter was printed in Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 587–9.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Quarterly Review |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 118–119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9594 |
To W. D. Fox 11 May [1874]
Summary
Has just finished new editions of Descent
and Coral reefs.
Is working on a book almost wholly on Drosera; thinks he has made some discoveries.
Will never have strength and life to complete more of the series of books related to Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 11 May [1874] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 153) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9454 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To W. D. Fox 11 May [1874] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 153) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 May [1874] William Darwin Fox …
- … See letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] . Fox had sent CD a copy of Joseph Merrin’s …
- … 1864 ; see letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] and n. 3). Merrin 1864 , p. iv, implied …
- … for the observation of the transit of Venus in 1874 and 1882. Horace served a three-year …
- … with the engineering firm Easton and Anderson of Erith, Kent, starting in 1874. ( ODNB . ) …
- … is the bombadier beetle. See letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] and n. 9. See letter …
- … from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] and n. 11. CD refers to his father Robert Waring Darwin …
- … Wedgwood married Matthew James Harrison in 1874 ( Freeman 1978 ). Caroline’s husband was …
To John Tyndall 9 March [1874]
Summary
Asks JT to support his nephew, Henry Parker, for election to the Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 9 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 33 (EH 88205971) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9343 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (334) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (30) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (22) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (10) |
| Frankland, Edward | (10) |
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Summary
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
