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To G. J. Romanes [15 June 1876 or later]

Summary

Describes discovery by his son [Francis Darwin] of protoplasmic filaments extending from small glands in the leaves of Dipsacus [see Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 4–8].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	[15 June 1876 or later]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.495)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10520

Matches: 16 hits

… To G. J. Romanes [15 June 1876 or later] …
… Mss.B.D25.495) Charles Robert Darwin unstated [15 June 1876 or later] George John Romanes …
… report (see n. 7, below). See letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 June [1876] , and letter from G. …
… J. Romanes, 11 June [1876] . Romanes had worked on medusae ( G. …
… J. Romanes 1875 , 1876, …
… and 1876–7). Francis Darwin’s research was published in F. Darwin 1877b . On the quadrifid …
… 1875. Richardson, Benjamin Ward. 1876. Abstract report to ‘Nature’ on experimentation on …
… animals for the advance of practical medicine. Nature , 15 June 1876, pp. …
… 149–52; 22 June 1876, pp. …
… 170–2; 29 June 1876, pp. …
… 197–9; 20 July 1876, pp. …
… 250–2; 3 August 1876, pp. …
… 289–91; 17 August 1876, pp. …
… 339–41; 31 August 1876, pp. 369–72. …
… The first part of Richardson’s report ( B. W. Richardson 1876 ) appeared in Nature …
… on 15 June 1876. It was an abstract of his experience of the value of experimentation on …

To G. J. Romanes 29 May [1876]

Summary

Encloses essay by Haeckel criticising Pangenesis [Die Perigenesis der Plastidule (1876)]. Discusses Haeckel’s theory of inheritance.

Asks about the Physiological Society.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	29 May [1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.493)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10516

Matches: 17 hits

… To G. J. Romanes 29 May [1876] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.493) Charles Robert Darwin Hopedene 29 May [1876] George John Romanes …
… Die Perigenesis der Plastidule (1876)]. Discusses Haeckel’s theory of inheritance. Asks …
… Society during its first fifty years, 1876–1926 . London: Cambridge University Press. …
… letter from G. J. Romanes, [ c. 19 March 1876]). CD forwarded a copy of Die Perigenesis …
… 23: 87–103. Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, varieties, …
… and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] …
… of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): 190–4. Sharpey-Schafer, …
… see n. 2, above. See letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. 6. …
… The Physiological Society had been formed in March 1876; at a meeting …
… on 5 May 1876, it was decided that CD would be elected …
… honorary member of the society on 26 May 1876 ( Sharpey-Schafer 1927 , pp. 7 and 13). CD …
… Haeckel 1876a ) sent to him by Haeckel (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 May 1876 ). See …
… letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 May 1876 and n. 7. George Douglas , the earl of Moreton, had …
… known as telegony. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 May 1876 and n. 6. CD stayed …
… Hensleigh Wedgwood , from 24 May to 7 June 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II). Romanes was …
… monstrous forms of medusae ( G. J. Romanes 1876–7 ). For Romanes’s pangenesis experiments, …

From G. J. Romanes 1 June 1876

Summary

Anticipates reading Haeckel’s Perigenesis der Plastidule [1876].

Physiologists will think vivisection bill stringent.

Honorary memberships of Physiological Society created expressly to honour CD.

Working hard at jellyfish just now. Needs snake poison.

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	1 June 1876
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 52–4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10524

Matches: 19 hits

… From G. J. Romanes 1 June 1876 …
… D. Romanes 1896, pp. 52–4 George John Romanes Dunskaith 1 June 1876 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Haeckel’s Perigenesis der Plastidule [1876]. Physiologists will think vivisection bill …
… Dunskaith, Nigg, Ross-shire, N.B. : June 1, 1876. Many thanks for your long and kind …
… See letter to G. J. Romanes, 29 May [1876] . CD sent a copy of Ernst Haeckel’s Die …
… Collection–CUL. In his letter of 29 May [1876] , CD had written that he had gone to …
… Romanes had also worked on medusae (see G. J. Romanes 1875 , G. J. Romanes 1876 , and G. …
… J. Romanes 1876–7 ). See G. …
… J. Romanes 1876 , p. 171. Romanes was investigating whether the nerve tissue of medusae …
… 1875. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 166 (1876): 269–313. …
… Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, varieties, …
… and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] …
… Journal of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): 190–4. …
… Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… Society during its first fifty years, 1876–1926 . London: Cambridge University Press. …
… had been ill ( letter to C. S. Wedgwood, 20 April 1876 ). A bill to regulate vivisection …
… introduced into the House of Lords on 15 May 1876 ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates 3d ser. …
… its inaugural dinner took place on 26 May 1876 (see Sharpey-Schafer 1927 , p. 15). William …

From G. J. Romanes [after 23 September 1876]

Summary

No results yet with graft-hybrids.

Has been writing a paper.

"Lankester seems to have doubled up [H.] Slade [the medium] in fine style".

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[after 23 Sept 1876]
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 45
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10584

Matches: 17 hits

… From G. J. Romanes [after 23 September 1876] …
… testimony at Slade’s trial ( The Times , 30 October 1876, p. 11). …
… 1896, p. 45 George John Romanes Dunskaith [after 23 Sept 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Green, and Co. Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, varieties, …
… see letter from G. J. Romanes, 1 June 1876 and n. 10). He spent part of the year at …
… and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] …
… Journal of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): 190–4. …
… him in the further pursuit of these experiments’ ( The Times , 23 September 1876, p. 9). …
… Wallace attended séances at Slade’s house in August and October 1876. He wrote in defense …
… of Slade in a letter in The Times , 19 September 1876, p. 4, and gave …
… Society on 18 January 1877 ( G. J. Romanes 1876–7 ), and a longer paper on their locomotor …
… see letter from G. J. Romanes, 11 June [1876] ). Edwin Ray Lankester attended several …
… In a letter to The Times , 16 September 1876, p. 7, Lankester claimed that Slade’s hands …
… Slade for conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences ( The Times , 3 October 1876, p. …
… 9, and 11 October 1876, p. 12). Slade was convicted under …
… with hard labour ( The Times , 1 November 1876, p. 9); however, he appealed against the …
… s letter appeared in The Times , 21 September 1876, p. 3. In another letter, he explained …

To G. J. Romanes 14 April 1876

Summary

Mentions receiving GJR’s paper on Medusae [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 12 (1876): 524–31].

Will call on GJR in London.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	14 Apr 1876
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.487)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10449

Matches: 9 hits

… To G. J. Romanes 14 April 1876 …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.487) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Apr 1876 George John Romanes …
… on Medusae [ J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool. ) 12 (1876): 524–31]. Will call on GJR in London. …
… Bibliography Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, varieties, …
… and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] …
… Journal of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): 190–4. …
… varieties, and monstrous forms of medusæ’ ( G. J. Romanes 1876–7 ), which he read at …
… the Linnean Society on 6 April 1876. CD delayed his visit to London. …
… Erasmus Alvey Darwin , from 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …

To G. J. Romanes 29 April [1876]

Summary

Congratulates GJR on lecture ["The physiology of the nervous system of Medusa", Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 8 (1875–8): 166–77].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	29 Apr [1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.490)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10482

Matches: 8 hits

… see letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 April [1876] . …
… To G. J. Romanes 29 April [1876] …
… Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 29 Apr [1876] George John Romanes …
… Bibliography Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… The physiology of the nervous system of medusae’ ( G. J. Romanes 1876 ), at the Royal …
… Institution on 28 April 1876. He was evidently nervous about public speaking; see letter …
… to G. J. Romanes, [before 26 April 1876] . CD probably met with him before the lecture; …

To G. J. Romanes 4 June [1876]

Summary

Joseph Fayrer can supply cobra poison.

Discusses vivisection.

Mentions visit to the John Hawkshaws.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	4 June [1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.494)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10529

Matches: 12 hits

… CD’s eldest daughter, had been ill ( letter to C. S. Wedgwood, 20 April 1876 ). …
… To G. J. Romanes 4 June [1876] …
… Charles Robert Darwin Hopedene Down letterhead 4 June [1876] George John Romanes …
… the letter from G. J. Romanes, 1 June 1876 . CD had tested the effects of various poisons …
… 29 April [1876] . According to E. D. Romanes 1896 , p. 61, CD was referring to …
… nerve plexus of medusae (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 1 June 1876 and n. 11). See letter …
… from G. J. Romanes, 1 June 1876 . A bill to regulate vivisection had begun its passage …
… see letter to Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 2). Francis had discovered protoplasmic …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). Francis thought that the filaments might …
… sceptical remarks (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 29 May [1876] ). See also letters to G. …
… J. Romanes, [before 26 April 1876] , 26 …
… April [1876] , and …

From G. J. Romanes [c. 19 March 1876]

Summary

Thanks for copy of 2d ed. of Variation.

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[c. 19 Mar 1876]
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10421F

Matches: 10 hits

… From G. J. Romanes [ c . 19 March 1876] …
… E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5 George John Romanes [ c . 19 Mar 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Anatomie 14: 394–408. Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… this letter, the letter from J. C. E. Kollmann, 19 March 1876 , and the letter from J. …
… V. Carus, 19 March 1876 . All three letters include thanks for presentation copies of …
… III), which was published in the second half of February 1876 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
… 1 March 1876, p. 168), although it carried an 1875 publication date. In Variation 2d ed. …
… of the nervous system of medusae’ ( G. J. Romanes 1876 ) at the Royal Institution of …
… Great Britain on 28 April 1876. …

From G. J. Romanes 11 June [1876]

Summary

Delighted to hear of Frank Darwin’s discovery.

Seems hopeless to reason with people about vivisection.

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	11 June [1876]
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 63–4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10536

Matches: 8 hits

… From G. J. Romanes 11 June [1876] …
… Romanes 1896, pp. 63–4 George John Romanes Dunskaith 11 June [1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
… between this letter and the letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 June [1876] . See letter to G. …
… J. Romanes, 4 June [1876] . CD had sent Romanes a copy of Ernst Haeckel’s work on …
… remarks (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 29 May [1876] ). Francis had discovered protoplasmic …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] , and F. Darwin 1877b ). He had also written …
… in the Fortnightly Review (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 1 June 1876 ); in his letter …
… of 4 June [1876] , CD had replied that he thought that course of action hopeless. Ross and …

To G. J. Romanes 27 April [1876]

Summary

Will call tomorrow morning.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	27 Apr [1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.489)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10479

Matches: 5 hits

… To G. J. Romanes 27 April [1876] …
… Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 27 Apr [1876] George John Romanes …
… between this letter and the letter to G. J. Romanes, 26 April [1876] . See letter to G. …
… J. Romanes, 26 April [1876] . CD was in London staying at the …
… Erasmus Alvey Darwin , from 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …

To G. J. Romanes 26 April [1876]

Summary

Trip to London delayed.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	26 Apr [1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.488)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10475

Matches: 4 hits

… To G. J. Romanes 26 April [1876] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25.488) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Apr [1876] George John Romanes …
… reply to the letter to G. J. Romanes, [before 26 April 1876] . CD stayed with his brother, …
… Alvey Darwin , in London from 27 April until 3 May 1876 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …

To G. J. Romanes [before 26 April 1876]

Summary

Asks to show GJR’s letter to George Darwin and other sons. A secret cannot be well kept.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	[before 26 Apr 1876]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.624)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13838

Matches: 4 hits

… To G. J. Romanes [before 26 April 1876] …
… Mss.B.D25.624) Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 26 Apr 1876] George John Romanes …
… the letter to G. J. Romanes, 26 April [1876] . The postcard has no postmark. George Howard …
… probably Romanes’s fear of public speaking; see letter to G. J. Romanes, 29 April [1876] . …

From G. J. Romanes [after 8 January 1877]

Summary

Returns E. Haeckel’s Perigenesis [der Plastidule (1876)]. EH’s "plastidules" do not differ from Spencer’s "physiological units". Does not see that biology gains anything from EH’s theory.

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[after 8 Jan 1877]
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 93
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10554

Matches: 8 hits

… see Correspondence vol. 24, letter from G. J. Romanes, [after 23 September 1876] ). …
… E. Haeckel’s Perigenesis [ der Plastidule (1876)]. EH’s "plastidules" do not differ from …
… from G. J. Romanes, [after 23 September 1876] ( Correspondence vol. 24), and the letter …
… CD’s first visit to London since September 1876 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD had …
… In his letter to Romanes of 29 May [1876] ( Correspondence vol. 24), CD had queried how …
… see Correspondence vol. 24, letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 May 1876 , and letter to G. …
… J. Romanes, 29 May [1876] ). Romanes later apologised for having kept the work so long ( …
… from G. J. Romanes, [after 23 September 1876] ). Herbert Spencer presented his theory of …

To G. J. Romanes 23 July 1879

Summary

Contributes to subscription for Grant Allen.

Regrets GJR and wife could not visit.

Encloses paper [not identified] by Thomas Meehan, a very inaccurate observer.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	23 July 1879
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.566)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12168

Matches: 6 hits

… in producing a graft-hybrid apple ( Meehan 1876 ). On CD’s estimation of Meehan, see …
… of Climatology 29: 1894–1905. Meehan, Thomas. 1876. Graft hybrids. Proceedings of the …
… York: Palgrave Macmillan. Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, …
… varieties, and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] …
… of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): 190–4. Romanes, George …
… phylum Cnidaria; see, for example, Romanes 1876–7 , a study of some species of Cnidaria …

To G. J. Romanes 12 July [1875]

Summary

Discusses revisions for Variation, 2d ed.

Discusses experiments involving graft-hybrids.

Alludes to Pangenesis.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	12 July [1875]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.471)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10059

Matches: 6 hits

… University Press. 1985–. Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… circular 1876), although it carried an 1875 publication date. For the description of the …
… s work on the nervous system of Medusae was eventually published in G. J. Romanes 1876 …
… and 1876–7. CD stayed at Abinger Hall, Surrey, the home of Thomas Henry Farrer , from 3 …
… 2: 360. Variation 2d ed. was published in the second half of February 1876 ( Publishers’ …

From G. J. Romanes 10 September 1878

Summary

Thanks for letter and book [J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie (1876)].

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	10 Sept 1878
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 79
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11687

Matches: 3 hits

… Thanks for letter and book [J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie (1876)]. …
… Bibliography Delboeuf, Joseph. 1876. La psychologie comme science naturelle: son présent …
… science, its present and future; Delboeuf 1876 ), a reference probably to Alfred Espinas’s …

From G. J. Romanes 20 July 1875

Summary

Looks forward to reading CD’s statements about reflex action in Insectivorous plants.

Has prepared paper ["Physiology of the nervous system of Medusae", Rep. BAAS (1876): 158–63] in which he insists on occurrence of reflex action in absence of nerves. Would like to cite CD’s authority for occurrence of reflex action in plants.

Author:	George John Romanes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 July 1875
Classmark:	E. D. Romanes 1896: 33
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10081

Matches: 5 hits

… London: John Murray. 1875. Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… nervous system of Medusae", Rep. BAAS (1876): 158–63] in which he insists on occurrence of …
… Association for the Advancement of Science (1876), Transactions of the sections, pp. 158– …
… possessed rudimentary nerves ( G. J. Romanes 1875b and G. J. Romanes 1876 , pp. 170–4). …

To G. J. Romanes 2 September [1878]

Summary

Discusses animal intelligence.

Advises GJR on acquiring monkey.

Sends book by Delboeuf [La psychologie (1876)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	2 Sept [1878]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.547)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11684

Matches: 3 hits

… Advises GJR on acquiring monkey. Sends book by Delboeuf [ La psychologie (1876)]. …
… University Press. 1985–. Delboeuf, Joseph. 1876. La psychologie comme science naturelle: …
… science, its present and future; Delboeuf 1876 ). See letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August …

To G. J. Romanes 24 September [1875]

Summary

Will propose GJR for membership in Linnean Society.

Discusses GJR’s grafting experiments.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	24 Sept [1875]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.476)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10168

Matches: 5 hits

… that medusae possessed rudimentary nerves ( G. J. Romanes 1875b and G. J. Romanes 1876 ). …
… Society of London]. 1805–1939. Romanes, George John. 1876. The physiology of the nervous …
… system of medusae. [Read 28 April 1876. ] Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great …
… edition of Variation was published in the second half of February 1876 ( Publishers’ …
… circular 1876), although it was dated 1875. The revised chapter on pangenesis was in …

To G. J. Romanes 20 August 1878

Summary

Comments on GJR’s lecture on animal intelligence [Rep. BAAS].

Comments on J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie [1876].

Suggests that GJR keep a young monkey to observe.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	20 Aug 1878
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.546)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11671

Matches: 4 hits

… on J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie [1876]. Suggests that GJR keep a young monkey to …
… Bibliography Delboeuf, Joseph. 1876. La psychologie comme science naturelle: son présent …
… La Psychologie son present et son avenir” 1876 by Delbœuf (a mathematician & physicist of …
… science, its present and future; Delboeuf 1876 , p. 7). CD made the analogy with Herbert …

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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

Summary

1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

Matches: 30 hits

… I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
… has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). Francis Darwin, happily …
… life. But the calm was not to last, and the second half of 1876 was marked by anxiety and deep grief …
… in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The preparation of the second edition …
… Climbing plants ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February 1876 ). When Smith, Elder and Company …
… observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. ) Darwin focused instead on the …
… ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising Orchids was less a …
… with his new research in mind: ‘During this autumn of 1876 I shall publish on the “Effects of Cross …
… pamphlet, Darwin confounded (C. O’Shaughnessy 1876), which, he informed Darwin, ‘completely …
… and it is the correct one’ ( letter from Nemo, [1876?] ). Combatting enemies... …
… disguised his views as to the bestiality of man’ (Mivart 1876, p. 144). Not only was the comment …
… in giving him pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). Although Mivart had long been a …
… a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ). Both aims were achieved, and in Darwin’s …
… in London’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [4 February 1876] ). 'The heat of battle& …
… issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission report was published …
… The Physiological Society, which had been founded in March 1876 by the London physiologist John …
… The 'insect eating theory' Throughout 1876, Darwin continued to receive responses …
… published later that year and a German translation in 1876. ‘What is more to be wondered at—Nature …
… an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876 ). Others questioned whether insects …
… eating theory’ ( letter from Peter Henderson, 15 November 1876 ). William Dallinger from Liverpool …
… to his results ( letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 ). Pangenesis v. perigenesis …
… second edition of Variation was published in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date …
… ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [ c . 19 March 1876] ). A less welcome reaction came from an ardent …
… previous year ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [after 4 September 1876] ). ...all sorts of …
… later told Muller ( letter to Fritz Müller, [9 February 1876] ). Likewise, when Johann von Fischer …
… ( letter from Johann von Fischer, [before 15 September 1876] ). Hubert Airy’s latest paper on leaf …
… of very young buds’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 June [1876] ). Darwin recognised scientific skill …
… Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles, 16 …
… it to the death’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 19 April 1876 ). Darwin beat an angry retreat. He …
… untrustworthy fanatic ( letter to James Torbitt, 21 April 1876 ). Darwin also had cause to …

Cross and self fertilisation

Summary

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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… in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project …
… the self-fertilised’ ( To G. H. Darwin, 8 January [1876] ). George explained the difficulties of …
… equal value.’ ( From G. H. Darwin, [after 8 January 1876] ). It was his cousin, the statistician …
… introduction to the book ( To Francis Galton, 13 January [1876] ). Joseph Henry …
… on yet another experimental aspect of his work. In February 1876, he wrote to the agricultural …
… in a state of nature’ ( To J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 ). Darwin wanted to try to remove all …
… soil to remove nutrients ( From J. H. Gilbert, 4 March 1876 ). In June 1876, Darwin had supposedly …
… samples differed ( To Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876] ). The project proved to be too …
… am convinced that the book is of value’ By August 1876, the book had gone to press and …
… shall ever do on this subject’ ( To Asa Gray, 9 August 1876 ). As Darwin began correcting …
… I would suggest 1,500’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 16 September 1876 ). In the meantime, a happy event, the …
… it too much for you’ ( To Francis Darwin, 16 September [1876] ). Francis must have found some …
… slightly modified’ ( To Francis Darwin, 20 September [1876] ). Darwin continued to send work, …
… & very useful’ ( To Francis Darwin 25 September [1876] ). At the end of September …
… early in November’ ( To J. V. Carus, 27 September 1876 ). The title had now changed from that …
… alone worth reading. ( To Otto Zacharias, 5 October [1876] ). Hermann Müller, in contrast, wrote …
… Pedecino, and Comes ( From Hermann Müller, 4 October 1876 ). Gray was impatient for a copy …
… had not yet been released ( From Asa Gray, 12 October 1876 ). Darwin sent the sheets, apologised …
… that of almost anyone else’ ( To Asa Gray, 28 October 1876 ). Gray reassured him, ‘I have as yet …
… faultless as your temper’ ( From Asa Gray, 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 …
… 6 or 700 would sell.’ ( To John Murray, 15 November 1876 ). In fact, Murray sold 1100 copies of …
… for science’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 ). After reading the book, Hildebrand …
… for further work’ ( From Hermann Müller, 6 December 1876 ). Alphonse de Candolle noted the …
… experiments ( From Alphonse de Candolle 16 December 1876 ). One critical review came from Alfred …
… yet been produced’ ( From A. R. Wallace, 13 December 1876 ). No reply to this letter has been …

Darwin's 1876 letters online

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Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we have released online the transcripts and footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters written before…

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… footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters …
… was devoted to the means of crossing. The year 1876 started energetically, with Darwin …
… of Variation under domestication appeared early in 1876. Reprints of Origin, Climbing plants …
… in January 1877; Darwin had been working on it since May 1876. Work was probably a welcome …
… letters written or conjectured to have been written before 1876, which have been discovered or …
… to a span of years, but that were probably written before 1876. Many of these are from a recently …

From Argus pheasant to Mivart: To A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876

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This letter has almost everything you might want from a Darwin letter, and merits a correspondingly, magnificently complete set of notes provided by the Correspondence Project. First, the letter is to that other doyen of natural selection, Alfred Russel…

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… records Darwin's views on the first volume of Wallace's 1876 book The geographical …

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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… Emma to a Sunday afternoon at the Leweses’ on 30 April 1876 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and …

Have you read the one about....

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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.

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… ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …

Jane Gray

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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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… hurrah, 2795 games. (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ) And an entry in Jane …

4.28 'English celebrities' montage

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< Back to Introduction One of the stranger appropriations of Elliott and Fry’s portrayal of Darwin was to make him one of a group of ‘Authors’, in an album titled English Celebrities, 19th Century (1876). Fiction writers and scientists were grouped…

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… English Celebrities, 19 th Century (1876) . Fiction writers and …
… of image unknown   date of creation 1876   computer-readable date 1876-01-01 …
… th Century , Part 1 (London: Hughes and Edmonds, 1876), given to the NPG by Mrs Granville …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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… 10390 - Herrick, S. M. B. to Darwin, [12 February 1876] Sophia Herrick responds …
… Letter 10415 - Darwin to Herrick, S. M. B., [6 March 1876] Darwin responds to a …
… Letter 10508 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [15 May 1876] Mary Treat thanks Darwin for …

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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… Letter 10439 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [3 April 1876] Mary Treat describes a field trip …
… 10390 - Herrick, S. M. B . to Darwin, [12 February 1876] Sophia Herrick asks …
… Letter 10517 - Darwin to Francis, F., [29 May 1876] Darwin gives his son, Francis, …
… Letter 10517 - Darwin t o Francis, F., [29 May 1876] Darwin gives his son, Francis …

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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… with different titling, in The Garden in January 1876. Rejlander’s photograph was re-interpreted …
… also appeared in Neue Illustrierte Zeitung (1 October 1876); L’Univers Illustré (29 April …
… Wood engraving in a supplement to The Garden (1 Jan. 1876), serving as frontispiece to an …

3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'

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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…

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… Mark , published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to …

Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores

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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…

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… in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured …
… and continued collecting wild plants in the spring of 1876. The resulting observations would …
… his observations. On 7 September 1876, Francis welcomed his son Bernard into the …
… on the nature and function of aggregation. Francis’ 1876 paper on aggregation sought explicitly to …
… protoplasm, rather than condensations of cell-sap (F. Darwin 1876, p. 312). Cohn’s comments on …
… by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. Darwin, F. 1876. The Process of Aggregation in the …

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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… religious sect’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 June [1876] ). Experimenters and a portion of the …

Power of movement in plants

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…

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… Letter 10517 - Darwin to Francis Darwin, 29 May 1876 Darwin writes to Francis to …

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 10523 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 June 1876] Darwin praises Treat’s work and …

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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… THE OLDER ONE GETS THE MORE THERE IS TO DO: 1868-1876 In which the friends consider the …
… 20 JULY 1857 45 A GRAY, PREFACE TO DARWINIANA, 1876 46 THE NICENE CREED, …
… TO A GRAY, 22 MAY 1860 91 A GRAY, DARWINIANA, 1876 92 A GRAY, REVIEW OF …
… TO JD HOOKER 1870 183 C DARWIN, AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1876 184 A GRAY, PREFACE, …
… GRAY, 19 JANUARY 1863 193 TO A GRAY 9 AUGUST 1876 194 FROM A GRAY 25 …
… JUNE 1874 203 C DARWIN TO A GRAY 28 JANUARY 1876 204 FROM A GRAY 11 …

People featured in the German and Austrian photograph album

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Biographical details of people from the Habsburg Empire that appeared in the album of German and Austrian scientists sent to Darwin on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Johannes Mattes for providing these details and for permission to make his…

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… Künste”. He co-founded the Scientific Club in Vienna (1876) and moved from Vienna to Paris in 1889. …
… and was sent back to Europe as a military attaché. Since 1876, Gagern served as secretary of the …
… Kautschuk- und Leder-Industrie. 2 nd issue. Wien: Manz 1876. N.N.: GM Josef Edler von …
… society Carnuntum (1884) and the Scientific Club (1876) in Vienna. Doblhoff-Dier J. v.: …

Darwin in public and private

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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…

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… 10546 – Darwin to Editor of The Times , [23 June 1876] Darwin forwards to The …

Essays & reviews by Asa Gray

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Asa Gray wrote a series of reviews of Darwin’s works for American magazines such as Atlantic Monthly and The Nation. These gave publicity to Darwin’s theories, and they also contained extended reflections on the possible implications of these theories…

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… collection of Gray’s reviews was published in book form in 1876 under the title Darwiniana . This …
… to obtain. Seven of these reviews, written between 1860 and 1876, which bear especially on the topic …

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