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Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … book out of my head’. But a large proportion of Darwin’s time for the rest of the year was devoted …
- … manner.”‘ The most lively debate centred on Darwin’s evolutionary account of the ‘higher’ faculties …
- … brought a significant milestone for the family, as Darwin’s eldest daughter Henrietta was married in …
- … human evolution was comparatively small, reflecting Darwin’s aim of showing kinship with animals at …
- … Hooker suggested one of the reasons behind the book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it …
- … Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix IV). Four of Darwin’s five sons received a copy, and his daughter …
- … & menstruation coming out of the primary fact that one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide …
- … allotted space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. …
- … A number of correspondents took issue with Darwin’s evolutionary explanation of the ‘higher’ …
- … and beetles to Descent , could not extend Darwin’s evolutionary theory beyond man’s ‘bodily frame …
- … regarding human ancestry was expressed by Darwin’s old friend, the former vicar of Down John Brodie …
- … On religion and morality Others objected to Darwin’s theory on purely religious grounds. The …
- … 1871] ). Yet some continued to find Darwin’s theories consistent with religious belief, …
- … (see Appendix V). Not surprisingly, it was Darwin’s naturalistic theory of the evolution of morals …
- … Frances Power Cobbe, who praised the charm of Darwin’s book, but found highly objectionable his …
- … Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s correspondence on evolution and ethics was …
- … William offered his assessment of John Stuart Mill’s theory of utilitarianism to assist his father …
- … see I am a traitor in the camp’. Because Darwin’s scientific work was situated in the home, …
- … similar query with the artist Thomas Woolner, inquiring on 7 April whether ‘young and …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to …
- … of Variation had been entrusted to William Sweetland Dallas, a naturalist with long experience …
- … to intervene, complaining on 9 January , ‘M r . Dallas’ delay … is intolerable … I am prepared …
- … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
- … to remuneration I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin …
- … your note’. Darwin enclosed a cheque to Dallas for £55 s ., and recommended to Murray that Dallas …
- … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the Saturday …
- … Gazette , was by George Henry Lewes, well-known in London’s literary circles and an author of …
- … Darwin for comments. Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote …
- … by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in the British Museum, agreed about the …
- … Science, Robertson published a rejoinder, arousing Darwin’s ire still further: ‘he is a scamp & …
- … of details and untoward examples even from Darwin’s inner circle of expert naturalists. The Swiss …
- … provided by Variation for expanding Darwin’s network of informers proved very fruitful. On 1 …
- … from George Cupples, who was encouraged to write by Darwin’s ‘frequent references to facts …
- … the breed ‘was no authority whatever’. Darwin’s reply opened the door to a long-running …
- … cause of science.’ Darwin began to make an index of Weir’s correspondence in April, and by the end …
- … well as of ‘victorious males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). …
- … pigeon magenta. To Weir, he wrote on 27 February : ‘It w d be a fine trial to cut off the eyes …
- … and had himself watched elephants cry (letters to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and 8 April …
- … screaming in patients undergoing vaccination ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] ). Francis …
- … veins, and the action of his platysma muscle ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [15 April 1868] ). The …
- … desire to penetrate Truth’ ( letter from Ernest Faivre, 7 April 1868 ). Armand de Quatrefages, who …
- … of everlasting woe?’ I am not sure whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
- … (1) Asher, G. M. (7) Ashley, Miss (1 …
- … (4) Aubertin, J. J. (7) Aussant-Carà, Paul …
- … (1) Aveling, E. B. (7) Axon, W. E. A. …
- … (16) Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John …
- … (36) Baxter, William (7) Baynes, H. M. …
- … (1) Blair, R. A. (7) Blair, R. H. (4 …
- … (3) Boott, Francis (7) Boott, Mary …
- … (1) Chambers, Robert (7) Chance, Frank …
- … (3) Clarke, R. T. (7) Clarke, T. W. …
- … (6) Darwin, V. H. (7) Darwin, Violetta …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … A global reputation The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly …
- … replies from different corners of the world. Darwin’s work was now guaranteed to arouse …
- … Fleeming Jenkin, challenged different aspects of Darwin’s theory of transmutation as elucidated in …
- … Thomas Henry Huxley sent Darwin the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & …
- … under Domestication’. Having just received the printer’s estimate of the size of the two-volume work …
- … completed book: a paragraph throwing doubt on Asa Gray’s doctrine that each variation had been …
- … the year progressed, the book continued to consume Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on …
- … recommended by Carl Vogt and had translated Vogt’s own Vorlesungen über den Menschen (Lectures …
- … was made by a young naturalist equally devoted to Darwin’s work, Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky. …
- … was further delayed by the time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John Murray …
- … anyhow most ought to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted …
- … & I cannot get on so quickly as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). …
- … the two men seems to have been uneasy, at least until Dallas finished the index. Although many of …
- … for less favoured males (see Origin , pp. 156–7). In Variation , Darwin had discussed changes …
- … selection, but had not elaborated further ( Variation 2: 75). In notes for his reply to a letter …
- … three botanists put together’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, 7 February [1867] ). Müller had written …
- … down on both of us’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, [before 7 January 1867] ). In February, Hooker …
- … pooh-poohed her, & as it seems very unjustly’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 27 [March 1867] ). …
- … on 10 December , informing him of errors discovered by Dallas and asking him to make the changes if …
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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- … readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those …
- … variety of women had access to, and engaged with, Darwin's published works. A set of letters on …
- … May 1859] Darwin expresses anxiety over Hooker’s suggestion that his writing style might …
- … got hold of it first. Darwin’s female readership Letter …
- … with which to work. She has transcribed parts of Darwin’s papers, including diagrams, to share with …
- … "epistolary acquaintance" of his, Sara Hennell . Hennell's writings show a " …
- … range of evidence in order to raise questions about Darwin’s conclusions, in particular his …
- … Frances Wedgwood offers critical comments on Darwin’s work on self-regard. She asks Henrietta act as …
- … The poet Emily Pfeiffer responds critically to Darwin’s theory of sexual selection. She has read …
- … of sexual selection. Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, [7 November 1871] …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … of correcting’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may …
- … material on emotional expression. Yet the scope of Darwin’s interests remained extremely broad, and …
- … Carl von Nägeli and perfectibility Darwin’s most substantial addition to Origin was a …
- … at Munich (Nägeli 1865). Darwin had considered Nägeli’s paper important enough to have a translation …
- … development of species. Darwin correctly assessed Nägeli’s theory as a major challenge requiring a …
- … & must be morphological’. The comment highlights Darwin’s apparent confusion about Nägeli’s …
- … use to challenge Nägeli; Darwin made full use of Hooker’s assistance and many of his examples …
- … Fleeming Jenkin. Darwin had been very impressed by Jenkin’s 1867 review, which argued that any …
- … it was his theory of alternate ice ages that piqued Darwin’s interest the most. He wrote, ‘this …
- … for his theory ( Origin 4th ed., pp. 450–1). Croll’s theory, simply stated, proposed that ice …
- … accounted for the survival of tropical species using Croll’s theory. In the same letter to …
- … troubled at the short duration of the world according to Sir W. Thompson, for I require for my …
- … point out, ‘As regards determining the age of the earth’s crust from the secular cooling of the …
- … ). Darwin did not directly challenge Thomson’s estimate, but he added more on the process of …
- … 352–4). Later in the year he was pleased to see Thomson’s work challenged by both Thomas Henry …
- … The dog-breeder George Cupples worked hard on Darwin’s behalf, sending a steady stream of …
- … well as live chickens and eggs of various breeds. Darwin’s cook evidently agreed to supervise the …
- … ability to recognise the different varieties ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 February [1869] ). …
- … some years in medical asylums. Maudsley forwarded Darwin’s queries to James Crichton-Browne, the …
- … painful’. Thus began what would become Darwin’s most detailed and lengthy correspondence on …
- … current. Darwin sent Crichton-Browne his copy of Duchenne’s photographic album, and began to receive …
- … in Patagonia and Wales ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869 , letter from W. B. Dawkins, 17 …
- … one he commissioned and paid for himself: William Sweetland Dallas’s edition of Fritz Müller’s Für …
- … oil over the bumptious man’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 September 1869 ). Huxley playfully …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … at the end of Congo voyage [R. Brown 1818]. (Hooker 923) 7 read Decandolle Philosophie …
- … 1835] read Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] …
- … de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] contains all his fathers views Quoted by …
- … [Dampier 1697] Sportsman’s repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs …
- … The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824] at Maer? W. F. …
- … 3 vols. 8vo. et atlas de 20 planches. ibid, 1832–36. £1 7 s . 25 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire …
- … *119: 13] Tucker’s light of Nature [Tucker 1768–78] Johnson lifes of Poets [S. …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
- … augmentée d’un grand nombre de fruits, les uns échappés aux recherches de Duhamel, les autres …
- … . Vol. 37 in Jardine, William, ed., The naturalist’s library . 40 vols. Edinburgh. 1843. *119: …
