To Charles Lyell 10 January [1860]
Summary
Comments on corrections [in Origin, 2d ed. (1860)], especially on use of Wallace’s name.
Discusses human evolution with respect to CL’s work. Cites expression as a source of evidence.
Andrew Murray’s criticisms of the Origin involving blind insects in caves [Edinburgh New Philos. J. n.s. 11 (1860): 141–51].
Humorously describes human ancestors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.191) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2647 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 10 January [1860] …
- … Mss.B.D25.191) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Comments on corrections [in Origin , 2d ed. (1860)], especially on use of Wallace’s name. …
- … in caves [ Edinburgh New Philos. J. n.s. 11 (1860): 141–51]. Humorously describes human …
- … to the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] . Lyell’s letter in response has not been …
- … for particular conditions ( Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal n.s. 11 (1860): 149). See …
- … also letters to Andrew Murray , 28 April [1860] and …
- … 28 [April 1860] . See Origin , p. 139. Lyell made annotations relating to the letter on …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1860. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
- … this criticism as justified (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] , to Charles …
- … Lyell , 4 [January 1860], and to Asa …
- … Gray , 28 January [1860], n. 22). Alfred Russel Wallace’s name was added to the …
- … Letter to Thomas Bridges, 6 January 1860 . Spencer 1855 , which Herbert Spencer presented …
- … reviewed Origin in the National Review , 10 (1860): 188–214. CD initially believed that …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [January 1860] . Andrew Murray’s presidential address of …
- … New Philosophical Journal n.s. 11 (1860): 141–51. He discussed Darwin and Wallace 1858 …
To Asa Gray 28 January [1860]
Summary
If an American edition of Origin is considered worth while, CD would like AG’s reviews prefixed to it.
Will use all his strength to produce first part of his three-volume big work [Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2665 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To Asa Gray 28 January [1860] …
- … Herbarium of Harvard University (43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Jan [1860] Asa Gray …
- … By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1860. Rogers, Emma, ed. 1896. Life and letters …
- … Origin . See letter from Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker, 5 January 1860 , and letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [22 January 1860] and n. 3. CD was in London from 24 to 27 January ( Emma …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1860. Origin 3d ed. : On the origin of species by …
- … to the second edition of Origin , published on 7 January 1860, see Correspondence vol. 7. …
- … See the letters to Asa Gray , 1 February [1860] and [8 …
- … or 9 February 1860] , in which CD enclosed additional changes for the American edition of …
- … of the letter from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860] . His review of Origin however, was not …
- … American edition. Gray’s letter of 23 January [1860] , discussing details of the American …
- … see letter to Asa Gray, [8 or 9 February 1860] ). For CD’s arrangement with John Murray …
- … See also letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] . CD refers to Jeffries Wyman and Louis …
- … a lecture delivered by Agassiz in January 1860 that was reported in a Boston newspaper. It …
- … from lecture by Agassiz, Boston, January 1860’ ( Wilson ed. 1970 , pp. 348–9) that …
To Charles Lyell 4 [January 1860]
Summary
Praises CL’s work on human species.
A critical review of Origin in Saturday Review [24 Dec 1859].
A letter from J. G. Jeffreys criticises CD’s geological statements.
A note from William Whewell concerning Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 4 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.190) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2637 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . …
- … To Charles Lyell 4 [January 1860] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.190) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 [Jan 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … also letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] . The letter from John Gwyn Jeffreys has …
- … 29 December [1859] . Letter from William Whewell, 2 January 1860 . Letter from H. …
- … Hooker was the author (see letters to Charles Lyell , 10 January [1860] , and to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 14 [January 1860]). Lyell was investigating the antiquity of man with the …
To T. H. Huxley [26 January 1860]
Summary
Has arranged with Baily the poulterer for pigeons for THH to exhibit at Royal Institution lecture.
E. A. Darwin will subscribe to H. Spencer’s book [First principles: a system of philosophy (1862)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | [26 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 119) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2673 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley [26 January 1860] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 119) Charles Robert Darwin Down [26 Jan 1860] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … CD also subscribed to the series (see letter to Herbert Spencer, 2 February [1860] ). …
- … A copy of Spencer 1860–2 is in the Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Spencer, Herbert. 1860–2. First principles. London: George …
- … forthcoming lecture, given on 10 February 1860 at the Royal Institution ( T. H. Huxley …
- … CD visited London from 24 to 27 January 1860 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Huxley planned to …
- … Institution lecture on Friday, 10 February 1860. John Baily , and his father, John Baily …
- … see Correspondence vols. 5 and 6). Spencer 1860–2 . The work, entitled First principles , …
To John Murray 30 [January 1860]
Summary
Suggests it would be easier and cheaper if he were given one or two pages in preface [to Journal of researches] for two or three important errors. Would like to take out one sentence if present preface is not stereotyped. Table of contents is shabby.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 30 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.92–93) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2616 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray 30 [January 1860] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.92–93) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 [Jan 1860] John Murray …
- … Bibliography Journal of researches (1860): Journal of researches into the natural history …
- … of Capt. FitzRoy RN. By Charles Darwin. Reprint edition. London: John Murray. 1860. …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letter to John Murray, 29 January [1860] . The …
- … new issue of Journal of researches (1860) included a ‘Postscript’ to the original preface, …
- … a few errors. See Journal of researches (1860) , p. vii. The table of contents was reset …
To J. S. Henslow 29 January [1860]
Summary
Measles has ben running through the house, but they are now quit of it.
Discusses plans for JSH to visit; eager to discuss Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | RR Auction (dealers) (8 December 2021, lot 119) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2666F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. S. Henslow 29 January [1860] …
- … 8 December 2021, lot 119) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Jan [1860] John Stevens Henslow …
- … See Correspondence vol. 8, letter from Leonard Jenyns, 4 January 1860 , and letter to J. …
- … S. Henslow, 3 February [1860] . The letter from Jenyns forwarded by Henslow to CD has …
- … letter in the Athenæum , 11 February 1860, pp. 206–7, Henslow speculated that prehistoric …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] ( Correspondence vol. 8). Leonard Darwin had …
- … Henslow visited Down from 14 to 16 February 1860. The Darwins were in London from 6 to 11 …
To Williams and Norgate 29 [January 1860]
Summary
Orders copy of book by Louis Agassiz [Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis (1846)].
Mentions book sent by Quatrefages de Bréau.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | 29 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.194) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2666 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Williams and Norgate 29 [January 1860] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.194) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 [Jan 1860] Williams & Norgate …
- … there is a record of a payment on 10 March 1860 of £2 19 s . 5 d . made out to Williams …
- … endorsement. See letter to Williams and Norgate, 16 January [1860] . There is an entry in …
- … book (Down House MS) dated 29 January 1860 that records a payment of £3 11 s . 4 d . to …
- … in the letter to J. L. A. Quatrefages de Bréau, 30 March [1860]. Quatrefages de Bréau …
- … a second work with a similar title in 1860. Both books are in the Darwin Library–CUL and …
To John Murray [25 January 1860]
Summary
CD asks how soon JM will go to press with Journal [of researches]; thinks he had better look it over to see if progress of science has made any correction necessary.
P.S. Asa Gray has written that Origin has caused great excitement in U. S. Agassiz has denounced it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | [25 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.64–67) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2632 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray [25 January 1860] …
- … yet received the letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 . See …
- … letter from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860] and n. 3. …
- … ff.64–67) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 57 [25 Jan 1860] John Murray …
- … 39). Letter from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860] . The part of the letter to which CD refers …
- … John Murray, 22 December [1859] ). See letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] . CD had not …
- … Tuesday, 24 January, to Friday, 27 January 1860 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). The address is …
To J. D. Hooker [22 January 1860]
Summary
Very pleased with Asa Gray’s letter to JDH [see 2638], which is "rich on Agassiz".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2672 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [22 January 1860] …
- … DAR 115: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down [22 Jan 1860] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … in the Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 21 January 1860, pp. 45–6. …
- … from Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker, 5 January 1860 . The first sheet of the letter is in DAR …
- … 20–1. There is an entry dated 24 January 1860 in CD’s Account book (Down House MS) that …
- … of the Royal Society held on 26 January 1860, at which he was present (Philosophical Club …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [January 1860] . CD feared that Goodenia presented a strong …
To J. D. Hooker 31 [January 1860]
Summary
CD preparing historical sketch, which will go into second American edition of Origin.
Asks JDH to copy out Naudin’s line on finality.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 31 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2671 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 31 [January 1860] …
- … DAR 115: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 [Jan 1860] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of publication December 1859 or Jan. 1860? Please answer this. — My Preface will also …
- … p. xi. See letters to J. L. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau, 21 January [1860], and to John …
- … Murray , 23 [January 1860]. …
- … By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton. 1860. Wiltshear, F. G. 1913. The botany of the …
- … in the German translation (Bronn trans. 1860). See Appendix IV. CD expanded the text for …
To Thomas Bridges 6 January 1860
Summary
Queries on expression among Fuegians and Patagonians.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Bridges |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2640 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Thomas Bridges 6 January 1860 …
- … DAR 185: 72 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Jan 1860 Thomas Bridges …
- … red ears, in the Falkland Islands? Charles Darwin Down Bromley Kent Jan. 6 th — 1860. …
- … the letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] , in which CD states that he had collected …
- … Notes on this subject dating from January 1860 are in DAR 189. The information requested …
- … letter from Thomas Bridges, [after October 1860 ? ]. CD distributed a printed circular of …
- … Variation 1: 39 and 2: 207. See also letter from Thomas Bridges, [after October 1860 ? ]. …
- … In January 1860, CD began looking over his manuscript on the variation of domesticated …
To John Murray 29 January [1860]
Summary
Had forgotten that Journal [of researches] was stereotyped. Not worth while now to improve style. Wants to make a few corrections, if possible, on p. 378.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.96–97) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2668 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 29 January [1860] …
- … the discussion of Galápagos birds (see letter from P. L. Sclater, [3? February 1860] ). …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.96–97) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Jan [1860] John Murray …
- … two alterations CD wished to make in the 1860 edition were printed in a short ‘Postscript’ …
- … the original preface ( Journal of researches (1860), p. vii). The change relating to page …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [14–19 January 1860]
Summary
Hopes readers will send information on the permanence of cross-bred plants and animals. No one doubts that cross-bred productions tend to revert in various degrees to either parent for many generations. But are there not cases of crossed breeds of sheep and pigs that breed true? CD believes occasional cross-breeding of varieties is advantageous in nature as well as under domestication. [See reply to this letter by J. O. Westwood, Gard. Chron. (1860): 122.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [14–19 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 21 January 1860, p. 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2658 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle [14–19 January 1860] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 21 January 1860, p. 49 …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down [14–19 Jan 1860] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … domestication. [See reply to this letter by J. O. Westwood, Gard. Chron. (1860): 122. ] …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , 14 January 1860, p. 26, entitled ‘Doubtful permanence of …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , 14 January 1860, p. 26). He further maintained that even if …
- … and Agricultural Gazette , 11 February 1860, p. 122. He emphasised the point that ‘ …
To ? [1860–82?]
Summary
Sends photograph in case recipient collects them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1860–82?] |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 681, 28 and 29 June 2005) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3052F |
To H. C. Watson [5–11 January 1860]
Summary
Discusses the possibility of "convergence" occurring; believes it could be only very limited.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Date: | [5–11 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 136a (verso); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/A3/5: 77–87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2639 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To H. C. Watson [5–11 January 1860] …
- … 203/A3/5: 77–87) Charles Robert Darwin unstated [5–11 Jan 1860] Hewett Cottrell Watson …
- … of the letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . For CD’s intention to send these two …
- … 47 (ser. 2): 136a. It is bound with the letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . …
- … the letter to T. H. Huxley, 11 January [1860] . The letter seems to be a response to the …
- … letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] , of which only a part—the notes on Origin — …
- … January (see letter to Charles Lyell, 4 January [1860] ). According to the letter to T. …
- … H. Huxley, 11 January [1860] , CD had already sent his response to Watson. The note …
- … the letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . CD refers to A. de Candolle 1855 . …
- … the letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . CD made an outline of his argument in …
- … the letter from H. C. Watson, [3? January 1860] . CD responded to Watson’s criticism in …
To J. D. Hooker 14 [January 1860]
Summary
CD has learned from Lyell that JDH reviewed Origin in Gardeners’ Chronicle writing in Lindley’s style.
Lyell is working on man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 14 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2651 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 14 [January 1860] …
- … DAR 115: 36 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 [Jan 1860] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Francis, and Leonard Darwin contracted measles in January 1860. See also letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] . …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 4 [January 1860] . CD refers to Hooker’s anonymous review of …
To ? [1860–82?]
Summary
Is "almost certain" plant is Menispermum canadense.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1860–82?] |
| Classmark: | Glenbow Museum |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13875 |
To ? [1860–82?]
Summary
CD’s health remains bad and as he grows older he becomes weaker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1860–82?] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13876 |
To John Murray 23 [January 1860]
Summary
Has agreed to permit P. T. A. Talandier to translate the Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 23 [Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.62–63) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2664 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Murray 23 [January 1860] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.62–63) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 [Jan 1860] John Murray …
- … too scientific to translate easily (see letter to Charles Lyell, 14 January [1860] ). CD …
- … went to London on 24 January 1860 and returned to Down on 27 January ( Emma Darwin’s …
To [John Hawkshaw?] 1 January [1860]
Summary
Returning Thomas George Bonney’s certificate, which it was a pleasure to sign.
Delighted that JH is interested in his book [Origin?]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Hawkshaw |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1860] |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 139), Geological Society of London (Membership certificates, 1860, p. 116) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2633F |
Matches: 4 hits
| letter | (44) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Murray, John (b) | (4) |
| Unidentified | (4) |
| Lyell, Charles | (3) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Bridges, Thomas (b) | (1) |
| Carpenter, W. B. | (1) |
| Cresy, Edward, Jr | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (44) |
| Gardeners’ Chronicle | (1) |
| Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Griffin, Charles | (1) |
| Hawkshaw, John | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (6) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (3) |
| Meade, R. H. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (4) |
| Powell, Baden | (2) |
| Quatrefages de Bréau, Armand de Quatrefages | (2) |
| Smith, J. T. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Unidentified | (4) |
| Watson, H. C. | (1) |
| Williams & Norgate | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
Matches: 29 hits
- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of …
- … in railway stations ( letter to Charles Lyell, 14 January [1860] ). By May, with the work …
- … be nice easy reading.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). Origin : reactions and …
- … his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1860] ). Darwin’s magnanimous …
- … utterly smashed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). (A chronological list of all the …
- … the only track that leads to physical truth’ (Sedgwick 1860) that most wounded Darwin. Having spent …
- … investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above all else Darwin prided …
- … ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). To those who objected that his …
- … as real.’ ( letter to C. J. F. Bunbury, 9 February [1860] ). This helps to explain why Darwin was …
- … progression ( letter to Charles Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860] ). To this and Lyell’s many other …
- … than a success ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 February [1860] ). I think geologists …
- … to reasoning.’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 18 May 1860 ). Darwin began to tabulate (and …
- … and five botanists ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] ). Others, like François Jules …
- … at it, makes me sick!’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 April [1860] ). By the end of 1860, Darwin …
- … those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he believed, …
- … of species ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 August 1860 ). But Baer in fact eventually opposed …
- … other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware that …
- … after 4 hours battle’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1860). Other correspondents informed Darwin …
- … thing for subject.—’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 July [1860] ). Further details of the meeting, …
- … theological reform tract Essays and reviews in January 1860 as to that of Origin itself. …
- … ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most about such …
- … support altogether (letters to Charles Lyell, 1 June [1860] and 11 August [1860] ). As …
- … view the subject’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1860] ); later he became ‘fairly sick’ …
- … of his geological argument, he wrote to Lyell on 6 June [1860] : 'I am beginning to despair …
- … Darwin was not, however, entirely preoccupied in 1860 with his critics and the reception of Origin …
- … two days after the second edition was issued, on 9 January 1860, he turned to preparing the first …
- … compressed arguments of Origin . Many of the letters of 1860 pertain to his collection of further …
- … in the fertilisation of plants. In the spring and summer of 1860, he began to investigate the …
- … changed structure.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 April [1860] ). Tracing the complicated …
British Association meeting 1860
Summary
Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…
Matches: 7 hits
- … the Advancement of Science meeting in Oxford, June–July 1860 Several letters in the year 1860 …
- … Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the …
- … broken down” (letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [June 1860] ). Undoubtedly the most famous …
- … are less well known. The following account of the 1860 meeting of the British Association in …
- … by their precise attribution. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, p. 19: Introduction to the reports …
- … lively during the week. Athenæum , 7 July 1860, pp. 25–6: Thursday session of Section D. …
- … monkey was the gift of speech. Athenæum , 14 July 1860, pp. 64–5: Saturday session, …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 4 hits
- … should not be in conflict. A TREMENDOUS FURORE: 1859-1860 In which Darwin distributes …
- … in the long run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument …
- … 1859 70 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 5 JANUARY 1860 71L AGASSIZ, JULY 1860 …
- … 100 A GRAY, ATLANTIC MONTHLY FOR JULY, AUGUST AND OCTOBER, 1860 101 GRAY’S ARTICLE IN THE …
New material added to the American edition of Origin
Summary
A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
Matches: 11 hits
- … response to Darwin (see letters from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860], [17 January 1860], and 23 January …
- … of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and n. 2). The firm agreed, however, to …
- … of species (two letters to Baden Powell, 18 January 1860), Darwin subsequently changed his mind. On …
- … this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9 February 1860]. He had earlier sent Gray some …
- … given by Hewett Cottrell Watson in his letter of [3? January 1860]) that Darwin wanted inserted at …
- … American edition in the letter to Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860]. Darwin suggested to Gray that …
- … additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May 1860, D. Appleton …
- … printings of Origin (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure) and were preparing to …
- … American edition of Origin was available in July 1860 (see [Gray] 1860b, p. 116). It is …
- … Charles Darwin Down, Bromley, Kent, Feb. 1860 [Darwin’s …
- … 363–6). See also letter from John Lubbock, [after 28 April 1860?]. 4 Origin , p. 188. …
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … Monthly for July , August , and October , 1860, reprinted in 1861. I …
Review: The Origin of Species
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- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much …
Essay: Design versus necessity
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—by Asa Gray DESIGN VERSUS NECESSITY.—DISCUSSION BETWEEN TWO READERS OF DARWIN’S TREATISE ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, UPON ITS NATURAL THEOLOGY. (American Journal of Science and Arts, September, 1860) D.T.—Is Darwin’s theory atheistic or pantheistic…
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Darwin and Down
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Charles and Emma Darwin, with their first two children, settled at Down House in the village of Down (later ‘Downe’) in Kent, as a young family in 1842. The house came with eighteen acres of land, and a fifteen acre meadow. The village combined the…
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … the last proof sheets on 26 December 1859 ; published 1860 1 st US ‘revised and augmented’ …
- … 2 nd to 3 rd editions; US edition By June 1860 Darwin was at least open to the …
- … be needed ‘ soon, ever, or never ’. By November 1860 he had heard that it was , and it was …
- … additions now sent.— In the meantime, in July 1860, a ‘revised and augmented’ American …
- … he had yet to start it on 28 January, but on 2 February 1860 he told Herbert Spencer that it was …
- … (see letter from Jeffries Wyman, [ c . 15] September 1860 ). Among pigs in a particular …
- … who only began corresponding with Darwin in November 1860, too late for the third edition. …
The whale-bear
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Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as a ‘word of ill-omen’. In the first edition of Origin he told the story of a black bear seen swimming for hours with its mouth wide open scooping insects from the water ‘like a whale’. He went on to imagine that natural…
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- … ( William Henry Harvey to Charles Darwin, 24 August 1860 ) Darwin came to regard ‘bear’ as …
From morphology to movement: observation and experiment
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Darwin was a thoughtful observer of the natural world from an early age. Whether on a grand scale, as exemplified by his observations on geology, or a microscopic one, as shown by his early work on the eggs and larvae of tiny bryozoans, Darwin was…
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Syms Covington
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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
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- … a new ear-trumpet for him from London, and again in 1860 . Covington still assisted …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … implements of early humans (C. Lyell 1859). In September 1860 he visited sites in both France and …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. 3; Hutchinson 1914, 1: 51). …
- … book, Prehistoric times (Lubbock 1865). By 1860, Lyell had begun work on a sixth edition …
- … completed and set in type for Elements of geology in 1860 and then re-set in 1861 for …
- … well as the Swiss lake-dwellings, was originally written in 1860 for the sixth edition of the ‘ …
- … discoveries and conclusions which had been made before 1860; but I gladly took advantage of the …
- … to them, or to any authors of later date than the summer of 1860, I must have expanded the plan of …
- … expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1860 15 (1861): 284–343. Translated by …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter he reminded Lyell of …
- … who was already ill-disposed towards Owen following his 1860 review of Origin , wrote to Falconer …
- … exercise Darwin was Huxley’s assertion, first made in his 1860 review of Origin , that in order …
- … and Viola species, had interested Darwin since 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … to the copy he had sent five years previously in his 1860 letter to Hooker , Darwin exclaimed …
- … matter, and he was far more satisfied with the results. In 1860-61 and again in 1864 Charles Darwin …
- … most transformative photographs of Darwin.The years between 1860 and 1864 took a physical and …
- … his ‘venerable beard’! Images: Charles Darwin, 1860-61, William Darwin, Courtesy of Harvard …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … Bridges, Thomas (b) [Oct 1860 or after] [Keppel …
