From Edward Cresy 6 June 1867
Summary
Returns Hooker’s paper [unidentified].
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 June 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 248 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5564 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From Edward Cresy 7 February 1868
Summary
Thanks for loan of Variation. "The Saturday Sadducees" do not believe there are a hundred people who understand the argument. EC fancies he does.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 251 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5850 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
To Edward Cresy 14 October [1860]
Summary
Discusses letter from A. W. v. Hofmann concerning solution of iodine in water.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 314 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2950 |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
From Edward Cresy 10 September 1865
Summary
Reading Carl Vogt [Lectures on man (1864)].
Vogt, though anti-Lamarck, is converted to Darwinism.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 245 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4892 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From Edward Cresy 27 April 1863
Summary
CD’s Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Sending up-to-date railway map of southern region.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4130 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
- … scitur). Introduction, notes, and bibliography by Elaine Limbrick. Latin text established, …
From A. W. von Hofmann to Edward Cresy 27 October 1860
Summary
Is enclosing Alfred Swaine Taylor’s book On poisons (1848). Reports on his own experiment with the starch test in dissolving iodine in different measures of water.
| Author: | August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 27 Oct 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2966A |
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- … Bibliography Taylor, Alfred Swaine. 1848. On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence …
From August Wilhelm von Hofmann to Edward Cresy 13 October 1860
Summary
Has not himself experimented with delicacy of tests but sends several illustrations of what other authorities have done. Reference to James Marsh’s test for arsenic and that of Ashley Paston Price for iodine.
| Author: | August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2947B |
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- … Bibliography DNB : Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney …
To Edward Cresy [15 July 1848]
Summary
Encloses note from William Buckland [1190], stating that no appointment of surveyor is to be made. Thinks further recommendation would be unwise, but will write to Sir Henry De la Beche and [Robert?] Hutton if EC wishes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [15 July 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 307 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1191 |
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- … Bibliography Lewis, Richard Albert. 1952. Edwin Chadwick and the public health movement, …
To Edward Cresy 13 May [1863]
Summary
Thanks for maps.
George [Darwin] failed at St John’s [College, Cambridge] and will stay another year at school.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 13 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 323 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4164 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From Edward Cresy 27 January 1868
Summary
Congratulations on George’s being Second Wrangler at Cambridge.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Jan 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 250 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5806 |
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- … Bibliography Cambridge University calendar : The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: …
From Alfred Swaine Taylor to Edward Cresy 10 December 1860
Summary
CD may be interested in a reference to a method of detecting 1/195000 of a grain of sodium chloride.
Also, on Drosera, suggests it would be interesting to try substances such as gun-cotton, in which nitrogen is in very different states from a salt of ammonia.
| Author: | Alfred Swaine Taylor |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 14–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3015 |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Taylor, …
To Edward Cresy [20 July 1848]
Summary
Will speak to Richard Owen, Henry De la Beche, and Robert Hutton concerning appointment for EC.
Leaving for sea-side on Saturday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [20 July 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 308 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1192 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Edward Cresy [5 or 12 July 1848]
Summary
Has written to William Buckland, recommending EC for position.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [5 or 12] July 1848 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 306 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1188 |
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- … Bibliography Rupke, Nicolaas A. 1983. The great chain of history: William Buckland and the …
To Edward Cresy [24 June 1849]
Summary
Declines to canvass for Richard King.
Water-cure has benefited health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [24 June 1849] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 309 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1238 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Edward Cresy 26 [December 1843 – April 1846 or September 1855 – October 1860?]
Summary
Says Hooker does not want plant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 26 [Dec 1843 - Apr 1846 or Sept 1855 - Oct 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 311 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13787 |
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- … Bibliography Desmond, Ray. 1999. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, traveller and plant collector. …
To Edward Cresy 7 September [1865]
Summary
May his son George call for advice on his career?
CD has been ill for past four months.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 7 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 324 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4610 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
From Edward Cresy 29 July 1864
Summary
Requests letter of introduction to Asa Gray.
Went to Linnean Society to hear CD’s Lythrum paper read [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 242 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4579 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Edward Cresy [before May 1848?]
Summary
Obliged for account of change in quality of wool. "Some authors will not admit that climate has any perceptible action."
Hopes his health is re-established.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [before May 1848?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1545 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Edward Cresy 29 April [1853]
Summary
Discusses installation of watering system. Sent question to Gardeners’ Chronicle but, through EC’s kindness, superfluously.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 29 Apr [1853] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 310 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1677 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Edward Cresy 19 October [1865]
Summary
Discusses income provided for sons at Cambridge.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 19 Oct [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 325 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4639 |
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- … Bibliography Alum. Cantab. : Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known …
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| Hofmann, A. W. von | (2) |
| Taylor, A. S. | (1) |
| Cresy, Edward, Jr | (26) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Cresy, Edward, Jr | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Hofmann, A. W. von | (2) |
| Taylor, A. S. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
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The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
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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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< 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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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
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< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
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< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
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< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
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< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
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< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
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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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
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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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
