From E. A. Darwin 20 June [1862]
Summary
Asks CD to help Thomas Carlyle find and borrow a book.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105 (ser. 2): 4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3614 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Bibliography Carlyle, Thomas. 1858–65. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called …
- … London. Dyer, Isaac Watson. 1928. A bibliography of Thomas Carlyle’s writings and ana. …
From E. A. Darwin 18 May 1823
Summary
Discusses plans for CD to visit Cambridge.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 May 1823 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Bibliography Donn, James. 1823. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an accented catalogue of …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From E. A. Darwin [10 January 1825]
Summary
Saw a mineral salesman, but he had nothing CD does not already have.
EAD has a piece of petrified sponge and some curious coal that John Price pulled out of his fire.
Griffith’s Animal kingdom [Griffith, Edward, et al. 1827–35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, … with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. 16 vols. London] just being published. He is sure CD would like it.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [10 Jan 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Bibliography Bagshaw, Samuel. 1851. History, gazetteer, and directory of Shropshire. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
From E. A. Darwin 15 August [1859 or later]
Summary
Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1859 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7301 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Bucknill, John Charles. 1859. The psychology of Shakespeare. London: Longman, …
From E. A. Darwin [before 20 February 1866?]
Summary
Lyell calculates enviously that CD can do more work than any of the philosophers.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4965 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Freeman, Richard Broke. 1984. Darwin pedigrees. London: printed for the …
From E. A. Darwin [c. 22 November 1875]
Summary
Calculates ounce and gram equivalents of pints (old and imperial).
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 22 Nov 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 130–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9197 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Duncan, Andrew. 1830. The Edinburgh new dispensatory. 12th edition. …
From E. A. Darwin 2 November [1877?]
Summary
A friend of EAD’s has removed a CD letter pasted into a book given by CD to a library, and kept it lest the author think CD did not like his book.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov [1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11223 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Waugh, Francis Gledstanes. [1888. ] Members of the Athenæum Club, 1824 to …
From E. A. Darwin 27 June [1864]
Summary
CD will be proposed for the Copley Medal. Hugh Falconer wants information: list of all CD’s papers, dates of the voyage, things not judicious to mention, when his sickness came on, etc.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B28–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4546 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography ‘Beagle’ diary : Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary. Edited by Richard Darwin …
From E. A. Darwin 13 March [1879]
Summary
Sends suggestions for CD’s preface to Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11931 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Galton, Francis. 1869. Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and …
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 21 [January 1863]
Summary
Will be glad to have CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 [Jan 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3399 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Rogers, G. Albert. 1865. A winter in Algeria. 1863–4. London: Sampson Low, …
From E. A. Darwin [9 March 1826]
Summary
Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-25 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Edgeworth, Maria. 1821. Moral Tales . 8th ed. 3 vols. London: R. Hunter. …
From E. A. Darwin 5 [March 1823]
Summary
More suggestions for the laboratory, including some experiments.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Mar 1823] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Brande, William Thomas. 1819. A manual of chemistry. London. Cambridge …
From E. A. Darwin 20 May [1880]
Summary
Thanks for two pamphlets;
Otto Zöckler’s [Darwin’s Grossvater (1880)] he thinks worthless.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12611 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
From E. A. Darwin 10 April [1866]
Summary
Has been offered proof impressions of Maguire’s portrait of CD.
Sorry to hear of CD’s "heap of maladies".
Georgina [Tollet?] wants to see the review in the Quarterly Journal of Science [3 (1866): 151–76].
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5053 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Calendar : A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. …
From E. A. Darwin 26 [November 1869 or later]
Summary
Has seen J. J. Sylvester again.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 [Nov 1869 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6539 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From E. A. Darwin 4 February 1878
Summary
Sends CD’s and George’s tithes.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11346 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Calendar : A calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. …
From E. A. Darwin 8 July 1879
Summary
F. P. Cobbe called on EAD to present a letter from the Secretary of the Anti-Vivisection Society; she hoped CD might support limiting repetitions of experiments.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B106–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12138 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Cobbe, Frances Power. 1904. Life of Frances Power Cobbe as told by herself. …
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 17 February [1866]
Summary
Suggests two ways of financing what Susan will owe Catherine’s estate.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B53–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5009 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To E. A. Darwin 7 September [1871]
Summary
Wants to sell some shares held in trust by EAD and Josiah Wedgwood [III].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13789 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Bradshaw’s railway guide : Bradshaw’s railway almanack, directory, …
From E. A. Darwin [15? April 1864]
Summary
Sir Henry Holland wants to see [Erasmus Darwin] Zoonomia.
Snow [F. J. Wedgwood] has gone, hoping to meet Fanny who is in a state of anxiety.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15? Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4482 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
| letter | (93) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (81) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
| Crawfurd, John | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (75) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (12) |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
| Crawfurd, John | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (82) |
| Darwin, E. A. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Shaw, Alexander | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
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…
Matches: 3 hits
- … 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
Summary
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…
Matches: 3 hits
- … 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
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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 …
Matches: 1 hits
- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 2 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 2 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
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…
Matches: 2 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
Summary
< 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
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
