To Horace Darwin [15 December 1871]
Summary
Congratulates Horace on passing his "Little Go".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8107 |
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- … Bibliography OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
- … with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by …
To Horace Darwin 9 December 1881
Summary
CD is glad birth [of Erasmus Darwin] is over and that Ida has borne it so well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13541 |
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- … Bibliography Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: …
To Horace Darwin 9 January [1874]
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CD is glad Horace has done "pretty well" in his examination.
Smith and Elder will publish new edition of Coral reefs [1874]; thanks HD for aid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9234 |
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- … Bibliography Cambridge University calendar : The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: …
From Horace Darwin 4 September 1880
Summary
Observations on earthworms.
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Sept 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.1: 34–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12707 |
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- … Bibliography Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: …
To Horace Darwin 26 [July 1868]
Summary
Writes to express his pleasure at Leonard’s success [second in the Woolwich Academy entrance examination].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 26 [July 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6289 |
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- … Bibliography Emma Darwin (1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family …
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
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- … Bibliography Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: …
From Horace Darwin 7 October 1880
Summary
Worm-castings. Encloses notes about worm activities at Gravetye Manor.
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 65: 99, 100; DAR 162: 72, 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12742 |
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- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific papers , by …
From Horace Darwin 17 August 1874
Summary
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9603 |
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- … Bibliography ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to …
From Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin [18 September 1880]
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Found worm-casts atop a 2555–foot hill.
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Sept 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12717 |
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- … Bibliography Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: …
From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [1 February 1872]
Summary
Observations on earthworm activity in old furrows on a hillside.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 222 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8193 |
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- … Bibliography Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: …
From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [20 January 1872]
Summary
Describes the occurrence of earthworms and the signs of earthworm activity in the neighbourhood.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 221 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8168 |
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- … Bibliography Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: …
To Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer [before 25 June 1859]
Summary
Report on three rare beetles they have recently taken in Down parish.
| Author: | Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer |
| Date: | [before 25 June 1859] |
| Classmark: | Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer 6 (1859): 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2472 |
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- … Bibliography LL : The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical …
To the Darwin children 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
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- … Bibliography Index Kewensis : Index Kewensis: plantarum phanerogamarum, nomina et synonyma …
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| Darwin, Horace | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Amy | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | |
| Darwin, Leonard | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Ruck, Amy | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
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
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< 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. …
4.48 '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. …
4.47 '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. …
4.31 '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 …
