From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 11 July 1862
Summary
Relates death of H. G. Bronn.
Discusses publication of German edition of Orchids [1862].
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3654 |
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- … of Treviranus 1863a with his letter of 12 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11); there …
- … of Treviranus 1863a with his letter of 12 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11); there …
- … letter was written by Christian Friedrich Schweizerbart , who was head of the Stuttgart publishing firm E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (see n. 10, below). Heinrich Georg Bronn died on 5 July 1862, aged 62 ( Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19 (1863): …
- … letter from H. G. Bronn, 21 June 1862 and n. 2). The observations referred to by Schweizerbart have not been identified; Treviranus included a detailed critique of Orchids in his review of CD’s views on dichogamy, published in the Botanische Zeitung in January 1863 ( …
- … letter from H. G. Bronn, 21 June 1862 and n. 2). The observations referred to by Schweizerbart have not been identified; Treviranus included a detailed critique of Orchids in his review of CD’s views on dichogamy, published in the Botanische Zeitung in January 1863 ( …
- … 1863) was initially issued in three parts, whose publication was announced on 6 October, 17 November, and 19 December 1862, respectively ( Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel 29 (1862): 2083, 2447, and 2735). Bronn trans. 1862. CD arranged for Schweizerbart to buy electrotype plates of the illustrations for Orchids from John Murray , CD’s British publisher (see letter …
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 26 October 1866
Summary
Plans to have J. V. Carus handle translation of new edition of Origin. Describes Carus’ views on the edition.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5256 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 16 October 1862
Summary
Discusses German editions of Origin and Orchids.
Sends publication dealing with leaves.
Relates amusing case of paternity confirmed.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3768 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 7 June 1862
Summary
Discusses publication of second German edition of Origin [1863] and German edition of Orchids [1862].
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3590 |
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From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 23 March 1866
Summary
Describes plans for new German edition of Origin [1867].
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Mar 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5038 |
To E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 22 November [1867]
Summary
Encloses list of people to whom he would like presentation copies of the German edition of Variation sent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Date: | 22 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (Cod. hist. 4o 333a. No 77, 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5694 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 24 January 1867
Summary
Describes progress in preparation of third German edition of the Origin. Asks about use of photograph for edition.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5377 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 22 March 1867
Summary
Agrees to publish German edition of Variation.
Discusses publication of third German ed. of Origin.
Thanks CD for portrait.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5454 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 10 May 1866
Summary
Encloses letter from H. B. Geinitz, who declines to handle translation of new edition of Origin. Recommends Julius Victor Carus. Also suggests Gustav von Leonhard as translator for Origin.
Discusses translation of Variation.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5085 |
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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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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- … The Project was contacted by the owner of an important Darwin letter that contains a rare instance …
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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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
Inheritance
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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
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- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Friendship | Mentors | Class | Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
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…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment A monograph by which to work …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
