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Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies

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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…

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  • … Hutton particularly striking. As he told his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hutton was one of the few …
  • … George Maw, 19 July [1861] ). The American palaeontologist Joseph Leidy also sent word of his …
  • … to report ‘at a favourable opportunity’ ( letter from Joseph Leidy, 4 March [1861] ). However, the …
  • … of Dartmoor. Both Darwin and Emma, however, in part credited Joseph Hooker for Henrietta’s gradual …

List of correspondents

Summary

Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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  • … Louis (1) Bertrand, Joseph (2) …
  • … Buist, Robert (2) Bullar, Joseph (2) …
  • … Fawcett, Henry (4) Fayrer, Joseph (15) …
  • … Ernst von (3) Hewett, Joseph (1) …
  • … Kaufman, K. P. von (2) Kay, Joseph (1) …
  • … Lehmann, Emil (1) Leidy, Joseph (1) …
  • … Lippert, Julius (1) Lister, Joseph (1) …
  • … Playfair, Lyon (8) Plimsoll, Joseph (6) …
  • … S. T. (7) Prestwich, Joseph (4) …
  • … Simmons, F. W. C. (1) Simms, Joseph (1) …
  • … Sinclair, James (1) Sinel, Joseph (1) …
  • … Witte, Emil (1) Wolf, Joseph (1) …
  • … T. V. (10) Wolstenholme, Joseph (1) …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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  • … in Brazil [Gardner 1846]. —— 10 th  D r . Joseph Adams. Philosoph. Treatise on Hereditary …
  • … Poor [Mayhew 1851].— Missionary Life in Canada [Joseph Abbott 1846] May 20 G. Cumming …
  • … the private library of William Jackson Hooker and his son, Joseph Dalton Hooker, from whom CD …
  • … wishes (1784). 29  Possibly a reference to Joseph Priestley,  Hartley’s theory of …
  • … of Khaurism . 2 vols. London.  119: 21b Abbott, Joseph. 1846.  Philip Musgrave; or, …
  • … 1799, etc . 2 vols. London.  119: 14a Acosta, Joseph de. 1604.  The naturall and morall …
  • … the Spanish. London. [Other eds.] *128: 159 Adams, Joseph. 1815.  A treatise on the …
  • … [Other eds.]  *119: 21; 119: 13b, 22b Banks, Joseph. 1796–1800.  Catalogus bibliothecæ …
  • … To which is added, an account   of his life (drawn up by Joseph Stock), and several of his   …
  • … *119: 14v.; 119: 13a Blanco y Crespo, José Maria (Joseph Blanco White). 1845.  The life of …
  • … Abstract in DAR 71: 85–6.]  128: 12 Butler, Joseph. 1736.  The analogy of religion, …
  • … 119: 12b Corry, John. 1804.  The life of Joseph Priestley … With   critical observations …
  • … vols. London.  *119: 24; *128: 180; 128: 5 Davis, Joseph Barnard and Thurnam, John. 1856 …
  • … fishing excursions . London.  128: 10 Decaisne, Joseph. 1858–75.  Le jardin fruitiere du …
  • … London.  *119: 24 Doblado, Leucadio,  pseud . (Joseph Blanco White). 1822.  Letters …
  • … 2 vols. London.  *119: 22; 119: 22b Gaertner, Joseph. 1788–91.  Josephus Gærtner de …
  • … Gurney . 3 vols. London.  119: 22b Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844–7.  Flora Antarctica . …
  • …   libri . 6 pts. Amsterdam.  128: 18 Jukes, Joseph Beete. 1847.  Narrative of the …
  • … Dutch by E. W. Earl. London.  119: 5a Kölreuter, Joseph Gottlieb. 1761–6.  Vorläufige   …
  • … Abstract in DAR 116.]  *119: 15v. Kölreuter, Joseph Gottlieb. 1775.  Lychni-Cucubalus : …
  • … 2 vols. (The Catholic Series.) London.  119: 18b Leidy, Joseph. 1853.  A flora and fauna …
  • … of Chemistry  7: 431–45.  119: 1a Maclise, Joseph. 1847.  Comparative osteology: being …
  • … del reyno de Chile . Translated into Spanish by Domingo Joseph. 2 vols. Madrid. [Darwin Library.]  …
  • … des pommes de terre . Paris.  *119: 12v. Paxton, Joseph. 1838.  A practical treatise on …
  • … 5 vols. London.  128: 9, 17, 21 Pernety, Antoine Joseph. 1769.  Journal historique d’un …
  • … [Darwin Library.]  128: 20 Pitton de Tournefort, Joseph. 1718.  A voyage into the   …