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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of Darwin’s study of …
- … Cross- and self-fertilisation Darwin’s other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 …
- … (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main suggested that facial movements could …
- … breeding ( letter from Henry Reeks, 3 March 1873 ). Robert Swinhoe wrote from Ning-Po in …
- … felt an inclination to have a second dose” ( letter from Robert Swinhoe, 26 March 1873 ). …
- … began to sound out Huxley’s friends on the matter. The main difficulty was how to raise the money …
- … pattern that Darwin had used for previous publications, his main assistant in the past having been …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … But it was the opinion of scientific men that was Darwin’s main concern. He eagerly scrutinised each …
- … this criticism, he told Hooker, did not at all concern his main argument ( letter to J. D. Hooker, …
- … the embryological evidence supporting Darwin’s views and Robert FitzRoy’s denunciations in both the …
- … Innes, ‘though firmly convinced now that I am in the main right.— For a week hardly passes …
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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- … as well as, where relevant, the names of editors. As in the main bibliography, the manuscript page …
- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … [G. Bennett 1860] Read 114 Village Bells [Manning] 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White …
- … Republic [Motley 1855] [DAR 128: 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology …
- … 1803] (nothing) [DAR 128: 25] 1859 Feb. 28 Olmstead S. States [Olmsted …
- … Mast [R. H. Dana [1840] (good) Bertrams [Trollope 1859] & Adam Bede [Eliot 1859] …
- … [Brewster 1831] March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life [Robert-Houdin [1859] 19 …
- … 21 Erasmus Alvey Darwin. 22 Robert Waring Darwin. 23 The …
- … The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology, edited by Robert Bentley Todd, was issued in parts. …
- … Pulteney. 1847. Instinct. In vol. 3, pp. 1–29, of Todd, Robert Bentley, The cyclopædia of anatomy …
- … on the progress of civilisation . Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. 119: 22a Anon. …
- … Therry, Esq. Sydney. *119: 8v. Brown, Robert. 1814. General remarks, geographical …
- … … Translated by John Black. With notes … by Robert Jameson . London. [Darwin Library.] …
- … by her niece. 7 vols. London. 119: 12b, 18b Burns, Robert. 1786. Poems, chiefly in the …
- … London. [Other eds.] 119: 11b [Chambers, Robert]. 1844. Vestiges of the natural history …
- … 1847. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey . London. 119: 21b …
- … 3 vols. London. *119: 21, 23; 119: 22b Curzon, Robert. 1849. Visits to monasteries in …
- … pts. London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 12a [Darwin, Robert Waring]. 1787. Principia …
- … Useful Knowledge.) London. *119: 14, 22 Drury, Robert. 1729. Madagascar; or, Robert …
- … fraisiers . 2 pts. Paris. *119: 21v. Dudley, Robert. 1844. Correspondence of Robert …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. …
- … Variation and extinction The other main focus of Darwin’s research centred on determining the …
- … cirripedes, he began to explore this phenomenon with George Robert Waterhouse, Hooker, and others. …
- … the ultimate sources of variation in organisms. Advised by Robert Hunt, he planned to test the …
Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia
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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…
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- … a student in Edinburgh and, in particular, his contact with Robert Edmond Grant. In his …
- … developed, as is shown by his correspondence with George Robert Waterhouse. On [26 July 1843] ( …
- … homologies. Through the work of naturalists such as Robert Brown, Martin Barry, and Owen in England …
- … pupal antennae resembled the common cirripede type was the main reason Darwin advanced for including …
- … difficult to abandon this homology when it was challenged in 1859 by August Krohn. As he admitted in …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from Scotland about a …
- … the eye, which resulted in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin …
- … survive. One of these has been transcribed in Appendix IV. Robert Swinhoe, the British consul in …
- … still strongly think … that sexual selection has been the main agent in forming the races of Man.’ …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … and had cost twenty-four shillings.) Murray’s partner, Robert Francis Cooke, informed Darwin that …
- … Although the sundew and the Venus fly trap were the main plant groups in Darwin’s study, he also …
- … the year. He assisted the retired diplomat and ornithologist Robert Swinhoe, a valued correspondent …
