From Naphtali Lewy [26 March – 24 April 1876]
Summary
NL has written an essay Toldot adam (Lewy 1874, privately printed in book form as Lewy [1875]) to convince his people of the truth of CD’s theory.
| Author: | Naphtali Lewy (Halevi) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Mar – 24 Apr 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10430 |
From Giovanni Canestrini 6 May 1876
Summary
Two parts of the second edition of the Italian translation of Variation are already out.
Expression will soon follow [published in 1878].
The publisher [Unione] asks CD to give him the right of Italian translations of his works.
| Author: | Giovanni Canestrini |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10499 |
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- … letter from Giovanni Canestrini, 22 October 1875 ). Expression was translated into Italian by Canestrini and Francesco Bassani ; it was published in 1878 ( …
- … 1878). G. Chiantore was the director of Unione Tipografico-Editrice of Turin; he has not been further identified (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter …
From J. V. Carus 19 March 1876
Summary
Insectivorous plants is out
and Climbing plants is at the printer’s.
He is now at work on the geological writings.
Thinks all of CD’s papers extremely interesting "for the spirit and the method".
Cites some misprints in Climbing plants.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10419 |
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- … in 1878 (Carus trans. 1878c). CD also sent some of his geological papers with his letter …
- … 1878 (Carus trans. 1878b; from the combined second edition, Geological observations 2d ed. ). In his letter …
- … 1878 (Carus trans. 1878a). Carus suffered from bronchial problems. His health had improved while he was in Edinburgh, where he gave a course of lectures in the summers of 1873 and 1874 (see Correspondence vol 22, letter …
From Asa Gray 12 November 1876
Summary
Thanks for sheets of new book. Intends to talk about it at a scientific social club meeting.
Is amused to read CD’s criticisms of his own style, as in the U. S. it is spoken of as being as faultless as his temper. Corrects a reference.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10668 |
From Milan Radovanović 18 August 1876
Summary
Sends Serbian edition of Ernst Haeckel’s Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte translated by his late brother.
Serbian edition of Origin, translated by MMR, not yet published because of war with Turks.
| Author: | Milan Marinković (Milan) Radovanović |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10580 |
From J. V. Carus 20 November 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for [2d English edition of] Volcanic islands and South America [1876].
Is at work on Cross and self-fertilisation. Asks about some doubtful points.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10681 |
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- … letter to J. V. Carus, 23 November 1876 ). Carus’s German translations were published in 1877 ( Volcanic islands ; Carus 1877a) and 1878 ( …
- … 1878 (Carus trans. 1878b); the plates were included. See Geological observations 2d ed. , p. vi. For CD’s brief paper, read on 4 June 1845, ‘An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic Ocean’, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2 (1846): 26–30, see also Shorter publications , pp. 192–6. In his letter …
From F. M. Balfour [14] December [1876]
Summary
Lists his chief publications and suggests names of biologists in the Royal Society whom CD might ask to sign his nomination certificate.
| Author: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14] Dec [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10712 |
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- … 1878 . CD had asked for the names of six fellows to sign Balfour’s certificate for membership of the Royal Society; Balfour suggests Allen Thomson , Alfred Newton , George Murray Humphry , William Sharpey , George Rolleston , and Edwin Ray Lankester . CD had suggested that Balfour’s brother-in-law John William Strutt might sign Balfour’s certificate (see letter …
From Albert Gaudry 2 December 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for translation of Climbing plants.
AG is at work on Les enchaînements du monde animal [1878]. Will send CD a copy as soon as it is ready.
| Author: | Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10696 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter in its original French, see pp. 362–3. Gaudry had evidently been sent the German translation of Climbing plants 2d ed. (Carus trans. 1876c); the French one (Gordon trans. 1877) had not yet been published. The first part of Gaudry’s Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques (Linkages in the animal world over geological time; Gaudry 1878 – …
From George Rolleston 26 December 1876
Summary
Has sent Balfour’s certificate on to Ray Lankester, and encloses a certificate for Moseley for CD to sign.
Calls attention to a paper by Emil Bessels on Eskimos, which he extracts [see 10737].
CD has cited GR for material that is not his in Variation, 2d ed., 1: 469, on transmission of mutilation.
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 212 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10734 |
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- … letter of [14] December [1876] , Balfour had suggested Edwin Ray Lankester and Rolleston as supporters for his nomination. The certificate, dated 3 January 1877, was also signed by CD, William Sharpey , George Murray Humphry , Alfred Newton , Allen Thomson , George James Allman , William Benjamin Carpenter , Henry Nottidge Moseley , William Kitchen Parker , Philip Lutley Sclater , and John Lubbock . He was elected on 6 June 1878 ( …
From J. D. Hooker 4 July 1876
Summary
JDH hopes Thiselton-Dyer does not discourage Frank’s investigation of insectivorous plants.
Preparing new editions of botany text-books.
His marriage is set for August.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 July 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10556 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 1878, p. 462). Botany ( Hooker 1876a ), which was in the ‘Science primers’ series of Macmillan and Co. , had been published in March 1876 ( Publishers’ circular , 16 March 1876, p. 218); two further editions appeared in 1876, after which it was reprinted several times. John Tyndall had recently married Louisa Charlotte, the daughter of Claude and Elizabeth Emma Hamilton . Emma Darwin’s letter …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 June [1876] . Francis Darwin had been studying the glands lining the cups of Dipsacus sylvestris (a synonym of D. fullonum , common teasel) and noted that they emitted protoplasmic filaments that appeared to catch solid particles of decaying insects. William Turner Thiselton-Dyer . The second edition of The student’s flora of the British Islands was published in June 1878 ( …
From William Jackson [24–8?] May [1876?]
Summary
CD’s servant submits estimate for work to be done on pantry.
| Author: | William Jackson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24–8?] May [1876?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10487 |
From G. J. Romanes [after 23 September 1876]
Summary
No results yet with graft-hybrids.
Has been writing a paper.
"Lankester seems to have doubled up [H.] Slade [the medium] in fine style".
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 23 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10584 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letters of George John Romanes M.A. , LL.D. , F.R.S. London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co. Romanes, George John. 1876–7. An account of some new species, varieties, and monstrous forms of medusæ. [Read 6 April 1876 and 18 January 1877. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Zoology ) 12 (1876): 524–31; 13 (1878): …
From G. J. Romanes [c. 19 March 1876]
Summary
Thanks for copy of 2d ed. of Variation.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 19 Mar 1876] |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 44–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10421F |
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- … letter to G. J. Romanes, 8 October 1875 . Romanes was evidently unaware that Theodor Eimer had already described his experiments on the nervous system of medusae in Eimer 1874 . Eimer published two further works on the medusan nervous system, the last a monograph on its physiology and morphology ( Eimer 1877 and 1878). …
From J. D. Hooker [24 September 1876]
Summary
JDH again expresses his condolences.
The Glasgow BAAS meeting was good, except for Tait’s shameful attack on Tyndall.
Immensely impressed on Scottish geological and glacial features. Is CD aware that the earth beneath Glen Roy roads was found to contain freshwater diatoms?
Recounts the itinerary of his honeymoon in Scotland.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 62–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10605 |
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- … letter to John Tyndall, 5 June [1876] and n. 2). Brian Houghton Hodgson and Susan Hodgson lived at Alderley Grange, near Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire ( ODNB ). Harriet Anne Hooker was Hooker’s daughter. Hooker had been president of the Royal Society of London since 1873 ( ODNB ). A second edition of The student’s flora of the British Islands was published in 1878 ( …
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| Balfour, F. M. | (1) |
| Canestrini, Giovanni | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Carus, J. V. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
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Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Family experiments Darwin …
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 …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … < Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his …
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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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It …
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 …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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- … < Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
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- … < Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was …
3.14 Julia Margaret Cameron, photos
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< Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of Wight with his immediate family, his brother Erasmus, and his friend Joseph Hooker. The family’s accommodation at Freshwater was rented from the photographer Julia…
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- … < Back to Introduction In the summer of 1868 Darwin took a holiday on the Isle of …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
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- … George Eliot was the pen name of the celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She …
'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 …
