From Alfred Newton 1 April 1879
Summary
Asks CD to join W. H. Flower and Huxley in signing a memorial in support of Dr Coues. He is a U.S. Army surgeon who has been working on an ornithological bibliography and needs support to complete his work in England.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11965 |
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- … has been working on an ornithological bibliography and needs support to complete his work …
- … Bibliography Allen, J. A. 1909. Biographical memoir of Elliott Coues 1842–1899. National …
- … Fourth installment of ornithological bibliography: being a list of faunal publications …
- … Coues to travel to England to complete his work on an ornithological bibliography. The …
- … first part of Coues’s universal bibliography of ornithology (‘List of faunal publications …
- … published four more instalments of his bibliography between 1878 and 1880, but much of his …
- … materials for a general Ornithological Bibliography’ but it is quite evident that he will …
- … cordially support it. The specimen of his bibliography that I enclose shews how thorough …
From Reginald Darwin 12 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.
| Author: | Reginald Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 162–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12310 |
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- … Bibliography Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
From Anton de Bary 20 February 1879
Summary
Since he was innocent of sending the Botanische Zeitung to CD, he inquired of the editor, who informs him that it is sent every week by post by order of Williams and Norgate.
| Author: | Anton Heinrich (Anton) de Bary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 133 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11890 |
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- … Bibliography Chambers : The Chambers dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers. …
From T. M. Coan 25 July 1879
Summary
Sends CD his article on causes of decline of Hawaiian population.
| Author: | Titus Munson Coan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12171 |
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- … Bibliography [Coan, Titus Munson. ] 1879. The decay of the Polynesian. Nation 29: 54–5. …
From W. S. Dallas 14 November 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 131–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12319 |
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- … Bibliography Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
From Hugo de Vries 10 September 1879
Summary
Movement of tentacles of Drosera.
| Author: | Hugo de Vries |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12223 |
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- … Bibliography Vries, Hugo de. 1880. Ueber die Kontraktion der Wurzeln. Landwirtschaftliche …
From Frederick King 27 February 1879
Summary
A founding member of the Royal Agricultural Society sends information on the specificity of sheep varieties to soil types.
| Author: | Frederick King |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11907 |
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- … Bibliography Wrightson, John. 1898. Sheep. Breeds and management . 3d edition. London: …
From G. W. Norman 15 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | George Warde Norman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12320 |
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- … Bibliography Darwin, Erasmus. 1789–91. The botanic garden; a poem, in two parts. Pt 1. The …
From V. H. Darwin 30 [May 1879]
Summary
Will be glad to draw Elston Hall for CD.
Gives some details of Sir Brook Boothby.
| Author: | Violetta Harriot Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [May 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12069 |
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- … Bibliography Boothby, Brooke. 1796. Sorrows sacred to the memory of Penelope. London: …
From Francis Darwin 9 July 1879
Summary
Pressure paralyses the streaming of protoplasm in the hairs of Tradescantia.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12142 |
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- … Bibliography Hofmeister, Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict. 1867. Die Lehre von der …
From E. A. Darwin 13 March [1879]
Summary
Sends suggestions for CD’s preface to Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11931 |
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- … Bibliography Galton, Francis. 1869. Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and …
From James Paget 25 July 1879
Summary
Regrets that he cannot send the promised volume [Biographie médicale, 7 vols, 1820–5, biographical appendix to Dictionaire des sciences medicales]. Offers to have his son make an abstract of the biography [of Erasmus Darwin].
| Author: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 194 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12172 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Biographie médicale : Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biographie …
From Grant Allen 21 February [1879]
Summary
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
| Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11894 |
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- … Bibliography Allen, Grant. 1877. Physiological aesthetics . London: Henry S. King & Co. …
From G. H. Darwin 3 March 1879
Summary
Thanks CD [for his increased allowance?].
Writes of his tour [in Algeria].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11914 |
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- … Bibliography Darwin, George Howard. 1907–16. Scientific papers. 5 vols. Cambridge: …
From Reginald Darwin 29 March 1879
Summary
Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems.
Family news.
| Author: | Reginald Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 146–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11960 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. …
From W. S. Dallas 8 May 1879
Summary
Has difficulty with E. Krause’s orthography and quotations.
Asks CD to lend him Anna Seward’s biography [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 104–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12039 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
From John Fordyce 8 May 1879
Summary
Compatibility of evolution and theism.
| Author: | John Fordyce |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12040 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Fordyce, John. 1883. Aspects of scepticism: with special reference to the …
From Reginald Darwin 17 November 1879
Summary
Sends a book on shorthand
and a paper, probably by Erasmus Darwin, entitled "Moral and physical hermeneutics", on the subject of temperance.
| Author: | Reginald Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 164–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12323 |
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- … Bibliography Gurney, Thomas. 1750. Brachygraphy, or short writing. Made easy to the …
From Francis Galton 12 November 1879
Summary
Praises CD’s biography of Erasmus Darwin;
asks CD to answer some queries he is circulating. Is particularly interested in "visualizing faculty" in CD and Dr Darwin.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A101–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12313 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Bowditch, H. P. 1877. The growth of children . [From the eighth annual report …
From W. E. Darwin 25 February [1879]
Summary
Thanks CD profusely for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s income. Thinks a few hundred really makes the difference for feeling really rich, especially as he now knows how important it is for bankers to have available personal savings.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1879] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Collins, Michael. 1989. The banking crisis of 1878. Economic History Review …
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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
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
Summary
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…
Matches: 3 hits
- … 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
Summary
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
Summary
< 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
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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 …
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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
Summary
< 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
Summary
< 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
Summary
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 …
