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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 …
… for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
… is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
… of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater public recognition …
… Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
… styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
… working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
… for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the …
… London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, Darwin corresponded with George John …
… letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 ). Darwin had a long-running interest in such …
… experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
… He was eager to write up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I …
… at the Linnean Society on 4 May, but not published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in …
… effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
… one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
… which are asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to …
… experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
… affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
… Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882 . The reviewer’s assessment was …
… researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882 , p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
… about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
… down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
… me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882 , and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
… rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with his wife, …

2.16 Horace Montford statue, Shrewsbury

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< Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s statue of Darwin, installed in his birthplace, Shrewsbury, in 1897, is one of the finest of the commemorative portrayals of him. Up to that time, the only memorial to Darwin in the town was a wall tablet of…

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… < Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s statue of Darwin, installed in his birthplace …
… portrayals of him. Up to that time, the only memorial to Darwin in the town was a wall tablet of …
… proposal, and in 1893–1894 another project for a statue of Darwin came to nothing, due to a …
… ago by the public at large’ in commissioning a statue of Darwin, to be unveiled at the time of the …
… of world power and of unrivalled intellectual achievement. Darwin in particular was internationally …
… general committee for November 1896 reveal that the sculptor Horace Montford, who was born near …
… 1897, at a ceremony attended by Joseph Hooker and by two of Darwin’s sons, William and George, as …
… . Hooker, the ‘accomplished disciple and dear friend of Darwin’, spoke, with emotion, about the …
… a local man. It is an impressive and sympathetic likeness of Darwin in old age, in the creation of …
… of his subject. The hands were modelled from those of George Darwin, as most nearly resembling his …
… that had initially been directed at Boehm’s treatment of Darwin’s hands in the Natural History …
… barnacles, orchids and other plants and insects in which Darwin was interested. The winged suns …
… erected in the forecourt of the old Shrewsbury school which Darwin had attended as a boy – but by …
… the bold and controversial decision to place the statue of Darwin, which is raised on a high granite …
… recalled the Bishop of Hereford’s remark in 1896 ‘that Darwin was ordained one of the doorkeepers in …
… to them new vistas’ of scientific knowledge. William Darwin in his speech at the unveiling ceremony …
… he had received at Shrewsbury school. While Horace Montford was working on the Shrewsbury …
… son Paul Raphael Montford produced a spirited portrait of Darwin in the form of a chalk sketch, …
… dignified prototypes, but the facial expression he gives to Darwin irreverently borders on …
… holder unknown   originator of image Horace Montford   date of creation 1896 …
… granite. Inscribed on the front of the pedestal, ‘DARWIN 1809 1882 ’; on the right edge of the bronze …
… June 1897), p. 10; (13 August 1897), pp. 5–7. ‘Proposed Darwin memorial at Shrewsbury’, Times …
… (11 August 1897), p. 8. ‘A memorial statue of Charles Darwin’, Manchester Guardian (11 August …
… lists Montford as exhibiting a ‘Model of the Statue of Darwin’ at the exhibition of 1898 (no. 1815). …

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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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… Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig …
… as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of the Darwin Correspondence Project to be identified …
… correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring …
… Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin Actor 3 – In the dress of a modern day …
… Agassiz, Adam Sedgwick, A Friend of John Stuart Mill, Emma Darwin, Horace Darwin… and acts as a sort …
… the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the audience and …
… this, he sends out copies of his Review of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa …
… friends in England, copies of his ‘Review of the Life of Darwin’… pencilling the address so that it …
… Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles Darwin… made his home on the border of the little …
… are kept in check by a constitutional weakness. DARWIN: A plain but comfortable brick …
… by every blessing except that of vigorous health… DARWIN: 4 My confounded stomach …
… pursuits and the simplicity of his character. DARWIN: 5 I am allowed to work now …
… own house, where he was the most charming of hosts. DARWIN: 6 My life goes on …
… being a part of [an unpublished] manuscript. Darwin settles down to write. His tone is …
… THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTANISTS: 1855 In which Darwin initiates a long-running correspondence …
… My dear Gray. I must tell you that the other day [my boy Horace ] overheard me talking about …
… DARWIN: I answered ‘Oh yes.’ HORACE : Well then, what did they say about the kinds of …
… answered that these were all due to man’s agency. HORACE : But do not wild plants vary? …
… who ‘formerly’ believed in such conclusions. I believe Horace is a prophetic type, as Agassiz would …
… A GREAT DRAWBACK TO THE PRIVILEGES OF OLD AGE: 1882 In which Darwin dies and is …
… notoriety… Charles Darwin died on the 19th April [1882 ], a few months after the completion of …
… AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, PROCEEDINGS XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
… TO C DARWIN, 29 NOVEMBER 1879 209 A GRAY, 1882 , MEMOIR OF DARWIN 210 A …
… FUNERAL 211 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 21 APR 1882 212 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 31 OCT …

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, …
… standing, and personal preference. George Romanes in his 1882 publication Animal intelligence …
… set of selected letters is followed by letters relating to Darwin's 1881 publication …
… throughout Variation . Letter 2395 - Darwin to Holland, Miss, [April 1860] …
… anonymised and masculinised. Letter 3316 - Darwin to Nevill, D. F., [12 November …
… Nevill is referenced by name for her “kindness” in Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids . …
… critic. Letter 4370 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [April - May 1865] Darwin …
… as “friends in Surrey”. Letter 4794 - Darwin to Lyell, C., [25 March 1865] …
… B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, [1867 - 72] Darwin’s …
… in the final publication. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [9 June 1867 - …
… in Expression . Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868 …
… baby in Mary Barton. Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May …
… at him. Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s …
… Darwin, H., [1 November 1877] Darwin asks his sons, Horace and Francis, to observe …
… - Darwin, H. to Darwin, [7 October 1880] Horace writes to his father with information …
… St Tibbs Row. Darwin proudly referenced the work of "My son Horace " in Vegetable Mould …

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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… theory, [25 February 1846] E. A. Darwin's calculations on the structure of bees’ …
… , and their geometry, [19 June 1858] . W. E. Darwin's observations on Pulmonaria , …
… of investigations carried out at Silchester with Frank and Horace [Darwin] on earthworm activity at …
… containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's drawings of Thalia dealbata …
… plants", Collected papers 2: 236–56], 22 February 1882 …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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… In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
… a very old man, who probably will not last much longer.’ Darwin’s biggest fear was not death, but …
… sweetest place on this earth’. From the start of the year, Darwin had his demise on his mind. He …
… provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s gloominess was compounded by the …
… and new admirers got in touch, and, for all his fears, Darwin found several scientific topics to …
… Evolution old and new when revising his essay on Erasmus Darwin’s scientific work, and that Darwin …
… memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 …
… in a review of Unconscious memory in Kosmos and sent Darwin a separate letter for …
… Butler wished to boast publicly that his quarrel was with Darwin, agreed. Unsure how to address …
… gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin himself wrote to Stephen, admitting that …
… a slap in the face as he would have cause to remember’. Darwin was enormously relieved. ‘Your note …
… wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory that Darwin feared he had redirected Butler’s …
… so much for anything in my life as for its success’, Darwin told Arabella Buckley on 4 January . …
… that Wallace would receive £200 a year, he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate you on the success of …
… on 8 January (his 58th birthday) and immediately wrote to Darwin to thank him for his ‘constant …
… vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). ‘I sometimes receive so many …
… was the progress of his sons’ careers. The success of Horace ’s recently established Cambridge …
… the help of Lord Rayleigh, George Darwin, and Horace Darwin—the task of defending Darwin’s arguments …
… Nature published the day after Darwin’s death in April 1882 . Deaths, gifts and legacies …
… grandson, was born in Cambridge. His parents, Ida and Horace Darwin, named him Erasmus in honour of …

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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… 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which …
… about their research while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research …
… the advantages of both while Francis was working abroad. Darwin was privy to the inner workings of …
… methods and use the most advanced laboratory equipment. Darwin also benefitted from the instrument …
… plant physiology, but it was at its core informed by Darwin’s theory of evolution, particularly by …
… early 1860s, at a time when his health was especially bad, Darwin had taken up the study of climbing …
… reproduced as a small book, giving it a much wider audience. Darwin was not the first naturalist to …
… which eventually appeared in 1875. In the same year, Darwin published a much longer work, …
… about the nature of movement, so much so, that at one point Darwin had considered combining the …
… digestive processes. With his final great botanical work, Darwin would attempt ‘ to bring all the …
… emotions had their origins in non-human animal expression. Darwin had not done experimental work in …
… viewed the division between animals and plants as absolute, Darwin was interested in similarities. …
… become adapted to perform new functions, like climbing? For Darwin, physiology was a way of seeing …
… attracting students from all over Europe and beyond. When Darwin’s son Francis worked in this …
… ‘Mad about drops of water’ Darwin’s interest in the diversified movements of …
… connection is revealed only though correspondence because Darwin never published on bloom. In August …
… focusing light rays, and burn sections of the leaf blade. Darwin asked whether Farrer’s gardener had …
… sun. It is a splendid subject for experiments ’. Darwin was clearly intrigued by bloom, but …
… off as completely as possible ’. He had also asked Horace to discuss the point with his friend …
… Given that the function of bloom appeared to be protective, Darwin began to consider what other …
… made ’. Jemmy (a nickname for Darwin’s youngest son Horace ) did, indeed, design an improved version …
… but a version of it was made by Darwin’s youngest son Horace , who also made an improved version of …
… Nature the day after his father’s death (F. Darwin 1882 ). Darwin’s study of plant movement went …

1.15 Albert Goodwin, watercolour

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< Back to Introduction In 1880 the watercolourist Albert Goodwin was apparently invited to Down to produce that rare thing – a portrait of Darwin with members of his family. As Henrietta Litchfield, Darwin’s daughter, explained when she reproduced it…

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… invited to Down to produce that rare thing – a portrait of Darwin with members of his family. As …
… for a biography’, that, after she married and left Down, Darwin had adopted her dog Polly, and …
… on the garden side of Down House evidently became one of Darwin’s favourite places, as his decline …
… beds of flowers in bloom, the sunny sky and flocks of birds. Darwin’s children had particularly fond …
… these recollections. The work belonged to Horace Darwin, Darwin’s youngest surviving son, …
… by Henrietta and her husband as a wedding present for Horace when he married in 1880. Two years …
… of ‘The House at Down’, which belonged to Leonard Darwin. Though evidently intended as family …
… of life at Down that were purveyed to the public after Darwin’s death. Many photographs were taken …
… by Alfred Parsons also depicted these places, especially Darwin’s favourite haunts: now poignantly …
… Some were published in Century Magazine in November 1882 , to accompany an article by Alfred …
… London News in 1887 for an article headed ‘The late Mr. Darwin’ (see separate catalogue entry). …
… of incident, and grasp of topography evidently appealed to Darwin himself, as the family had already …
… in the drawing room at Down, and escaped the criticism which Darwin directed at much of the fine art …
… Alfred Russel Wallace , ‘The debt of science to Darwin’, Century Magazine , 25 (Nov. 1882 – …
… 1909), p. 5, nos. 16 and 17. Henrietta Litchfield, Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters 1792 …
… for a biography’, Cambridge University Library, Darwin archive, DAR 262.23: 1. Leonard Darwin, …

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 father …
… is here an obvious relationship to Ouless’s painting of Darwin, and to the photographs taken by …
… with Leonard’s own personal recollections of his father. Darwin’s life, Leonard wrote, could not ‘be …
… but it reads like a commentary on his own photograph of Darwin. There seems to have been a two-way …
… descriptions of him. At the same time, photographs of Darwin taken by his family and friends have an …
… Magazine. Desmond and Moore, in their biography of Darwin, captioned it ‘about 1874’, while …
… (unspecified, and now absent) might refer to the portrait of Darwin, although a pencilled note on …
… Leonard himself sent to Anthony Rich, a great admirer of Darwin who insisted on bequeathing property …
… and illustrator, created a bold wood-engraved image of Darwin’s head and shoulders from Leonard’s …
… this was for a wood engraving to illustrate an obituary of Darwin by Dr Otto Zacharias in the …
… portrait photograph ‘on china from the negative by Leonard Darwin’, lent to the 1909 exhibition by …
… Library   originator of image Leonard Darwin   date of creation undated; …
… and bibliography DAR 186.34 (DCP-LETT-11484), Leonard Darwin’s letter to his father, enclosing …
… Aug. 1881), illustrating Hibberd’s article, ‘Mr. Charles Darwin’, on pp. 477-8 (Lindley Library, …
… GALTON/1/1/3/7, ‘Photographs and drawing of Charles Darwin’, is signed by Darwin with the date ‘Feb. …
… version in Illustrirte Zeitung no. 2026 (29 April 1882 ), DAR 216.82. Darwin Centenary: The …

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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… lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to …
… in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of experiments to …
… plant laboratories in Europe. While Francis was away, Darwin delighted in his role as …
… from botanical research was provided by potatoes, as Darwin took up the cause of an Irish …
… would rid Ireland of famine. Several correspondents pressed Darwin for his views on religion, …
… closed with remarkable news of a large legacy bequeathed to Darwin by a stranger as a reward for his …
… birthday ( letter to Ernst Haeckel, 12 February [1878] ), Darwin reflected that it was ‘more …
… Expression ), and the final revision of Origin (1872), Darwin had turned almost exclusively to …
… Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the first shoots and …
… were enrolled as researchers, as were family members. Darwin asked his niece Sophy to observe …
… ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the function of …
… on one side, then another, to produce movement in the stalk. Darwin compared adult and young leaves …
… after growth has ceased or nearly ceased.’ Finally, Darwin turned to plant motion below the …
… precision the lines of least resistance in the ground.’ Darwin would devote a whole chapter to the …
… that he missed sensitiveness of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having …
… moisture, and various chemical and nutritive substances, Darwin next considered sound. He explained …
… instrument to various plants. To confirm the results, Darwin borrowed a siren from Tyndall, who had …
… ill-luck to them, are not sensitive to aerial vibrations’, Darwin complained. ‘I am ashamed at my …
… 8 August. ‘Alas Frank is off tomorrow to Wurzburg,’ Darwin wrote to Thiselton-Dyer on 2 June , ‘ …
… Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin sent regular reports about their …
… to, about my work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later …
… not having you to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is …
… had chlorophyll, Francis reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats …
… not easily be obtained at Down House, but Francis thought Horace ’s abilities were a match for German …
… we must have’, Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong …
… the one here is far from well made.’ (Jemmy or Jim was Horace ’s nickname.) Francis was …
… me to jump to conclusions rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day …
… day & never the bedded out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s …
… who was delighted, and eventually published them in his 1882 book Animal intelligence . ‘Like the …

Casting about: Darwin on worms

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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…

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… for plants to flourish can be traced back to the last book Darwin wrote, snappily-titled The …
… on their habits, which was published in 1881. Despite Darwin’s fears that a book on earthworms might …
… out in his Natural History of Selborne of 1789 (a book Darwin claimed had ‘much influence on my …
… a new field in natural history, and almost a century later Darwin argued that all fields had passed …
… variety of strange things he persuaded people to do. Darwin concluded that worms had no sense …
… a metal whistle and to being shouted at, but also to Francis Darwin playing the bassoon, and to Emma …
… traces of earthworm activity at Stonehenge , and Horace was later charged with making sure that 18 …
… realising that this negative evidence was also valuable to Darwin. Thomas Henry Farrer , …
… existence of worms at that altitude. By the 1870s, Darwin was also drawing on the work of …
… him. Soon worm excrement was trusted to postal services, and Darwin acquired casts from India and …
… observations he had gathered to write a book on the subject. Darwin brought to the topic the …
… bigger souls than anyone wd suppose’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] (CUL DAR 210.6: …

Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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… Ever since the publication of Expression , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The …
… of these projects would culminate in a major publication. Darwin’s botany was increasingly a …
… assisted his father’s research on movement and bloom, and Darwin in turn encouraged his son’s own …
… The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate photograph albums …
… from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, Darwin received an honorary Doctorate of …
… sites for possible earthworm activity. Now in his 69th year, Darwin remained remarkably productive, …
… no controversy. In his autobiographical reflections, Darwin remarked: ‘no little discovery of …
… (‘Recollections’, p. 419). During the winter and spring, Darwin was busy preparing the manuscript of …
… and presented to the Linnean Society of London. In the book, Darwin adopted the more recent term …
… as dimorphic without comparing pollen-grains & stigmas’, Darwin remarked to Joseph Dalton …
… measurements of the size and number of pollen-grains, Darwin compared the fertility of individual …
… primrose and purple loosestrife. In the course of his work, Darwin found a number of other …
… dreadful work making out anything about dried flowers’, Darwin complained to Asa Gray on 8 March …
… which include heterstyled species. This pleases me.’. Darwin dedicated the book to Gray, ‘as a small …
… separate publications together into a larger whole enabled Darwin to advance more speculative views …
… both pollen and seeds’ ( Forms of flowers , p. 344). Darwin was typically pessimistic about the …
… be sold’. His publisher knew from previous experience that Darwin was a poor judge of sales, and …
… after completing his manuscript of Forms of flowers , Darwin took up the problem of ‘bloom’ in …
… characteristic whose purpose was little understood. Darwin had begun studying bloom in August 1873, …
… exchanged between Down and Kew over the next six months. Darwin corresponded most often with the …
… been for your kindness, we sh d . have broken down’, Darwin wrote back on 5 September . ‘As it …
… injury from pure water resting on leaves’. In the end, Darwin did not publish on the subject, but …
… on leaves and the distribution of the stomata’ (F. Darwin 1886). Alongside his work on bloom, …
… closely to the leaves and required a tolerable shake’. Darwin gained another valuable observer in …
… T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and Francis devised a method of …
… Die Seele des Kindes (The mind of the child; Preyer 1882 ), based partly on observations of his son …
… made the journey along with Emma. George, Francis, and Horace also attended. The ceremony was held …
… that had gradually sunk from the burrowing of worms. Horace started building a ‘wormograph’ to …
… buried ( letter from Francis Darwin, [28 October 1877?] ). Horace went with Francis to examine the …

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 April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished …
… used these notebooks extensively in dating and annotating Darwin’s letters; the full transcript …
… *128). For clarity, the transcript does not record Darwin’s alterations. The spelling and …
… book had been consulted. Those cases where it appears that Darwin made a genuine deletion have been …
… a few instances, primarily in the ‘Books Read’ sections, Darwin recorded that a work had been …
… of the books listed in the other two notebooks. Sometimes Darwin recorded that an abstract of the …
… own. Soon after beginning his first reading notebook, Darwin began to separate the scientific …
… the second reading notebook. Readers primarily interested in Darwin’s scientific reading, therefore, …
… editors’ identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is …
… page number (or numbers, as the case may be) on which Darwin’s entry is to be found. The …
… in the bibliography that other editions were available to Darwin. While it is likely that Darwin …
… where we are not certain that the work cited is the one Darwin intended, we have prefixed the …
… mark. Complete or partial runs of journals which Darwin recorded as having read or skimmed …
… to the journal appear, and the location of abstracts in the Darwin archive and journals included in …
… no means a complete representation of the books and journals Darwin read. The Darwin archive …
… are not found listed here. The description given by Francis Darwin of his father’s method of …
… number and the general orientation of the works upon which Darwin drew, particularly in the process …
… Autobiography , p. 119). †The scientific books in Darwin’s library were catalogued in 1875, …
… (Emma) (read) M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of …
… never read his works ( Calendar no. 11875). In February 1882 , however, after reading the …
… London. *128: 180; 128: 5, 9 Moquin-Tandon, Horace Bénédict Alfred. 1841. Éléments …
… Mr. Warrenne . London. 119: 21b Walpole, Horace . 1845. Memoirs of the reign of King …

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