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List of correspondents
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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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- … Binstead, C. H. (1) Birch, Samuel (5) …
- … Butler, Mary (3) Butler, Samuel (b) (14) …
- … Morley, John (5) Morley, Samuel (1) …
- … Newberry, W. (1) Newington, Samuel (6) …
- … Smartt, F. W. (1) Smiles, Samuel (2) …
- … Welcker, Hermann (2) Wells, Samuel (2) …
- … Wilkinson, [– ] (1) Wilks, Samuel (2) …
- … Wilson, Henry (1) Wilson, Samuel (1) …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … The year opened and closed with an irksome controversy with Samuel Butler, prompted by the …
- … for the book, partly in order to address a publication by Samuel Butler, Evolution old and new , …
- … ). The final text of the Krause’s essay did not mention Butler’s book directly, but it did allude to …
- … in 1879 (before Evolution old and new was published). Butler wrote to Darwin on 2 January 1880 …
- … but now I much regret that I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the …
- … ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [28 January 1880] ). Butler had once been an enthusiastic …
- … of Darwin’s harsh critics, especially St George Mivart. Butler was unsatisfied with Darwin’s reply, …
- … [1880] ). ‘The world will only know … that you & Butler had a controversy in which he will have …
- … to the end’, added her husband Richard ( letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). Even the …
- … silence: ‘take no notice whatever … I am astounded at Butler—who I thought was a gentleman … Has …
- … ). All went quiet until November, when a new book by Butler appeared (Unconscious memory ) …
- … Krause for quoting passages of Buffon and Coleridge from Butler’s text without acknowledgment. …
- … Seeking engagement with Darwin and failing to obtain it, Butler was outraged at his exclusion from …
- … aided in any way direct attacks on religion’ ( letter to E. B. Aveling, 13 October 1880 ). Finally …
- … he would think me mad or impertinent’ ( letter to A. B. Buckley, 31 October [1880] ). Buckley …
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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- … several scientific topics to pursue. Dispute with Butler In January, Darwin’s work on …
- … Erasmus Darwin . Although Darwin thought the matter closed, Butler had repeated his accusations in …
- … the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of …
- … in the Journal of Popular Science detailing his use of Butler’s work. Members of the Darwin …
- … and also appear in a British journal. Darwin could see that Butler, as he told his daughter …
- … Thomas Huxley’s advice was to ignore Butler, and Krause, who understood that Butler wished to boast …
- … unambiguous. He was ‘unhesitating’ in his advice that Butler should be ignored and ‘undignified …
- … Unconscious memory that Darwin feared he had redirected Butler’s wrath upon himself. ‘Good Lord …
- … after expressing their wish to visit Darwin ( letter from E. B. Aveling, 27 September [1881] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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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- … the transcript) and the non-scientific on the right (labelled ‘b’). He continued this separation of …
- … Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] Buffon Suites …
- … 1839–41]— in Geograph Soc Siebold’s Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50]— d[itt]o Kalm …
- … Domestic Improvement ] Loudons. Journal of Nat Hist Z & B [ Magazine of Natural History …
- … 28 Bacon’s Essays [Bacon 1825–36].— Butler. 3. first sermons [Butler 1834] …
- … & Phys [Todd ed. 1836–59] [DAR *119: 14] Butler’s Analogy [Butler 1736] …
- … Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s …
- … of Birds from distant countries Birds of Japan [P. F. B. von Siebold 1833–50] Zoolog. Soc …
- … 1801]. well Skimmed B. Edwards Hist. of W. Indies [B. Edwards 1793–1801]. d[itt]o. …
- … 1766]. good Bas. Montagu’s Select from old Divines [B. Montagu 1805] [DAR 119: 10a] …
- … th Kings & Lay’s Missionary Voyage [King and Lay 1839] —— B. Hall’s Schloss Hainfell …
- … 1834–9] Dec 12 th The Emigrant by Sir F. B. Head [F. B. Head 1846] —— 16 th …
- … Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847].— good Sept 12 th . B. Franklins life by Sparks [Sparks ed. …
- … July 17 th . Heads Paris. Bundle of French Faggots [F. B. Head 1852a]. Aug. 4 th …
- … has not been located. CD may possibly have been referring to Samuel Johnson, The vanity of human …
- … CD marked this entry ‘O’ in pencil. 88 Samuel Highley, proprietor of a scientific …
- … Academicæ . London. 119: 10a Bailey, Samuel. 1829. Essays on the pursuit of truth, on …
- … 1837.) [Darwin Library.] 119: 21a Bamford, Samuel. 1841. Passages in the life of a …
- … 119: 7a Boswell, James. 1831. The life of Samuel Johnson … Including a journal of a …
- … Library. Abstract in DAR 71: 85–6.] 128: 12 Butler, Joseph. 1736. The analogy of …
- … islands . London. *128: 172 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. 1812. The friend; a series of …
- … 1835. Specimens of the table talk of the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Edited by [Henry …
- … 7a ——. 1836–9. The literary remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Collected and …
- … 119: 9b Cottle, Joseph. 1847. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert …
- … life of Mrs. Godolphin . Now first published and edited by Samuel [Wilberforce] Lord Bishop of …
- … by W. Radcliffe . London. *128: 159 Haldeman, Samuel Stehman. 1843–4. Enumeration of the …
- … a course of lectures. Translated from the German [by Samuel Mihlis]. 2 vols. London. [Other eds.] …
- … districts” . London. 128: 3 Hearne, Samuel. 1795. A journey from Prince of Wales’s …
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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- … would need such determination himself against a new critic, Samuel Butler. A strong supporter of …
