From J. V. Carus 15 April 1867
Summary
Asks CD to decide which translator he would prefer for Variation. JVC frankly thinks Carl Vogt not the best man to introduce CD to the German public, though he has a greater name than JVC.
Vogt now preaches materialism in its most absurd form.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5503 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 15 April 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 59 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 15 Apr 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … given in various European countries between 1867 and 1869, see W. Vogt 1896 , pp. 177– …
- … Haeckel 1866 ); see letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 , and letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 11 April [1867] . …
- … Leipzig, Apr. 15 th . 1867 My dear Sir, Many thanks for your kind letter which I received …
- … Carus refers to CD’s letter to him of 11 April [1867]. CD had planned …
- … to publish the two volumes of Variation in November 1867 (see letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 11 April [1867] ). It was eventually published on 30 January 1868 (CD’s ‘ …
- … to translate Variation (see letter from Carl Vogt, 8 April 1867 ), and CD had written …
- … to him on 12 April [1867], suggesting that if Carus was too busy to make the translation, …
From J. V. Carus 11 November 1867
Summary
Is not writing prospectus [of Variation] – merely sketch of contents and tenor of first volume for advertisement to booksellers.
Questions on details for the translation.
Publisher anxious to get volume out.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5676 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 11 November 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 65 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 11 Nov 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to J. V. Carus, 4 November [1867] and n. 3. See letter …
- … to J. V. Carus, 4 November [1867] and n. 2. Notes 73 and 74 in Variation 1: 325 refer …
- … left the name ‘Gean’ untranslated. In autumn 1867, Christian Friedrich Schweizerbart was …
- … the publication of Variation appeared in the Publishers’ Circular , 1 October 1867, p. …
- … 566, and the Athenaeum , 19 October 1867, p. 487. …
- … Leipzig Nov. 11 th . | 1867 My dear Sir, I should be very sorry if you should think that …
From J. V. Carus 7 October 1867
Summary
Some sheets of Variation have gone astray.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5643 |
Matches: 4 hits
From J. V. Carus 5 October 1867
Summary
Asks CD’s help in translating names and descriptions of fowls [in Variation].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5641 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 5 October 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 61 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 5 Oct 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Leipzig, Oct 5 th . 1867 My dear Sir, I am sorry I pother you again, but I cannot help it. …
- … CD in his letter to CD of 11 September 1867 ; the German publisher, Christian Friedrich …
- … letter from John Murray, 23 September [1867] ). Carus refers to Gottlob Neumeister’s book …
- … 1837 ), which CD had recently sent him (see letter to J. V. Carus, 16 September 1867 ). …
From J. V. Carus 30 October 1867
Summary
Asks CD for exact title of Variation for German advertisement.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5658 |
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From J. V. Carus 11 September 1867
Summary
JVC is having difficulty in translating the names of dogs [in Variation]. Also asks CD for help with names of pigeons.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Sept 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5625 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 11 September 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 60 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 11 Sept 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … C. H. Smith 1839–40 (see letter to J. V. Carus, 16 September 1867 , and n. 8, above). …
- … 39, Elsterstrasse, | Leipzig, Septbr. 11 th . 1867 My dear Sir, You had kindly ordered Mr …
- … informed Carus he expected Variation to be published in November 1867 (see letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 11 April [1867] ). In the only extant letter to Carus between 11 April and 11 …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). Carus would probably have used the last …
From J. V. Carus 16 October 1867
Summary
Anxious to read the second volume [of Variation].
Appreciates "the way in which you [CD] teach us all how to look on, and how to study, nature".
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5650 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 16 October 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 63 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 16 Oct 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … his reply to Carus (see letter to J. V. Carus, 19 October [1867] and nn. 5 and 6). …
- … 39, Elsterstrasse, | Leipzig. Oct. 16. 1867 My dear Sir, On page 308 you mention the “ …
- … see letter to J. V. Carus, 10 October [1867] and n. 2). CD’s annotation is a note for …
From J. V. Carus 5 April 1867
Summary
JVC is willing to translate [Variation], especially because of his conviction that progress of biology depends on proving CD’s theory.
Ernst Haeckel’s book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)] will do mischief because EH is so immoderate. Suggests CD tell EH that he has done him a bad service. CD is the only one to whom EH would listen.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5489 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 5 April 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 58 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 5 Apr 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Leipzig, April 5 th . 1867 My dear Sir, You will have heard from Schweizerbart that I am …
- … letter from E. Schweizerbart, 22 March 1867) . Carus and Adolph Gerstaecker’s Handbuch …
- … s initial opinions, see the letter from T. H. Huxley, [before 7 January 1867] and n. 3, …
- … the letter to Ernst Haeckel, 8 January 1867 . Carl Gegenbaur. Immanuel Kant . For Kant’s …
From J. V. Carus 11 February 1867
Summary
Sends CD an English translation of his preface to the revised German edition of Origin and asks his opinion of it.
Asks CD where he might get a specimen of Eozoon.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 55, 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5397 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. V. Carus 11 February 1867 …
- … DAR 161: 55, 57 Julius Victor Carus Leipzig 11 Feb 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Herausgebers’), see Bronn and Carus trans. 1867, pp. v–vi. See enclosure. The first two …
- … the publishing firm in Stuttgart) of 24 January 1867, Christian Friedrich Schweizerbart …
- … 39, Elstertrasse, Leipzig. Feb ry 11. 1867 My dear Sir, I hereby send you the preface ( …
- … see n. 3, above. Bronn and Carus trans. 1867 was not published in parts. In 1864, John …
From Julius Victor Carus 18 January 1867
Summary
Asks CD questions relating to the revised translation of Origin.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5370 |
Matches: 4 hits
| letter | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Carus, J. V. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
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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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct proofs, and just when …
- … becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in 1867, as he continued to circulate a list of …
- … transmutation theory. Three important new correspondents in 1867 were Hermann Müller and Anton Dohrn …
- … the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & your friends & the world in …
- … publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 January 1867 , ‘I cannot tell you how sorry I am …
- … for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A week later, Darwin had …
- … the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to his close friend, Joseph …
- … Darwin’s time. The first proof-sheets arrived on 1 March 1867 and the tedious work of correction …
- … . In a letter to his son William dated 27 [March 1867] , he admitted, ‘I fear the book is by no …
- … papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although he described some of Alexander …
- … told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send stereotypes of the …
- … had received other offers, notably one from Vogt in April 1867, to translate the new work. Carus had …
- … will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This hint of uncertainty caused …
- … to give up the task’ ( letter to Carl Vogt, 12 April [1867] ). Darwin need not have worried …
- … to the German public ( letter from J. V. Carus, 15 April 1867 ). Darwin may not have fully …
- … in preference to you’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 18 April [1867] ). Darwin was not disappointed in …
- … the ‘wonderful discovery’ to Darwin on 14 March 1867 . Then, in April, Robert Trail wrote from …
- … in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American friend …
- … physiological fact’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Although he did not succeed in …
- … step in Biology’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1867] ). Darwin’s insecurity persisted, …
- … ferocity’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1867] ). Even when the corrections were …
- … to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted the temptation to …
- … as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). Dallas, like Carus, alerted Darwin to …
- … for information on Fuegian expressions. On 11 January 1867, Sulivan replied , enclosing belated …
- … 27 years old In a letter of 22 February [1867] to Fritz Müller in Brazil, in which …
- … Russel Wallace, who suggested in his response of 11 March [1867] that Darwin send his queries to …
- … ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [12–17] March [1867] ). Darwin’s doggedness in pursuing answers to his …
- … so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). Nevertheless, at some point …
- … in Notes and Queries on China and Japan , 31 August 1867. Another version, possibly derived from …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to …
- … Barber, Mary E. [after Feb 1867] [Grahamstown, Cape …
- … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
- … Bowman, William 5 Aug 1867 5 Clifford St, London, …
- … Darwin, Francis 20 June 1867 Unknown? …
- … Erskine, H. N. B. 1 Nov 1867 [Ahmednuggur, Bombay, …
- … Gaika, Christian 7 July 1867 Bedford [Cape of Good …
- … Geach, F.F. June 1867 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Gibbs, George 31 March 1867 Smithsonian Institution, …
- … Gray, Asa 26 March 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 12 May - 2 June 1867 Christchurch, …
- … Haast, J.F.J. von 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Hagenauer, F.A. [12 Sept 1867] Lake Wellington, …
- … Huxley, H.A. 22 Mar [1867] Abbey Place, London, …
- … Kempson, L.F. 20 June 1867 Penmaenmawr, Conway, …
- … Lubbock, E.F. [1867-8?] Lombard Street, London? …
- … Muller, Fritz 22 Feb [1867] Down, Kent, England …
- … Paget, James 9 July 1867 1 Harewood Place, Hanover …
- … Rothrock, J.T. 31 March 1867 McVeytown [Pennsylvania …
- … Stack, James West 4 Dec 1867 Christchurch, New …
- … Sulivan, B.J. 11 Jan 1867 Bournemouth, England …
- … Sutton, Seth 8 Aug 1867 Zoological Gardens, Regents …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 5 Aug 1867 Amoy, China …
- … Wallace, A. R. 2 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent, …
- … Wallace, A. R. 11 March [1867] 9 St. Mark’s Crescent …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 7 July 1867 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …
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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- … a series of experiments, reporting back to Bornet in August 1867 that all but one of the varieties …
- … ( To Fritz Müller, [late December 1866 and] 1 January 1867 ). The following year, his experiments …
- … to the conditions that might affect his results. In March 1867, he told his close friend Joseph …
- … two distinct plants’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to …
- … & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of these ‘exotics’ was …
- … for part of the year ( To J. T. Moggridge, 1 October [1867] ). Darwin was beginning to suspect …
A fly on the flower: From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1867
Summary
In March 1867, Hermann Müller, a young teacher of natural sciences at a provincial Realschule (a type of secondary school that emphasised the natural sciences) in Lippstadt in the Prussian province of Westphalia, sent Darwin two papers on the mosses of…
John Lubbock
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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to Darwin, [after February 1867] Mary Barber responds to …
- … Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to Darwin, [8 August 1867] Sutton, the keeper of the …
- … 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] Explorer and geologist Haast …
- … Letter 5585 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [26 July 1867] Darwin praises Henrietta’s …
- … Letter 5403 - Darwin to Carus, J. V. [17 February 1867] Darwin thanks Carus for his …
- … 5410 - Darwin to Muller, J. F. T., [22 February 1867] Darwin thanks Muller for …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 5605: Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 15 Aug [1867] Darwin asks Fritz Müller, a …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … 1865 Letter to J. P. M. Weale, 27 August [1867] Letter from J P. M. Weale, [10 …
Edward Lumb
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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … much ahead of his time when, in a letter to Darwin in 1867 , he commented on Edward Wilson’s plan …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Mar 1867 Müller explains how Origin …
- … 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. L. H., 29 Mar [1867] Darwin learns that German botanist …
- … Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 1 Apr [1867] Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. R., 23 Oct 1867 Müller thanks Darwin for the …
- … Letter 5585 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., 26 July [1867] Darwin writes to his daughter …
- … Letter 5745 — Barber, M. E. to Darwin, C. R., [after Feb 1867] In this letter, naturalist, …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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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.…
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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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Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
Dramatisation script
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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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- … A GRAY 15 AUGUST 1868 177 TO A GRAY 15 APRIL 1867 178 C DARWIN TO JD …
