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To Theodor von Heldreich 9 August 1877

Summary

Obliged for essay on plants of Greece.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich
Date:	9 Aug 1877
Classmark:	DAR 145: 9
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11098

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… To Theodor von Heldreich 9 August 1877 …
… DAR 145: 9 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Aug 1877 Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von …
… on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Heldreich, …
… Railway Station | Orpington, S.E.R. Aug 9. 1877 Dear Sir, I am much obliged for your essay …
… See letter from Theodor von Heldreich, 2 August 1877 and n. 3. …
… CD’s copy of Heldreich 1877 has not been found. Heldreich had offered to provide …
… Theodor von. 1877. Die Pflanzen der attischen Ebene . Schleswig: Julius Bergas. …

To Gaston de Saporta 24 December 1877

Summary

Such honours as proposal for election to Institut affect CD very little.

GdeS’s idea that dicotyledonous plants were not developed until sucking insects evolved is a splendid one. The suggestion that fertilisation of the surviving members of the most ancient dicotyledons should be studied is a good one. CD hopes GdeS will keep it in mind.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta
Date:	24 Dec 1877
Classmark:	Archives Gaston de Saporta (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11287

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… To Gaston de Saporta 24 December 1877 …
… collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Dec 1877 Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Dec 24. 1877 Mr dear Sir, I thank you sincerely for …
… Hooker had spent July and August 1877 travelling in the United States (see letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 and n. 3). CD and Francis Darwin were studying the physiology …
… letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 December 1877 . CD had been nominated for membership of …
… letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 December 1877 and n. 2. Dicotyledons are flowering seed- …
… London: John Murray. 1866. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1877. Darwin on fertilisation. …
… Nature , 15 February 1877, pp. 329–32. …
… ed. , pp. 239–40. In his letter of 16 December 1877 , Saporta argued that the evolution of …
… for petals. In his letter of 16 December 1877 , Saporta had argued that the verticils or …
… and self fertilisation ( Thiselton-Dyer 1877 , p. 331), William Turner Thiselton-Dyer had …
… from Gaston de Saporta, 16 December 1877 and n. 11. Thomas Henry Huxley had discussed the …
… and suggest a comparison (see letter from Gaston de Saporta, 16 December 1877 and n. 26). …

To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877

Summary

Thinks it would be a serious mistake for TB to give up his profession. How the Royal Society will distribute funds is as yet very uncertain, and CD feels that TB may well receive no support as his proposal is too theoretical.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Belt
Date:	18 Jan 1877
Classmark:	DAR 143: 83
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10804

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… To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877 …
… DAR 143: 83 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Jan 1877 Thomas Belt …
… For the record of the first set of grants, awarded in March 1877, see Proceedings of the …
… Royal Society of London 26 (1877): 458–60. …
… astronomy; (B) biology; (C) chemistry; (D) general purposes ( J. D. Hooker 1877 , p. 432). …
… Down, Beckenham. Jan 18, 1877. Dear Mr. Belt, I am sure that you would wish me to write …
… letter from Thomas Belt, [before 18] January 1877 . Belt was considering giving up his job …
… but CD was in London from 6 to 15 January 1877 and probably discussed the Royal Society of …

To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]

Summary

Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.

Son William is to be married 28 November.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	6 Nov [1877]
Classmark:	DAR 95: 459–60
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11226

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… To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877] …
… DAR 95: 459–60 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Nov [1877] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… Hooker . Hooker visited the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah in 1877 ( ODNB ). …
… letter to J. D. Hooker, [26 October 1877] . Earlier in the year, William Turner Thiselton- …
… from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1877 ). CD mentioned Neptunia oleracea (a synonym of N. …
… E. Litchfield, [13 September 1877] (DAR 219.9: 155); Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 227). According …
… E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, [21 October 1877] (DAR 210.5: 22)). Theodora was Sara’s sister. …
… ill with appendicitis in Switzerland in September 1877 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. …

To G. C. Robertson 24 June [1877]

Summary

Asks permission for French translation [of "Biographical sketch of an infant"].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Croom Robertson
Date:	24 June [1877]
Classmark:	DAR 147: 326
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11013

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… To G. C. Robertson 24 June [1877] …
… DAR 147: 326 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 24 June [1877] George Croom Robertson …
… of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
… an infant’ was in a missing portion of the letter from Emile Alglave, 21 June 1877 . CD’s …
… article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877, but was not yet published (see letter to …
… G. C. Robertson, 27 April 1877 ). The translation appeared in Revue …
… de la France et de l’étranger , 14 July 1877, pp. 25– 8. CD stayed at William Erasmus …

To Ernst Krause 11 July [1877]

Summary

EK may publish a translation [of "Sketch of an infant"] if he wishes, but CD hardly thinks it deserves the honour.

Glad to hear that Kosmos succeeds fairly well; has found several articles interesting.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:	11 July [1877]
Classmark:	The Huntington Library (HM 36174)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11047

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… To Ernst Krause 11 July [1877] …
… Library (HM 36174) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 July [1877] Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
… of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
… the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 9 July 1877 . See …
… letter from Ernst Krause, 9 July 1877 and n. 3. CD’s ‘Biographical …
… letter from Max Schlesinger, 4 July 1877 ). The other newspaper has not been identified. …
… CUL. See letter to Ernst Krause, 30 June 1877 and n. 1. CD’s letter was inspired by …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 August 1877

Summary

Requests plants that show movement, and any with "bloom" living near the sea.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:	7 Aug 1877
Classmark:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 80–1)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11094

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… To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 August 1877 …
… 1873–81: ff. 80–1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Aug 1877 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
… Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (see letter from H. N. Ellacombe, 30 July [ 1877] ). The plant …
… was received at Kew on 3 September 1877 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Inwards book ). Lynch …
… bloom and listed them in his letter of 25 July 1877 . For CD’s earlier research on the …
… epicuticular coating known as bloom, see letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Aug 7. 1877 My dear Dyer, You told me that after M r …
… A plant was sent to CD on 5 September 1877 (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Outwards book ). …

To J. V. Carus 17 June [1877]

Summary

Forms of flowers will soon be published and is not a long book.

Does not suppose he will publish any more books, "though perhaps a few more papers". He "cannot endure being idle, but Heaven knows whether I am capable of any more good work".

Erratum JVC sent was due to a printer’s error after he had seen last proofs.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Julius Victor Carus
Date:	17 June [1877]
Classmark:	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 166–167)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11005

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… To J. V. Carus 17 June [1877] …
… Charles, Bl. 166–167) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 17 June [1877] Julius Victor Carus …
… mistake in Orchids 2d ed. , p. 58 (see letter from J. V. Carus, 13 June 1877 and n. 1). …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
… fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
… the letter from J. V. Carus, 13 June 1877 . CD stayed at William Erasmus Darwin’s house …
… at the Zoological Station in Naples (see letter from J. V. Carus, 13 June 1877 and n. 4. …
… Forms of flowers was published in July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ); it was 352 pages long, …

To G. J. Romanes [1 and 2 December 1877]

Summary

Comments on GJR’s lecture on evolution.

Regrets failure of graft experiments.

Hopes GJR will not give up on Pangenesis. Mentions article by Gustav Jäger on Pangenesis.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George John Romanes
Date:	1 and 2 Dec 1877
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.526)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11265

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… To G. J. Romanes [1 and 2 December 1877] …
… American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.526) Charles Robert Darwin Down [1 Dec 1877] [2 …
… Dec 1877] George John Romanes …
… Bibliography Jäger, Gustav. 1877. Physiologische Briefe. Ueber Vererbung. Kosmos 1: 17–25, …
… the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. J. Romanes, 2 December 1877 . …
… In 1877, 2 December was a Sunday. Romanes sent CD a copy of his lecture to the …
… letters’ on inheritance in Kosmos ( Jäger 1877 ); CD probably refers to the second of …
… see letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 and n. 6). ‘It’s dogged as does it’ is the …

To Arnold Dodel-Port 20 February 1877

Summary

Thanks AD-P for his articles [Wesen und Begründung der Abstammungs- und Zuchtwahltheorie (1877)] and the eulogistic manner in which he mentions CD’s name.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Arnold Dodel-Port
Date:	20 Feb 1877
Classmark:	Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms Z VIII 417.2)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10856

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… To Arnold Dodel-Port 20 February 1877 …
… Zürich (Ms Z VIII 417.2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Feb 1877 Arnold Dodel-Port …
… der Abstammungs- und Zuchtwahltheorie (1877)] and the eulogistic manner in which he …
… Bibliography Dodel-Port, Arnold. 1877. Wesen und Begründung der Abstammungs- und …
… published together in pamphlet form ( Dodel-Port 1877 ). CD’s copy in the Darwin Pamphlet …
… from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . The album was arranged partly by institution, …

To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877]

Summary

"Frank has sent the cards here."

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Howard Darwin
Date:	[23 Apr 1877]
Classmark:	DAR 210.1: 58
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10937

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… To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877] …
… 210.1: 58 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [23 Apr 1877] George Howard Darwin …
… to Joseph Dalton Hooker of 21 April [1877] , CD mentioned he had forgotten his card (an …
… conversazione that took place on 25 April 1877) and would send for it; Francis Darwin sent …
… Down. CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877, staying first with his daughter and son- …
… Darwin ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from G. H. Darwin, 19 April 1877 . …

To Alpheus Hyatt 13 February 1877

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Regrets that F. Hilgendorf proved so greatly in error ["Planorbis Multiformis", Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866): 474–504; "Noch einmal Planorbis Multiformis", Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges. 29 (1877): 50–62].

Discusses polymorphic species.

Surprised that shell form developed from various different progenitors.

Reminds CD of C. Nägeli’s conclusions on Hieracium.

But still retains belief expressed in first edition of Origin that variation in protean species is neither advantageous nor disadvantageous.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alpheus Hyatt
Date:	13 Feb 1877
Classmark:	Maryland Historical Society (Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10842

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… To Alpheus Hyatt 13 February 1877 …
… of the Smithsonian Institution (see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 16). …
… Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Feb 1877 Alpheus Hyatt …
… Multiformis ", Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges. 29 (1877): 50–62]. Discusses polymorphic species. …
… Letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 . Hyatt had reached different conclusions from …
… see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 9, and Rasser 2013 ). Rubus is the …
… Canada (see letter from Alpheus Hyatt, January 1877 and n. 17). Hyatt hoped to publish a …

To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]

Summary

Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Horace Darwin
Date:	1 Nov [1877]
Classmark:	DAR 185: 4
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11221

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… To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877] …
… DAR 185: 4 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Nov [1877] Horace Darwin …
… Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, [8 November 1877] (DAR 245: 314), Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 227). …
… to H. E. Litchfield, [23 September 1877] (DAR 219.9: 159)). Pick the surgeon: Thomas …
… Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [13 September 1877] (DAR 219.9: 155), postcard from H. E. …
… at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, in November 1877. The agent of John Scott (Lord Eldon) and …
… also letter from T. H. Farrer, 5 September 1877 and n. 1. CD gave an account of Horace and …
… Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [February 1877 ? ] (DAR 258: 817)). Leonard Darwin had hurt …

To H. H. M. Herbert 20 July 1877

Summary

With 88 others signs a letter supporting the representation of natives in the legislative assembly of the Union of South Africa.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon
Date:	20 July 1877
Classmark:	The Times, 23 July 1877, p. 10
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11066F

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… To H. H. M. Herbert 20 July 1877 …
… The Times , 23 July 1877, p. …
… 10 Charles Robert Darwin 20 July 1877 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon …
… Ebury; Charles Darwin; [and 87 others] 17, King William-street, Strand, July 20, 1877. …
… Dutch states in South Africa ( Annual register (1877), pp. 76–80; ODNB s.v. Herbert, Henry …
… had been governor of Cape Colony until March 1877 ( ODNB ). Voting rights varied across …
… confederation; according to Annual register (1877), p. 76, in Cape Colony natives could …
… could not. The South Africa Act, passed in August 1877, contained a provision ‘for the due …

To J. V. Carus 22 January 1877

Summary

Thanks JVC for errata [in Cross and self-fertilisation]

and especially for interesting and amusing notes on expression. Will use them if a new edition [of Expression] is needed, but Murray has printed too many copies of first edition.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Julius Victor Carus
Date:	22 Jan 1877
Classmark:	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 158–159)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10809

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… To J. V. Carus 22 January 1877 …
… Darwin, Charles, Bl. 158–159) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan 1877 Julius Victor Carus …
… V. Carus, 20 January 1877 ; see also Cross and self fertilisation , p. 155. CD had …
… letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 . No new edition of Expression was published by …
… See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 and n. 1. Carus did not think that Eduard …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 22. 1877 My dear Sir, Very many thanks for the …
… See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 and n. 11. CD’s earlier papers, ‘Dimorphic …
… of flowers , which was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). See letter from J. …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …

To Francis Galton 9 January [1877]

Summary

Can FG come to lunch on Sunday? George Darwin wants to meet him.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Galton
Date:	9 Jan [1877]
Classmark:	UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/22)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10776

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… To Francis Galton 9 January [1877] …
… Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 9 Jan [1877] Francis Galton …
… of heredity’ ( Galton 1877 ; see Pritchard 2007 , pp. 8–10, for more on George’s …
… the letter from Francis Galton, 12 January 1877 , and by the address. CD was in London at …
… Buckley Litchfield , from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See also n. …
… 2, below. The Sunday following 9 January 1877 was 14 January. George Howard Darwin and CD …
… to deliver at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 9 February 1877, ‘Typical laws …

To G. N. de Stoppelaar 17 April 1877

Summary

Thanks for membership of Zeeland Scientific Society at Middelburg.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar
Date:	17 Apr 1877
Classmark:	Zeeuws Archief (Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10931F

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… To G. N. de Stoppelaar 17 April 1877 …
… See letter from G. N. de Stoppelaar, 14 April 1877 . …
… der Wetenschappen) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Apr 1877 Gerardus Nicolaas de Stoppelaar …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap 17. 1877 Sir, I hope that you will be so good as to convey to …

To G. C. Robertson 22 June [1877]

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Has no objection to the flattering wish of the Cologne Gazette [to publish a translation of "Sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200], but wishes the editor had first read the article. Still doubts it was worthy of admission to Mind.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Croom Robertson
Date:	22 June [1877]
Classmark:	UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11011

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… To G. C. Robertson 22 June [1877] …
… to G. C. Robertson, 27 April 1877 ). …
… MS ADD 88/9–15/11) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 22 June [1877] George Croom Robertson …
… of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
… Biographical sketch of an infant’ (see letter from Max Schlesinger, 4 July 1877 ). CD’s …
… article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877, but was not yet published ( see letter …

To E. H. von Baumhauer 22 May 1877

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Acknowledges election to the Society.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Edouard Henri von Baumhauer
Date:	22 May 1877
Classmark:	Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10970

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… To E. H. von Baumhauer 22 May 1877 …
… See letter from E. H. von Baumhauer, 19 May 1877 . …
… Center, Leiden Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 May 1877 Edouard Henri von Baumhauer …
… Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) May 22 d . 1877. Dear Sir I beg leave to acknowledge your …

To Edward Atkinson 27 October 1877

Summary

Pleased the Senate has passed Grace conferring his LL.D.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Edward Atkinson
Date:	27 Oct 1877
Classmark:	Cambridge University Library (Add 6582: 427)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11211

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… To Edward Atkinson 27 October 1877 …
… See letter from Edward Atkinson, 25 October 1877 . …
… Add 6582: 427) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 27 Oct 1877 Edward Atkinson …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Oct 27. 1877— Sir I am much obliged for your kind …

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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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… , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
… from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
… of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
… gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
… a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
… of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
… wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
… had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
… the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
… and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
… Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
… the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
… of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
… & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
… & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
… centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
… man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
… by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
… order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
… . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
… monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
… back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
… of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
… inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
… (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
… George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
… value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
… physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …

1877 letters now online

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Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…

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… of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …

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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… album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
… have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
… the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
… world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
… with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
… worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
… scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …

4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate

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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…

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… him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary …
… a celebratory speech at the award ceremony on 17 November 1877. The capital ‘O’ of the first line of …
… date of creation late November 1877   computer-readable date c.1877-11-18 to 1877-11-30 …

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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… the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
… lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
… it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
… from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
… ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …

German and Dutch photograph albums

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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…

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… In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
… conferred on me ( Letter to Otto Zacharias, [24 February 1877] ) The two albums …
… sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the Dutch album …

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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… of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
… my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
… gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
… have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
… index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
… wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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… tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …

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 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …

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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… activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …

Have you read the one about....

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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.

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… ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …

Charles Harrison Blackley

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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…

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… grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …

People featured in the Dutch photograph album

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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…

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… Leiden 13 June 1823 Rotterdam 2 June 1877 Zoeterwoude …
… 5 October 1808 Wildenborch 4 June 1877 Klein Dochteren …

German poems presented to Darwin

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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…

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… (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
… in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
… Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
… From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
… this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
… Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …

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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… Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …

Darwin in public and private

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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…

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… Letter 10746 – Darwin to Dicey, E. M., [1877] Darwin gives his opinion on the …
… Letter 11267f – Darwin, S. to Darwin, [3 December 1877] Darwin’s daughter-in-law …

Exercise: Caricatures of Science

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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …

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… Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …

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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… ‘Very curious results’ In May 1877, Darwin asked one of his most trusted …
… of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July 1877] ). ‘ I do not believe I sh d . …
… those of Gray, who had written an article on the subject in 1877 (A. Gray 1877e). Gray had reported …

Floral Dimorphism

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…

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… | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
… findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
… SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
… experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
… Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …

1.14 William Richmond, oil

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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…

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… of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma …
… bibliography ‘University News’, Observer (18 Nov. 1877), p. 6. ‘Mr. Darwin at Cambridge’, …

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