130 Items
From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877]
Summary
Forwards letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 June? 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10762F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Forwards letters. …
- … For CD’s interest in scrofula, see the letter to Agricultural Gazette , 22 March 1877. …
- … Wedgwood , Emma’s sister, lived in Down. The letters to her have not been found. Francis …
- … physician at St Thomas’s Hospital, London ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [ …
- … Dear Father, You will find one of these letters opened. I opened it to see what he had to …
- … rest. Please tell mother I have read the letters to Aunt Eliz, she seemed more indignant …
- … is conjectured from the content of the letter. Bernard Darwin’s fifth tooth was ‘nearly …
- … July 1877 ( F. Darwin 1920b , p. 6), so this letter must have been written a month or two …
- … for the first part of their absence (see letter from Francis Darwin, 11 June 1877 ). A …
- … as he wrote from Southampton on CD’s behalf to P. P. C. Hoek in a letter of [ c . 24 …
- … June 1877]. The letter and Francis’s reply have not been found. See n. 1, above. See n. …
From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881]
Summary
Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Nov 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13485F |
Matches: 19 hits
- … Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. …
- … return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working …
- … deceased wife’s family in early October (see letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and …
- … dear Father Many thanks for Pfeffers two letters; the first shows a very nice spirit but …
- … agrees with us. I have had a pleasant letter from Elfving wanting very much to know what …
- … be back on the 26 th or 27 th . I wrote a letter to Bessy at Lurgan which I am afraid was …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 November [1881] . …
- … CD had sent the letters from Wilhelm Pfeffer , 24 October 1881 and 6 November 1881 . …
- … on plant movement ( Wiesner 1881 ; see letter from Wilhelm Pfeffer, 6 November 1881 and …
- … in Würzburg headed by Julius Sachs (see letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. …
- … the translation safe. I will send you Elfvings letter I havn’t got it with me just now. …
- … I am rather astonished at Sir John’s letter as I never suggested to him as he says that …
- … figuratively, a fool or idiot (German). CD had the letter from Wilhelm Pfeffer, 6 November …
- … 1881 , translated by Camilla Pattrick (see letter to Camilla Pattrick, [after 6 November …
- … 1881] ). The letter from Elfving to Francis has not been …
- … found. The letter from John Lubbock has not been found. James William Condell Fegan was a …
- … services (see also Correspondence vol. 28, letter to J. W. C. Fegan, [before 25 February …
- … plant gains nutrients from ant waste (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 [October 1881] ). …
From Francis Darwin [23 November 1878]
Summary
Many thnks for the pelargonium letter.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11755F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Many thnks for the pelargonium letter. …
- … The lunch is cooling I will write a longer letter this pm & tell some ubbadubba news— I …
- … Father Many thanks for your pelargonium letter— I am not sure whether I said that the 3 …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] , and by the reference to the preparation …
- … Spanish chestnuts (see n. 6, below). See letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] and …
- … atropurpurea (creeping wood sorrel); see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November …
- … Movement in plants , pp. 116 and 118, and letter to Francis Darwin, [21 November 1878] and …
- … n. 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. 2. A note by …
- … were ‘sliced with razor’ (DAR 209.5: 113). Bernard Darwin . The letter has not been found. …
From Francis Darwin [before 4 June 1881]
Summary
Encloses letter from Elfving (not found). Should he publish on false circumnutation?
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 4 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13192F |
Matches: 15 hits
- … Encloses letter from Elfving (not found). Should he publish on false circumnutation? …
- … 1881, and contained three diagrams (see letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. …
- … Dear Father Many thanks for your letter & for Dubbas. …
- … I enclose a nice letter from Elfving which will interest you; it is very nice of him …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letters to Francis Darwin of 30 May [1881] and …
- … 4 [June 1881] . See letter to Francis Darwin, …
- … 30 May [1881] ; the letter from Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin , has not been found. …
- … in the fungus Phycomyces nitens . The letter from Elfving has not been found, but may have …
- … avoidance response in the fungus (see also letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and …
- … n. 3). See letter to Francis Darwin, 30 May [1881] and n. 4. Eosine and fuchsine were …
- … part of which had recently appeared (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 and …
- … De Bary’s and Sachs’s temperaments in his letter of 14 May 1881 . He had earlier told CD …
- … for example, Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 ). Hermann …
- … November 1880 (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Hermann Müller, 27 November 1880 ). …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879]
Summary
Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111F |
Matches: 16 hits
- … written to Francis around 16 June 1879 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and …
- … was a botanist in Sachs’s laboratory (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. …
- … Würzburg My dear Father, Thank you for your letter. I am very glad to hear what you are …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 8. Francis was working in the …
- … the sensitivity of the apex to Francis (see letter to Francis Darwin, [before 5 June 1879] …
- … white mustard ( Sinapis alba ; see also letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and …
- … the lines are slightly spiral I have just got mothers nice letter, I am v glad the boys …
- … are so prosperous & good I think a letter of mine has missed or else I have never been …
- … soldiers with tumpets & dums. I send some soldiers with this letter for him— & please say …
- … Dada liked Ubbadubba’s last letter very much. My orchids with air roots have come & Veitch …
- … except getting me to translate an English letter into German. I have got a very good room …
- … n. 5). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 2. For CD’s description of the …
- … for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . No letter mentioning the boys or the Prussian paper …
- … soldiers has been found, but see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , in which …
From Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 7 June 1877
Summary
CD is going away and has asked FD to thank GJR for his amusing letter [of 6 June], which CD thinks should be published in Nature. CD thinks the guinea pig theory very probable.
CD thinks there may be something in the ‘veneration’ theory.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 7 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. d. 3823, fols. 154–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10989F |
Matches: 13 hits
- … has asked FD to thank GJR for his amusing letter [of 6 June], which CD thinks should be …
- … to write to you— He thanks you for your letter which has amused him much (as it did me) …
- … you should publish it in Nature. From a letter lately received from Fritz Müller I know …
- … I think it doesn't grow there. I sent his letter to nature & it will soon come out. He …
- … 25, Appendix II). See Correspondence vol. 25, letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 , and …
- … publish his remarks in Nature . Francis published extracts from Fritz Müller ’s letter in …
- … a letter to the editor of Nature published on 7 June 1877, pp. …
- … 100–1. Francis’s letter was dated 21 May and headed ‘ Nectar-secreting glands’. …
- … Allen 1877 ; see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to G. J. Romanes, 23 May 1877 ). Francis …
- … not mention sloths in this paper). In his letter of 6 June 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25), …
- … pig), see Variation 2d ed. 2: 134–5 and n. 20. See Correspondence vol. 25, letter to G. J. …
- … Romanes, 11 June [1877] . In his letter of 6 June 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25), Romanes …
- … to ‘veneration theory’ has been found in letters; however, Francis, CD, and Romanes may …
From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876
Summary
Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10492F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … collected by Richard Ruck in October (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [ …
- … Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has …
- … glory, I am very glad he approves. Jemmy’s letter is grand— Amy & I can write 16 words a …
- … had praised Francis’s recent publications (see letter to Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] ). …
- … nickname; Francis possibly refers to a letter from Horace written on CD’s new typewriter. …
- … sent George Howard Darwin a typewritten letter from London (DAR 258: 860), and he might …
- … of the arrival of CD’s typewriter (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. 4). …
- … samples of soil to Edward Frankland (see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] and n. …
- … law. Fritz ran away around 23 April 1876 ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 24 …
From Francis Darwin 11 June 1877
Summary
Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10994F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard. …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [10 June …
- … 1877] ; there was evidently another letter to Francis that is now missing. CD was at Leith …
- … remarks on the sediment may have been in a letter to Francis that is now missing. Francis …
- … Dipsacus sylvestris ; F. Darwin 1877a ). See letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 May [1877] and n. …
- … and n. 3, and F. Darwin 1876d . See letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 . Bernard …
- … seeds have sprouted & he has begun watering— I am glad you approve of the Nature letter. …
- … Here is a nice letter from Romanes Babs is all right: on Sat he lay on his back on a …
- … rotundifolia (common or round-leaved sundew; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 …
- … July [1877] and n. 10). Francis’s letter on the nectar-secreting glands of Pteris …
- … Nature , 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. See also letter from Francis Darwin, [before 21 May 1877] …
From Francis Darwin [29 June] 1878
Summary
Sleep of Porlieria hygrometrica seems independent of light.
Will have lots of time for oats. W. F. P. Pfeffer’s point is that there is no growth in sleepers with joints. A. F. Batalin says there is a slight growth.
[Dated Saturday 28th by FD.]
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 June] 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11575 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . In 1878, the Saturday …
- … following 26 June was 29 June. Francis evidently dated the letter 28 June in error. …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and …
- … n. 6, and letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 5. Porliera hygrometrica is …
- … Semper 1877b ); see Correspondence vol. 25, letter from C. G. Semper, 13 July 1877 . The …
- … on Pisum sativum (common pea), see the letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] and n. 5. …
- … Sapindaceæ’ interl pencil End of letter : ‘Porliera— Branch growing vertically down—’ …
- … in the family Zygophyllaceae. See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 7. …
- … sheet, since the surviving section of the letter is a torn half of a folded manuscript …
- … the radicles or embryonic roots of beans ( Vicia faba ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [ …
- … 22 June 1878] , and letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [ 1878] and n. 5). …
From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause [29 October 1879]
Summary
Encloses a letter from CD to C.-F. Reinwald for EK to read, and if he approves, to send on.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1879] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36218) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12275F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Encloses a letter from CD to C. -F. Reinwald for EK to read, and if he approves, to send …
- … Sir, My father begs me to enclose to you a letter addressed to M. Reinwald; he begs that …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the draft letter to C. -F. …
- … Reinwald, 29 October 1879 . See letter to C. -F. Reinwald, 29 October 1879 . Krause had …
- … translation of Erasmus Darwin ; CD wrote a letter to encourage Reinwald to publish Krause’ …
- … in the event no translation was published. See letter from Ernst Krause, 20 October 1879 . …
From Francis Darwin [after 8 October 1876]
Summary
Thanks for papers and letter; has been working in the mornings on teasel.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10635F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Thanks for papers and letter; has been working in the mornings on teasel. …
- … of Orchids 2d ed. were expected soon (see letter to Francis Darwin, 8 October [1876] and …
- … Father Many thanks for the papers & your letter; I can work quite well all morning at the …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 8 October [1876] . CD …
- … latest issue of Popular Science Review (see letter to Francis Darwin, 8 October [1876] and …
- … sylvestris , a synonym of D. fullonum ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] and …
- … Airy 1876 ) to the Royal Society of London (see letter from Hubert Airy, 2 May 1876 ). CD …
- … Ruck as Francis’s ‘dear second mother’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 8 October [1876] ). CD …
From Francis Darwin [before 17 July 1878]
Summary
More sleepers from green-house.
Julius Sachs’s view of climbing plants: he distinguishes between nutation to find a support and growth after support is found.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 17 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.1: 155; DAR 274.1: 50, 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11613 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 17.2] crossed red crayon and pencil Top of letter : ‘Received July 17 th ’ ink circled ink …
- … be cleaned and packed by the makers ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Francis …
- … wrote the comment at the top of the first page of the letter. …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] . …
- … sent CD a list of plants that slept ( letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). Oxalis …
- … and twiners behaved in the same way ( letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). In …
- … was due to the tension of the cell walls ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). …
- … in dry conditions had shut leaves (see letter from Francis Darwin, [29 June] 1878 and n. …
- … their responses to moisture and light (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] …
- … to look at the stomata of his specimen ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). CD had …
- … sensitivity of the tips of maize radicles ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] and n. …
From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876]
Summary
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … it— Please thank dear Mother for her letter, M rs Ruck tells me often she likes to come, …
- … selection in relation to monkeys’; see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . The …
- … 1874b . Mary Anne Ruck . Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found. CD stayed at William …
- … Appendix II)). Julius von Wiesner (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. …
- … much better it should be put in Nature as a letter. I like translating, as it makes one do …
- … The year is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . Francis sent corrections …
- … chapter of Cross and self fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] ). …
- … German articles by Johann von Fischer (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and …
- … For Francis’s work on the teasel, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] and n. …
From Francis Darwin [c. 25 February 1879]
Summary
Directs CD where to find tools in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 25 Feb 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11883F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin . Henrietta Emma Litchfield’s letter has not been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. …
- … in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters. …
- … the Klein testimonial; see n. 9, below. See letter to Francis Darwin, [before 25 February …
- … visit George Howard Darwin in Algiers; see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 February 1879 …
- … Sq Please thank mother & Bessy for their letters— I am glad poor Ubbadubba has got some …
- … plants) in 1873 (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 August 1873 ). …
- … in 1874 (see Correspondence vol. 22, letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] and …
- … again in 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 ). CD never …
- … of stomata (see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 ); …
- … CD’s and had provided him with seeds; see letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 March …
From Francis Darwin [21 July 1878]
Summary
Has been investigating nutational movements of climbing plants; comments on the opinions of Julius von Wiesner and Julius Sachs. Remarks on the sleep movements of certain plants and the mechanism of tendril curvature. Is experimenting with Porlieria.
Has visited K. G. Semper’s laboratory.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 59, DAR 209.8: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11623 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … water 16.5] double scored pencil Top of letter : ‘Sleeping Plants | Porliera | Helvingia, …
- … with bloom. | Wiesner on Light’ ink End of letter : ‘Bloom’ red crayon underl red crayon …
- … July 21— 1878’ (see CD annotations). See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] . Pouter …
- … My dear Father, Many thanks for your long letter which is very interesting & told me all I …
- … Julius Sachs could explain his meaning (see letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] and …
- … to discuss these movements with Sachs (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). …
- … sleep; CD considered this would be valuable if true (see letter from Francis Darwin, [ …
- … 12 July 1878] , and letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). …
- … richardiana as having two large leaflets ( letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ) …
- … julibrissin as Albizia Zulu brizzia ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ). …
- … is the woman’s tongue or siris tree. See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] and n. …
- … well-watered, kept its leaves open (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] …
- … CD’s offer of his own machine as a gift ( letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1878 ). Semper …
- … the Carniola caves (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter from Andrew Murray, 3 May 1860 , and …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 May 1871]
Summary
He is waiting to hear about the requirements for the MB examination before considering the possible trip to north America.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7761F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … n. 5. The annotations are for CD’s letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] . …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . Francis’s friend was …
- … St George’s Hospital, London (see first letter from Francis Darwin, [after 22 May 1871] ). …
- … the summer with his brother George Howard Darwin and two friends (see letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin, [14 May 1871] ). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . …
- … See letter from G. H. Darwin, [14 May 1871] and …
- … before the end of the term Top of letter : ‘(Eye of Cuttlefish) | Pryor Artic | Review | …
From Francis Darwin to J. H. Gilbert 8 June 1876
Summary
Asks about constituents of burnt soil.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 8 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10535F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Bibliography LL : The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical …
- … acid traces none 100·13 99·69 If my letter finds you especially busy, pray do not think of …
- … See letter from J. H. …
- … Gilbert, 9 March 1876 . See letter to Edward Frankland, [before …
- … 6 June 1876] , and letter from Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876] . CD wanted to be …
- … nutrients had an effect on variation (see letter to J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 ). His …
- … this remark in a missing part of his letter of [before 6 June 1876] . ‘Loss on ignition’ …
- … although CD had written to Gilbert twice (letters to J. H. Gilbert, 16 February 1876 …
- … and [before 9 March 1876] ). Francis acted as CD’s amanuensis for these letters. …
From Francis Darwin 3 March [1879]
Summary
Astonished at circular and will risk revolutions to invest. Describes Blidah, Algeria.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11913F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … growing over them which looks very tropical— Please thank Bessy for her nice letter. …
- … I liked Ubbadubbas letter very much. I …
- … write to Bessy & answer Ubbadubba too next letter— I have no intellec
〈 t〉 tonight— Your … - … The year is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to the Darwin children, 21 February …
- … 1879 . See letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 . CD advised investing in safe …
- … back at Down on 12 March 1879, departing from Algiers on 8 March ( letter from G. H. …
- … Darwin, 3 March 1879 ; letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [12 March 1879] (DAR …
- … oleander ) is native to the region. The letters from Elizabeth Darwin have not been found, …
From Francis Darwin 19 [May 1881]
Summary
Is sorry to have involved himself in a priority dispute between Wortmann and Elfving. Intends to publish on circumnutation; will CD send him his notes? Apologises for taking CD’s protractor, will send it back. Has met Oscar Schmidt.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13166F |
Matches: 12 hits
- … The month and year are established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May …
- … 1881 . See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 . No correspondence between …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 …
- … in the mycelium of a fungus (see letter from Francis Darwin, 14 May 1881 and n. 7). …
- … mentioned meeting Oskar Schmidt in his letter of 14 May 1881 . Kneipe : pub, bar (German). …
- … by a report of the sinking of a ship (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 and 17 May 1881 and …
- … Elsass) 19 th . My dear Father Many thanks for your long letter; will you please thank …
- … Bessy for her nice letters and say I will …
- … really write a decent letter next but now I want to get some axles off— I was talking with …
- … in 1879 (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879 ). Elfving …
- … circumnutation of the sporangium. In his letter of 16 and 17 May 1881 , CD had mentioned …
From Francis Darwin [12 May 1878]
Summary
Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11504F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … and adventitious roots, Sachs 1873–4 ; see letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. …
- … rabbit he wanted to see. I had two nice letters from Mother & Bessy which I ought to have …
- … The date is established by the relationship between this letter and …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] , and by the reference to a payment of £60 ( …
- … below). In 1878, 12 May was a Sunday. See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and nn. …
- … of the radicle or embryonic root. See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 3. …
- … Sunday My dear Father, Many thanks for your letter also for Nature & the german paper— I …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 6. CD had described the visit to his …
- … been identified. Elizabeth Darwin . The letters have not been found. CD recorded a payment …
- … 1875 and 1876). Francis was in Cambridge on 29 May ( letter to Wallis Nash, 29 May 1878 ). …
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| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Ruck, Amy | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (98) |
| Krause, Ernst | (3) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Tait, Lawson | (2) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (102) |
| Krause, Ernst | (3) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, Horace | (2) |
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| Tait, Lawson | (2) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
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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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- … Observers Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August …
- … silkworm breeds, or peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to …
- … observations of cats’ instinctive behaviour. Letter 4258 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, …
- … to artificially fertilise plants in her garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
- … be made on seeds of Pulmonaria officinalis . Letter 5745 - Barber, M. E. to …
- … Expression from her home in South Africa. Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L …
- … Expression during a trip to Egypt. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., …
- … expression of emotion in her pet dog and birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. …
- … is making similar observations for him. Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. …
- … of a crying baby to Darwin's daughter, Henrietta. Letter 7179 - Wedgwood, …
- … briefly on her ongoing observations of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. …
- … expression of emotion in dogs with Emma Darwin. Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, …
- … birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to …
- … of an angry pig and her niece’s ears. Letter 8701 - Lubbock, E. F . to Darwin, …
- … that she make observations of her pet cats. Letter 8989 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [28 …
- … on her experiments with fly-catching Drosera . Letter 9426 - Story …
- … without the birds attacking the buds and flowers. Letter 9616 - Marshall, T. to …
- … and her father of plants and insects. Men: Letter 2221 - Blyth, E. to Darwin …
- … specimens and bird observations from Calcutta. Letter 3634 - Darwin to Gray, A., [1 …
- … “enthusiasm and indomitable patience”. Letter 4242 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin …
- … contained in “a little treatise”. Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 …
- … he has moved one or two of them into his bedroom. Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to …
- … expression of emotion in chimpanzees and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von …
- … to show in his museum in Canterbury, New Zealand. Letter 6453 - Langton, E. to …
- … to be attracted to dark spots on the wallpaper. Letter 5756 - Langton, E. & C. …
- … the black letters in a marble tablet”. Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July …
- … Fieldwork Women: Letter 1701 - Morris, M. H. to Prior, R. C. A., [17 June …
- … on the shores of mountain lakes in Pennsylvania. Letter 3681 - Wedgwood, M. S. to …
- … and her sisters while on holiday in Llandudno. Letter 4823 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
- … the fields around her home at Leith Hill Place. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 23 hits
- … that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
- … persevered with his work on Variation until 20 July, his letter-writing dwindled considerably. The …
- … from ‘some Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] …
- … ‘I declare I never in my life read anything grander’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 26 [February 1863] …
- … than Origin had (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). …
- … from animals like the woolly mammoth and cave bear ( see letter from Jacques Boucher de Perthes, 23 …
- … leap from that of inferior animals made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … out that species were not separately created’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] ). Public …
- … book he wished his one-time mentor had not said a word ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February …
- … I respect you, as my old honoured guide & master’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). …
- … against stronger statements regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). …
- … thinking, while Huxley’s book would scare them off ( see letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 ). In …
- … change of species by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the …
- … disaffected towards Lyell and his book. In a February letter to the Athenæum , a weekly review of …
- … find great difficulty in answering Owen unaided ’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] …
- … of so much of Lyell’s book being written by others’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] …
- … is wretched to see men fighting so for a little fame’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). …
- … overt act, and I shall watch for a fitting opportunity’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] …
- … God demented Owen, as a punishment for his crimes… ?’ ( letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 January [1863] …
- … Darwin’, a transitional form between reptiles and birds ( letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 January …
- … a significant gap had been filled in the fossil record ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January …
- … continued to capture his and others’ attention ( see letter to J. D. Dana, 20 February [1863] , …
- … or origin of species’, Darwin considered writing a letter to the Athenæum in response ( letter …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Matches: 24 hits
- … be done by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … And … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … was an illusory hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] …
- … inferred that he was well from his silence on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October …
- … in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] …
- … that Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). …
- … his, ‘& that he was thus free to perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874 …
- … Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). …
- … edition, published in 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 …
- … Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January …
- … to take so sweetly all the horrid bother of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March …
- … sent an apology for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); …
- … numbers and sex ratios among the Pitcairn islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 …
- … will say that I have pounded the enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). …
- … by none but anatomists; and never mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). …
- … the return on subsequent print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 …
- … by the conciseness & clearness of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). …
- … legal action over the ‘scurrilous libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). …
- … false, scurrilous accusation of [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). …
- … as father and son agonised over the wording of both the letter to the editor and the letter to …
- … relationship with Murray on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ) …
- … is refused I’m really no worse off than if I had sent my letter direct to the Editor & it had …
- … previous publications to review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … but really I do think you have a good right to be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 …
- … species. Darwin attempted to dissuade him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862 …
- … partially sterile together. He failed. Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 …
- … and pronounced them ‘simply perfect’, but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ) …
- … resigned to their difference of opinion, but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862 …
- … letters, Darwin, impressed, gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] …
- … protégé, telling Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). …
- … Towards the end of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): …
- … and added, ‘new cases are tumbling in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In …
- … hopeful, became increasingly frustrated, telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ) …
- … on the problem: ‘the labour is great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I …
- … resulted from his ‘ enormous labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; …
- … Oliver: ‘I can see at least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), …
- … result once out of four or five sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). …
- … one species may be said to be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The …
- … and determined to publish on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), …
- … d . like to make out this wonderfully complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). …
- … The case clearly excited Darwin, who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I …
- … that the case warranted a paper for the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] …
- … that had given him ‘great pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he …
- … know not in the least , whether the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] …
- … govern the structure of almost every flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). …
- … so doubtful about anything I published’, he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). …
- … May, and George Bentham pronounced it ‘most valuable’ (letter from George Bentham, 15 May 1862). …
- … in writing the book, it was, after all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). …
- … power of natural selection. He made the point to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 March [1862] …
- … the truth of natural selection through the back door ( letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] ). …
- … ‘nearly overcome his opposition to the Origin ’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). …
- … with ‘good dashes of original reflexions’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 13 January [1862] ). He warmly …
- … sent Darwin a few of their letters; Darwin remarked ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 [March 1862] ): …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
Matches: 20 hits
- … end of 1845, Darwin was not happy with Colburn’s terms ( Letter 856 ). Instead he asked his friend …
- … John Murray, to open negotiations with his own publisher ( Letter 824 ). Lyell’s talk with Murray …
- … have transacted the business with me’ (27 August [1845] Letter 908 ). Thus began the business …
- … copies some pages in Darwin’s chapter were transposed ( Letter 1244 ). Darwin was anxious lest an …
- … & make the poor workman some present’ (12 June [1849] Letter 1245 ). Darwin’s next …
- … his ‘big species book’; on 18 June 1858, he received a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace with the …
- … asked Lyell to act as his intermediary with John Murray ( Letter 2437 ), who, without even reading …
- … not repent of having undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a retail …
- … proud at the appearance of my child’ ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all Murray’s …
- … – and a second edition was immediately called for ( Letter 2549 ). In the end Murray paid Darwin …
- … (Variation ), but work progressed slowly ( Letter 3078 ); meanwhile in 1862 Murray published On …
- … Murray only offered Darwin half profits for this title ( Letter 3261 ); it was never a best-seller …
- … ‘I fear it can never pay’ (3 January [1867] Letter 5346 ). In the end Murray decided to print …
- … to Brazil, the beginning of a life-long correspondence ( Letter 4881 ). Subsequently Darwin …
- … the risk himself. Murray suggested printing 750 copies ( Letter 6597 ), but Darwin decided on 1000 …
- … fail, I think, to be much read’ (28 September [1870] Letter 7329 ). Murray decided to print 2500 …
- … hope to Heaven book will sell well’ (12 January [1871] Letter 7438 ). A second printing was …
- … America, of St George Mivart‘s Genesis of species ( Letter 7907 ) ; this was Darwin’s …
- … By November of that year, fourteen copies had been sold ( Letter 8044 ). Meanwhile, Darwin was …
- … Darwin chose to print the photographic illustrations ( Letter 7773 ), proved to be expensive ( …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
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…
Matches: 30 hits
- … Were women a target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
- … Tollet for proofreading and criticisms of style. Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. …
- … her to read to check that she can understand it. Letter 7312 - Darwin to Darwin, F. …
- … from all but educated, typically-male readers. Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E …
- … he seeks her help with tone and style. Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 …
- … in order to minimise impeding general perusal. Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, …
- … he uses to avoid ownership of indelicate content. Letter 8335 - Reade, W. W. to …
- … so as not to lose the interest of women. Letter 8341 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, …
- … which will make it more appealing to women. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to …
- … Darwin’s female readership Letter 5391 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, [6 February …
- … of the Manchester Ladies Literary Society . Letter 6551 - Becker, L. E . to …
- … the chapter on pangenesis, which is a revelation. Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. …
- … Darwin assumes that 'A. B. Blackwell' is a man. Letter 7177 - Cupples, G. to …
- … him to the psychology of Herbert Spencer. Letter 7624 - Bathoe, M . B. to Darwin …
- … his statements on a lack of reasoning in animals. Letter 7644 - Barnard, A. to …
- … during a visit to an asylum with her father. Letter 7651 - Wedgwood, F. J. to …
- … on any comments that she feels might be suitable. Letter 7411 - Pfeiffer, E. J. to …
- … and beauty in the process of sexual selection. Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, …
- … of a woman’s natural thinking”. Letter 8778 - Forster, L. M . to Darwin, H. …
- … and the showing of teeth in Expression . Letter 10072 - Pape, C. to …
- … and hopes Darwin will complete her questionnaire. Letter 10390 - Herrick, S. M. B. …
- … of questions which she hopes aren’t too silly. Letter 10415 - Darwin to Herrick, S. …
- … and is pleased that his work has interested her. Letter 10508 - Treat, M. to Darwin …
- … it nearly all night before she could lay it down. Letter 13547 - Tanner, M. H. …
- … involving worms which occurred in her garden. Letter 13650 Kennard, C. A. to Darwin …
- … Reading Variation Letter 5712 - Dallas, W. S. to Darwin, [8 December 1867] …
- … array of facts” contained in the work. Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 …
- … are a few things which must be altered”. Letter 5928 - Gray, A. to Darwin, [25 …
- … to be made to the text for the second edition. Letter 6040 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to …
- … Darwin’s rich knowledge, patience and care. Letter 6110 - Samuelson, J. to Darwin, …
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…
Matches: 23 hits
- … of departure reviews of Origin . The second is a single letter from naturalist A. R. Wallace to …
- … everything is the result of “brute force”. Letter 2855 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 3 …
- … nature, as he is in a “muddle” on this issue. Letter 3256 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, …
- … shares a witty thought experiment about an angel. Letter 3342 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, …
- … He asks Gray some questions about design. Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 …
- … of my precipice”. Darwin and Wallace Letter 5140 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, …
- … of variations. Darwin and Graham Letter 13230 — Darwin, C. R. to Graham, …
- … of people, including members of his own family. Letter 441 — Wedgwood, Emma to Darwin, …
- … about his “honest & conscientious doubts”. Letter 471 — Darwin, Emma to Darwin, C. …
- … there is a danger in giving up revelation”. Letter 2534 — Kingsley, Charles to Darwin, …
- … need of an act of intervention to bring change. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, …
- … with that knowledge which only He can give me.” Letter 5303 — Boole, M. E. to Darwin, C …
- … that his theory be compatible with her faith. Letter 5307 — Darwin, C. R. to Boole, M. …
- … and science should each run its own course. Letter 8070 — Darwin, C. R. to Abbot, F. E. …
- … “with qualifications”, if he wishes. Letter 8837 — Darwin, C. R. to Doedes, N. D., 2 …
- … man’s intellect, “but man can do his duty”. Letter 12041 — Darwin, C. R. to Fordyce, …
- … most correct description of my state of mind”. Letter 12757 — Darwin, C. R. to Aveling, …
- … as examples to illustrate his ideas on beauty. Letter 4752 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, …
- … discusses humming birds and orchids as examples. Letter 4939 — Shaw, James to Darwin, C …
- … a long discussion on beauty in the natural world. Letter 4943 — Darwin, C. R. to Shaw, …
- … beauty of flowers is solely to attract insects. Letter 5003f — Shaw, James to Darwin, C …
- … Beauty against the Duke of Argyll’s criticisms. Letter 5004 — Darwin, C. R. to Shaw, …
- … of beauty being displayed in conspicuous parts. Letter 5060 — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. …
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.…
Matches: 23 hits
- … earthworms . Selected letters Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. …
- … work are referenced throughout Variation . Letter 2395 - Darwin to Holland, …
- … her identity is both anonymised and masculinised. Letter 3316 - Darwin to Nevill, D …
- … Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids . Letter 4038 - Darwin to Lyell, C., …
- … being acknowledged publicly as a science critic. Letter 4370 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
- … are identified only as “friends in Surrey”. Letter 4794 - Darwin to Lyell, C., [25 …
- … Sir C. Lyell” or received from “Miss. B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. to …
- … was referenced in the final publication. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C …
- … are not cited in Expression . Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., …
- … description of a crying baby in Mary Barton. Letter 8321 - Darwin to …
- … he would “feel the public humming” at him. Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, …
- … lady, on whose accuracy I can implicitly rely”. Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H …
- … of Henrietta’s considerable editorial input. Letter 8719 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 …
- … Letters relating to Earthworms Letter 7428 - Wedgwood, F. to Darwin, [4 …
- … depth of furrows in an old field near his house. Letter 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to …
- … activity in the fields of North Wales. Letter 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H …
- … published discussion of earthworm activity . Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. …
- … discussion of turf-based worm castings . Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, …
- … lady, on whose accuracy I can implicitly rely”. Letter 11221 - Darwin to Darwin …
- … are referenced in Vegetable Mould . Letter 12742 - Darwin, H. to Darwin, …
- … "My son Horace" in Vegetable Mould . Letter 12745 - Darwin to …
- … anonymously in Vegetable Mould . Letter 12760 - Wedgwood, K. E. S. to …
- … but does not identify the workers in question. Letter 13037 - Darwin to Darwin, …
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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- … and colonial authorities. In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important …
- … in times of uncertainty, controversy, or personal loss. Letter writing was not only a means of …
- … botanist Asa Gray. Darwin and Hooker Letter 714 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D. …
- … and he is curious about Hooker’s thoughts. Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., …
- … to Hooker “it is like confessing a murder”. Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D. …
- … wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, …
- … and asks him to append the ranges of the species. Letter 1685 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. …
- … and relationships of alpine flora in the USA. Letter 2125 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, …
- … and their approach to information exchange. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D …
- … first describer’s name to specific name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., …
- … perpetuity of names in species descriptions. Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … ends with a discussion of lamination of gneiss. Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, …
- … up his doubts about Darwin’s doctrines. In his second letter he talks about his visit with Falconer. …
- … was on the Beagle voyage and afterwards. Letter 152 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, J. …
- … is Henslow’s “bounden duty to lecture me”. Letter 196 — Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, C. R. …
- … sends home a copy of his notes on the specimens. Letter 249 — Henslow, J. S. to Darwin, …
- … sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends. Letter 251 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, J. S …
- … illness and specimens are sent to Henslow. Letter 272 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, J. S. …
- … collection and plans to cross the Cordilleras. Letter 1189 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, …
- … Hermann Müller. Darwin and Lubbock Letter 1585 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, …
- … and it has reawakened his passion for entomology. Letter 1720 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … 147 (1857): 79–100]. Darwin and Müller Letter 5457 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, …
- … of the floral anatomy of Lopezia miniata . Letter 5471 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, H. …
- … Fritz Müller is Hermann Müller’s brother. Letter 5481 — Müller, H. L. H. to Darwin, C. …
- … that Subularia does not grow in Westphalia. Letter 5657 — Müller, H. L. H. to …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … his publishers, he warned that it was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). …
- … turned out, alas, very dull & has disappointed me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June …
- … home again’, he fretted, just days before his departure ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26 …
- … many blessings, was finding old age ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ) …
- … wrinkles one all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 …
- … itself, or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and …
- … office to complete Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). …
- … but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
- … on your life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). …
- … to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This letter crossed with one from Darwin, …
- … the statement ‘In the beginning was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). …
- … as the ‘organ of “uncultivated materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). …
- … up the glory & would please Francis’, he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 …
- … wholly & shamefully ignorant of my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 …
- … known philosopher and poet’ ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Francis Beaufort to Robert …
- … these things with the when & the where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May …
- … paternal grandparents thought ‘perfect in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). …
- … heard of him ‘constantly, & always with pride’ ( letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). …
- … essay might end up ‘interfering with each other’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 27 March 1879 ). Darwin …
- … made such an introduction ‘almost indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin …
- … everything into ridicule. He hates scientific men’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 ). …
- … must be ‘in some degree interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). …
- … ‘very tastefully and well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and …
- … ‘more perplexed than ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). …
- … telling, and he regretted going beyond his ‘tether’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 …
- … never again to be tempted out of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At …
- … of the tips of radicles, the embryonic roots of seedlings ( letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879 …
- … experienced obstacles from the start, as he reported in a letter of 29 May . Sachs had changed …
- … that he had rooms in a house that was ‘disreputable’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'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…
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- … What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] …
- … anything more on 'so difficult a subject, as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July …
- … best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ) …
- … condition as I can make it’, he wrote to the translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September …
- … translation remained unpublished at the end of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November …
- … to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January …
- … comparison of Whale & duck most beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ) …
- … a person as I am made to appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). …
- … Darwin would renounce `fundamental intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January …
- … was silly enough to think he felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872 …
- … hoping for reconciliation, if only `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January …
- … have been ungracious in him not to thank Mivart for his letter. He promised to send a copy of the …
- … partly in mind, `chiefly perhaps because I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] …
- … Darwinism is to be the theme. Surely the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 …
- … to find that Weismann accepted it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I …
- … few naturalists in England seem inclined to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May …
- … reached the buzzing place where I myself was standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May …
- … ‘as for myself it is dreadful doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was …
- … to stand closer (a serried mass) and to be more erect’ ( letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ) …
- … and amused rather than offended by `that clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 …
- … wrote offering Arthur May’s drawings shortly afterwards ( letter from Samuel Butler to Francis …
- … 'exactly where, from his ignorance, he feels no doubts’ ( letter to F. C. Donders, 17 June …
- … music provided by her husband, Richard Buckley Litchfield ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 13 May 1872 …
- … to Henrietta; 'I know that I am half-killed myself’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 …
- … fellow’ was Darwin’s wholeheartedly partisan reply ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 ). On 13 …
- … was delivered to Gladstone a week later ( enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, …
- … was `enough to make one turn into an old honest Tory’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] ). …
- … hypothesis of Mr. Darwin , and Darwin wrote a cutting letter to Nature in Wallace’s defence …
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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- … ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ) …
- … fertility of crosses between differently styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 …
- … François Marie Glaziou (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 …
- … quite untirable & I am glad to shirk any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January …
- … probably intending to test its effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). …
- … we know about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He …
- … of seeing the flowers & experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). …
- … find stooping over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). …
- … sooner or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The …
- … leaves into their burrows ( Correspondence vol. 29, letter from J. F. Simpson, 8 November 1881 …
- … on the summit, whence it rolls down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The …
- … light on it, which would have pleased me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, …
- … annelid seemed to have rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). …
- … by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the previous …
- … by the flippant witlings of the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice …
- … men, and their role as providers for the family. In his letter, he conceded that there was ‘some …
- … of our homes, would in this case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … she be fairly judged, intellectually his inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January …
- … he has allied himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 …
- … Would my actions be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February …
- … a solid scientific foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] …
- … to delight in his children’s accomplishments. In a letter to Anthony Rich, he shared several of his …
- … to take a long trip to Jamaica ‘for complete rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). …
- … me more than anything else. I am now 73 years old’ ( letter to A. A. Reade, 13 February 1882 ). …
- … on the chest pain. Short of this walk about gently’ ( letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 ). …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 31 hits
- … The death of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family …
- … having all the Boys at home: they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
- … had failed to include among the grounds of the award ( see letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus …
- … his letters to Darwin, and Darwin responded warmly: ‘Your letter is by far the grandest eulogium …
- … may well rest content that I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] …
- … always a most kind friend to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] …
- … for our griefs & pains: these alone are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 …
- … gas.— Sic transit gloria mundi, with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). …
- … added, ‘I know it is folly & nonsense to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
- … ineffective, and Darwin had given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] …
- … of anything, & that almost exclusively bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] …
- … better, attributing the improvement to Jones’s diet ( see letter to T. H. Huxley, 4 October [1865] …
- … he was ‘able to write about an hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). …
- … others very forward, except the last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] …
- … my book will be ready for the press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In …
- … however, ‘I am never idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was …
- … might be more willing to bear the expense of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865 …
- … & I loathe the whole subject like tartar emetic’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 January [1865] ) …
- … you will be an unnatural parent, for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; …
- … needed for references, probably from the Linnean Society ( letter to [Richard Kippist], 4 June …
- … in or before November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 November [1864 …
- … 1865 that he had just finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). …
- … Linnean Society for publication in Müller’s name ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, …
- … so weak that I am not able to do any scientific work’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, 20 September [1865] …
- … coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). …
- … species arising’ ( Correspondence vol. 9, letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 September [1861] ). …
- … experiments in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] …
- … India in late 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). …
- … though he praised Scott’s ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). …
- … that he would take up the work again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at …
- … mind, & I can hang on it a good many groups of facts.’ ( Letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 May [1865] …
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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- … | Microscopes | Collecting | Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of …
- … with detailed correspondence about barnacles. Letter 1514 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. …
- … of one idea. – cirripedes morning & night.” Letter 1480 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, …
- … on embryological stages than Huxley thinks. Letter 1592 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. H …
- … and difficulties of botanical experimentation. Letter 4895 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J …
- … on Anelasma which he thinks seems probable. Letter 5173 — Müller, J. F. T. to …
- … and on some plants which seem to be dichogamous. Letter 5429 — Müller, J. F. T. to …
- … and crossed with pollen of other species. Letter 5480 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. …
- … Claus, Die freilebenden Copepoden [1863]. Letter 5551 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. …
- … on the use and importance of the microscope. Letter 207 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., …
- … with a microscope ranks second only to geology. Letter 1018 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, …
- … “take advantage of your wicked offer of assistance”. The letter is full of observations on barnacles …
- … ed., Manual of scientific enquiry (1849)]. Letter 1167 — Darwin, C. R. to Henslow, …
- … finds this microscope “wonderfully superior”. Letter 1174 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … specimens and information for his barnacle book. Letter 1140 — Darwin, C. R. to Ross, J …
- … to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin. Letter 1262 — Darwin, C. R. to Hancock, …
- … discusses Lithotrya and its burrowing habits. Letter 1495 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … at his collection to check on his suspicions. Letter 1370 — Darwin, C. R. to Covington, …
- … only one specimen is known to exist in the world. Letter 1251 — Darwin, C. R. to Gould, …
- … between theory and practice in natural history. Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, …
- … first describer’s name to specific name. Letter 1220 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., …
- … perpetuity of names in species descriptions. Letter 1260 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … with the former and deferring the species paper. Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, …
- … have progressed but Hooker is not converted. Letter 1339 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … shall be a man again & not a horrid grinding machine’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December …
- … anything which has happened to me for some weeks’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ) …
- … corrections of style, the more grateful I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ) …
- … who wd ever have thought that I shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …
- … abt any thing so unimportant as the mind of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February …
- … thro’ apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] …
- … how metaphysics & physics form one great philosophy?’ ( letter from F. P. Cobbe, 28 March [1870 …
- … in thanks for the drawing ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 November [1868] …
- … patients, but it did not confirm Duchenne’s findings ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March …
- … muscle’, he complained, ‘is the bane of existence!’ ( letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 ). …
- … to their belief that all demons and spirits were white ( letter from W. W. Reade, 9 November 1870 …
- … . . Could you make it scream without hurting it much?’ ( letter to A. D. Bartlett, 5 January [1870] …
- … or crying badly; but I fear he will not succeed’ ( letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June [1870] …
- … Lucy Wedgwood, who sent a sketch of a baby’s brows ( letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [5 May 1870] ). …
- … is the inclination to finish my note on this subject’ ( letter from F. C. Donders, 17 May 1870 ). …
- … the previous year (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). His …
- … (in retrograde direction) naturalist’ (letter to A. R.Wallace, 26 January [1870]). …
- … towards each other, though in one sense rivals’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 April [1870] ). …
- … version of the theory of descent by natural selection in a letter to Darwin, prompting much anxiety …
- … But who is to criticise them? No one but yourself’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 20 May 1870 ). …
- … me to be able to say that I never write reviews’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). …
- … design. Darwin commented on Mivart’s essay in a letter to William Henry Flower: ‘I am glad …
- … time wd be wasted if I once began to answer objectors’ ( letter to W. H. Flower, 25 March [1870] ) …
- … laborious & valuable labours on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). …
- … Ape than such an Ape differs from a lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 …
- … his “end” whatever may have been his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In …
- … by you in this manner than praised by many others’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 28 May [1870 …
- … us which are stronger than the causes of discord’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 30 March …
- … that you had called on assistants to describe them’ ( letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July …
- … years and your immortal work is above all attacks’ ( letter from Edouard van Beneden, 17 December …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 …
- … sweeping conclusions on insufficient grounds. Letter 3934 - Darwin to Scott, J., [21 …
- … how to make the material worthy of publication. Letter 4185 - Darwin to Scott, J., [25 …
- … indefatigable worker you are!”. Letter 7605 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [20 March …
- … memorial” in memory of the book. Letter 8140 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [3 …
- … how he made so many observations without aid. Letter 8146 - Darwin to Treat, M., [5 …
- … “in some well-known scientific journal”. Letter 8171 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L., [21 …
- … that Lucy is worth her weight in gold. Letter 9005b - Darwin to Treat, M., [12 …
- … flies until he had repeated the experiment. Letter 9580 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H. D., …
- … should not yet be submitted to the publisher. Letter 9613 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., …
- … and thinks that it ought to be published. Letter 10523 - Darwin to Treat, M., [1 June …
- … in the pursuit of her “admirable work”. Letter 11096 - Darwin to Romanes, G. J., [9 …
- … her manuscript to Nature for publication. Letter 13414 - Darwin to Harrison, L., …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Britain? Letters Letter 109 - Wedgwood, J. to Darwin, …
- … pursuit of real, professional work on his return. Letter 158 - Darwin to Darwin, R. W., …
- … colour and “beauty” of tropical vegetation. Letter 542 - Darwin to Wedgwood, C. S., [27 …
- … meals, family time and walks into town with Emma. Letter 555 - Darwin to FitzRoy, R., …
- … ‘ A Biographical Sketch of an Infant ’. Letter 2781 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [3 May …
- … them in the north-facing borders of his garden. Letter 2864 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., …
- … and “never saw anything so beautiful”. Letter 4230 - Darwin to Gardeners’ Chronicle, [2 …
- … linked with his domestic family life. Letter 4377 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [2 …
- … at least provide Darwin with aesthetic pleasure. Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., …
- … he has moved one or two of them into his bedroom. Letter 4469 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin …
- … before expecting to dedicate his life to science. Letter 4472 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin …
- … duty to the public to contribute more than this. Letter 6044 - Darwin to Darwin, G. H., …
- … and influence to help shape his sons’ fortunes. Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, …
- … from the comfort of his “ pretty garden ”. Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 …
- … moths all of which were conducted in his home. Letter 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S …
- … attracted to dark spots on the bedroom wallpaper. Letter 10821 - Graham C. C. to Darwin …
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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- … my grandfather’s character is of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). …
- … have influenced the whole Kingdom, & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 …
- … delighted to find an ordinary mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and …
- … much powder & shot’ ( Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and …
- … modified; but now I much regret that I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). …
- … and ‘decided on laying the matter before the public’ ( letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 …
- … and uncertain about what to do. He drafted two versions of a letter to the Athen æum , sending …
- … in which he will have the last word’, she warned ( letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] …
- … who will fight to the end’, added her husband Richard ( letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February …
- … him & given him Darwinophobia? It is a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February …
- … squashing the ‘mosquito inflated to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). …
- … inches of soil as a protection against enemies.’ ‘Your letter … made me open my eyes’, Gray replied …
- … his original description. Darwin was puzzled: ‘If my letter opened your eyes, yours has opened mine …
- … to the same species, should behave so differently.’ ( Letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 .) But …
- … of the plant in its native habitat. He forwarded a letter from a botanist and schoolteacher in …
- … ‘Where is the profit for Author or publisher?’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 July 1880 ). ‘I must …
- … money by science, I must now lose some for science’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 21 July 1880 ). The …
- … without any corresponding structural differentiations’ ( letter from F. M. Balfour, [22 November …
- … In former years I was, also, rarely fit to see anybody’ ( letter to S. H. Haliburton, 13 December …
- … he pretended, ‘but the subject has amused me’ ( letter to W. C. McIntosh, 18 June 1880 ). Members …
- … back. Then we saw a steam tram—imagine my excitement’ ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, …
- … at the worms. We find that the light frightens them’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 8 October [1880] …
- … it elsewhere, and thus one looks to prevent its return’ ( letter from J.-H. Fabre, 18 February 1880 …
- … country, and letting them out of their respective bags ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [6, 13, or 20] …
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…
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- … him as a bitter enemy. Darwin and Sedgwick Letter 2525 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … of a spirit of bravado, but a want of respect. Letter 2548 — Sedgwick, Adam to Darwin, …
- … of brotherly love and as his true-hearted friend. Letter 2555 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … classes of facts”. Darwin and Owen Letter 2526 — Owen, Richard to Darwin, C. …
- … the nature of such influences as “heterodox”. Letter 2575 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, …
- … his book “the law of higgledy-piggledy”. Letter 2580 — Darwin, C. R. to Owen, Richard, …
- … his views now depends on men eminent in science. Letter 2767 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, …
- … prevail without such aggressive tactics. Letter 5500 — Darwin, C. R. to Haeckel, E. P. …
- … reader to take the side of the attacked person. Letter 5533 — Haeckel, E. P. A. to …
- … of the matter, a vigorous attack is essential. Letter 5544 — Darwin, C. R. to Haeckel, …
- … political, and religious differences. Letter 2285 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 18 …
- … MS, but Darwin will offer to send it to journal. Letter 2294 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, …
- … his views from anything Darwin wrote to him. Letter 2295 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, …
- … he does not feel this alters the justice of case. Letter 2299 — Hooker, J. D. & …
- … reasons for arranging the joint presentation. Letter 2306 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. …
- … is now planning a 30-page abstract for a journal. Letter 2337 — Wallace, A. R. to …
- … paper public unaccompanied by his own views. Letter 6024 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. …
- … of minute variations and sexual selection. Letter 6033 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, …
- … George Darwin’s notes on Wallace’s argument. Letter 6045 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. …
- … and form new species without being isolated. Letter 6058 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. …
- … relating to sterility that they will never agree. Letter 6095 — Darwin, C. R. to …
- … cannot be increased through natural selection. Letter 6104 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, …
