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List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest

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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…

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  • when I can drive the whole of the confounded book out of my head’. But  a large proportion of Darwin
  • liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Reaction
  • to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist
  • OldhamThey club together to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas
  • his beard in order to make it darker than the hair on his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, …
  • a high aesthetic appreciation of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). …
  • most deep and tender religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The Anglican
  • from within his own family circle, especially his cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood, whom Darwin had cited
  • passing temptation of hunting it’ ( Descent  2: 392). Wedgwood, however, denied that a simple
  • or remorse. The true essence of conscience, according to Wedgwood, was shame, and he went so far as
  • was confronted by the presence of its master. ( Letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [39 March 1871] . …
  • Morley. George and Henrietta remarked upon his dispute with Wedgwood. Darwins theory of the moral
  • and morally bound. In one particularly long letter to Wedgwood, Darwin alluded to the pain of
  • point of agreement is a satisfaction to me’ ( letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 ). …
  • home, Leith Hill Place in Surrey, and CDs niece Lucy Wedgwood collected and weighed the dried
  • year, but he was sympathetic about the venture: ‘it w d  be almost superhuman virtue to give it up
  • who wasas good as twice refined gold’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 September [1871] ). …

Darwin’s queries on expression

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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  • … 1868 : “Shame is … expressed by an averted and declined head with a wavering unsteady askant, eye … …
  • … Islands nodding bending head forward …
  • … nodding Wedgwood, Hensleigh [1867-72] …
  • … laughter Wedgwood, Hensleigh [1867-72] …

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…

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  • … Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those present included …
  • … sent a detailed letter about shaking and nodding of the head in different cultures ( letter from …
  • … 1874 ), Darwin replied, ‘I have so poor a metaphysical head that M r  Spencer’s terms of …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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  • the University of Cambridge. These works, catalogued by H. W. Rutherford ( Catalogue of the library
  • Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 183647] Lawrence [W. Lawrence 1819] read Bory S t
  • 1822] Falconers remark on the influence of climate [W. Falconer 1781] [DAR *119: 2v. …
  • 1819]. see p. 17 Note Book C. for reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r
  • … [Dampier 1697] Sportsmans repository 4 to . [W. H. Scott 1820]— contains much on dogs
  • of variation in animals in the different isl ds  of E Indian Archipelago— [DAR *119: 6v.] …
  • … [DAR *119: 8v.] A history of British Birds by W. Macgillivray [W. Macgillivray 183752].— I
  • The Highlands & Western Isl ds  letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824] at Maer? W. F. …
  • 2 vols. 8vo. avec 2 atlas 4to. ibid, 181823. £1 2 s  [E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 181823] …
  • said to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] Fabricius (very old
  • at Maer.— Lives of Kepler & Galileo. Drinkwater [J. E. Drinkwater] 1833]— Prof. …
  • on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. …
  • in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John
  • Lady Lyell Sir J Heads Forest scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829] Grotes History of Greece
  • 18349] Dec 12 th  The Emigrant by Sir F. B. Head [F. B. Head 1846] —— 16 th
  • of W. Travels [H. Martineau 1838b] (good) April. Head Forest Scenes in Canada [G. Head 1829]. …
  • 1859] } Fanny The Woman in White [Collins 1860] } Hensleigh [DAR *128: 151] …
  • Celebres [Craik ed. 1840]. Vol I. poor May 6 th  Heads Home Tour. (various parts) [G. Head
  • 17 th . Heads Paris. Bundle of French Faggots [F. B. Head 1852a]. Aug. 4 th  Martineau: …
  • … (Liebig 1851). 50  Probably Elizabeth Wedgwood. 51  This note is a
  • withXin brown crayon. 101  Fanny Hensleigh, i.e., Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood. …