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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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… child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
… Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
… Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
… C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
… (1) Austen, J. T. (5) Austin, A. D. …
… Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
… (1) Beaufort, Francis (5) Becher, A. B. …
… Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
… (8) Beneden, Édouard van (5) Bennet, C. A. (b) …
… (1) Birch, Samuel (5) Birkett, Thomas …
… C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
… (2) Boner, Charles (5) Bonham-Carter, Alice …
… (2) Bookseller. (5) Boole, M. E. (3) …
… J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
… (29) Brace, C. L. (5) Bradfield, Thomas …
… Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
… Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
… (3) Canby, W. M. (5) Candolle, Alphonse de …
… Carneri, Bartholomäus von (5) Carpenter, W. B. (19) …
… Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
… (3) Clark, Andrew (5) Clark, J. W. (a) …
… (2) Collingwood, Cuthbert (5) Colvile, J. W. …
… Job, R. A. (1) John Murray (181) …
… Murphy, James (1) Murray, Andrew (15) …

Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…

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… to spread my views’, he wrote to his publisher, John Murray, on 30 January , shortly after …
… the new edition in the United States, Darwin arranged with Murray to have it stereotyped. Before the …
… appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, Mivart flung …
… accepted it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I wanted some …
… to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Müller had sent him a …
… myself was standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Finishing …
… Hooker’s cause was taken up by his friends, in particular John Lubbock and John Tyndall, as one …
… to Gladstone a week later ( enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 …
… to me, which have ever been made’ ( letter to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). In June, Lady …
… photographic plates with his overseas publishers, and with John Murray’s assistant, the excitable …
… of the booksellers, encouraged an originally cautious John Murray to gamble on the book’s success: & …
… attractive dishes in his `Literary Banquet’ (letters from John Murray, 6 November [1872] and 9 …
… in those born blind, and filed away other letters, but Murray’s confidence proved misplaced; demand …
… to supply comparative observations, and Darwin’s protégé John Scott, now employed as a curator in …
… a copy of Expression to another old Cambridge friend, John Maurice Herbert, who when they were …

Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute

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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…

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… of the size of the two-volume work from his publisher, John Murray, he wrote to Murray on 3 …
… a chapter ‘on Man’. After a few days, he wrote back to Murray proposing that some of the more …
… is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] ). A …
… and the tedious work of correction began. Darwin wrote to Murray on 18 March to say that he …
… to translate Variation . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April …
… your work will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This hint of uncertainty …
… resulted in a mottled hybrid ( letter from Robert Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American …
… time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John Murray had engaged Dallas and …
… was sure that the colours were protective and suggested that John Jenner Weir might conduct …
… might come into play in some circumstances. In a letter of 5 May [1867] , Darwin admitted, …
… would subdue; that is yours’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin complied, and his …

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…

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… on a paper on Verbascum (mullein) by CD’s protégé, John Scott, who was now working in India. …
… also a serious dispute between two of Darwin’s friends, John Lubbock and Charles Lyell . These …
… Appendix II). In May, he invited a new doctor, John Chapman, to Down and began a course of Chapman’s …
… Variation . In March Darwin wrote to his publisher, John Murray, ‘Of present book I have 7 …
… will be ready for the press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early …
… ‘I am never idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not …
… questions and suggesting new lines of research. John Scott A similar, though not so …
… effort took place in the beginning of the year when John Scott, a protégé of Darwin’s whom Darwin …
… varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had …
… in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ), and wrote …
… 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have …
… would take up the work again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the …
… serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though he had sent …
… 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice against John Scott, who had worked under Balfour …
… At the end of May, the dispute between Charles Lyell and John Lubbock over alleged plagiarism by …
… ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and nn. 2 and 5), and he may have suffered, or …
… now ready to make observations for him in India (John Scott) and Brazil (Fritz Müller). Although not …
… George Henslow, the son of Darwin’s mentor at Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, from John Traherne …

Rewriting Origin - the later editions

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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…

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… 1865 4 th English edition published, 1866 5 th English edition published, 1869 …
… 1 st to 2 nd editions I have heard from Murray today that he sold whole Edition …
… incessantly receiving letters with references’ he told Murray , with friends suggesting expansion …
… Hist. progresses so quickly’, he complained to Murray , ‘that I must make a good many corrections …
… Joseph Hooker on the Arctic. 4 th to 5 th edition I have, …
… von Nägeli, resulting in a substantial addition ( Origin 5 th ed, pp 151–3). Nägeli had …
… of significant correspondents. 5 th to 6 th edition …
… a larger target audience were also made. Darwin persuaded John Murray to include a glossary of …
… French edition which had already begun using the text of the 5 th English edition but had fallen …

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…

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… that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
… as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] . When Huxley’s book described …
… mentor had not said a word ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). Darwin did …
… for a fitting opportunity’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
… been filled in the fossil record ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). Only until …
… the Athenæum in response ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] ). He later expressed …
… were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
… of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
… honours like the Copley Medal ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 [December 1863] ). Plants and …
… year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
… of hybridity and sterility at the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal …
… the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). …
… hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
… Darwin had also encouraged him to write ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). In this …
… that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
… the “Origin” is not at all palatable!’ ( letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] ). Darwin’s …
… a position offered in Darjeeling, India ( see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter …
… 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
… to Malvern the following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at …
… of all such matters as your stomach’ ( see letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] ; letter …
… reminder of their loss (see Correspondence vol. 5). Unable to find Annie’s gravestone in 1863, …

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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… on 24 February, and all 2500 copies were sold in a week. ‘Murray says he is “torn to pieces” by …
… on 28 February . Demand continued throughout the year, and Murray produced three more printings, …
… £1470 for the first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand …
… expressed by Darwin’s old friend, the former vicar of Down John Brodie Innes. Darwin and Innes had …
… his ‘clerical brethren’ ( letter from George Henslow, 5 December 1871 ). Ernst Haeckel boasted of …
… of all times and all circumstances’ (8 April 1871, p. 5). Darwin condemned the author of the review …
… Gazette , and wrote to its author, who turned out to be John Morley, a leading advocate of …
… and transmitted by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). …
… by his wife and children. William offered his assessment of John Stuart Mill’s theory of …
… he suspected that very few would actually sell (letters to John Murray, 17 August [1871] and …
… Wallace, 4 August [1871] ). On 23 September he informed Murray that owing to poor health he had …
… ( letter from H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin, [5 November 1871] ). Her husband …
… years following the publication of Origin of species . Murray convinced him to appear in Vanity …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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… target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
… her help with tone and style. Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 September …
… perusal. Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, J., [29 September 1870] …
… - Innes, J. B. to Darwin, [31 August 1868] John Innes reports that he has read …

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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… had been in two volumes and had cost twenty-four shillings.) Murray’s partner, Robert Francis Cooke, …
… Quarterly Review discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It …
… of anonymous reviews. Its proprietor was none other than John Murray, Darwin’s publisher. So …
… wording of both the letter to the editor and the letter to Murray to accompany it. The depth of …
… a new publisher’ and advised that Darwin should not push Murray to the point of cutting off …
… [6 or 7 August 1874] ). When the letter was finally sent to Murray, Darwin referred only to their …
… ‘asking a favour ‘. He explained why he had written to Murray and not the editor of the Quarterly …
… to review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
… St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, Murray replied immediately: ‘I have lost …
… number of the Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George …
… anonymous reviews. While staying with Hooker over Christmas, John Tyndall, professor at and …
… as ‘the natural outflow of his character’ ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 ). …
… Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair rolled on into January …
… to purchase the wooded land, which he had been renting from John Lubbock, led to a straining of …
… the sale was agreed in April for £300 ( letter from John Lubbock, 2 April 1874 ), a high price …
… for about a week ( letter from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 ). John Burdon Sanderson sent the results …
… of other insect-eating plants. The surgeon and botanist John Ralfs sent Utricularia from …
… in order to work on its difficult structures ( letter to John Ralfs, 13 July [1874] ). The …
… a printed appeal for funds, raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, …
… from E. A. Darwin, 17 [March 1874] ). He tried to persuade John Murray to publish a second edition …
… authority on marriage customs in Descent ( see letter John Murray, 9 May [1874] ). He …
… insane, as we all are occasionally’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 June [1874] ). The influence of …
… famous as the Belfast address ( letter from John Tyndall, 5 August 1874 ). It discussed the …

Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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… March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any man wants to …
… domestication . Having been advertised by the publisher John Murray as early as 1865, the two …
… increased the amount of work substantially. Darwin asked Murray to intervene, complaining on 9 …
… a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from Dallas to himself, …
… by your note’. Darwin enclosed a cheque to Dallas for £55 s ., and recommended to Murray that …
… of the book were sold within a month of its release, and Murray made immediate arrangements for a …
… profound contempt of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard …
… me in the face, but not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace …
… R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John Robertson, a Scottish journalist …
… able to throw off thick dictionaries by flexing. On 5 April , Edward Blyth, who had supplied …
… a letter of thanks to the naturalist and customs offcial John Jenner Weir for a paper on apterous …
… 3 June 1868 ). ‘It was very kind’, Darwin wrote on 5 June , ‘almost heroic, in you to sacrifice …
… depends on the actions of the female’, and of rats, John Bush observed on 30 March that two …
… distributed it in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, a neighbour …
… Molendo and Alexander Walther addressed themselves on 5 August to ‘the Reformator of Natural …
… had sent four letters the previous year, wrote again on 5 October , ‘I am quite distressed that …
… the whole System is sustained.’ The former Down clergyman, John Brodie Innes, passed easily over …
… letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ), his replacement, John Warburton Robinson, proved no …
… and joy. Satisfaction in one’s children, Darwin wrote to John Price on 26 November , was ‘the …
… poets, and men of science, including Adam Sedgwick, John Stevens Henslow, and William Jackson Hooker …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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… In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
… in Danish (Morlot 1859, Forchhammer et al. 1851–5); Lubbock cited Morlot as the source of many …
… also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published, after these sheets …
… work in the Brixham cave explorations of 1858 and 1859. 5 Another controversy arose when …
… wrote to Henrietta Emma Darwin, ‘whereas after talking to John, he thought him not wrong, after …
… avoiding any mention of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No …
… on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) *Mr. John Lubbock published, after these sheets …
… on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) *Mr. John Lubbock published, in the October …
… Van Riper 1993. 2. Letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 (British …
… editions of Antiquity of man , see Grayson 1985. 5. For two interpretations of Hugh …
… Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] . On Lyell’s …
… 1863b, p. 214). 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John Lubbock, 24 May [1864], in (British …
… written for me by a mutual friend of ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, …
… March 1865, in BL MSS ADD 49641. 16. Letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 13 March …
… note, see the first enclosure (letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 25 May 1865) to the …
… n. 10. 20. See the second enclosure (letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 29 May …
… 21. See the third enclosure (letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 30 May 1865) to the …
… with anything you & Tyndall & Busk settle’ (letter from John Lubbock to T. H. Huxley, 7 June …
… Huxley papers 6: 108, 111). 30. Letter from John Lubbock to T. H. Huxley, 9 June 1865 …
… of the origin of species by variation . London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1863b. The …
… species by variation. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1863c. …
… of species by variation . 3d edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1864. …
… geological monuments . 6th edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Katharine Murray, …
… in the struggle for life . By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1863 …

Origin

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Darwin’s most famous work, Origin, had an inauspicious beginning. It grew out of his wish to establish priority for the species theory he had spent over twenty years researching. Darwin never intended to write Origin, and had resisted suggestions in 1856…

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… to prepare a longer abstract of his species theory . On 5 July 1858, Darwin stated his intention to …
… While still on the Isle of Wight, Darwin also heard from John Stevens Henslow, his old mentor and …
… chapters to write, the work proved too much for Darwin. From 5 to 19 February, he again took the …
… In late March, Lyell had a word with his own publisher, John Murray, who had already published …
… light of this, Darwin asked Lyell whether he should ‘tell Murray that my Book is not more un …
… ’ Even before seeing Darwin’s manuscript, Murray objected to the terms ‘abstract’ and ‘ …
… ’, he told Lyell. On 31 March 1859, Darwin wrote to Murray describing his work on the origin of …
… length, and the terms he expected; he also acknowledged that Murray wished to see the manuscript …
… I publish for Sir Charles Lyell ’. Darwin was uneasy. Murray, he thought, should see the manuscript …
… origin of all animate forms.’ Moreover, Darwin warned Murray, ‘ it would be a stigma on my work …
… Reading Darwin’s first three chapters was sufficient for Murray to confirm his offer on 10 April …
… old draft ‘ the loss would have killed me! ’ Although Murray was committed to publishing Origin, …
… George Frederick Pollock. The former, in a long letter to Murray, believed that Darwin should ‘ re …
… the latter not only recommended publication but advised Murray to increase the print run from 500 to …
… are very heavy,—as heavy as possible ’, he told Murray on 14 June. He tried to make the text ‘clear …
… As the trade publication day of 22 November approached, Murray sent Darwin a bound ‘specimen copy’ …
… & proud at the appearance of my child ’, and agreed to Murray’s proposed price. According to …
… I will attend to. ’ Darwin was confounded to hear from Murray on 24 November that the ‘whole …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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… July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review of works by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor in …
… also wondering whether he should break off relations with John Murray, his own publisher and also …
… paper, which Darwin pointed out was not the kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to …
… be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second draft, …
… and Darwin were also collaborating over Darwin’s letter to Murray, in which Darwin was to ask Murray …
… between the two of them. Darwin sent George’s letter to Murray with his letter of 11 August 1874 …
… courteous response, agreeing to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). …
… dangerous and pernicious. Darwin thanked Murray for sending him the issue of the …
… having been used in a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other …
… the president, George Allman: he had already spoken to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 …

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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… of sterility between varieties of Verbascum . When John Scott, foreman of the propagating …
… Darwin, impressed, gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). …
… to publish on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his …
… buy it. When he submitted the manuscript to his publisher, John Murray, he boasted: ‘I can say with …
… in the least , whether the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his …
… [1862] ). He warmly recommended Bates and his book to Murray, who swiftly agreed to publish the …
… paper for the Natural History Review ( see letter to John Lubbock, 16 [December 1862] ). Aware …
… of the old Beagle crew, Bartholomew James Sulivan, John Clements Wickham, and Arthur Mellersh, …
… of this, he prescribed strict conditions for a meeting with John Lubbock: ‘if you could … let me go …
… at 9 o clock I do not think it would hurt me’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 23 October [1862] ). …
… [2–3 August 1862] , and letter from W. E. Darwin, 5 August 1862 ). Botany is a new …
… on botany. Even at the start of their correspondence he told John Scott: ‘Botany is a new subject to …
… odds & ends of botany & you know far more’ ( letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). …
… Lyell, 14 October [1862] ). Moreover, when the physicist John Tyndall, fresh from a summer in the …
… of Darwin’s circle was in Switzerland in the summer: John Lubbock briefly met up with Tyndall and …
… discovered prehistoric lake-dwellings ( see letter from John Lubbock, 23 August 1862 ). Lubbock …
… to view the prehistoric sites near Amiens ( see letter from John Lubbock, 15 May 1862 ), and he …
… about the antiquity of the human species ( see letter from John Lubbock, 6 January 1862 ). …

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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… or autumn I hope to publish a long Essay, the result of 5 or 6 years work, on the comparative growth …
… for agriculture and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began …
… 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the publisher John Murray announced in the Athenæum …
… plagued by foreign Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). In reply to …
… not expect that more than 6 or 700 would sell.’ ( To John Murray, 15 November 1876 ). In fact, …
… ( From R. F. Cooke, 16 March 1877 ). In November 1877, Murray suggested stereotyping the book, but …
… W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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… .’ Hooker also directed some of his anger toward John Murray, the publisher of the …
… that I should give the cold shoulder to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( …
… Instead of supporting her, he worked closely with Huxley and John Burdon Sanderson to draft an …
… Edward Emanuel Klein, a German histologist who worked with John Burdon Sanderson at the Brown Animal …
… of the book’s appeal to readers, for he warned Murray on 29 April that it might ‘sell very …
… to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In …
… plants 2d ed. was delayed until November, allowing Murray to advertise it at his annual sale. In …
… further research on the effects of grafting by George John Romanes. A scientific friendship had …
… to bring about a reconciliation, writing to Darwin on 5 April : ‘Having occasion to write to Mr. …
… 24 December , Emma wrote triumphantly to the former vicar, John Brodie Innes, that a new reading …
… within the short time I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it …
… Darwin in his work on barnacles ( Correspondence vol. 5). Though not yet thirty, he had already …

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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… In January, Darwin corresponded with George John Romanes about new varieties of sugar cane produced …
… Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an anonymous article on the …
… 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on the review to Murray. He was pleased by ‘the few first …
… or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author …
… Darwin had a less heated discussion with the painter John Collier on the topic of science and art. …
… himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had …
… be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley …
… and admirers. One of the most touching was from John Lubbock, whose interest in natural history at …
… we adjourned as a small tribute of respect’ (letter from John Lubbock to Francis Darwin, 20 April …
… uplift ( letter from Thomas Sutcliffe, [28 August – 5 September 1834] ). His investigations were …
… pigeon breeder: ‘Skins are on their road to me sent by Mr. Murray from Persia, & I hope to get …
… ). Darwin’s former mentor at University of Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, was not a …
… Origin, a number of Darwin’s friends, Huxley, John Lubbock, and Charles Lyell, each addressed the …

1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean

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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…

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… in May 1881, dominated by Darwinians. Its President was Sir John Lubbock; Romanes was its Zoological …
… if, as you say, he would like to paint me’. The Hon. John Collier’s marriage to Huxley’s daughter …
… holder Linnean Society   originator of image John Collier   date of creation …
… of Mr. Darwin’, Daily Telegraph (21 April 1882), p. 5. John Collier, A Primer of Art (London …
… The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , 3 vols (London: John Murray, 1887), vol. 3, pp. 222–3, 371 …
… (eds), More Letters of Charles Darwin , 2 vols (London: John Murray, 1903), vol. 1, pp. 398–9. …
… 14–18, 35. Walter Herries Pollock, ‘The art of the Hon. John Collier’, Art Annual 1914. John …
… artist on celebrities he has painted’, interview with John Collier in The Singapore Free Press and …
… Companion (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2021), entry for John Collier, p. 56, and ‘Iconography’, …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… of scientific admirers at Down, among them Robert Caspary, John Traherne Moggridge, and Ernst …
… to Darwin’s annoyance, however, publication was delayed by Murray, who judged that it would sell …
… regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John Lubbock, about the prospect of riding to …
… with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More …
… On 21 February Darwin received notification from John Murray that stocks of the third edition of …
… George Henslow, the son of his Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, stayed for two days in April …
… In June, Darwin was visited by the orchid specialist John Traherne Moggridge, whose work on the self …
… published the results in Forms of flowers , pp. 293–5, he credited observations of the different …
… we look at every thing’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 August [1866] ). Yet both men seemed to relish …
… out, ‘business would be totally paralysed’. Similarly, John Murray gave as a reason for his decision …
… ‘gaieties travelling & War Bulletins’ ( letter from John Murray, 18 July 1866 ). I …
… for the criminal prosecution of the colonial governor Edward John Eyre. In his efforts to suppress …

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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… de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v.] 6 …
… p. 290 “Thacker” [Thacker 1834–5] p. 291 Athenæum 1839. p. …
… The Philosoph. of Instinct & Reason by S. Bushnan. Longman. 5 s [Bushnan 1837]—dedicated to L …
… The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
… Traite Elementair Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 1844–5]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it— 1844— read …
… 1766] Count Dandalo on silk worm Eng. Translat 1825—Murray [Dandolo 1825] /good/ M rs …
… B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
… Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
… ] to end of Vol: XVIII & Part I. of V. 19 (1843) 25. Murray Domestic Poultry.— Domestic …
… d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
… Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th St. John’s Highlands [Saint John 1846] 8 …
… Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor …
… 1848] Madam Malguet [Torrens] 1848] —— Lives of John & Alex. Belthune [?Bethune 1840 and …
… Ireland [Thompson 1849–56]. Vol. I. II & 3 May. St. John’s Tour in Sutherlandshire [Saint …
… many vols. I have read.— [DAR *128: 149] Murray Geograph. Distrib. Price William …
… up the River Amazon, including a residence at Pará . (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
… Translated from the German and French by Lady Duff Gordon. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) …
… in DAR 71: 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical …
… Leveson Gower [afterwards Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere]. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) London. …
… of H. Steffens. Translated from the German. (Murray’s Home and Colonial Library.) London. 119: …

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