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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time.  And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth.  All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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  • … life in Down House measured by the ongoing tally of his and Emma’s backgammon games. ‘I have won, …
  • … was never far away in the Darwin family. In April, while Emma was suffering from a feverish cold, …
  • … In the same month, Darwin heard that his sister Caroline Wedgwood continued to languish in …
  • … associated with a happy event. On 7 September, Charles and Emma became grandparents for the first …
  • … have heart to go on again . . . I cannot conceive Emma and Charles exhibited a practical …
  • … August to be with her daughter at the time of the birth, and Emma was unimpressed by her. ‘The more …
  • … word she says’, she confided to Henrietta (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [31 August …
  • … ability to console Francis after Amy’s death gained Emma’s respect. ‘She is always able to speak’, …
  • … of Darwin’s recently completed autobiography (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [13 September …
  • … & his wife (very pleasing) & a Prof. Romer came to lunch’, Emma Darwin reported to Leonard …
  • … noticed by ‘only a few persons’ (‘Recollections’, p. 419). Unnoticed results such as this, together …