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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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- … to complete Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). …
- … of the Admiralty described the unknown young man as ‘A M r Darwin grandson of the well known …
- … with the when & the where, & the who—’ ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May [1879] ). On the …
- … was pleased that Darwin intended to ‘undo Miss Seward & M rs . Schimmelpenigs untrue remarks’, …
- … evolution prior to Erasmus Darwin, pointing out that Samuel Butler’s recent book, Evolution, old …
- … warned him on 9 June not to ‘expend much powder & shot on M r Butler’, for he really was not …
- … and well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s …
- … and after Farrer’s second marriage to Darwin’s niece in 1873 the Darwins had stayed at the Farrers’ …
- … wait for three months. ‘Nothing can be more useless than T.H’s conduct’, Emma Darwin pointed out, …
- … to get home ‘& began drumming at once’ (Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [27 August 1879] (DAR …
- … This greatly amused Darwin, who felt it was ‘very acute of M r Ruskin to know that I feel a deep …
- … & I may not be equal to the exertion’ ( letter to H. A. Pitman, [13 May 1879] ). In the end, …
- … because it dominated the picture (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [17 July 1879] (DAR …
- … to their engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … little understood. Darwin had begun studying bloom in August 1873, but had broken off to concentrate …
