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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

Summary

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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  • I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with
  • … ‘my wifepoor creature, has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). …
  • life. But the calm was not to last, and the second half of 1876 was marked by anxiety and deep grief
  • quantity of workleft in him fornew matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The
  • to a reprint of the second edition of Climbing plants ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February
  • … & I for blundering’, he cheerfully observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. …
  • provided evidence for theadvantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising
  • year to write about his life ( Correspondence vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20
  • with his new research in mind: ‘During this autumn of 1876 I shall publish on theEffects of Cross
  • pamphlet, Darwin confounded (C. OShaughnessy 1876), which, he informed Darwin, ‘completely
  • nowadays is evolution and it is the correct one’ ( letter from Nemo, [1876?] ). …
  • disguised his views as to the bestiality of man’ (Mivart 1876, p. 144). Not only was the comment
  • himbaselyand who had succeeded in giving him pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). …
  • disgraceof blackballing so distinguished a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ) …
  • must have been cast by thepoorest curs in London’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [4 February
  • her questions weretoo silly to deserve an answer’ ( letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February 1876
  • on Dionaeato test the insect eating theory’ ( letter from Peter Henderson, 15 November 1876
  • to Fritz Müller, [9 February 1876] ). Likewise, when Johann von Fischer sent observations
  • this information in an article in Nature ( letter from Johann von Fischer, [before 15 September
  • fertilisation to check and suggesting that he translate Fischers paper on monkeysrumps. …