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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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  • … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
  • … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
  • … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ).  Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
  • … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
  • … old & helpless’  ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
  • … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
  • … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
  • … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
  • … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
  • … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
  • … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
  • … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
  • … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
  • … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
  • … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
  • … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
  • … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
  • … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of  …
  • … would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's son George …
  • … of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). The Mivart affair …
  • … mental and physical disorders (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In July 1874, an anonymous essay appeared in the …
  • … physiologist George John Romanes wrote a long letter to Herbert Spencer about Darwin’s discussion of …

4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire

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< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…

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  • … &lt; Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum
  • to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwins and Herbert Spencers evolutionary theories. …
  • and reptiles to monkeys and finally an ape reading Herbert Spencers First Principles. Another
  • in 1879 and 1880. When Cosmic Philosophy appeared in 1874, Fiske sent Darwin a copy, but
  • then as much deduction as you please . . . such parts of H. Spencer, as I have read with care
  • his friends, who objected to its vulgarity in so degrading Spencer and Darwin, Fiskes ready
  • mind generally towards the doctrine of Evolution in 1874-1875. I like to keep this design before me
  • bottom right) 
 date of creation September 1874 
 computer-readable date 1874-09
  • and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: 474 (12 Sept. 1874), front page. John Fiske, Outlines
  • and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, and London: Macmillan, 1874); there were many subsequent editions. …
  • letters to Fiske about Outlines : DCP-LETT- 9706 (3 Nov. [1874]) and DCP-LETT- 9749 (8 Dec. [1874
  • … (10 June 1879) and DCP-LETT-12606 (14 May [1880]). John Spencer Clark, The Life and Letters 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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  • … 1823] of range of plants. 13 Books quoted by Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 338 Schiede …
  • … 1826]— has remarks on acclimatizing of plants. Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 348 gives reference …
  • … Read M r  Bennetts & other Edit. by Hon. & Rev. W. Herbert.— notes to White Nat. Hist of …
  • … Agricultural Association meeting at Oxford. paper by L d  Spencer on gestation of animals [Spencer …
  • … Life of Haydn & Mozart [Beyle 1817] —— Herbert on Hybrid mixture [Herbert 1837]— marginal …
  • … Selbourn by Bennett [E. T. Bennett ed. 1837], notes by W. Herbert, Rennie [J. Rennie] ed. 1833]. …
  • … and “Botanist”, not “Botanists”. 14  Herbert 1837, p. 348, reads: “Kolreuter’s …
  • … ). 19  According to the  DNB , William Herbert provided notes for both William …
  • … design . (Bridgewater Treatise no. 4.) London. [9th ed. (1874) in Darwin Library.]  119: 5a …
  • … (1858) also in Darwin Library.]  128: 8 Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin. 1851.  A year on the …
  • … 3–28. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection.] 119: 10a Herbert, William. 1837.  Amaryllidaceæ; …
  • … London poor . 3 vols. London.  119: 23b Mayo, Herbert. 1837.  The philosophy of living. …
  • … James Rennie with the assistance of Robert Sweet and William Herbert.] London.  *119: 6v.; 119: 20a …
  • … Dunne, Sir Henry   Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert . 4 pts. London. [Other eds.] …

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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  • … him a great service by introducing him to the psychology of Herbert Spencer. Letter 7624 …
  • … 9633 - Nevill, D. F. to Darwin, [11 September 1874] Dorothy Nevill tells Darwin …