To Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 1 June 1878
Summary
Discusses EM’s book [Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol und Venetien (1878–9)]. Pleased by EM’s views of geological chronology based on evolution. Thinks distribution of land and sea formerly very different. New genera and families may have been developed on isolated tracks and migrated.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár |
Date: | 1 June 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 383 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11539 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 1 June 1878 …
- … marine and terrestrial formations is outlined in Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 1878–9 , pp. 6–8. …
- … 383 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 June 1878 Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics …
- … Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol und Venetien (1878–9)]. Pleased by EM’s views of geological …
- … Press. 1985–. Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, Edmund. 1878–9. Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol und …
- … Alfred Hölder. Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, Edmund. 1878. Kleine Beiträge zur Kenntniss der …
- … Down. | Beckenham, Kent. June 1. 1878. Dear Sir. I have at last found time to read your …
- … reefs of South Tyrol and Veneto; Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 1878 –9); see letter from Edmund …
- … Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 . CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. …
- … Mojsvár’s work, see Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 1878–9 , pp. 15–18. See, for example, Origin , …
To J. D. Hooker 3 October [1878]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 474 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11713 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 ). …
- … To J. D. Hooker 3 October [1878] …
- … DAR 95: 474 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1878] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 4 October 1878 . The enclosure has not been found, but the …
- … probably in Hooker’s hand. In August 1878, CD had stayed at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, the …
- … dated between 19 June and 13 November 1878, are in DAR 209.6: 154–6. Hooker had struggled …
- … the Royal Society of London , held on 30 November 1878 ( Hooker 1878b ; see letter from J. …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 20 [May 1878]
Summary
Will dispatch plants for Kew tomorrow.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 20 [May 1878] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 124–5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11518 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 20 [May 1878] …
- … 1873–81: 124–5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [May 1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 April 1878 and n. 1) had included the information that …
- … a gynophore or stalk that buried the ovary in the ground ( Nature , 5 April 1878, p. 446). …
- … the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 April 1878 , and by the day of the week mentioned …
- … in the date. In 1878, May was the only month in which the 20th fell on a Monday. The …
- … dated between 1 June 1877 and 13 February 1878, are in DAR 66: 83. Mimosa albida is a …
- … In his letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 14 May 1878 , CD had offered to send a plant of Drosera …
- … in his letter to J. D. Hooker of 25 March [1878] that he had killed his specimen of Oxalis …
- … The plant had been sent on 14 February 1878 ( Outwards book , Archives, Royal Botanic …
- … glauca (tree tobacco) to Kew on 28 June 1878 ( Inwards book , Archives, Royal Botanic …
- … Araujia sericifera (common moth-vine or cruel plant) in January 1878 (see letter from W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 ). In his letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker of 25 March [1878] , CD reported that he had injured all his plants of Arachis …
To B. J. Sulivan 5 November [1878]
Summary
Thanks for account of Fuegians
and news about old "Beaglers".
Has been reading A. A. Brassey [Around the world in the yacht "Sunbeam" (1878)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Date: | 5 Nov [1878] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11736 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To B. J. Sulivan 5 November [1878] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Nov [1878] Bartholomew James Sulivan …
- … Has been reading A. A. Brassey [ Around the world in the yacht "Sunbeam" (1878)]. …
- … Bibliography Brassey, [Annie]. 1878. Around the world in the yacht ‘Sunbeam’: our home on …
- … this letter and the letter from B. J. Sulivan, 3 November 1878 . See letter from B. …
- … J. Sulivan, 3 November 1878 and n. 1. The account of native peoples in Tierra del Fuego, …
- … onboard the schooner Sunbeam ( Brassey 1878 ). The account, which went into four editions …
- … from HMS Beagle in his letter of 3 November 1878 . CD had been engaged in experiments on …
- … wife Sara Sedgwick sailed on 14 September 1878 to visit her family in Massachussetts ( …
- … Darwin to W. E. Darwin, 17 September [1878] (DAR 219.1: 115)). Annie Brassey had recently …
From Raphael Meldola 22 March 1878
Summary
Encloses proof of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings for February to show the use he has made of Fritz Müller’s letter [see 11319].
Author: | Raphael Meldola |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 126 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11438 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Raphael Meldola 22 March 1878 …
- … DAR 171: 126 Raphael Meldola London, John St, 21 22 Mar 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lubbock, John. 1878. Note on the colours of …
- … British caterpillars. [Read 6 February 1878. ] Transactions …
- … of the Entomological Society of London (1878): 239–58. …
- … Bedford Row, | London W.C. March 22 nd . 1878 My dear Sir, I enclose proof of Proc. Ent. …
- … letter from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] ); the extracts were read at the 6 February …
- … of the Entomological Society of London (1878): ii–iii. The discussion of Lubbock’s paper ‘ …
- … the colouring of British caterpillars’ ( J. Lubbock 1878 ) was published in Proceedings of …
- … the Entomological Society of London (1878): iv–vii. …
- … A copy of the 6 February Proceedings (1878: i–vii) is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …
To Wallis Nash 29 May 1878
Summary
Comments on WN’s Oregon: there and back (1878).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
Date: | 29 May 1878 |
Classmark: | F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11533 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Wallis Nash 29 May 1878 …
- … Louise Nash Barton (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 May 1878 Wallis Nash …
- … Comments on WN’s Oregon: there and back (1878). …
- … Bibliography Nash, Wallis. 1878. Oregon: there and back in 1877 . London: Macmillan and …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 29 th 1878 My dear M r Nash I thank you sincerely …
- … Oregon: there and back in 1877 ( Nash 1878 ), to CD. The dedication reads: ‘To Charles …
- … The Avenue, Beckenham, Kent ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1878). See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [12 May 1878] and n. 8. …
From Francis Darwin [29 June] 1878
Summary
Sleep of Porlieria hygrometrica seems independent of light.
Will have lots of time for oats. W. F. P. Pfeffer’s point is that there is no growth in sleepers with joints. A. F. Batalin says there is a slight growth.
[Dated Saturday 28th by FD.]
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [29 June] 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11575 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [29 June] 1878 …
- … on Pisum sativum (common pea), see the letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] and n. 5. …
- … DAR 209.14: 181 Francis Darwin Würzburg [29 June] 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . …
- … In 1878, the Saturday following 26 June was 29 June. Francis evidently dated the …
- … letter 28 June in error. See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. …
- … and letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 5. Porliera hygrometrica is considered …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [ 1878] and n. 5). Carl Gottfried Semper had dedicated to CD his …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 26 June [1878] and n. 7. Wilhelm Pfeffer had countered the …
- … of beans ( Vicia faba ; see letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] , and letter to W. …
From Francis Darwin [after 28 February 1878]
Summary
He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 28 Feb 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754G |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 28 February 1878] …
- … DAR 274.1: 46 Francis Darwin - [after 28 Feb 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter, the letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] , and the letter from A. …
- … S. Wilson, 28 February 1878 . Heracleum is a genus in the carrot family (Apiaceae). CD had …
- … seeds from Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [February 1878] and n. 7). …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, [28 February 1878] . CD was sent seed of Aegilops ovata (a …
- … letter to James Torbitt, 26 February 1878 ). Francis gave a lecture titled ‘The analogies …
- … of plant and animal life’ at the London Institution on 11 March 1878 (see Nature , …
- … 14 March 1878, pp. 388–91). …
- … see letter from A. S. Wilson, 28 February 1878 ). Francis’s note to Wilson has not been …
- … with their work on bloom; notes dated February 1878 are in DAR 68: 58. ‘Jimmy’ was one of …
To T. M. Reade 8 April 1878
Summary
It is important that notion of "small antiquity" of the earth be upset.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
Date: | 8 Apr 1878 |
Classmark: | University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11465 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To T. M. Reade 8 April 1878 …
- … Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Apr 1878 Thomas Mellard Reade …
- … Bibliography Reade, Thomas Mellard. 1878. The age of the world as viewed by the geologist …
- … In April 1878, Reade published a paper in the Geological Magazine titled ‘The age …
- … as viewed by the geologist and the mathematician’ ( Reade 1878 ). See also letter from T. …
- … M. Reade, 18 February 1878 and n. 2. …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 8 th 1878 My dear Sir I have been very glad to read your …
To Fritz Müller 27 March 1878
Summary
Thanks FM for letter of 22 Feb [not found] on Lepidoptera. Will send it to Entomological Society to be read. FM’s earlier letters produced best discussions of the season.
Thanks for seeds of Viola.
He and Francis [Darwin] are at work on biology of seedling plants and wish to observe how the flowers penetrate the earth.
The Pontederia did not germinate, probably pressed too much [in post].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 27 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 45) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11448 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To Fritz Müller 27 March 1878 …
- … 10 no 45) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Mar 1878 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. March 27 th . 1878 My dear Sir I write only to thank you for …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 . Raphael Meldola had asked for CD’s permission …
- … Entomological Society of London (see letters from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] and …
- … 22 March 1878 and n. 1). …
- … published in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (1878): ii–iii (see letter …
- … to Raphael Meldola, 24 March [1878] ). See …
- … letter to Raphael Meldola, 27 March [1878] . Müller had sent seeds …
- … Viola (see letter from Fritz Müller, 20 February 1878 and n. 2). Trifolium subterraneum is …
- … of Pontederia , the genus of pickerel-weed (see letter to Fritz Müller, 12 January 1878 ). …
To T. H. Farrer [after 2 March 1878]
Summary
Forwards letter from James Caird concerning funds for potato experiments. CD will correct his letter to THF [11389] and then forward it to Hooker for his opinion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | [after 2 Mar 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 1b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11401 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … s plan to breed blight-resistant potatoes (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1878] ). …
- … To T. H. Farrer [after 2 March 1878] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 2 Mar 1878] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
- … has not been identified. Farrer visited CD in London on 28 March 1878 ( letter to James …
- … Torbitt, [28 February 1878] ), and possibly later. CD planned …
- … to make revisions to his letter to Farrer of 2 March 1878 (see letter to T. …
- … H. Farrer, [4 March 1878] ). CD had also been consulting Joseph Dalton Hooker about James …
From E. B. Aveling 23 September 1878
Summary
Forwards a copy of the Student’s Magazine, which contains the first of a series of articles on CD and his work.
Author: | Edward Bibbens Aveling |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Sept 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11708 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From E. B. Aveling 23 September 1878 …
- … DAR 202: 9 Edward Bibbens Aveling Royal Polytechnic 23 Sept 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Aveling, Edward Bibbins. 1878–9. Darwin and his work. …
- … Student’s Magazine and Science and Art , 2 September 1878, pp. …
- … 32–3; 1 October 1878, pp. …
- … 55–7; 2 December 1878, pp. 99–100; 1 February 1879, pp. 148–9; 1 March 1879, pp. 175–6; 1 …
- … his work’ was published on 2 September 1878; it has not been found in the Darwin Archive– …
- … article, ‘The naturalist’s voyage around the world’, 1 October 1878, in DAR 226.1: 169–70. …
- … The series continued until September 1879 ( Aveling 1878–9 ). …
To Francis Darwin 14 July [1878]
Summary
Asks for list of families of sleeping plants. Believes sleep is merely modified circumnutation at a particular time of day.
Porlieria has had no water for some time but shows no sign of flagging.
Describes the response of Thalia flowers to touch.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 14 July [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 35, 36, 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11608 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 14 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 35, 36, 39 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). Horace Darwin had been so enthusiastic about …
- … a list of species that slept (see letters from Francis Darwin , [after 7 July 1878] and [ …
- … 12 July 1878] ). CD gave a list of the families of plants that slept (i.e. closed up leaf- …
- … hygrometrica was sent to Down on 5 July 1878 ( Outwards book , p. 463, Archives, Royal …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] . Gossypium is the genus of cotton in the …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] and n. 3). For CD’s observations …
- … alligator-flag), see the letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] , the letters to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] and …
- … 11 [July 1878] , and the letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1878] . Dionaea muscipula is the Venus fly trap. CD had …
- … laboratory in Würzburg in the summer of 1878. CD and Francis were carrying out experiments …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] and n. 5). Horace Darwin’s suggestion was in …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 19 July [1878]
Summary
Federico Delpino on mechanical movements of flower parts of Maranta. CD’s observations on Maranta, and his eagerness to compare cases of movement and irritability in plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 19 July [1878] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 137–40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11616 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 19 July [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 137–40) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 July [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 . Having closely observed flowers of Thalia …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1878] ). In his reply, Thiselton-Dyer had suggested that …
- … see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 and nn. 6 and 7). In descriptions of …
- … to be buried in the ground (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 [May 1878] and n. 11). …
- … visiting family from 7 to 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In Climbing …
- … Murray. 1880. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1878. Lecture on plant-distribution as a …
- … field for geographical research. [Read 24 June 1878. ] Proceedings of …
- … the Royal Geographical Society of London 22 (1878–9): 412–45. …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 and n. 4. Quercus pannonica is a synonym of …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). Thiselton-Dyer had evidently offered to …
- … had been unwell following the birth of her first child on 9 April 1878 (see letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 [May 1878] and n. 9). Thiselton-Dyer had delivered a …
- … research’ at the Royal Geographical Society on 24 June 1878; he was revising it …
- … for publication ( Thiselton-Dyer 1878 ). There is an offprint in the Darwin Pamphlet …
From Francis Galton 24 May 1878
Summary
Sends some "composite portraits", including three of their family ancestors, as described in Nature [18 (1878): 97–100].
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 May 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 105A: 99–100 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11526 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Francis Galton 24 May 1878 …
- … DAR 105A: 99–100 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 24 May 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … including three of their family ancestors, as described in Nature [18 (1878): 97–100]. …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Galton, Francis. 1878. Composite portraits. …
- … Nature , 23 May 1878, pp. 97–100. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By …
- … been found. Galton’s article ‘Composite portraits’ was published in Nature , 23 May 1878 ( …
- … Galton 1878 ). Galton used multiple exposures of existing photographs to make a new …
- … Austin’s letter was published in Galton 1878 , p. 98 (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter …
From W. H. Flower 6 [December] 1878
Summary
Describes findings of examination of geese with abnormal wings. Says old gander that sired geese is without injury or abnormality. Encloses his assistant’s report.
Author: | William Henry Flower |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 [Dec] 1878 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.551) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11717 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From W. H. Flower 6 [December] 1878 …
- … William Henry Flower Royal College of Surgeons 6 [Dec] 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … but in the event they did not meet ( letters to W. H. Flower, 26 February [1878] and [ …
- … 4 March 1878] ). CD forwarded three letters from Blair to Flower (see letter …
- … to W. H. Flower, 4 [August] 1878 and n. 4). See also letter …
- … from W. H. Flower, 12 April 1878 and n. 2. …
- … between this letter and the letter to W. H. Flower, 9 December 1878 . See letter from R. …
- … A. Blair, 17 July 1878 and n. 1, and letter to W. …
- … H. Flower, 4 [August] 1878 . Flower and John George Garson had been studying goose wings …
- … See letter from W. H. Flower, 12 April 1878 and n. 3. Club-foot is a congenital deformity …
- … The Darwins had lunch with Flower on 26 November 1878 ( Cornish 1904 , p. 87; letter to W. …
- … H. Flower, 9 December 1878 ). CD received the …
- … photograph of a goose from Blair in February 1878 and had originally intended to show it …
From J. B. Thayer 29 January 1878
Summary
Is using CD’s correspondence with Chauncey Wright in his book on CW [Letters of Chauncey Wright (1878)].
Author: | James Bradley Thayer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11338 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From J. B. Thayer 29 January 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 88 James Bradley Thayer Cambridge, Mass. 29 Jan 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … with Chauncey Wright in his book on CW [ Letters of Chauncey Wright (1878)]. …
- … nine letters from CD to Wright in Thayer 1878 , pp. 230–1, 233–6, 240 n. , 246, 317–18, …
- … University Press. 1985–. Thayer, James Bradley. 1878. Letters of Chauncey Wright with some …
- … CD has not been found. The book ( Thayer 1878 ) included the letters to CD from Chauncey …
- … September 1874, and 24 February 1875 ( Thayer 1878 , pp. 230, 231–3, 234–5, 260–4, 304–17, …
- … Cambridge January 29 1878. My dear Sir. The receipt of your letter acknowledging the …
To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878]
Summary
Instructions to sow some seeds
and suggestions for experiment on effects of removal of bloom.
Likes Hugo de Vries very much; has hardly ever seen so modest a man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [17 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11668 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 44 Charles Robert Darwin Barlaston [17 Aug 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin, [4– 7 August 1878] ); he and his son Bernard Darwin returned to Down on 12 …
- … 242)). Francis had been away from 3 June 1878, when he had travelled to Würzburg to work …
- … in the laboratory of Julius Sachs ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 ). Hugo de …
- … Vries visited CD at Abinger on 14 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … and his family, from 15 to 22 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the only …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 24 August [1878] ). CD and Francis had been investigating …
- … but see the letter to G. H. Darwin, 17 [August 1878] . Edward John Routh was a well-known …
- … had joined the Darwins at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, on 8 August 1878 ( letter from Francis …
To G. J. Romanes 1 October [1878]
Summary
Comments on GJR’s article in Fortnightly Review ["The beginning of nerves", n.s. 24 (1878): 509–26].
Comments on "poor old" Edinburgh Review.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 1 Oct [1878] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.550) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11712 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 1 October [1878] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.550) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Oct [1878] George John Romanes …
- … December Fortnightly Review ( Farrer 1878 ). Henry Reeve was the editor of the Edinburgh …
- … The beginning of nerves", n.s. 24 (1878): 509–26]. Comments on "poor old" Edinburgh …
- … Press. 1985–. Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1878. The principle of copyright. Fortnightly Review …
- … 24: 836–51. [Froude, James Anthony. ] 1878. The Copyright Commission. [Review of Report of …
- … in the Fortnightly Review , October 1878 ( G. J. Romanes 1878a ). The article gave a non- …
- … written by James Anthony Froude ( [Froude] 1878 ; see Wellesley index for the attribution …
To G. G. Stokes 28 April 1878
Summary
Gives a referee’s report on Samuel Haughton’s paper ["Notes on physical geology, no. IV", read 4 Apr 1878; published as "Physical geology", Nature 18 (1878): 266–8]. Believes his estimate of geological time is extremely wild. The conclusion that the interval of time separating the Miocene from the present is greater than that between the commencement of the Secondary period and the Miocene "seems almost monstrous". Recommends the paper not be published in the Proceedings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
Date: | 28 Apr 1878 |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR8:107) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11488 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To G. G. Stokes 28 April 1878 …
- … Robert Darwin Bassett Down letterhead 28 Apr 1878 George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet …
- … s paper ["Notes on physical geology, no. IV", read 4 Apr 1878; published as "Physical …
- … geology", Nature 18 (1878): 266–8]. Believes his estimate of geological time is extremely …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 28 th 1878 Sir I cannot venture to express any decided …
- … was read at the Royal Society of London on 4 April 1878 ( Proceedings of the Royal …
- … Society of London 27 (1878): 291). It was not published in the Proceedings of …
- … Physical geology’ in Nature , 4 July 1878, pp. 266–8. George Howard Darwin had considered …
- … work by Haughton to be ‘utter rubbish’ (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 January 1878 . …
- … In Nature , 4 July 1878, p. 268, Haughton did not alter his statement that the sediments …
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Torbitt, James | (28) |
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Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (32) |
Romanes, G. J. | (25) |
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
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Darwn's letters from 1878 online
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Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
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Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
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Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
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Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
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Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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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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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
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Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
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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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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
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< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…