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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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… In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
… and Germany (K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 336). In April 1860, Lubbock travelled with Joseph Prestwich, …
… Hutchinson 1914, 1: 51). This was the first of many visits Lubbock would make to sites in various …
… the age of the human species. The visits by both Lyell and Lubbock reflected the growing interest, …
… to establish the age of the human race. In 1861, Lubbock joined Thomas Henry Huxley, Busk, …
… recent geologico-archaeological researches in Denmark’ (Lubbock 1861) for the October 1861 issue. …
… (kitchen-middens) of ancient Danish settlements. Lubbock reviewed the literature on the topic and …
… in Danish (Morlot 1859, Forchhammer et al. 1851–5); Lubbock cited Morlot as the source of many …
… below, ‘Textual changes made to C. Lyell 1863c’). On 6 February 1863, Antiquity of man (C. Lyell …
… also added the following note on page 11: *Mr. John Lubbock published, after these sheets …
… over the comparative anatomy of human and ape brains. 6 Many of Lyell’s supporters were …
… wrote to Henrietta Emma Darwin, ‘whereas after talking to John, he thought him not wrong, after …
… avoiding any mention of the note in the preface (letter to John Lubbock, 11 June [1865] ). No …
… on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (original version) *Mr. John Lubbock published, after these sheets …
… on page 11, C. Lyell 1863c (revised version) *Mr. John Lubbock published, in the October …
… Van Riper 1993. 2. Letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 (British …
… Lyell, see Bynum 1984 and L. G. Wilson 1996. 6. Owen’s complaints about C. Lyell 1863a …
… See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] and n. 7. 9. …
… 1863b, p. 214). 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John Lubbock, 24 May [1864], in (British …
… written for me by a mutual friend of ours’ (letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865, …
… T. H. Huxley, 7 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 110). For more on the X-club, see …
… to Huxley, 5 June 1865 (Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 104). 27. Rough draft of a …
… June 1865, and 8 June 1865 (Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 108, 111). 30. Letter from …

List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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… child of God" (1) Abberley, John (1) …
… Adams, A. L. (1) Addison, John (1) …
… Allen, J. A. (b) (1) Allen, John (1) …
… C. J. (3) Andrews, John (1) Ann. …
… (2) Appleton, T. G. (6) Arnold, F. S. …
… Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John (5) …
… (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) Bartlett, R. S. …
… Becher, A. B. (1) Beck, John (2) …
… Beckhard, Martin (1) Beddoe, John (3) …
… C. H. (8) Blackwall, John (4) …
… (1) Boardman, A. F. (6) Boccardo, Gerolamo …
… (2) Bonham-Carter, E. M. (6) Bonham-Carter, …
… J. A. H. de (11) Bostock, John (1) …
… Bridgman, W. K. (3) Brigg, John (1) …
… (1) Browne, Walter (6) Brownen, George …
… (17) Buckland, William (6) Buckler, William …
… Busch, Otto (1) Bush, John (3) Busk, …
… Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John (3) …
… the Exchequer (1) Chapman, John (4) …
… (2) Child, G. W. (6) Children, J. G. …
… (1) Clarke, W. B. (b) (6) Claus, C. F. …
… P. (2) Coe, Henry (6) Coghlan, John …
… Colburn, Henry (3) Colby, John (3) …
… (2) Crüger, Hermann (6) Cuming, Hugh …
… (1) Darwin, Amy (6) Darwin, Anne Eliza …

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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… that he was ‘unwell & must write briefly’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ), and in a …
… animals made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Darwin reiterated in a later …
… old honoured guide & master’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Nevertheless, Darwin …
… a fitting opportunity’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
… in the fossil record ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). Only until March did …
… Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). In March, after …
… were himself, Hooker, Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and John Lubbock. Honours abroad …
… of the Royal Society ( see letter from Edward Sabine to John Phillips, 12 November 1863 ). …
… 29 May [1863] , and letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] ). Sterility and …
… year with the Hertfordshire nurseryman Thomas Rivers. John Scott Darwin had found a …
… of hybridity and sterility at the end of the previous year. John Scott, a gardener at the Royal …
… the results of which were published in 1868 ( see letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). …
… hoped would counteract Huxley’s criticism ( letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] ). Darwin …
… Darwin had also encouraged him to write ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). In this …
… that your paper will have permanent value’ ( letter to John Scott, 31 May [1863] ). Scott received …
… the “Origin” is not at all palatable!’ ( letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] ). Darwin’s …
… a position offered in Darjeeling, India ( see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter …
… 1860; it continued to capture his attention ( see letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] ). …
… to Malvern the following week. Three letters in August from John Goodsir, professor of anatomy at …
… of all such matters as your stomach’ ( see letter from John Goodsir, 21 August [1863] ; letter …
… [1863] that he had been ‘ordered to do nothing for 6 months’ by his doctors, mentioning that even …

Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments

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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…

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… of sterility between varieties of Verbascum . When John Scott, foreman of the propagating …
… Darwin, impressed, gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). …
… to publish on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his …
… a paper for the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not …
… buy it. When he submitted the manuscript to his publisher, John Murray, he boasted: ‘I can say with …
… in the least , whether the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his …
… paper for the Natural History Review ( see letter to John Lubbock, 16 [December 1862] ). Aware …
… different translator ( see letter from Edouard Claparède, 6 September 1862 ). In Germany, …
… of the old Beagle crew, Bartholomew James Sulivan, John Clements Wickham, and Arthur Mellersh, …
… of this, he prescribed strict conditions for a meeting with John Lubbock: ‘if you could … let me go …
… at 9 o clock I do not think it would hurt me’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 23 October [1862] ). …
… on botany. Even at the start of their correspondence he told John Scott: ‘Botany is a new subject to …
… odds & ends of botany & you know far more’ ( letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). …
… Lyell, 14 October [1862] ). Moreover, when the physicist John Tyndall, fresh from a summer in the …
… of Darwin’s circle was in Switzerland in the summer: John Lubbock briefly met up with Tyndall and …
… discovered prehistoric lake-dwellings ( see letter from John Lubbock, 23 August 1862 ). Lubbock …
… to view the prehistoric sites near Amiens ( see letter from John Lubbock, 15 May 1862 ), and he …
… about the antiquity of the human species ( see letter from John Lubbock, 6 January 1862 ). …
… of the pot of life’? ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 May 1862 ). In his address, Huxley also …

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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… I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned …
… Quarterly Review discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It …
… of anonymous reviews. Its proprietor was none other than John Murray, Darwin’s publisher. So …
… on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ): I think you …
… & it had been refused’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] ). When the letter was …
… to review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
… number of the Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George …
… before (see Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix V, p. 641). give him the cold shoulder …
… yours’ (see Correspondence vol. 22, appendix V, p. 644). In his dealings with both …
… anonymous reviews. While staying with Hooker over Christmas, John Tyndall, professor at and …
… as ‘the natural outflow of his character’ ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 ). …
… in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair rolled on into …
… to purchase the wooded land, which he had been renting from John Lubbock, led to a straining of …
… with lawyers over a doubt that it may have been included in Lubbock’s marriage settlements, the sale …
… for about a week ( letter from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 ). John Burdon Sanderson sent the results …
… of other insect-eating plants. The surgeon and botanist John Ralfs sent Utricularia from …
… in order to work on its difficult structures ( letter to John Ralfs, 13 July [1874] ). The …
… to the vomit and ate it ( letter from W. G. Walker, 6 December 1874 ). The Zoological …
… a printed appeal for funds, raising £860 ( Circular to John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, …
… from E. A. Darwin, 17 [March 1874] ). He tried to persuade John Murray to publish a second edition …
… authority on marriage customs in Descent ( see letter John Murray, 9 May [1874] ). He …
… for Darwin’s last years. The young physiologist George John Romanes wrote a long letter to Herbert …
… established by Michael Foster. He then studied under John Scott Burdon Sanderson at University …
… August in Belfast, several papers featured Darwin’s work. John Tyndall asked Darwin to glance over …
… Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker reported that ‘Lubbock’s Lecture went off admirably— but …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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… on a paper on Verbascum (mullein) by CD’s protégé, John Scott, who was now working in India. …
… also a serious dispute between two of Darwin’s friends, John Lubbock and Charles Lyell . These …
… I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). Sic transit …
… Appendix II). In May, he invited a new doctor, John Chapman, to Down and began a course of Chapman’s …
… Variation . In March Darwin wrote to his publisher, John Murray, ‘Of present book I have 7 …
… forward, except the last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] ). In …
… will be ready for the press in the autumn’ ( letter to John Murray, 4 April [1865] ). In early …
… ‘I am never idle when I can do anything’ ( letter to John Murray, 2 June [1865] ). It was not …
… questions and suggesting new lines of research. John Scott A similar, though not so …
… effort took place in the beginning of the year when John Scott, a protégé of Darwin’s whom Darwin …
… varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had …
… in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ), and wrote …
… 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ). This may have …
… would take up the work again when he had time ( letter from John Scott, 21 July 1865 ); at the …
… modification of structure’ (G. D. Campbell 1864, pp. 275–6). Campbell argued further that natural …
… serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though he had sent …
… 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice against John Scott, who had worked under Balfour …
… observations to high scientific account’ (A. Gray 1865–6, pp. 273-4). Darwin had also written to …
… At the end of May, the dispute between Charles Lyell and John Lubbock over alleged plagiarism by …
… in Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix V. In 1865, Lubbock published Prehistoric times , …
… to the Anthropologicals?’ ( letter from F. H. Hooker, 6 September [1865] ). Before he returned …
… now ready to make observations for him in India (John Scott) and Brazil (Fritz Müller). Although not …
… George Henslow, the son of Darwin’s mentor at Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, from John Traherne …

Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…

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… to spread my views’, he wrote to his publisher, John Murray, on 30 January , shortly after …
… Darwin’s best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 …
… intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin likened the …
… Hooker’s cause was taken up by his friends, in particular John Lubbock and John Tyndall, as one …
… to Gladstone a week later ( enclosure to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 …
… effect on my mind’ ( letter to Chauncey Wright, 6 April 1872 ). A competing theory on the …
… photographic plates with his overseas publishers, and with John Murray’s assistant, the excitable …
… of the booksellers, encouraged an originally cautious John Murray to gamble on the book’s success: & …
… attractive dishes in his `Literary Banquet’ (letters from John Murray, 6 November [1872] and 9 …
… to supply comparative observations, and Darwin’s protégé John Scott, now employed as a curator in …
… a copy of Expression to another old Cambridge friend, John Maurice Herbert, who when they were …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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… Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal …
… Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850 Hooker apologises for the …
… Mentors Darwin's close relationship with John Stevens Henslow, the professor of botany …
… he mentored. The first is between Darwin and his neighbour, John Lubbock and the second is between …
… Letter 1585 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, [Sept 1854] Darwin sends Lubbock a beetle he …
… Letter 1720 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, 19 [July 1855] Darwin congratulates Lubbock on …
… Letter 1979 — Darwin, C. R. to Lubbock, John, 27 Oct [1856] Darwin provides detailed …
… expert William Bernard Tegetmeier and the Scottish gardener John Scott, illustrate how the rigid …
… him to publish in his journal. The debate about John Scott Letter 3800 — …
… Letter 3805 — Darwin, C. R. to Scott, John, 12 Nov [1862] Darwin thanks Scott for bringing …
… in the anthers. Letter 4463 — Scott, John to Darwin, C. R., 14 Apr [1864] Scott …
… to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends abstract of John Scott’s paper [see 4332 ] and …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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… ‘How grandly you have defended me’, Darwin wrote on 6 January , ‘You have also greatly honoured …
… .’ Hooker also directed some of his anger toward John Murray, the publisher of the …
… Instead of supporting her, he worked closely with Huxley and John Burdon Sanderson to draft an …
… Edward Emanuel Klein, a German histologist who worked with John Burdon Sanderson at the Brown Animal …
… to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In …
… book had to go along on the excursion,’ he reported on 6 July , ‘and it did us excellent service. …
… the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia they are …
… That ever you were born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back …
… further research on the effects of grafting by George John Romanes. A scientific friendship had …
… in parish affairs (see Correspondence vol. 21). Lubbock tried to bring about a …
… also you intended to slight him.’ Darwin assured Lubbock that he never meant to show …
… 24 December , Emma wrote triumphantly to the former vicar, John Brodie Innes, that a new reading …
… laurel in the wreath of your fame ’, Haeckel wrote on 6 June , ‘to have a predecessor in the …
… Darwin had hoped to arrange for the meeting to take place at Lubbock’s home, High Elms, so that he …
… within the short time I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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… July 1874, Mivart published an anonymous review of works by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor in …
… also wondering whether he should break off relations with John Murray, his own publisher and also …
… which Darwin approved ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [5 or 6 August 1874] ), while reiterating his …
… and sent a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 . George and Darwin were …
… courteous response, agreeing to all he asked ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). …
… having been used in a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In other …
… Huxley’s reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley …
… the president, George Allman: he had already spoken to John Tyndall ( letter from John Tyndall, 28 …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… of scientific admirers at Down, among them Robert Caspary, John Traherne Moggridge, and Ernst …
… regime led to Darwin’s being teased by his neighbour, John Lubbock, about the prospect of riding to …
… with our beagles before the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More …
… On 21 February Darwin received notification from John Murray that stocks of the third edition of …
… Henry Walter Bates’s article on mimetic butterflies, Lubbock’s observations of diving Hymenoptera …
… George Henslow, the son of his Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, stayed for two days in April …
… In June, Darwin was visited by the orchid specialist John Traherne Moggridge, whose work on the self …
… forth against Origin (J. D. Hooker 1866a, pp. 50, 75–6 ). The progress of reception …
… out, ‘business would be totally paralysed’. Similarly, John Murray gave as a reason for his decision …
… ‘gaieties travelling & War Bulletins’ ( letter from John Murray, 18 July 1866 ). I …
… for the criminal prosecution of the colonial governor Edward John Eyre. In his efforts to suppress …
… ( letter from E. C. Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin, [6 and 7? January 1866] ), and Darwin …

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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… good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v.] 6 Books to be Read …
… [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d . translated by Rennie [Bechstein …
… de la Geographie des trois Regnes de la nature. Paris. 6: folio par Céran de Lemonier. Bailliere …
… Organique dans l’echelle animale, par A. Dugés, 4to. avec 6 planches, ibid, 1832. 6 s . [Dugés …
… p. 195) “Boltons Harmonia Ruralis” [Bolton 1794–6]— Yarrell probably has it. account of …
… of Carnation. Auricula. Polyanth tulip. Rose. Hyacinth. 6 s . a catalogue of vars. [T. Hogg 1820] …
… Edition, with Plates and Woodcuts. Post 8vo., 9 s . 6 d . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in …
… Pœppig Travels in S. America. German [Pöppig 1835–6].— Zoologie Generale. Iside. St Hilaire …
… The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] St. John’s Highlands [C. W. G. Saint John 1846] …
… 1809]. Communicat to Board of Agriculture. vol 6 quoted by Youatt on migration of Sheep [Anon …
… [C. H. Smith 1839–40] /on Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6]// on Horses [C. H. Smith 1841]// Exotic …
… Nacht. von einigen Berlin 1763? [Kölreuter 1761–6] Godwins answer to Malthus [Godwin 1820] …
… B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] St. John’s Nat. Hist. of Sutherlanshire, Murray …
… Liebigs Lectures on Chemistry [Liebig 1851]. Sir John Davies. China during the War and Peace …
… d . Series. vol 3. p. 1 to 312 30 th Colquhoun (John) The Moor & the Loch [Colquhoun …
… Buffon [Milne-Edwards 1834–40]. March 5 th St. John’s Highlands [Saint John 1846] 8 …
… Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] poor …
… 1848] Madam Malguet [Torrens] 1848] —— Lives of John & Alex. Belthune [?Bethune 1840 and …
… Ireland [Thompson 1849–56]. Vol. I. II & 3 May. St. John’s Tour in Sutherlandshire [Saint …
… 171] Pagets Travels in Hungary & Transylvania [John Paget 1839]— account of Dogs like …
… Empire [Huc 1855] Feb 16 th Pagets Hungary [John Paget 1839] —— Bechsteins …
… 23] 1858 Life of Montaigne by B. St. John [B. Saint John 1858].— Miss …

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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… on roots’, read at the Linnean Society of London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, …
… to shirk any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On …
… Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an anonymous article on the …
… or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author …
… Darwin had a less heated discussion with the painter John Collier on the topic of science and art. …
… himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had …
… be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February 1882 ; T. H. Huxley …
… pain’, ‘ slight attack’ (Darwin pocket diary, 1882, 6, 7, 10 April 1882). Some days he was able …
… yesterday’ (letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 6 April 1882 (DAR 210.3: 46)). Despite his …
… and admirers. One of the most touching was from John Lubbock, whose interest in natural history at …
… we adjourned as a small tribute of respect’ (letter from John Lubbock to Francis Darwin, 20 April …
… ). Darwin’s former mentor at University of Cambridge, John Stevens Henslow, was not a …
… in Natural History every day’ ( letter to Henry Holland, 6 November [1864] ). Writing to the …
… Origin, a number of Darwin’s friends, Huxley, John Lubbock, and Charles Lyell, each addressed the …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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… eager to send his draft to the printers without delay, asked John Murray, his publisher, to make an …
… laboratory. The Lake District may have reminded Darwin of John Ruskin, who lived there. Sending the …
… showing his appreciation of those who were courteous. On 6 February, he wrote to Carl Semper , …
… ). His scientific friends, however, did not agree. Both John Lubbock and Hooker asked for Darwin’s …
… about the year 1840(?) on all our minds’ ( letter to John Lubbock, [18 September 1881] ). When …
… & many a good fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). …
… on 27 May . Romanes assured Darwin that the artist, John Collier, Huxley’s son-in-law, was ‘such a …
… and approach. The geologist Thomas Reade wrote on 6 November , ‘It seems strange that the …
… in the world’, William declared to his father on 6 January , after hearing how Darwin intended …
… Darwin told his old Cambridge University friend John Price on 27 December . As Darwin rejoiced in …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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… Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [6 June 1864] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, responds …
… 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s queries …
… - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …
… J., [5 April 1859] Darwin asks his publisher, John Murray, to forward a manuscript copy of …
… - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …

New material added to the American edition of Origin

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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…

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… the sixth English edition of 1872 (Freeman 1977, pp. 85–6). PREFACE …
… ‘‘a regular, not a casual, phenomenon,’’ or, as Sir John Herschel expresses it, ‘‘a natural in …
… in the nature of the plant. Pages 293 and 294. 6 Omit thirty lines, beginning, ‘‘ On …
… third edition of Origin ( Origin 3d ed., pp. 363–6). See also letter from John Lubbock, …

Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health

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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…

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… of a paper by another of his orchid correspondents, John Traherne Moggridge, who in June sent him …
… of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again Much of Darwin’s …
… plight of another of Darwin’s fellow orchid-experimenters, John Scott. Their correspondence had been …
… five years. Scott felt that his superiors, James McNab and John Hutton Balfour, no longer treated …
… indomitable perseverance, and his knowledge’ ( letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 ). Hooker met …
… support ‘on the grounds of science’ ( letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ), but Scott declined …
… 1864 ). A notably rambling and long letter arrived from John Beck, a Shrewsbury schoolfellow of …
… by a merciful deity for the use of humankind ( letter from John Beck, 6 October 1864 ). …
… his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …
… that a Neanderthal race once extended across Europe. John Lubbock mentioned his forthcoming volume …
… of the Royal Society, Edward Sabine, to the geologist John Phillips revealed Sabine’s fears that in …
… ever so little degree the Council’s award’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 21 December [1864] ). In …

Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics

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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…

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… On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
… . Fawcett asserted that Darwin’s theory accorded well with John Stuart Mill’s exposition of the …
… distribution of species ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 August 1860 ). But Baer in fact …
… to hear Samuel Wilberforce, the bishop of Oxford, reply to John William Draper’s paper giving a …
… Darwin about further, less dramatic incidents, including John Lubbock’s retort to Wilberforce on the …
… critique of his geological argument, he wrote to Lyell on 6 June [1860] : 'I am beginning to …
… I shall improve the Book considerably.—’ ( letter to John Murray, 5 December [1860] ). Although he …
… to convert people under 20 year,’ he told his friend John Innes, ‘though firmly convinced now …
… good judge coming some little way with me.’ ( letter to John Innes, 28 December [1860] ). …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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… acknowledged when told by his neighbour and young protégé John Lubbock that his method of …
… boys (Charles Waring Darwin, the sixth and last, was born on 6 December 1856) was a constant worry, …
… Athenæum Club. Several letters touch on the publication of John Tyndall’s theory concerning the …
… phenomenon of cleavage, still unresolved in 1856, with John Phillips and entered into a useful …

Darwin's bad days

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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:

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… Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …

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