To John Murray 15 July [1866]
Summary
4th edition of Origin will soon be bound. Suggests sending copies to scientific periodicals that might notice it. Hopes JM will specify in advertisements that the work is corrected and enlarged. Hopes pages will be cut. Only insanity accounts for this not being done in England.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 15 July [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 145–146) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5155 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To John Murray 15 July [1866] …
- … Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 145–146) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 July [1866] John Murray …
- … to John Murray, 21 and 22 December [ 1866] ). For more on this point, see the letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 28 [December 1866] and n. 6. …
- … London: John Murray. 1859. Owen, Richard. 1866–8. On the anatomy of vertebrates. 3 vols. …
- … letter and the letter from John Murray, 25 May [1866] . Although Murray printed the fourth …
- … in May, it was not published until November 1866 ( Publishers’ Circular ). This list has …
- … also letter from John Murray, 23 July [1866] . CD also prepared a different presentation …
- … recently appeared (see letter from James Samuelson, 8 April 1866 , and letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 2 July 1866 ). The London Review of Politics, Society, Literature, Art and …
- … reviewed the first volume of Richard Owen’s On the anatomy of vertebrates ( Owen 1866–8 ) …
- … in April 1866, and had printed an exchange of letters between Owen and the editor about …
- … theory of transmutation (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866] , n. 11). CD sent his …
From John Murray 24 February [1866]
Summary
Sends sheets of Origin [4th edition] for CD to correct [for 3d German edition?].
Still has 600 copies of Orchids, but deficit reduced to £30.
Undertakes to pay two-thirds of profits of the [fourth] edition of Origin as soon as one-half of the copies are sold.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 346 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5417 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From John Murray 24 February [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 346 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 24 Feb [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . In order to make revisions and corrections …
- … had requested a clean copy of Origin (see letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] ). See …
- … letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] . Murray made a copy of this sentence that …
- … Jr and Variation. See letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] and nn. 13 and 14. CD had …
- … of fixing a price with Sowerby in his letter to Murray of 22 February [1866] . Sowerby had …
- … nearly completed his illustrations for Variation in October 1866 (see letter to G. …
- … B. Sowerby Jr, 19 October [1866]). There is a statement of Murray’s …
- … in DAR 171.3: 524–5, annotated by CD: ‘Feb— 27— 1866. Still about 600 copies on Hand & 30£ …
From John Murray 25 May [1866]
Summary
Printing [of 4th edition of Origin] nearly complete. Will print 1000 copies which, at present rate of sale, may last three to five years.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 334 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5099 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From John Murray 25 May [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 334 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 May [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 and n. 3. …
- … CD’s annotations were made for his letter to John Murray, 28 May [1866] . …
- … of Origin (Peckham ed. 1959, p. 776); it was published in November 1866 ( Publishers’ …
- … Circular 1866). See …
- … also letter from John Murray, 30 May [1866] . CD attended a …
- … reception at the Royal Society on 28 April 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See …
From John Murray 18 July [1866]
Summary
Proposes to delay issue [of 4th ed. of Origin] until November to obtain better market conditions. Now printing 1250 copies.
Explains practice of not cutting pages is due to propensity of English public to read books without buying them.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 July [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5161 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From John Murray 18 July [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 336 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 18 July [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter to John Murray, 15 July [1866] . Murray refers to the Austro-Prussian war. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 and n. 8. …
- … edition of Origin was published between 1 and 15 November 1866 ( Publishers’ Circular ). …
- … See letter to John Murray, 15 July [1866] and n. 3. Murray printed 1500 copies of the …
- … 1959, p. 776). In his letter of 25 May [1866] , he had indicated that 1000 copies would …
- … 1500 copies in his letter of 30 May [1866] . ‘Stans pede in uno’: ‘standing on one foot’, …
- … the postscript to his letter of 15 July [1866] , CD had tried to persuade Murray to have …
To John Murray 23 October [1866]
Summary
A letter from Asa Gray informs CD that Ticknor & Fields will not publish a new edition of Origin to compete with Appleton’s unrevised edition. They recommend sending copies of the English edition for the American market.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 151–152) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5253 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To John Murray 23 October [1866] …
- … Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 151–152) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Oct [1866] John Murray …
- … of typesetting difficulties (see letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] and n. 7). …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 10 October 1866 . No review by Gray of the fourth edition of …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 10 October 1866 . See …
- … letter from John Murray, 18 October [1866] . Gray had approached the Boston firm of …
- … CD that they had declined both offers (see letters from Asa Gray , 18 July 1866 , 27 …
- … August 1866 , and …
- … 10 October 1866 ). The enclosure has not been found. The reference is to D. Appleton & …
From John Murray 22 December [1866]
Summary
The presentation copy [of Origin, 4th ed.] was sent to B. D. Walsh in August. Will send another.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 340 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5317 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Murray 22 December [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 340 John Murray London, Albemarle St 22 Dec [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … had premises at Milton House, Ludgate Hill, London ( Post Office London directory 1866). …
- … In his letter of [28 November 1866] , Walsh evidently wrote that he had not received the …
- … part of his letter that is now missing (see letter to B. D. Walsh, 24 December [1866] ). …
- … Bros in New York (see letter from B. D. Walsh, 17 July 1866 , and letter to B. …
- … D. Walsh, 20 August [1866] ). Charles Scribner & Co. was a New York publishing firm. …
From John Murray 23 July [1866]
Summary
Will attend to CD’s wishes regarding six presentation copies [of Origin, 4th ed.] for England and America.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5164 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 23 July [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 337 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 23 July [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 18 July [1866] . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 15 July [1866] and n. 3. …
- … See letter from John Murray, 18 July [1866] . …
From John Murray 30 May [1866]
Summary
On reflection, in view of the extensive additions CD has made to Origin, has decided to print 1500 copies [of 4th ed.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 335 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5105 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 30 May [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 335 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 30 May [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 28 May [1866] . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 28 May [1866] . Murray had originally stated that he …
- … see letter from John Murray, 25 May [1866] and n. 2). See Appendix IV for a presentation …
To John Murray 21 and 22 December [1866]
Summary
Submits the MS of Variation, all excepting the section on Man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 21 and 22 Dec 1866 |
| Classmark: | Herb Sewell (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5314F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray 21 and 22 December [1866] …
- … Herb Sewell (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 21 Dec 1866 22 …
- … Dec 1866 Down John Murray …
- … the letter to William Turner, 14 December [1866] and n. 3. CD may be alluding to the fact …
- … see letter from John Murray, 18 October [1866] and n. 3). CD had asked Sowerby to make …
- … see letter to G. B. Sowerby, 19 October [1866] ). The enclosures have not been found. …
To John Murray 16 October [1866]
Summary
Arrangements for woodcuts [in Variation]. Hopes to be ready to print early in 1867.
Encloses letter from Asa Gray [5160] about Appleton’s refusal to alter their plates for a new edition of Origin.
CD asks JM to consider Gray’s plan to have the English edition compete with the American.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 16 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 147–148) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5245 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To John Murray 16 October [1866] …
- … Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 147–148) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Oct [1866] John Murray …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 15 October 1866 . The reference is to the wood-engraving …
- … from W. B. Tegetmeier, 15 October 1866 and nn. 1 and 2. George Brettingham Sowerby Jr …
- … illustrations to Variation , see the letter to John Murray, 22 February [1866] and n. 14. …
- … CD enclosed the letter from Asa Gray, 18 July 1866 ; Gray had suggested that John Murray …
- … also the letter from Asa Gray, 10 October 1866 . The first printing of the first edition …
To John Murray 22 February [1866]
Summary
CD is pleased [about need for a new edition of Origin] but even more grieved – for it will delay his next book [Variation]. Progress of natural history will make many changes necessary in Origin. Nevertheless, proceeds with 32 more woodcuts for Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 139–142) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5016 |
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- … To John Murray 22 February [1866] …
- … Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 139–142) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Feb [1866] John Murray …
- … they include all those published before 1866, that is the first, second, and third English …
- … see letter from John Murray, 21 February [1866] . CD refers to Variation , on which he had …
- … record of a visit to Down by Sowerby in 1866 has been found; for his earlier visits, see …
- … the revisions between 1 March and 10 May 1866 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. …
- … Post Office directory of the six home counties 1866, Freeman 1978 ). Murray had paid CD on …
- … See letter from John Murray, 21 February [1866] . Murray had allowed CD twelve copies of …
- … for ‘Presentation copies’, dated 21 February 1866. CD and Murray exchanged several letters …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 22 January [1866] and nn. 4–7). In the published volumes …
From John Murray 18 October [1866]
Summary
JM states he will publish [Variation] on same basis as Origin, i.e., paying CD two-thirds of the profits.
In response to Asa Gray’s suggestion, he could supply Ticknor & Fields with 250 copies [of Origin, 4th ed.] at half-price.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5246 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 18 October [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 338 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 18 Oct [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to John Murray, 16 October [1866] and n. 4). Murray later told CD that …
- … the letter to John Murray, 16 October [1866] . The works referred to are the first four …
- … the letter from John Murray, 24 February [1866] and n. 4. Murray refers to Luke Wells and …
- … See letter to John Murray, 16 October [1866] . Ticknor & Fields was a Boston firm that Asa …
From John Murray 24 December [1866]
Summary
Two parcels of MS [of Variation] have arrived. Will proceed with printing immediately after Christmas.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 341 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5322 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From John Murray 24 December [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 341 John Murray London, Albemarle St 24 Dec [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to John Murray, 21 and 22 December [1866] . CD had sent the manuscript of all but …
- … size, and two possible titles (see letter to John Murray, 21 and 22 December [1866] ). …
To John Murray 28 May [1866]
Summary
Has corrected and improved Origin.
Now hopes to make real progress [on Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 28 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 143–144) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5103 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Murray 28 May [1866] …
- … Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 143–144) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 May [1866] John Murray …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 25 May [1866] . See …
- … letter from John Murray, 25 May [1866] and n. 2. …
- … CD had been revising Origin since 1 March 1866 (see CD’s ‘Journal’, Appendix II), after …
- … see letter from John Murray, 21 February [1866] ). The fourth edition of Origin is fifty- …
From John Murray 25 October [1866]
Summary
Under circumstances [reluctance of Ticknor & Fields to compete with Appleton], best course is to offer Appleton the 250 copies [of 4th English edition of Origin].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 339 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5255 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From John Murray 25 October [1866] …
- … DAR 171: 339 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 Oct [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to John Murray, 23 October [1866] . Murray refers to the American publishing …
- … see letter to John Murray, 23 October [1866] and n. 2). According to the publisher’s …
From John Murray 21 February [1866]
Summary
Informs CD third edition of Origin is exhausted. Proposes a new edition. Has CD any changes? Since demand is slowing up, proposes printing only 1250 copies and deferring payment of CD’s share until sales have repaid manufacturing costs.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 333 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5014 |
From John Murray 2 January [1867]
Summary
William Clowes [printer for J. Murray] estimates that Variation will come to a first volume of 648 pages and a second volume of 624 pages – which is too much for volumes the same size as Origin. Murray proposes a larger size.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 342 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5345 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). ‘8vo’: octavo. Murray refers to the tenth …
- … the manuscript of Variation to John Murray on 22 December 1866 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … letter to John Murray, 21 and 22 December [1866] , and Appendix II). Murray also refers to …
- … letter to Murray of 21 and 22 December [1866] ( Correspondence vol. 14), CD said that he …
DCP-LETT-5017A
Summary
Undertakes to pay two-thirds of profits of the [fourth] edition of Origin as soon as one-half of the copies are sold.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5017A |
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- … Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) John Murray 24 Feb [1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
From John Murray [1 July – 23 August 1862]
Summary
Account of Orchids.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 July – 23 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 525 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3635F |
To John Murray 3 January [1867]
Summary
Sorry about enormous size of Variation MS, but cannot shorten it now. If JM is afraid to publish, CD will consider agreement cancelled. Suggests he ask someone with judgment to read the MS. Has written concluding chapter on man. Whether it will be included depends on size of volume.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 158–160) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5346 |
| letter | (37) |
| Murray, John (b) | (21) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Sinclair, J. L. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
| Murray, John (b) | (16) |
| Murray, John (b) | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (36) |
| Sinclair, J. L. | (1) |
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
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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- … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of …
- … Prigs’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1866] ). But the crowning achievement of the year …
- … publisher in December. Much of Darwin’s correspondence in 1866 was focussed on issues surrounding …
- … 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). Darwin had first consulted Jones …
- … go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began riding the cob, …
- … the season is over’ ( letter from John Lubbock, 4 August 1866 ). More predictably, however, Darwin …
- … how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). Towards Variation …
- … to supervise ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 January [1866] ). Darwin found the evidence of …
- … 13), and continued to refine his hypothesis in 1866. He wrote to Hooker on 16 May [1866] , ‘I … …
- … to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When finally published in 1868, it …
- … definite views’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December [1866] ). The fourth edition of …
- … also added material obtained through correspondence in 1866, including observations by the American …
- … undertook an ambitious expedition to Brazil in 1865 and 1866, partly with a view to finding support …
- … ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8[–9] September [1866] ). Darwin had first heard of Agassiz’s …
- … dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] ). Darwin also ventured to inform …
- … more than a subsidiary agent’, Darwin wrote on 8 March [1866] , prefacing his remark with, ‘I …
- … Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). Darwin himself was jubilant: ‘I have …
- … Garden!!!!!!!!!’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1866] ). Celebrity Darwin’s …
- … exalted, and most brilliant intellects of our age’ (Anon 1866, p. 176). At Down, Darwin …
- … in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
- … I dread all exertion’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 May 1866] ). Darwin’s interest in Caspary’s …
- … The German zoologist had written to Darwin on 11 January 1866 , ‘Every time I succeed in making a …
- … His vast work, Generelle Morphologie , published in 1866, was dedicated to Darwin (as well as to …
- … has ever received’ ( letter to Ernst Haeckel, 18 August [1866] ). Darwin clearly admired parts of …
- … dreadful’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 December [1866] ). The Origin in Germany …
- … ( see for example, letter to C. W. Nägeli, 12 June [1866] ). Also in March, however, Christian …
- … C. scoparius , sent to Darwin with his letter of 8 May [1866] , allowed detailed comparisons of …
- … diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 May – 11 June 1866] ). On examining more specimens later …
- … becoming diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ). Darwin was excited by …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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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- … … is highly remarkable’ In September 1866, Darwin announced to the American botanist …
- … is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, the French botanist …
- … for several years ( To Édouard Bornet, 1 December 1866 ). Darwin began a series of experiments, …
- … ). Fritz Müller, writing from Brazil in December 1866, noted that plants of this poppy growing in …
- … climatic conditions’ ( From Fritz Müller, 1 December 1866 ). Darwin’s interest was piqued and he …
- … not exist in Britain. During a visit to Darwin in May 1866, Robert Caspary, a specialist in …
Beauty and the seed
Summary
One of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of areas of research on which he never published, but which interested him deeply. We can gain many insights about Darwin’s research methods by following these …
Matches: 7 hits
- … a new edition of On the Origin of Species (the fourth) in 1866. Darwin made substantive changes to …
- … … or are they? Towards the end of September 1866 Darwin received a letter from Fritz Müller, …
- … composite of letter from Müller to Darwin, 2 Aug 1866, in Darwin’s experimental notebook"," …
- … Fritz Müller to Charles Darwin, 2 Aug 1866. Darwin immediately responded: I have …
- … Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 25 Sept [1866] This letter must have crossed in the post …
- … me.— Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 10 Dec [1866] Hooker replied with …
- … birds. Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 14 Dec 1866 Darwin was skeptical about …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
Was Darwin an ecologist?
Summary
One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.
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- … Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . The ‘hard seed for grit’ …
- … did not then exist: even the word was not coined until 1866. There was no academic department that …
- … coined by the German scientist and theorist Ernst Haeckel in 1866. ‘By ecology, we mean the whole …
- … dreadful’, Darwin wrote to T. H. Huxley on 22 December 1866 . ‘He seems to have a passion for …
- … such study to an ‘uncritical’ natural history (Haeckel 1866, 2: 286–7; see also Stauffer 1957, p. …
- … et al . New York: CABI Publishing. Haeckel, Ernst. 1866. Generelle Morphologie der …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
Summary
Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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- … Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
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The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
Bartholomew James Sulivan
Summary
On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
Religion
Summary
Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 5140 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 2 July 1866 Wallace writes a lengthy analysis …
- … Letter 5303 — Boole, M. E. to Darwin, C. R., 13 Dec 1866 In this letter marked “private”, …
- … Letter 5307 — Darwin, C. R. to Boole, M. E., 14 Dec 1866 Darwin believes he is unable to …
- … Letter 5003f — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., [6--10 Feb 1866] James Shaw transcribes a …
- … Letter 5004 — Darwin, C. R. to Shaw, James, 11 Feb [1866] Darwin thanks James Shaw for the …
- … Letter 5060 — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., 19 Apr 1866 James Shaw fills a letter to Darwin …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … Correspondence vol. 14, letter to a local landowner, [1866?] ). A regular subscriber to the …
3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … seems to have taken place, in November 1865 and April 1866. Darwin’s account book (among Down House …
- … appeared in volume 5 of Men of Eminence , published in 1866 – the biographical ‘facts’ having …
- … Philosopher’. The beard that Darwin had grown by 1865–1866 helped to enhance this impression of …
- … was clearly taken on the same occasion and is dated 24 April 1866. John van Wyhe believes that two …
- … derived from the three-quarter view photograph of 1865–1866 mentioned above (see separate catalogue …
- … Ernest Edwards date of creation 1865–1866 computer-readable date c. 1865-11 …
- … of his life for the text of Men of Eminence , 3 May [1866], (DCP-LETT-5524). Edward Walford (ed.) …
- … Reeve [later Alfred William Bennett], 1863–1867), vol. 5 (1866), ‘Charles Robert Darwin’, pp. 49–52. …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … had been delivered to the publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct …
- … on human expression that he may have drawn up in late 1866. His correspondents were asked to copy …
- … completely revised the German translation of Origin in 1866, would be called upon to translate …
- … Beagle shipmate Bartholomew James Sulivan at Christmas 1866, Darwin had written at the end of the …
- … work, Generelle Morphologie der Organismen (Haeckel 1866), contained much interesting material, …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
3.3 Maull and Polyblank photo 2
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< Back to Introduction Despite the difficulties that arose in relation to Maull and Polyblank’s first photograph of Darwin, another one was produced, this time showing him in three-quarter view. It was evidently not taken at the same session as the…
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- … before the partnership with Polyblank was dissolved c.1866). The full image was reproduced …
- … and publishers. Ernst Haeckel, writing to Darwin in January 1866, thought it was ‘certainly very bad …
- … DCP-LETT-3745. Letter from Ernst Haeckel to Darwin, 11 Jan. 1866, DCP-LETT-4973, and Darwin’s reply, …
The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … in different ways (letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 ). Concurrently with his …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Letter 4997 - Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, [4 February 1866] Wallace laments the sense of …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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- … Letter 5173 — Müller, J. F. T. to Darwin, C. R., 2 Aug 1866 Müller provides some observations …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
