From Arthur Nicols [before 10 November 1875]
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 10 Nov 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10253 |
To Arthur Nicols [before 10 November 1875]
Summary
Does not doubt animals reason in a practical fashion. Do not the rats hear the water trickling?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Date: | [before 10 Nov 1875] |
Classmark: | Nature, 20 February 1879, p. 365 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10253F |
From Arthur Nicols 10 November 1875
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Nov 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 63 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10255 |
From Arthur Nicols 8 December 1875
Summary
He will repeat his experiments on the cat’s sense of smell.
The intelligence of rats is shown by their gnawing through lead pipes to find water.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10290 |
From Arthur Nicols 24 February 1876
Summary
Is putting together a natural history book for intelligent children [The puzzle of life (1877)]; would like CD’s opinion on the project in general and on the completed first chapter in particular.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10408 |
To Arthur Nicols [after 24 February 1876]
Summary
Supports AN’s idea [of a natural history book for children].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Date: | [after 24 Feb 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 65/1v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10409 |
From Arthur Nicols 18 January 1878
Summary
He has obtained further evidence that rats gnaw through lead pipes for water. CD’s opinion that they hear trickling confirms his view that they possess reason.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11324 |
From Arthur Nicols 15 March 1880
Summary
Sends pheasant tail coverts, which he believes are unusual in pattern, resembling those of a peacock.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Mar 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12536 |
From Arthur Nicols 7 March 1871
Summary
Referring to CD’s passage on monkeys’ acquiring taste for tea, coffee, and tobacco, AN tells of three monkeys he kept in Australia that developed strong taste for rum and smoking tobacco without being taught in any way [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 7 n.].
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 87: 19–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7553 |
To Arthur Nicols [8–10 March 1871]
Summary
The information about the phascolarctos [koala] is very surprising, and he will preserve AM’s note.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Date: | [8, 9 or 10] Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | Nicols 1883, p. 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7555F |
From Arthur Nicols 11 March 1871
Summary
His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.
His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7570 |
From Arthur Nicols 15 April 1871
Summary
Objects to the negative reviews of Descent, notably in the Athenæum and the Times.
The exceptions are the Academy, Nature, and his own, in the Field [37 (1871): 210].
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Apr 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7687 |
From Arthur Nicols 20 August 1872
Summary
Offers observations on expression in Australian dogs, since he knows CD plans to publish on the subject.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 58 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8477 |
To Arthur Nicols [after 20 August 1872?]
Summary
Can believe animals communicate together, but does not know how.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Date: | [after 20 Aug 1872?] |
Classmark: | Nicols 1885, p. 192 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8477F |
From Arthur Nicols 23 August 1872
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Aug 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 59 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8484 |
From Arthur Nicols 21 February 1873
Summary
Comments on CD’s and William Huggins’ letter in Nature on "Inherited instinct" [Collected papers 2: 170–1]
and on A. R. Wallace’s letter on the homing faculty of animals. Believes many instances of homing are less remarkable than they appear.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Feb 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8780 |
From Arthur Nicols [before 20 March 1873]
Summary
Compares sense of smell in dogs and cats.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 20 Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | Nicols 1885, pp. 51–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8817F |
To Arthur Nicols [20 March 1873]
Summary
Responds to AN’s observations on sense of smell in cats and dogs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Date: | [20 Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | Nicols 1885, p. 52 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8817G |
From Arthur Nicols 25 May 1873
Summary
Thanks to CD his candidature for the Zoological Society has been entertained.
Observed a flamingo, at the Zoological Gardens, that vomited on a bustard in answer to the latter’s harsh cries.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 May 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8922 |
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