Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Apache Server at dcp-public.lib.cam.ac.uk Port 443
Search:
in keywords
4 Items
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
Summary
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…
Matches: 18 hits
- … by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s …
- … it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). …
- … oxlip ( P. elatior ), and published his results in an 1868 article (‘Illegitimate offspring of …
- … his stipend being paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). Hooker …
- … often at odds with one another: ‘Gardeners are the very d—l, & where two or three are gathered …
- … to play your part over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). Hooker …
- … they do require very careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless, …
- … that in giving I am hastening the fall’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ). In his …
- … a first-class cabin for the journey ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] ). Darwin …
- … In 1864, Darwin received his first letter from Benjamin Dann Walsh, a new advocate from North …
- … which you have bearded this lion in his den’ ( letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] ). Walsh …
- … he spoke out on the modification of species ( letter to B. D. Walsh, 21 October [1864] ). …
- … ‘make a noise’, since the author evidently ‘smashe[d] most of the old Testament’ ( Correspondence …
- … he thought him ‘sanguine & unsafe’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 ). Hooker …
- … correct if they contradicted the Bible ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September 1864] ). When …
- … Lyell 1865] I shall recant for fifth time’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 October [1864] ). Lyell …
- … displaying ‘remarkable genius’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] ). He added that he wished …
- … agree’ with Wallace’s views on humans ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] ), and he pointed …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 25 hits
- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
- … The quantity of his correspondence increased dramatically in 1868; the increase was due largely to …
- … and his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that …
- … and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ). My book is horribly …
- … as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing …
- … look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin sympathised, replying on …
- … to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such …
- … was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from …
- … thought it was by Gray himself, but Darwin corrected him: ‘D r Gray would strike me in the face, …
- … scamp & I begin to think a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). …
- … on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the Rev d C. Darwin M.d’; Binstead evidently …
- … kind almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science …
- … , ‘almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science.’ Darwin …
- … as of ‘victorious males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a …
- … “love”’, wrote the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 March 1868 . Wallace …
- … magenta. To Weir, he wrote on 27 February : ‘It w d be a fine trial to cut off the eyes of the …
- … of Hooker’s distributed it in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, …
- … mission stations in Victoria, Australia ( letter from R. B. Smyth, 13 August 1868 ); lengthy …
- … previous year by James Philip Mansel Weale ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [20 May 1868] ). …
- … through adaptation to local conditions ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 December 1868] ). Barber’s …
- … everlasting woe?’ I am not sure whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men quite …
- … enmity to Revealed Religion’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868], n. 11 ). ‘I am not sure …
- … a letter dated [8–10 September 1868] , ‘whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men quite …
- … be a ‘complete & premeditated swindler’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ), his …
- … legs”’, Darwin replied on 19 November , ‘but I sh d think you were the first father who had …
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…
Matches: 25 hits
- … foolish, Penurious, Pragmatical Prigs’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1866] ). But the …
- … ( Variation ). Although it was not published until 1868, all but the concluding chapter of the …
- … easy work for about 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). Darwin had …
- … to make the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin …
- … me any harm—any how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). Towards …
- … of which Tegetmeier had agreed to supervise ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 16 January [1866] ). …
- … Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When …
- … diving Hymenoptera and insect metamorphosis, Benjamin Dann Walsh’s theory of phytophagic varieties …
- … than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] ). Darwin also …
- … George: ‘Your father … entered at the same time with Dr B. J. who received him with triumph. All his …
- … me to worship Bence Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). Darwin himself …
- … went for ¾ to Zoolog. Garden!!!!!!!!!’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1866] ). …
- … tell him the truth how little exertion I can stand. I sh d like very much to see him, though I …
- … original contract between Darwin and the New York publisher D. Appleton and Co. in 1860. …
- … admit how little is known on the subject’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 and 4 August [1866] ). And …
- … how differently we look at every thing’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 August [1866] ). Yet both men …
- … thing in a different light from you’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 August 1866 ). The two …
- … 18 August, bringing his ‘blessed mss’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [17 August 1866] ). Hooker …
- … Samuel Wilberforce, had held forth against Origin (J. D. Hooker 1866a, pp. 50, 75–6). The …
- … indirect a bearing to be worth noticing’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866] ). Most of …
- … after he had sounded the charge’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [4 September 1866] ). ' …
- … that ‘each suggestion, to be of real value to science, w d require years of work’ ( letter to J. …
- … on his use of ‘awesomely long words’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 October [1866] ). He later …
- … bit the worse for being unintelligible’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1866 , letter to …
- … it the more atrocious the case appears—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 November [1866] ). …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
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…
Matches: 22 hits
- … 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. Said to be good by D r L. Lindsay 5 [DAR *119: 1v. …
- … on Annals of Nat. Hist. [Jenyns 1838] Prichard; a 3 d . vol [Prichard 1836–47] Lawrence [W. …
- … Teneriffe. in Pers. Narr. [A. von Humboldt 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle …
- … reference to authors about E. Indian Islands 8 consult D r Horsfield [Horsfield 1824] …
- … sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d’Hist. Nat. [Virey 1835] read …
- … Crawford Eastern Archipelago [Crawfurd 1820] Raffeles d[itt]o [T. S. B. Raffles 1817] …
- … [Temminck 1813–15] read Temminck has written Coup d’œil sur la Fauna des iles de la Sonde et …
- … read 19 : French [? Annales de la Société Impériale d'Horticulture ] or Caledonian …
- … on generation. 1828 [Girou de Buzareingues 1828a]. quoted by D r Ryan on marriage [Ryan 1831] …
- … published? [ Procés-Verbaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Ile Maurice ] …
- … Analysis & theory of the Emotions by G. Ramsay B.M. 6. 6. Black Edin. Longman [Ramsay 1848] …
- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … [Martins 1849]. 53 [DAR 119: 1a] 54 N.B. These books have been read since I …
- … of London ] from Vol I to Vol VII. part III or p 433. N.B. I think the three first of Hort T. …
- … Barrow’s Travels [Barrow 1801]. well Skimmed B. Edwards Hist. of W. Indies [B. Edwards 1793 …
- … 1766]. good Bas. Montagu’s Select from old Divines [B. Montagu 1805] [DAR 119: 10a] …
- … Petropolitanae ] 1775. 4. 3 2. 1 & 1760 inclusive N.B. 1775 is last Vol. d[itt]o. Nova Acta …
- … Lay’s Missionary Voyage [King and Lay 1839] —— B. Hall’s Schloss Hainfell [Hall 1836]. …
- … 1834–9] Dec 12 th The Emigrant by Sir F. B. Head [F. B. Head 1846] —— 16 th …
- … of Vienna [Schimmer 1847].— good Sept 12 th . B. Franklins life by Sparks [Sparks ed. 1850] …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
- … 119: 11a Stonehenge pseud. (John Henry Walsh). 1859. The dog, in health and …
