To Leonard Jenyns [November 1841]
Summary
Details regarding volume on Fish.
Sends notes on Diodon.
Must give up attending Geological Society evening meetings; knocks him up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | [Nov 1841] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-611 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Fish : Pt IV of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. …
To Charles Lyell [March 1841]
Summary
Discusses the role of ice in determining the geological features of the Jura. Mentions view of Agassiz. Objects to idea of "a [sea of ice] carrying rocks". Notes Agassiz’s earlier view of "ice expanded in the line of the Great Swiss Valley". Comments on Pentlands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [Mar 1841] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-592 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Agassiz, Louis. 1839. Remarks on glaciers. Edinburgh New Philosophical …
From Catherine Darwin 8 July 1841
Summary
Describes the appearance and occurrence of imperfect flowers of "Hex.[?] Trigynia".
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1841 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-603 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Donn, James. 1823. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an accented catalogue of …
To Leonard Jenyns 24 June [1841]
Summary
Doctors predict it will take years for CD’s constitution to recover.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 24 June [1841] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-599 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To W. D. Fox [25 January 1841]
Summary
Birds has gone to the printer.
Continues "to collect all kinds of facts about ""varieties and species"" " for his "some-day work".
Would be grateful for descriptions of offspring of crossbred domestic animals.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [25 Jan 1841] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-586 |
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- … Bibliography Birds : Pt 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By John Gould. …
To Charles Lyell [21 February – 4 April 1841]
Summary
Answers a number of queries from Lyell concerning geography and geology of Chiloé Island and its relationship to the Cordilleras.
Asks about "perched rocks" on Jura and notes their relevance to Louis Agassiz’s theory. Discusses Agassiz’s view on Jura.
Mentions seeing Robert Brown.
Notes R. I. Murchison’s discovery of shells in central England.
Weakness of negative evidence.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [21 Feb – 4 Apr 1841] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-590 |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
From W. C. Redfield May 1841
Summary
Is sending through John Blunt a copy of the last geological report of the state of New York along with a short paper on the tornado that passed through the state of New Jersey in June 1835.
| Author: | William C. Redfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | May 1841 |
| Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (William C. Redfield’s outbound letter book 1835–41 (z117 00151 2) p. 239) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-598A |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Murchison, Roderick Impey. 1839. The Silurian system, founded on geological …
From Charles Lyell [c. 16 July 1841]
Summary
Regrets not seeing CD before leaving on trip [to the U. S.]. CD’s move from London will be a privation for CL.
Returns charts on coral reefs.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 16 July 1841] |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: A1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-604 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Beechey, Frederick William. 1831. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and …
To Richard Owen 25 August [1841–2]
Summary
Sends elephant tooth from Africa. Suggests it may be interesting in light of his [mistaken] memory of Cuvier’s opinion about tusk brought from Peru by Humboldt.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Owen |
| Date: | 25 Aug [1841-2] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/207) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-608 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Emma Darwin [1 July 1841]
Summary
Family news. Mainly concerned about Doddy’s [W. E. Darwin’s] health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [1 July 1841] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-600 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Colp, Ralph, Jr. 1977. To be an invalid: the illness of Charles Darwin. …
To J. P. Gaimard 14 October 1841
Summary
Asks if JPG can supply him with the source of M. Cordier’s assertion that the reef of Vanikoro is of recent formation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Paul Gaimard |
| Date: | 14 Oct 1841 |
| Classmark: | Ader Nordmann (dealers) (18 June 2015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-609F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first …
To Charles Lyell 6 [July 1841]
Summary
Discusses various types of coral reefs on which he has been collecting notes. Views of C. G. Ehrenberg. His conception of the formation of Bermuda.
Pessimistic about the effect of his poor health on his scientific work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 6 [July 1841] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-602 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first …
From John Abberley (Darwin gardener) and R. W. Darwin 18 October 1841
Summary
The family gardener reports on seeds he has gathered. RWD transmits the letter.
| Author: | John Abberley; Robert Waring Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1841 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-610 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Notebooks : Charles Darwin’s notebooks, 1836–1844. Geology, transmutation of …
To Charles Lyell [9 March 1841]
Summary
Defends his theory [in "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" (1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137] against the view that the "roads" were formed by glacial action.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1841] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-594 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Barrett, Paul H. 1973. Darwin’s gigantic blunder. Journal of Geological …
To William Lonsdale 14 April [1841]
Summary
Sends paper on erratic boulders [Collected papers 1: 145–63] to the Society. Has taken two months to complete it because of illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Lonsdale |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1841] |
| Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/6/299) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-597 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
To E. W. Brayley 8 May [1841]
Summary
Thanks recipient for finding reference on carbonate of lime. Doubtful when he will publish his geological memoranda.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward William Brayley |
| Date: | 8 May [1841] |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-598F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography ‘Distribution of the erratic boulders’: On the distribution of the erratic …
To Charles Lyell [12 March 1841]
Summary
Discusses at length Louis Agassiz’s book [Études sur les glaciers (1840)] and Agassiz’s explanation of moraines. Defends his own theory of the importance of floating ice. Relates glacier theory to his own interpretation of Glen Roy.
Mentions a paper he is writing on South American boulders and till [Collected papers 1: 145–63].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [12 Mar 1841] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-595 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Agassiz, Louis. 1838. On the erratic blocks of the Jura. Edinburgh New …
From Richard Owen [17 September 1841?]
Summary
CD and [Emma Darwin] are invited to "a holiday musical evening".
| Author: | Richard Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Sept 1841?] |
| Classmark: | The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MS0456/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-608F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Owen, Richard Startin. 1894. The life of Richard Owen … With the scientific …
To M. J. Berkeley [March 1841]
Summary
Looks forward to the paper on CD’s edible fungus specimen from Tierra del Fuego [read 16 Mar 1841; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 19 (1845): 37–43].
Sends a correction: Fagus betuloides, not F. antarctica, is the common tree of Tierra del Fuego.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Miles Joseph Berkeley |
| Date: | [Mar 1841] |
| Classmark: | Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-591 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Berkeley, Miles Joseph. 1840. Notice of some fungi collected by C. Darwin, …
To W. D. Fox [28 September 1841]
Summary
Sends news of his house-hunting.
Envies WDF his discovery of Cheirotherium footprints.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [28 Sept 1841] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 62) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-609 |
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- … Bibliography Buckland, William. 1836. Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Lyell, Charles | (5) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (22) |
| Lyell, Charles | (6) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
Summary
The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
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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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
Summary
< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
Summary
< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
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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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
