From E. A. Darwin 20 June [1862]
Summary
Asks CD to help Thomas Carlyle find and borrow a book.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105 (ser. 2): 4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3614 |
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- … Bibliography Carlyle, Thomas. 1858–65. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called …
- … London. Dyer, Isaac Watson. 1928. A bibliography of Thomas Carlyle’s writings and ana. …
From Frederick Smith 27 June [1862]
Summary
Roughly identifies some insects sent by CD; is waiting to see Francis Walker, who, he believes, has written a monograph on the family to which they belong.
| Author: | Frederick Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 194 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3622 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Walker, Francis. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum. London: Hyppolitus Bailliere. …
To J. D. Hooker 30 [June 1862]
Summary
Remembers JDH’s encouragement when he was "utterly weary of life".
Marvellous about European forms in Fernando Po.
C. V. Naudin will publish a book on hybridity ["Nouvelles recherches sur l’hybridité dans les végétaux", Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1865): 25–176; part also in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) (1863)].
CD fears Naudin has underestimated distribution of pollen by insects.
Melastomatous plants are ready for his work on meaning of two sets of anthers.
Very curious about Masdevallia.
George [Darwin] observing orchids.
Adaptation of Herminium beats almost every other orchid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 [June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3628 |
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- … Bibliography [Berkeley, Miles Joseph. ] 1862. Fertilization of orchids. London Review and …
- … publication. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 3 (1953–60): …
From G. C. Oxenden 21 June 1862
Summary
Yesterday found hundreds of [Ophrys] apifera and [Ophrys] arachnites in bloom in the same area. The two species grow in clumps and do not mix with each other.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3618 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Condy, Henry Bollmann. 1862. Air and water: their impurities and …
From Asa Gray [late June 1862]
Summary
Has not had time to look at Rhexia.
Progress of Civil War.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [late June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3631 |
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- … Bibliography Morell, John Daniel. 1862. An introduction to mental philosophy, on the …
From J. D. Hooker 28 June 1862
Summary
M. J. Berkeley wrote London Review & Wkly J. Polit. article.
CD is "out of sight the best physiological observer and experimenter that Botany ever saw".
Laments how much he [JDH] missed when doing the Listera ["Functions and structure of the rostellum of Listera ovata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 144 (1854): 259–64].
Illness of wife and father.
"More plants from Fernando Po and more European".
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3624 |
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- … Bibliography [Berkeley, Miles Joseph. ] 1862. Fertilization of orchids. London Review and …
- … publication. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 3 (1953–60): …
To H. W. Bates 11 June [1862]
Summary
Encloses a question [missing] concerning language [from Hensleigh Wedgwood].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 11 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.284) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3596 |
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- … Bibliography Bates, Henry Walter. 1863. The naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1862
Summary
Testimonial in support of WBT’s application for curatorship of the Hartley Institution.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 20 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3612 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From G. C. Oxenden [before 21 June 1862]
Summary
Sad that CD is quitting his studies of orchids.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 21 June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3584 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Daniel Oliver 8 June [1862]
Summary
Describes floral anatomy of a Catasetum sent by DO.
Has gone on from orchids to studying insect agency in Pelargonium.
His doubts on the worth of publishing Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 8 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 32 (EH 88206015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3592 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Journal of Horticulture [before 10 June 1862]
Summary
Asks whether any correspondents have observed any sensible differences between the bees kept in different parts of Great Britain. CD has heard from several sources that breeds of bee in different areas vary.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Journal of Horticulture |
| Date: | [before 10 June 1862] |
| Classmark: | Institut de France, Bibliothèque (Ms 2441-XII ff. 343–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3594 |
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- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From W. E. Darwin June 1862
Summary
Found 27 flowers of Orchis latifolia and in 16 of them were dead flies of one particular kind.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162.1: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3585 |
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- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
To Leonard Horner 13 June [1862]
Summary
Sends condolences on death of LH’s wife. Recalls many pleasant hours in Bedford Place. He and Emma thank LH for sending the memorial paper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Horner |
| Date: | 13 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.2216:167) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3599 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
From E. A. Parkes 29 June 1862
Summary
Circulars are being sent to Army surgeons.
| Author: | Edmund Alexander Parkes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174.1: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3627 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Descent : The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles …
To E. A. Darwin 21 June [1862]
Summary
His friend Trenham Reeks [Secretary of Museum of Practical Geology] would give Carlyle information and help. This note will serve as introduction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.553:440 (241)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3617 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Carlyle, Thomas. 1858–65. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called …
From Frederick Smith 28 June 1862
Summary
Has seen Francis Walker, who has identified CD’s two Hymenoptera species ["caught in Musk Orchis" – CD note].
| Author: | Frederick Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3625 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
From Asa Gray [2 June 1862]
Summary
Discusses heterostyly in Houstonia.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3588 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
From George Chichester Oxenden 5 June [1862 or 1864?]
Summary
Sends musk orchid.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June [1862 or 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4520 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Collected papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. …
To Bienen Zeitung 18 June 1862
Summary
Asks experienced observers whether there are any marked differences between bees kept in different parts of Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bienen Zeitung |
| Date: | 18 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | Bienen Zeitung 18 (1862): 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3610 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
To Daniel Oliver [before 11 June 1862]
Summary
Asa Gray approves of Orchids; his work on American species confirms CD’s findings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | [before 11 June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 33 (EH 88206016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3583 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick …
| letter | (46) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Oxenden, G. C. | (4) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Smith, Frederick (a) | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (2) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (46) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Oxenden, G. C. | (4) |
| Gray, Asa | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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
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< 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
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< 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. …
4.47 '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. …
4.48 '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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
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 …
