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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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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
- … publisher in the final week of 1866. It would take all of 1867 to correct proofs, and just when …
- … A global reputation The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly …
- … replies from different corners of the world. Darwin’s work was now guaranteed to arouse …
- … Fleeming Jenkin, challenged different aspects of Darwin’s theory of transmutation as elucidated in …
- … transmutation theory. Three important new correspondents in 1867 were Hermann Müller and Anton Dohrn …
- … Thomas Henry Huxley sent Darwin the New Year’s greeting, ‘may you be eupeptic through 1867 & …
- … under Domestication’. Having just received the printer’s estimate of the size of the two-volume work …
- … suppose abuse is as good as praise for selling a Book’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 January [1867] …
- … books, Descent and Expression . In the same letter, Darwin revealed the conclusion to his …
- … variation of animals and plants under domestication . In a letter to his son William dated 27 …
- … of his brother’s embryological papers with his first letter to Darwin of 15 March 1867 , although …
- … . Indeed, he told his publisher, John Murray, in a letter of 4 April [1867] , not to send …
- … tell me, at what rate your work will be published’ ( letter from J. V. Carus, 5 April 1867 ). This …
- … was further delayed by the time it took William Sweetland Dallas to prepare the index. John Murray …
- … anyhow most ought to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted …
- … & I cannot get on so quickly as I could wish’ (letter from W. S. Dallas, 20 November 1867). …
- … pooh-poohed her, & as it seems very unjustly’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 27 [March 1867] ). …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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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…
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- … in satisfying female preference in the mating process. In a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace in 1864, …
- … of changing the races of man’ (Correspondence vol. 12, letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). …
- … book would take the form of a ‘short essay’ on man ( letter to Ernst Haeckel, 3 July 1868 ). But …
- … as well say, he would drink a little and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ) …
- … Darwin had sent the manuscript to the publisher in February 1867, and had spent a good deal of that …
- … of Variation had been entrusted to William Sweetland Dallas, a naturalist with long experience …
- … to intervene, complaining on 9 January , ‘M r . Dallas’ delay … is intolerable … I am prepared …
- … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
- … of labour to remuneration I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). …
- … your note’. Darwin enclosed a cheque to Dallas for £55 s ., and recommended to Murray that Dallas …
- … if I try to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). …
- … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the Saturday …
- … Gazette , was by George Henry Lewes, well-known in London’s literary circles and an author of …
- … reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from the Isle of Wight on the formation …
- … well as of ‘victorious males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). …
- … pigeon magenta. To Weir, he wrote on 27 February : ‘It w d be a fine trial to cut off the eyes …
- … emotional expression. His questionnaire, first sent out in 1867, was circulated to remote parts of …
- … and had himself watched elephants cry (letters to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and 8 April …
- … screaming in patients undergoing vaccination ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] ). Francis …
- … veins, and the action of his platysma muscle ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [15 April 1868] ). The …
- … of everlasting woe?’ I am not sure whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those …
- … variety of women had access to, and engaged with, Darwin's published works. A set of letters on …
- … Were women a target audience? Letter 2447 - Darwin to Murray, J., [5 April 1859] …
- … Tollet for proofreading and criticisms of style. Letter 2461 - Darwin to Hooker, J. …
- … her to read to check that she can understand it. Letter 7312 - Darwin to Darwin, F. …
- … from all but educated, typically-male readers. Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E …
- … he seeks her help with tone and style. Letter 7329 - Murray , J. to Darwin, [28 …
- … in order to minimise impeding general perusal. Letter 7331 - Darwin to Murray, …
- … he uses to avoid ownership of indelicate content. Letter 8335 - Reade, W. W. to …
- … so as not to lose the interest of women. Letter 8341 - Reade, W. W. to Darwin, …
- … which will make it more appealing to women. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to …
- … got hold of it first. Darwin’s female readership Letter …
- … with which to work. She has transcribed parts of Darwin’s papers, including diagrams, to share with …
- … "epistolary acquaintance" of his, Sara Hennell . Hennell's writings show a " …
- … Reading Variation Letter 5712 - Dallas, W. S. to Darwin, [8 December 1867] …
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection …
- … 1859, the year of the publication of Origin . Darwin’s son Francis described how his father filed …
- … at the end of 1845, Darwin was not happy with Colburn’s terms ( Letter 856 ). Instead he asked his …
- … John Murray, to open negotiations with his own publisher ( Letter 824 ). Lyell’s talk with Murray …
- … ( Letters 857 , 875 ). It was published in Murray’s Home and Colonial Library in three monthly …
- … have transacted the business with me’ (27 August [1845] Letter 908 ). Thus began the business …
- … of scientific enquiry prepared for the use of Her Majesty’s Navy: and adapted for travellers in …
- … & make the poor workman some present’ (12 June [1849] Letter 1245 ). Darwin’s next …
- … his ‘big species book’; on 18 June 1858, he received a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace with the …
- … was driven by natural selection. In order to ensure Darwin’s priority, his friends Charles Lyell and …
- … asked Lyell to act as his intermediary with John Murray ( Letter 2437 ), who, without even reading …
- … not repent of having undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a retail …
- … proud at the appearance of my child’ ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all Murray’s …
- … – and a second edition was immediately called for ( Letter 2549 ). In the end Murray paid Darwin …
- … (Variation ), but work progressed slowly ( Letter 3078 ); meanwhile in 1862 Murray published On …
- … more despondent: ‘I fear it can never pay’ (3 January [1867] Letter 5346 ). In the end Murray …
- … Subsequently Darwin commissioned a translation from William Dallas, who prepared the indexes for …
- … ‘it is not likely that more than a few hundred copies w d . be sold’ (11 April 1877 Letter …
- … decided to have this translated into English by William Dallas and published with an introduction of …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … & I am sick of correcting’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868 …
- … Well it is a beginning, & that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). …
- … material on emotional expression. Yet the scope of Darwin’s interests remained extremely broad, and …
- … Carl von Nägeli and perfectibility Darwin’s most substantial addition to Origin was a …
- … at Munich (Nägeli 1865). Darwin had considered Nägeli’s paper important enough to have a translation …
- … development of species. Darwin correctly assessed Nägeli’s theory as a major challenge requiring a …
- … made any blunders, as is very likely to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). …
- … & must be morphological’. The comment highlights Darwin’s apparent confusion about Nägeli’s …
- … use to challenge Nägeli; Darwin made full use of Hooker’s assistance and many of his examples …
- … Fleeming Jenkin. Darwin had been very impressed by Jenkin’s 1867 review, which argued that any …
- … than I now see is possible or probable’ (see also letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January [1869] , …
- … it was his theory of alternate ice ages that piqued Darwin’s interest the most. He wrote, ‘this …
- … is strengthened by the facts in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin …
- … tropical species using Croll’s theory. In the same letter to Croll, Darwin had expressed …
- … data to go by, but don’t think we have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). …
- … I d have been less deferential towards [Thomson]’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 19 March [1869] ). …
- … completed revisions of the ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was …
- … him however in his researches I would willingly do so’ ( letter from Robert Elliot to George …
- … ability to recognise the different varieties ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 February [1869] ). …
- … ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 May 1869 , letter from W. B. Dawkins, 17 July 1869 ). He …
- … on the previous German edition (Bronn and Carus trans. 1867), as well as on the German translation …
- … one he commissioned and paid for himself: William Sweetland Dallas’s edition of Fritz Müller’s Für …
