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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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- … 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 …
- … fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such worries were laid to …
- … was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from …
- … contempt of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in …
- … not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace commiserated: ‘I am …
- … to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John …
- … a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). I am bothered with …
- … Yorkshire, wrote of the colour of duck claws on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the …
- … Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin complained to …
- … to throw off thick dictionaries by flexing. On 5 April , Edward Blyth, who had supplied Darwin …
- … breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal’, and offered …
- … changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 June 1868 ). ‘It was …
- … clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection …
- … ratios was scanty, and he spent much of the first half of 1868 collecting facts on this question, …
- … may be gained’ ( letter to H. T. Stainton, 21 February [1868] ). From the beginning, Darwin had …
- … males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a number of Darwin’s …
- … the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 March 1868 . Wallace maintained that males …
- … entomologists ( letter from Roland Trimen, 20 February 1868 , and letter from Robert MacLachlan, …
- … in attracting females. J. J. Weir reported on 14 April 1868 that a bullfinch had piped a German …
- … Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward Hewitt reported that female …
- … in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, a neighbour of Darwin’s, …
- … for the philosophy of the future.’ Further afield, Edward Wilson remarked on 14 October …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin asks Thomas Huxley to …
- … 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephew, Edmund, …
- … - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephews, Edmund …
- … Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Doubleday responds to Darwin’s …
- … Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
- … Letter 6083 - Casparay, J. X. R. to Darwin, [2 April 1868] Casparay details his …
- … Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Naturalist Henry Doubleday …
- … Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
- … Letter 6066 - Weir, H. W. to Darwin, [28 March 1868] Harrison Weir passes on …
- … Letter 6081 - Darwin to Bowman, W., [2 April 1868] Darwin requests surgeon and …
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…
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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- … contained in the work. Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 February 1868] …
- … Letter 5928 - Gray, A. to Darwin, [25 February 1868] American naturalist Asa Gray …
- … Letter 6040 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [23 March 1868] Haeckel informs Darwin …
- … Letter 6110 - Samuelson, J. to Darwin, [10 April 1868] James Samuel, editor of …
- … Letter 6126 - Binstead, C. H. to Darwin, [17 April 1868] Charles Binstead, “an …
- … Letter 6237 - Bullar, R. to Darwin, [9 June 1868] Rosa Bullar reports a case of a …
- … Letter 6335 - Innes, J. B. to Darwin, [31 August 1868] John Innes reports that he has …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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…
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- … . [Knapp] 1838] Read Gleanings in Natural History. By Edward Jesse, Surveyor of Her Majesty’s …
- … 1851]. Packard. A Guide to the Study of Insects 1868. U. States [Packard 1868–9] (an …
- … [John Paget 1839]— account of Dogs like wolves.— E. Blyth.— read Monograp der Kartoffeln …
- … from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to which CD refers has …
- … 44 Probably Francis Boott. 45 Edward Forbes provided sketches and notes for the …
- … London. [Other eds.] *119: 15; 119: 22b Belcher, Edward. 1848. Narrative of the voyage …
- … domesticorum . Hafniæ. *128: 182 Bennett, Edward Turner, ed. 1837. The natural history …
- … … [By Gilbert White.] A new edition with notes by Edward Turner Bennett. London. [Abstract in DAR …
- … . Edinburgh. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Bevan, Edward. 1827. The honey-bee; its natural …
- … collected in Melville Island. Appendix XI in Parry, William Edward, A supplement to the …
- … and 12 atlases. Paris. *119: 5v. [Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton]. 1835. …
- … Trilobites. Translated from the German by Thomas Bell and Edward Forbes. London: Ray Society. …
- … ser. 6: 142–214. *119: 21v.; 119: 18a Clarke, Edward Daniel. 1810–23. Travels in …
- … of Oxford. London. [Other eds.] 119: 21b Eyre, Edward John. 1845. Journals of …
- … [Darwin Library.] 119: 18b; *128: 178 Forbes, Edward. 1841. A history of British …
- … London 2, pt 2: 483–534. 119: 22a Forbes, Edward and Hanley, Sylvanus. 1849–53. A …
- … etc. 2d ed. Tiguri. 128: 16 Gibbon, Edward. 1776–88. The history of the decline and …
- … ——. 1827. Memoirs of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon, composed by himself, and …
- … . London. [Other eds.] 119: 11b Gray, John Edward. 1843–52. Catalogue of the specimens …
- … Richard Williams . Edinburgh. 128: 9 Harcourt, Edward Vernon. 1851. A sketch of …
- … of letters . London. 119: 6a Hickson, William Edward. 1849. Review of Thomas Robert …
- … climate and physical agents. Appendix to vol. 2 of Belcher, Edward, Narrative of a voyage round …
- … London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 13a Hitchcock, Edward. 1841. Final report on the geology …
- … (1858) also in Darwin Library.] 128: 2 Holmes, Edward. 1845. The life of Mozart, …
- … the French. London. 119: 22a [Hook, Theodore Edward]. 1836. Gilbert Gurney . 3 vols. …
- … [by Elizabeth Juliana Sabine] under the superintendence of Edward Sabine. 2 vols. London. [Darwin …
- … . 3d ed., enlarged. London. *128: 159 Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon. 1704. The …
- … notes. London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 13a Jesse, Edward. 1832–5. Gleanings in natural …
- … [Abstract in DAR 71: 68–9.] 119: 17a Lisle, Edward. 1757. Observations in husbandry . …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 5a Packard, Alpheus Spring. 1868–9. Guide to the study of …
