From T. H. Farrer 9 October 1869
Summary
Federico Delpino’s book has very nearly all that THF has found and a great deal more.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6929 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the sake of future visitors, that the trains represented on the SER tables as continuous, …
- … for each other—so that one may have to wait & get on by later trains as I had yesterday. …
- … did not signify to me, as there were later trains to Shere. I have glanced this morning at …
- … evidently recently paid a visit to Down by train (see also letter from T. H. Farrer, 18 …
To J. D. Hooker 18 [September 1869]
Summary
Asks JDH to consult colleagues learned in physiology for answer to query: when a large piece of bark is removed from a tree, does the bark ever regrow in isolated points [separate] from the growing margin of the surrounding bark? Query bears on Pangenesis and on power of repair in plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 18 [Sept 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 153–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6896 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … glad to see you this day week; let us know Trains to Orpington & in all probability we can …
From A. R. Wallace 24 March 1869
Summary
Comments on Fritz Müller’s book [Facts and arguments for Darwin].
Responds to CD’s corrections of his work [Malay Archipelago].
Plumage of birds of paradise.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 112–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6681 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … I am told to acquire his fully developed train, an unusual ornament ,— the Waxwing does …
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
What is an experiment?
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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…
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- … his shoulder and eyes gazing intently, as if following a train of thought. This portrait fits nicely …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
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- … as Lyell does, correcting & adding up new information to old train & I do not see what line …
Visiting the Darwins
Summary
'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … [before 31 July 1879] ). Darwin advised travelling by train, although it took eight hours, assuring …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … 1876 ). By the time the Darwins were organising a special train carriage to get Caroline home, they …
