From George Rolleston [after 22 February 1871]
Summary
Suggests alteration in Descent [1st ed. 7th thousand] in citing pagination of George Busk’s paper "The caves of Gibraltar" [Trans. Int. Congr. Prehist. Archaeol. 3 (1868): 106–67].
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22 Feb 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 210 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7521 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … paper "The caves of Gibraltar" [ Trans. Int. Congr. Prehist. Archaeol. 3 (1868): 106–67]. …
- … Bibliography Busk, George. 1868. On the caves of Gibraltar in which human remains and …
- … of Prehistoric Archaeology 3d session (1868): 106–66. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national …
- … to Rolleston has not been found. Rolleston refers to George Busk and to Busk 1868 . There …
- … is an annotated copy of Busk 1868 (separately paginated) in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … of Prehistoric Archaeology was held in 1868, although the Transactions were published in …
To James Croll 19 July [1871]
Summary
Introduces E. L. Youmans to correspondent. Youmans is seeking small monographs by the most competent English authors [for his International Scientific Series].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Croll |
| Date: | 19 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7874 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 16, letter to James Croll, 19 September 1868 and n. …
- … 1, and letter from James Croll, 23 September 1868 and n. 2. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Croll, James. 1868. On geological time, and the probable date of …
- … H. Darwin, [17 July 1871] and n. 2. CD probably refers to Croll 1867a , 1867b, and 1868. …
- … All three parts of Croll 1868 are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL and are …
To W. E. Darwin [after 11 November 1871]
Summary
Sends enclosure for Captain Jones.
Comments on essay by E. D. Cope ["On the origin of genera", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20 (1868): 242–300].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [after 11 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.502) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8039 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Cope ["On the origin of genera", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20 (1868): 242–300]. …
- … evolutionary theory. Isis 68: 249–65. Cope, Edward Drinker. 1868. On the origin of genera. …
- … of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868): 242–300. Correspondence : The correspondence …
- … to Louis Agassiz . In his copy of Cope 1868 , CD wrote: ‘He assumes some fundamental …
- … See Correspondence vol. 16, letter from W. E. Darwin, 11 November 1868 and n. 4. …
- … CD’s annotated copy of Cope 1868 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Edward …
To J. D. Caton 20 July 1871
Summary
Letter of introduction for his sons [G. H. and Francis Darwin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Dean Caton |
| Date: | 20 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.402) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7875 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Caton, John Dean. 1868. American Cervus. …
- … the Ottawa Academy of Natural Sciences, 21 May 1868. Ottawa, Illinois: Osman and Hapeman. …
- … 1871] . CD and Caton had corresponded since 1868 (see Correspondence vols. 16, 17, and …
- … see Caton’s American Cervus , Caton 1868 , reprinted in Caton 1880 ). Caton’s name appears …
From J. W. Spengel 10 May 1871
Summary
Thanks CD for his letter referring to JWS’s bibliographical paper ["Darwinian bibliography", Z. Ethnol. 3 (1871): 56–67]. Will be glad to inform CD of any additions to the list and would be grateful for information on future publications.
| Author: | Johann Wilhelm Spengel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7751 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … herausgegeben von W. Hofmeister”. Leipzig 1868 H. I. Klein. Entwicklungsgeschichte des …
- … Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift 1869 (125): 197–243. Riolacci, D. 1868. La théorie de Darwin. …
- … Hotel de Ville de Metz, le 25 janvier 1868. Metz: F. Blanc. Sachs, Julius. 1870. Lehrbuch …
- … à l’hôtel de ville de Metz, le 25 janvier 1868. P. Trémaux. Origine et transformations de …
- … translation, whenever you wish it. 16.1 D.... 1868 16.2] scored pencil 17.1 P. Trémaux … …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL), Riolacci 1868 (a copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL), …
- … 1871 , Hartmann 1870 and 1871, Hofmeister 1868 , Klein 1870a , Jäger 1870 , Veltmann …
From George Busk 24 November 1871
Summary
Thanks for information on platycnemic tibiae found in America. Believes the condition is of two kinds as exemplified by Gibraltar and Cro-Magnon tibiae on one side and the Welsh form on the other. Would like to know which of the two forms the American bones are; their proportions suggest they are very like the Welsh tibiae.
| Author: | George Busk |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 385 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8084 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Busk, George. 1868. On the caves of Gibraltar in which human remains and …
- … of Prehistoric Archaeology 3d session (1868): 106–66. OED : The Oxford English dictionary. …
- … tibias) in both locations (see Busk 1868 , and Dawkins and Busk 1870b). He described the …
- … Busk 1871, pp. 457–9. Copies of Busk 1868 and Dawkins and Busk 1870b are in the Darwin …
- … excised passages on platycnemia in Busk 1868 . See also letter from W. B. Dawkins, 27 …
To J. B. Innes 18 January [1871]
Summary
CD’s anxiety about being examined in court if Horsman [former curate at Down] brings suit. He doubts it will happen, but if so will defend himself to utmost.
Has pleasant recollections of his relations with JBI.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7445 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 16, letter from J. B. Innes, 31 August 1868 . Eliza Mary Brodie Innes and John William …
- … over Horsman’s behaviour as curate of Down in 1868 (see Correspondence vol. 16). John …
- … Correspondence vol. 16, letter from J. B. Innes, 4 December 1868 , and letters to J. …
- … B. Innes, 10 December [1868] and …
- … 16 December 1868 . Henry Powell was curate of Down from 1869 until 1871. Innes was a Tory …
From W. E. Darwin [19 February 1871]
Summary
Thanks CD for copy of Descent. Is considering running for School Board.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Feb 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 39) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7489F |
From T. N. Gill 6 October 1871
Summary
Sends some articles on mammals [possibly "On the relations of the orders of mammals", Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 19 (1870): 267–70, and "On the characteristics of the primary groups of the class of mammals", ibid. 20 (1871): 284–306].
He is a disciple, convinced of CD’s theory of evolution and of natural selection.
In the U. S. almost all refuse to recognize natural selection.
| Author: | Theodore Nicholas Gill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7990 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1868. The development theory. …
- … American Phrenologist , July 1868, pp. …
- … 4–7, September 1868, pp. 105–10. Gill, Theodore Nicholas. 1872. Arrangement of the …
- … lectures were published in the American Phrenological Journal , July and September 1868 ( …
- … Gill 1868 ); there is a copy in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. The phonographer was …
From George Busk 10 March 1871
Summary
Clarification of the supra-condyloid foramen in humans and animals.
| Author: | George Busk |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 21–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7563 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Tarsiidae respectively. See Descent 1: 28–9. Busk refers to Busk 1868 and to Paul Broca . …
- … s annotated copy of an offprint of Busk 1868 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … Bibliography Busk, George. 1868. On the caves of Gibraltar in which human remains and …
- … of Prehistoric Archaeology 3d session (1868): 106–66. Descent 2d ed. : The descent of man, …
- … see Bourguinat 1867, p. 50. In Busk 1868 , p. 54 n. , Busk discussed the perforation of …
- … p. 22, CD retained the reference to Busk 1868 , but revised the section to reflect more …
From J. J. Moulinié 7 July 1871
Summary
JJM’s Origin translation is being held up so that it can conform to the 6th English edition.
| Author: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 276 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7853 |
From H. M. Westropp 20 April [1871]
Summary
Anecdote of bear reasoning [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 76].
Similarity of forms of ornamentation and implements in widely separate races and ages [Descent 1: 233].
| Author: | Hodder Michael Westropp |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 38–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7703 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Catlin, George. 1868. Last rambles amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains …
- … 1866 , to Sven Nilsson and Nilsson 1868 ( Primitive inhabitants of Scandinavia ), pp. …
- … 104–5, and to George Catlin and Catlin 1868 ( Last rambles amongst the Indians of the …
- … 309–10. CD cited Westropp 1866 and Nilsson 1868 in Descent 2d ed. , p. 179 and n. 25, …
- … London: John Murray. 1871. Nilsson, Sven. 1868. The primitive inhabitants of Scandanavia: …
To Theodor Piderit 2 August [1871]
Summary
Comments on TP’s work on mimicry.
Thanks for book he is sending [Wissenschaftliches System der Mimik und Physiognomik (1867)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Theodor Piderit |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Ostwestfalen-Lippe (D 72 Piderit, Theodor Nr. 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7893 |
From Henry Gillman 31 October 1871
Summary
Sends details of his discoveries of relics and bones of the "mound-builders", and Jeffries Wyman’s comments on them.
| Author: | Henry Gillman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8038 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Broca, Paul. 1868. Sur les crânes et les …
- … ossements des Eyzies. [Read 21 May 1868. ] Bulletins de la Société d’Anthopologie de Paris …
- … Gillman refers to Paul Broca and Broca 1868 , pp. 365–70. George Howard and Francis …
- … in Connection with Harvard University 1 (1868–76), Fourth Annual Report (1871), pp. 10–24. …
From W. E. Darwin 11 November 1871
Summary
Forwards a letter from R. O. Jones on the effects of castration on horns of male lambs.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 121–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8061 |
From H. Ramu 9 September 1871
Summary
Informs CD that there are goats at Nancy with maxillary appendages similar to those of the ancient Irish pig [see Variation 1: 75].
| Author: | H Ramu |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7929 |
To A. B. Buckley 18 December [1871]
Summary
Thanks her for marked proof-sheets.
Discusses climate in earlier geological periods.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Arabella Burton Buckley |
| Date: | 18 Dec [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6508 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … University Press. 1985–. Croll, James. 1868. On geological time, and the probable date of …
- … and the upper Miocene period’ ( Croll 1868 , pt 3, p. 379), James Croll suggested that …
- … 16, letter to James Croll, 24 November 1868 and n. 5), Croll responded with an abstract …
- … 16, letter from James Croll, [2 December 1868] ). In Origin 5th ed. , p. 451, CD added a …
From A. F. Boardman 8 January 1871
Summary
More speculations [see 5811] on the evolutionary development of man, relating progress to the consumption of better food and the availability of moist air.
| Author: | Alexander F. Boardman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7431 |
To C. V. Riley 1 June [1871]
Summary
Comments on CVR’s book [Third annual report on the noxious, beneficial, and other insects of the State of Missouri (1871)].
Discusses mimetic insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Valentine Riley |
| Date: | 1 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | Profiles in History (dealers) (December 1996) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7794 |
From Federico Delpino 7 January 1871
Summary
Sends his new work, Ulteriori osservazioni sulla dicogomia pt 2, fasc. 1.
Has found no nectar in Orchis morio or O. maculata in Italy and has seen no insects visiting the plants.
Gives his observations on cross- and self-fertilisation in cereals.
| Author: | Federico Delpino |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 111: A77–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7430 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Press. 1985–. Delpino, Federico. 1868–75. Ulteriori osservazioni sulla dicogamia nel regno …
- … Italiana di Scienze Naturali Milano 11 (1868): 265–352; 12 (1869): 179–233; 13 (1870): …
- … dichogamy in the vegetable kingdom; Delpino 1868–75 ). CD had received part I in 1869 (see …
- … There is an annotated copy of Delpino 1868–75 in the Darwin Library–CUL. CD’s letter to …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (51) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (3) |
| Galton, Francis | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| John Murray | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (76) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, Hermanus | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (127) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (4) |
| John Murray | (4) |
| Delpino, Federico | (3) |
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
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…
Matches: 27 hits
- … 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 …
- … 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 …
- … 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 …
- … odour sexual!’ ( letter to A . R. Wallace, 16 September [1868] ). Francis sought additional advice …
- … to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October 1868] : ‘I had a long work with Crotch to …
- … in the dyed hen ( letter from Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward …
- … of Species”’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 October 1868 ). Heaven protect my stomach …
- … of Nat. Selection’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Researching emotion …
Darwin’s queries on expression
Summary
When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Matches: 30 hits
- … for ease of distribution sometime in late 1867 or early 1868. Darwin went over his questions, …
- … in Ceylon, wrote the botanist George Thwaites on 22 July 1868 , “all endeavour to drill their …
- … Scottish botanist John Scott wrote from Calcutta, 4 May 1868 : “Shame is … expressed by an …
- … Bulmer, J 13 Aug 1868 [Gipps Land, nr. Flemington? …
- … Bunnett, Templeton 13 Aug 1868 Echuca, Australia …
- … Darwin, W.E. [after 29 March 1868] Chester Place, …
- … Darwin, W.E. [7? April 1868] Southampton, England …
- … Darwin, W.E. [22? April 1868] Southampton, England …
- … Forbes, David 26 March 1868 Boulton, England (about …
- … Geach, F.F. April 1868 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Glenie, S.O. 22 July 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
- … Glenie, S.O. [July 1868] Trincomalee, Ceylon …
- … Hagenauer, J.A. 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
- … Hawkshaw, Cicely Mary (to ED) 9 Feb 1868 Liphook, …
- … Hooker, J.D. 5 Sept 1868 Kew, London (about Nagasaki …
- … Lacy, Dyson [before 13 Aug 1868] [Queensland, …
- … Lane, H.B. 13 Aug 1868 Belfast, Australia? …
- … Lang, Archibald G. 13 Aug 1868 [Coranderrk, …
- … Muller, Fritz 30 Jan [1868] Itajahy, Santa Catharina …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 23 May 1868 Conservative Club, …
- … Scherzer, Karl Von 20 Oct 1868 Ministry of Commerce, …
- … Scott, John 4 May 1868 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
- … Smyth, R. Brough 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
- … Speedy, J. 29 Sept 1868 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 4 Aug 1868 British Legation, Peking, …
- … Thwaites, G.H.K. 1 Apr 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
- … Walsh, B.D. 25 March 1868 Rock Island, Illinois, USA …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 23 Oct 1868 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Sarah E to ED [30 March-12 April 1868] London, …
- … Wilson, Edward 19 Feb 1868 Hayes, Bromley, Kent, …
6430_10256
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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Suède) 25 Okt. 1868. …
- … CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
- … in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
- … An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
- … of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
- … on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Sweden) 25 Oct. 1868 …
- … CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
- … in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
- … An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
- … of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
- … on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 7 hits
- … to produce capsules’ ( To Fritz Müller, 30 January [1868] ). Müller, in turn, sent seeds from his …
- … produced by the former ( From Robert Caspary, 18 February 1868 ). Darwin eagerly requested seed …
- … their power of growth’ ( To Robert Caspary, 25 February [1868] ). By this time he had already …
- … (Variation 2: 128-9), which was published on 30 January 1868. In April 1868, Darwin informed …
- … quite intelligible to me’ ( To George Bentham, 22 April 1868 ). A month later, he had another set …
- … taken from the same plant!’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or rapidly elongating …
- … he told Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…
5935_4582
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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 th /68 Dear Darwin …
- … to Richard Owen (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1868]); the review was by John Robertson ( …
- … 1867) was reviewed in the Athenæum , 8 February 1868, pp. 217–18. f3 CD had discussed …
- … CD’s reply. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 February [1868] and nn. 8–10. …
5873_1488
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From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868] f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of the fish and hence of all higher vertebrates, 23 March 1868 Roland Trimen on the …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Matches: 10 hits
- … 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 …
Descent
Summary
There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…
Matches: 6 hits
- … in two volumes in 1871, yet as late as the summer of 1868 Darwin thought it would be only a ‘ short …
- … writing it up as a separate publication in early February 1868 , wading through a ‘ mass of …
- … Variation was finally off his hands at the beginning of 1868, the volume of his correspondence …
- … are more than 260 surviving letters from February and March 1868 alone, two or three times the usual …
- … the details of the experiment were discussed in March 1868 , it seems the original suggestion of …
- … & sexual selection’ Darwin wrote to Wallace in September 1868, but although he had ‘ oscillated …
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
William Winwood Reade
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On 19 May 1868, an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade (1838–1875) offered to help Darwin, and started a correspondence and, arguably, a collaboration, that would last until Reade's death. After a first 1861 tour 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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- … vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may have resented the interruption to his …
- … on the German translation of Variation (Carus trans. 1868). The French translation proved …
- … the French edition of Variation (Moulinié trans. 1868), and CD now extended his permission for …
- … Scientific Opinion , launched towards the end of 1868, was one of several periodicals begun in …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December 1868 ). Innes had a tendency to tease …
- … he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868] ). Among the reasons justifying his …
- … the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So embroiled in this process …
- … the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). Darwin wrote of the next …
Darwin's life in letters
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For all his working life, Darwin used letters as a way both of discussing ideas and gathering the ‘great quantities of facts’ that he used in developing and supporting his theories. They form a fascinating collection from many hundreds of correspondents,…
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- … letters. ( Darwin to John Jenner Weir, [6 March 1868] ) For all his working life …
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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- … Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 February 1868] Zoologist Edward Blyth sends …
- … 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 …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] Darwin writes to Gray about his review …
- … 6223 — Horsman, S. J. H. to Darwin, C. R., 2 June [1868] Horsman attempts to convince Darwin …
- … Letter 6241 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 13 June 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down writes …
- … Letter 6486 — Darwin, C. R. to Innes, J. B., 1 Dec 1868 Darwin writes to J. B. Innes, vicar …
- … Letter 6492 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides …
- … Letter 6501 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down is …
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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- … selection ( Origin 4th ed., pp. 323–6). However, by 1868, in The variation of animals and …
- … discussion of the issue with Alfred Wallace in the spring of 1868. Wallace had sent a concise …
- … natural selection ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). Darwin turned to his son George, a …
- … as insoluble’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Ultimately, Darwin’s view was …
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Letter 6024 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 19 Mar 1868 Wallace writes to Darwin with a …
- … Letter 6033 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., [21 Mar 1868] Darwin lets Wallace know he has …
- … Letter 6045 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 24 Mar [1868] Wallace returns George Darwin’s …
- … Letter 6058 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 27 Mar [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace saying …
- … Letter 6095 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 6 Apr [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace on the …
- … Letter 6104 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 8 [Apr] 1868 Wallace says if Darwin is not …
