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Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the …
- … intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, …
- … and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such reminiscences led Darwin to …
- … much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel very old & …
- … Erasmus’s house. He requested a visit from his doctor Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting …
- … old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned his poor …
- … on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1874 ). Séances, psychics, and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Later in the month, …
- … and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). Darwin agreed that it was ‘all …
- … perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting …
- … at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back over old ground New …
- … Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 …
- … of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The book came out in June with the …
- … Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his …
- … dog breeders (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material …
- … Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 ; letters …
- … islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 ). One of the most significant …
- … enemy into a jelly’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 14 April 1874 ). The technical nature of Huxley’s …
- … mind where it goes’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 16 April 1874 ). The second edition of …
- … digestive system and diet treatments Darwin’s own doctor, Andrew Clark, he began to make a career …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … for some years was the prominent London practitioner Andrew Clark. On 9 March, Darwin wrote in his …
- … chest pain (see Colp 2008, pp. 116–20). ‘On rising’, Clark wrote, ‘sponge with tepid or warm water …
- … pain. Short of this walk about gently’ ( letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 ). …
- … father confessor. ( Letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 .) Darwin’s fame continued …
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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- … Mivart made a slanderous attack on George Darwin in late 1874 in an anonymous article, which …
- … suffering from a feverish cold, Darwin’s London consultant Andrew Clark was called out to see Darwin …
- … yet not to make his life too monotonous,’ he explained to Andrew Clark, who travelled to Down to …
- … ... so as to prove his brain sound’ ( letter to Andrew Clark, [late June 1876] ; letter to G. H. …
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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- … read [Loudon 1838] —— Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814]— skimmed half way through …
- … China [Staunton 1797]; Lewis & Clarke [Lewis and Clark 1814] Boutcher & Forsyth on Forest …
- … design . (Bridgewater Treatise no. 4.) London. [9th ed. (1874) in Darwin Library.] 119: 5a …
- … 154 ——. 1850. The life and correspondence of Andrew Combe, M.D. Edinburgh. 128: 5 …
- … people . London. [Other eds.] 119: 13a Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845. The fruits and …
- … under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross . 2 vols. London. [Darwin Library.] 119: …
- … 4th ed. London. *119: 13v. Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1797. A treatise on the culture of …
- … Royal and Horticultural Societies by the late Thomas Andrew Knight, to which is prefixed a …
- … DAR 71: 180–91.] *119: 22v.; 119: 22a Murray, Andrew. 1866. The geographical …
- … [Other eds.] *119: 13; 119: 12a Smith, Andrew. 1838–49. Illustrations of the zoology of …
