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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 & …
- … 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 …
- … discussing works on primitive man by John Lubbock and Edward Burnett Tylor. It included an attack on …
- … He received numerous replies from all over the country. Edward Frankland described his pet bullfinch …
- … and had little experience of cowslips or primroses, and Frankland added, ‘The businesslike way in …
- … me that its selective skill is hereditary’ ( letter from Edward Frankland, 26 April 1874 ). Darwin …
- … presses them for, as I supposed, the nectar’ ( letter to Edward Frankland, 28 April [1874] ). …
- … than that possessed by the Kent birds’ ( letter from Edward Frankland, 30 April 1874 ). The …
- … Hampshire, Devonshire, and Ireland. He suggested that Frankland’s experiments showed that the …
- … ( letter from T. L. Brunton, 28 February 1874 ), and Edward Emanuel Klein subjected the bones of …
- … but fed on the decomposed remains. He wrote to the chemist Edward Frankland to find out whether at …
- … of the matter into gasses & salts of ammonia’ ( letter to Edward Frankland, 31 August 1874 ). …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … ( To Fritz Müller, 25 September 1873 ). But by March 1874, some doubts seemed to have arisen when …
- … with new & related matter. ( To J. V. Carus, 19 March [1874] ). A year later, Darwin still …
- … nutrient-free and natural soil samples analysed by Edward Frankland to see how the samples differed …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
Insectivorous plants
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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…
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- … to nervous matter. ’ Darwin wrote to the surveyor Edward Cresy, who had assisted him with the …
- … stomach . The director of the Royal College of Chemistry Edward Frankland supplied pure chemicals …
- … substance . After many careful experiments, in May 1874 Darwin proudly reported to his cousin …
- … study of Drosera and Dionaea and in the summer of 1874 they compared the digestive power of …
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 …
- … impoverished Scottish shoemaker and ardent naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 …
- … at the Rothamsted Agricultural Station, and the chemist Edward Frankland on how to produce nutrient …
