From W. E. Darwin [4 April 1875]
Summary
Will write to Strickland. Asks whether name has already been put down for Athenaeum.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Apr 1875] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9909F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Will write to Strickland. Asks whether name has already been put down for Athenaeum. …
- … James Claude Webster was secretary of the Athenaeum club ( [Cowell] 1975 , p. 108). Thomas …
- … Bibliography [Cowell, F. R. ] 1975. The Athenaeum Club and social life in London, 1824– …
- … West Strickland was seeking election to the Athenaeum Club. See letter to W. E. Darwin, [ …
- … very much obliged to you. If you go to Athenaeum again would you mind asking if I was put …
To W. E. Darwin [2 April 1875]
Summary
About elections to [an unspecified] club.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Apr 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9910 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … least one month before the ballot was held ( Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1922–54. Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of …
- … Alum. Cantab. ). The club mentioned was the Athenaeum Club; CD and James Cartmell were …
- … 1871 respectively ( ODNB ). Membership of the Athenaeum was limited and waiting lists were …
To W. E. Darwin [5 April 1875]
Summary
Another message about club elections.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Apr 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9914 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of members . London: n.p. 1862. …
- … sure that you had been entered at the Athenæum & I find your name Nº 5656 1868 so you will …
- … 4). On the process of election to the Athenaeum, see the letter to W. E. Darwin, [2 April …
- … until the week before the ballot was held ( Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of …
From T. H. Huxley 22 January 1875
Summary
Writes on behalf of Royal Society Polar Committee for suggestions concerning instructions to naturalists on new expedition.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 342 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9827 |
From E. B. Tylor 29 January [1875]
Summary
Does CD think it desirable for EBT’s wife to produce a new English translation of A. E. Brehm’s work [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)]?
| Author: | Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9833 |
From J. D. Hooker 5 January 1875
Summary
Huxley strongly dissuades JDH from writing to Mivart because of his Presidency of Royal Society. JDH will hold his letter until he hears what Bentham says.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 2–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9800 |
From Lyon Playfair 27 May 1875
Summary
The Vivisection Bill was defeated because it was repudiated by one of its own fathers: J. S. Burdon Sanderson.
| Author: | Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9996 |
From Lyon Playfair 29 April 1875
Summary
Supports the Vivisection Bill, with a more humanitarian preamble. Working to get it through the House of Lords.
| Author: | Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9956 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews Athenaeum Club 29 Apr 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
To J. D. Hooker 6 January [1875]
Summary
Is not inclined to restrain himself from expressing his opinion of Mivart. Huxley’s article in Academy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 365–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9805 |
From J. D. Hooker 7 January 1875
Summary
Tyndall, T. A. Hirst and Spencer dissuade him from writing to Mivart, but he will let him feel his disapproval.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9807 |
To H. K. Rusden [before 27 March 1875]
Summary
Thanks for copy of lecture (Rusden 1874: Selection, natural and artificial, a lecture delivered in the Wangaratta Athenaeum by Mr. H. K. Rusden on Monday, October 26th, 1874) and essay (Rusden 1872: The treatment of criminals in relation to science, an essay read before the Royal Society of Victoria).
Comments on the essay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Keylock Rusden |
| Date: | [before 27 Mar 1875] |
| Classmark: | Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 27 March 1875, p. 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9705F |
From J. D. Hooker [24 February 1875]
Summary
On Lyell’s death; JDH has arranged for burial in Westminster Abbey. His thoughts on a testimonial.
More trouble with Lord Henry Lennox.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Feb 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 16–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9869 |
From W. B. Dawkins 14 March 1875
Summary
Is glad CD is pleased with his book [Cave hunting (1874)].
Relationship between language and race. The Basques.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 130 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9887 |
From T. H. Huxley 21 April 1875
Summary
Lord Cardwell thinks it unlikely that Parliament will take any action on a vivisection bill this session. Playfair should be consulted.
E. F. W. Pflüger’s important memoir on how carbonic acid is produced by living matter and his speculation about origin of living matter [see 9931].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 339 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9942 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Elliot , Edward Cardwell , and the Athenaeum Club. CD had been working with Huxley and …
To R. F. Cooke 24 June [1875]
Summary
Insectivorous plants ready for publication. Asks price. Suggests advertisements in Nature and Gardeners’ Chronicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke |
| Date: | 24 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 338–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10028 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … see Correspondence vol. 15, letter to Athenæum , 1 January 1867. For CD’ s presentation …
From J. D. Hooker 15 April 1875
Summary
Approves vivisection memorial.
Lyon Playfair supports his request for Kew assistant.
Asks whether CD has botanical suggestions for Arctic expedition.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 23–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9932 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Richard Strachey . Harriet Anne Hooker . Athenaeum Club, London. Hooker had applied to …
To J. D. Hooker 10 February [1875]
Summary
Is provoked by trouble he is having writing Insectivorous plants.
Curious case of an unknown form of Glaucium in earth covered with slag for 1400 years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 374–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9850 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … which had originally appeared in the Athenæum , 31 October 1874, p. 581, about the …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Rusden, H. K. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (2) |
