To J. V. Carus 20 December 1876
Summary
Sends an omitted reference to an article by Dr Ascherson [Bot. Ztg. (1871): 444 et seq.] for Cross and self-fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 154–155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10730 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to an article by Dr Ascherson [ Bot. Ztg. (1871): 444 et seq. ] for Cross and self- …
- … Ascherson’s interesting article in Bot. Zeit. 1871 p 444 et seq on this subject. ”) Yours …
- … fertilisation in water plants; Ascherson 1871 ) was added to Carus trans. 1877d, p. 359 n. …
- … Bibliography Ascherson, Paul. 1871. Federico Delpino’s Eintheilung der Pflanzen nach dem …
From Asa Gray 5 December 1876
Summary
Dimorphism and cleistogamy in Hottonia.
AG wants new, unambiguous term for what is now referred to as "dimorphism", "dioecio-dimorphism", or "heterostyly"; proposes "heterogone".
Sends an excerpt from Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club 2 (June 1871) on Hottonia inflata.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 192, DAR 111: A92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10699 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … an excerpt from Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club 2 (June 1871) on Hottonia inflata . …
- … had been. The extract is copied from Torrey 1871 with minor differences from the original. …
- … in contact with the stigma. xxx John Torrey Columbia College | New York—June 6, 1871. ” …
- … London: John Murray. 1877. Torrey, John. 1871. Note on Hottonia inflata , Ell. Bulletin of …
- … Torrey Botanical Club, vol. II. 22—June 1871. “Note on Hottonia inflata , Ell. xxx About …
- … of John Torrey on Hottonia inflata ( Torrey 1871 ) as evidence that the species produced …
From Francis Galton 1 December 1876
Summary
Gives another instance of curious habit in the Butler family.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10694 |
To F. B. Zincke 26 May [1876]
Summary
Thanks for a letter describing variation in chickens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Foster Barham Zincke |
| Date: | 26 May [1876] |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (Natural Sciences collections at the Faculty Library of Natural and Health Sciences) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: …
- … away; since the publication of Descent in 1871, the only year that CD was away on 26 May …
- … John Murray. 1868. Zincke, Foster Barham. 1871. Egypt of the pharaohs and of the khedivé . …
- … pharaohs and of the khedivé ( Zincke 1871 ). CD stayed at Hopedene, the home of Hensleigh …
From Hermann Hoffmann 10 January 1876
Summary
Bug on Tilia, cited in Variation, was Cimex apterus.
| Author: | Karl Heinrich Hermann (Hermann) Hoffmann |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10353 |
To William Robinson 4 January 1876
Summary
Thanks for the copies of the Garden, which contain a drawing of CD and notice of his work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robinson |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | Nate D. Sanders Auctions (dealer) (28 September 2017, lot 37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10346 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … weekly illustrated horticultural magazine, in 1871. CD’s engraved portrait appeared as the …
From J. F. McLennan 7 November 1876
Summary
L. H. Morgan has plagiarised his and Henry Maine’s works for years.
Encourages George Darwin to continue his work on consanguineous marriages.
| Author: | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10664 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 30 April [1876]
Summary
Suggests JSBS’s new machine for observing arterial action be used to test CD’s hypothesis that blushing is caused by thinking intensely about a part of the body and thus releasing the arteries.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 30 Apr [1876] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-01) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10485 |
From George Rolleston 29 December 1876
Summary
Studying anatomy of the Irish pig.
Emil Bessels’ paper is in Archiv für Anthropologie 8 (1875): 107. He connects a band of poor Eskimos encountered at Smith’s Sound with glacial man.
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10737 |
From John Tyndall 2 February 1876
Summary
Tells CD of his engagement to Louisa, eldest daughter of Lord Claud Hamilton.
His investigations [into spontaneous generation] continue. He will deal with Bastian’s work [The modes of origin of lowest organisms (1871)].
The medical journals see that the end of the nonsense they have so long countenanced is nigh.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10377 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … The modes of origin of lowest organisms (1871)]. The medical journals see that the end of …
From Charles O’Shaughnessy 10 January 1876
Summary
He has confuted Descent.
Enclosures announce his cures of potato blight, epilepsy, etc.
| Author: | Charles O’Shaughnessy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10351 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Murphy, Donal. 2009. Darwin’s Limerick …
From Charles Voysey 17 November 1876
Summary
Asks CD’s opinion of a proposed protest [unspecified] and asks whether he will sign it.
| Author: | Charles Voysey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10677 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … who had been deprived of his living in 1871 for unorthodoxy ( ODNB ). John Tyndall and …
To Karl von Scherzer 24 January [1876]
Summary
Thanks for KHvS’s book [La province de Smyrne (1873)].
Discusses possible meeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 24 Jan [1876] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms. 84.2 (Box 3, Folder 38)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10364 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Novara expedition. 1861–75. Reise der …
To George Rolleston 24 August [1876]
Summary
Thanks GR for his notes and essays [see 10581].
Similar appendages to those GR mentions [see 10581] appear on the necks of goats, but the idea of reversion to a common progenitor of goats and pigs "stumps" CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Rolleston |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1876] |
| Classmark: | George family (private collection) [but the images are from a facsimile DAR 185: 124] |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10582F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … vol. 19, letter from H. Ramu, 9 September 1871 ). The sketch has not been found. …
From George Cross 4 October 1876
Summary
Drosera plants grown with insects excluded have developed normally.
| Author: | George Cross |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 268 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10630 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Society of Natural Science was founded in 1871 by Charles Kingsley , then canon of Chester …
From William Renton 14 December 1876
Summary
Corrects Descent [1: 294] on inheritance of tortoise-shell colour in cats. It does not violate rule that characters appearing late in one sex are transmitted exclusively to the same sex.
| Author: | William Renton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10719 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
To August Weismann [17 June 1876 or later]
Summary
Comments on Weismann’s remarks on the possibility of sexual selection in the genus Daphnia.
A. R. Wallace has published paper giving up sexual selection [Review of St George Jackson Mivart’s Lessons from nature, as manifested in mind and matter.] in Academy, 10 and 17 June 1876, pp. 587–8.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | [17 June 1876 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 346 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10335 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Marginalia : Charles Darwin’s marginalia. …
To F. M. Balfour 13 December 1876
Summary
CD is glad to propose FMB for Royal Society. Explains information and certificates needed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Maitland Balfour |
| Date: | 13 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | National Records of Scotland (GD433/2/103C/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10716 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Balfour; Strutt married Balfour’s sister in 1871 ( ODNB ). Balfour had set out his theory …
From T. H. Farrer 7 December 1876
Summary
Questions CD on sale of his books in America by Appleton and other publishers; copyright and translation rights.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10704 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 19, letter to Alexander Agassiz, 10 September [1871 or 1873] . Farrer participated in the …
To William Robinson 10 January [1876?]
Summary
Accepts WR’s offer of copies of the Garden for the next half-year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robinson |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1876?] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (5 May 2008) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10350 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … a weekly illustrated horticultural magazine, in 1871, and earlier in January 1876 sent six …
| letter | (33) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Brehmer, Hermann | (1) |
| Cross, George | (1) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Robinson, William (b) | (2) |
| Balfour, F. M. | (1) |
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (33) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Robinson, William (b) | (2) |
| Rolleston, George | (2) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
Matches: 30 hits
- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the …
- … promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ). The profits for Darwin were …
- … first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade to be a …
- … in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Reaction …
- … to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and …
- … pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins …
- … to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas Henry Huxley marvelled that …
- … tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). Asa Gray remarked, somewhat …
- … and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) Like his previous book, …
- … arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 ). Samples of hair arrived from …
- … his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 April 1871] )). Hinrich Nitsche, ‘the lucky …
- … orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). Darwin thought he might use the …
- … poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] ). Animal anecdotes appeared in …
- … space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 …
- … of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). Roland Trimen, a long-time …
- … in the past ( letter from Roland Trimen, 17 and 18 April 1871 ). Candid disagreement …
- … were raised to a high pitch, as Innes wrote on 26 May 1871 about the darker races arising …
- … as far as this goes’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). On religion and morality …
- … Creator made it’ ( letter from George Morrish, 18 March 1871 ). Darwin received an anonymous …
- … Descent ( letter from a child of God, [after 24 February 1871] ). Yet some continued to …
- … religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The Anglican clergyman and …
- … brethren’ ( letter from George Henslow, 5 December 1871 ). Ernst Haeckel boasted of his month …
- … monkey !’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 21 December 1871 ). Descent was extensively …
- … independent of all times and all circumstances’ (8 April 1871, p. 5). Darwin condemned the author of …
- … & classics’ ( letter to John Murray, 13 April [1871] ). But a similar point was made by …
- … the killing of some members of a hive a duty (Cobbe 1871, pp. 174, 188–9). Darwin was particularly …
- … by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). Reaction at home …
- … its master. ( Letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s …
- … to me’ ( letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 ). A widening rift By far the …
- … 1871a), which appeared just prior to Descent in early 1871. ‘I daresay it will tell heavily …
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: 14 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 April 1871 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 3 April 1871 West Riding …
- … Donders, F.C. 28 March 1871 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Foster, Michael 4 June [1871] Trinity College, …
- … Gray, Asa 14 April 1871 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
- … Mivart, G.J. 26 Jan 1871 North Bank, London, England …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Rejlander, O.G. [1871] Victoria Street, London, …
- … Smith, Andrew 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's …
- … Smith, Andrew 17 April 1871 16 Alexander Square, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 14 March 1871 33 Oakley Square, …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
Matches: 6 hits
- … first is undated but we know it was written before 25 April 1871 because Darwin alluded to a case …
- … report by the pigeon-fancier W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 April [1871] . In his letter Chance is …
- … (Letter from Frank Chance, [before 25 April 1871] ) Responding to this meticulous self …
- … were very rare. When we were editing volume 19 (1871), Chance’s enclosure of beard and …
- … : In your work on the ""Descent of Man"" (ed. 1871) ii. 298, 299, in …
- … followed up on a similar case that CD had observed on 13 May 1871. William’s letter of 5 June 1871 …
4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction Yet another portrayal of Darwin as a tree-dwelling ape was published in The Figaro in October 1871, and titled ‘A Darwinian hypothesis’. The image survives in a torn page in the Darwin archive, but it has so far proved…
Darwin’s favourite photographer: From O. G. Rejlander, 30 April 1871
Summary
In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture fleeting movements of the face, and allowed him to observe with more detachment. But the technology was still new. Even under the best conditions, exposure…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
Matches: 3 hits
Henrietta Emma Darwin
Summary
Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. She married Richard Buckley Litchfield in 1871. She was a valued editor to her father as well as companion and correspondent to both of her parents.…
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: 4 hits
- … of self-fertilisation’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin also informed Müller of this …
- … in his hothouse ( To Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] ). By late 1871, Darwin was already …
- … generations’ ( To Federico Delpino, 22 November 1871 ). Delpino replied that he looked forward to …
- … and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February …
Darwin and the Church
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … [1850] and n. 6; and letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). Their true friendship does …
- … request favourably—’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 26 May 1871 ). Indeed Innes had such a high …
- … school and organ funds (letter to J. B. Innes, 13 January 1871 ). Down’s next clergyman …
- … very dull sermons’ (letter to J. B. Innes, 18 January [1871] ). Mr Powell was happy to take up …
- … qualifications’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 5 June 1871 ). Particularly in the early days of …
Moral Nature
Summary
In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, C. R., [April? 1871] In Descent of man (1: 71 …
- … Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, 30 March 1871 The politician and man of letters, …
- … of Descent of Man in the Pall Mall Gazette (Morley 1871). Darwin admired the review, and …
- … Letter 7685 : Darwin to Morley, John, 14 April [1871] "When I speak of intellectual …
- … Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to Darwin, 17 April 1871 "I don't think Mr. Mill& …
- … 7470 : Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, [before 3 March 1871] Darwin exchanged long letters …
- … Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to Wenslow, Hensleigh, 3 March [1871] Using the example of …
- … 3. [ available at Darwinonline ] Cobbe, F. P. 1871. 'Darwinism in morals'. …
Strange things sent to Darwin in the post
Summary
Some of the stranger things Darwin received in the post can tell us a lot about how Darwin worked at home. In 1863, Darwin was very excited when the ornithologist Alfred Newton sent him a diseased, red-legged partridge foot with an enormous ball of clay…
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Matches: 3 hits
Experimenting with emotions
Summary
Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Matches: 8 hits
- … wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in a small lockable, leather-bound …
- … by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( Correspondence , vols 18 and 19) …
- … missions due to take place between 26 February and 5 March 1871 in four towns within the deanery of …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?], and letter from F. J. Wedgwood to H. …
- … University Library. Henrietta Darwin | March 1871 1871 March— Sea Grove …
- … away what they have no equivalent for. July 4th 1871. How hard it is to wait—the …
- … I think I am a very happy woman. Sunday July 9 th . 1871 I want to think why I shd …
- … mission leaders in the Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7. 4 Probably John …
William Winwood Reade
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of it" – Winwood Reade to Charles Darwin, 31 January 1871 ) and sought Darwin’s advice on …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Letter 7624 - Bathoe, M . B. to Darwin, [25 March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds …
- … Letter 7644 - Barnard, A. to Darwin, [30 March 1871] J. S. Henslow’s daughter, …
- … 7651 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, H. E., [1 April 1871] Frances Wedgwood offers …
- … 7411 - Pfeiffer, E. J. to Darwin, [before 26 April 1871] The poet Emily Pfeiffer …
- … Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, [7 November 1871] Sarah Hennell writes to Darwin …
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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 sexual differences in viviparous fish, [before 1 June 1871] Fritz Müller's …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
Matches: 1 hits
- … politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 April [1871] ) for the inadequacies, as Darwin saw …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... 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 …
