To Ernst Krause 12 February 1879
Summary
Thanks for honour of latest number of Kosmos.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (John Robert Crouse autograph collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11871 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles …
From W. S. Dallas 15 March 1879
Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11937 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles …
To Alfred Newton 2 April [1879]
Summary
"I have signed the enclosed with pleasure."
Thanks AN for his kind expression about Frank [Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
Date: | 2 Apr [1879] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/64) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11970 |
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- … in the US Army in order to complete his bibliography of ornithology; Newton had sent it to …
From Grant Allen 29 May 1879
Summary
Thanks for postcard informing him of Delboeuf’s review of his book; he had already seen review.
Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 May 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12068 |
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- … Bibliography Allen, Grant. 1879a. The colour-sense: its origin and development. An essay …
To Francis Darwin [2 June 1879 or earlier]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [2 June 1879 or earlier] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 51 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12076 |
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- … Bibliography Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles …
From John Murray 3 June [1879]
Summary
Is well disposed toward publishing Krause’s essay on Dr Erasmus Darwin, particularly if CD undertakes to fill up its gaps. He thinks ED’s reputation is increasing.
Author: | John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 June [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12080 |
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- … Bibliography Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles …
To James Paget 28 June [1879]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
Date: | 28 June [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 238 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12127 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
To G. H. Darwin 7 [July 1879]
Summary
Francis wants a copy of a book on "Shakespeare’s merry tales" to present to a friend in Würzburg.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 7 [July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12135 |
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- … Bibliography Oesterley, Herman, ed. 1866. Shakespeare’s jest book. A hundred mery talys, …
To Leonard Darwin 12 July [1879]
Summary
Will shorten or leave out many parts [of Erasmus Darwin] but cannot agree that it is not worth while to say something about the family.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
Date: | 12 July [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12153 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
To Gustaf Retzius 28 August 1879
Summary
CD is honoured to receive the magnificent work Finska Kranier (1878).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Magnus Gustaf (Gustaf) Retzius |
Date: | 28 Aug 1879 |
Classmark: | Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (Gustaf Retzius arkiv, Inbundna serien, Engelsmän I, s 35) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12203A |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Retzius, Gustaf. 1878. Finska kranier; jämte några natur- och literatur- …
To G. H. Darwin [31 July 1879]
Summary
Asks GHD to send name and address of tailor from whom he got the [LL.D.] gown to W. B. Richmond.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [31 July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12206 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Post Office London suburban directory : The Post Office London suburban …
From J. D. Hooker 7 October 1879
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 133 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12251 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Arnold, Matthew. 1869. Culture and anarchy: an essay in political and social …
To W. P. Garrison 16 October 1879
Summary
Sends his thanks for the beautifully illustrated book for children [What Mr Darwin saw]
and for the memorials of William Lloyd Garrison. [See 12248.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Wendell Phillips Garrison |
Date: | 16 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | Private collection |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12260A |
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- … Bibliography Douglass, Frederick. 1879. Speech on the death of William Lloyd Garrison. 2 …
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson [11 November 1879]
Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [11 Nov 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12283 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
To E. A. Wheler [before 12 November 1879]
Summary
Has instructed his publisher to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their half-cousin, Emma Nixon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
Date: | [before 12 Nov 1879] |
Classmark: | Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 March 2020, lot 28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12283F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, …
To Raphael Meldola 12 December [1879]
Summary
Would like to subscribe to English edition of Weismann.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 12 Dec [1879] |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12354 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Weismann, August. 1882. Studies in the theory of descent . Translated by …
To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879
Summary
Wishes to subscribe to RM’s translation of Weismann.
Has seen Scudder’s article.
A. R. Wallace’s article ["Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 7 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11862 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Müller, Fritz. 1879a. Epicalia Acontius . Ein ungleiches Ehepaar. Kosmos 4 ( …
From George Henslow 8 February 1879
Author: | George Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 175 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11864 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Cross and self fertilisation : The effects of cross and self fertilisation in …
To Reginald Darwin 10 April [1879]
Summary
Research for Erasmus Darwin. CD has always thought there is one "golden rule" for biographers: "not to insert anything which … would interest only the members of the Family".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Reginald Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11986 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Darwin, Erasmus, ed. 1780. Experiments establishing a criterion between …
To Ernst Haeckel 29 April 1879
Summary
Admires EH’s Freie Wissenschaft und freie Lehre [1878].
Virchow’s conduct is shameful.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Date: | 29 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/47 [A 9901]) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12017 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bibliography Haeckel, Ernst. 1878b. Freie Wissenschaft und freie Lehre: eine Entgegnung …
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Darwin, G. H. | (12) |
Darwin, Reginald | (8) |
Darwin, C. R. | (441) |
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Darwin, Francis | (22) |
Darwin, G. H. | (20) |
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Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
Summary
The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
Summary
< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
Summary
< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
Summary
< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
Summary
< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
Summary
< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …