From Grant Allen to G. J. Romanes 28 January 1880
Summary
Is recuperating well in France.
| Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: A46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12440F |
To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880
Summary
Says it is not likely he will be able to criticise GJR’s work.
Recommends Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [12350 and 12356].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.570) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12454 |
To G. J. Romanes 5 February 1880
Summary
On GJR’s work on mental evolution in animals. Emphasises "love" among animals.
Comments on stimulation of plants.
On pleasure and pain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.571) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12461 |
From G. J. Romanes 6 February 1880
Summary
Thinks Herbert Spencer has done little service to science but a great service to thinking.
Thinks importance of mathematics overestimated [by J. F. Moulton] in criticising Spencer.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12464 |
From G. J. Romanes 22 April 1880
Summary
Preparing his book, Animal intelligence [1882].
Spent an afternoon with a spiritualist but did not learn anything.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12587 |
From G. J. Romanes 5 November 1880
Summary
Lectured on mental evolution in Newcastle.
Has conducted interesting research on locomotor systems of echinoderms.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 99–100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12799 |
From G. J. Romanes 13 November 1880
Summary
Sends proofs of Encyclopaedia Britannica article on hybridism [9th ed., 12: 422–6]. Can CD mention authorities who should be cited?
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 100–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12813 |
To G. J. Romanes 14 November [1880]
Summary
Comments on hybridisation; cites authorities. Sends book by Wilhelm Olbers Focke [Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge (1881)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 14 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.574) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12814 |
To G. J. Romanes 15 November 1880
Summary
Comments on GJR’s article on hybridisation.
Recommends his article ["Fertility and hybrids from the Chinese and common goose", Collected papers 2: 219–20].
Discusses crosses of Lythrum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.575) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12820 |
From G. J. Romanes 18 November 1880
Summary
Thanks for copy of W. O. Focke [Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge (1881)].
Has nearly finished paper on locomotor system in echinoderms.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 98–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12827 |
From G. J. Romanes 10 December 1880
Summary
Returns book [W. O. Focke, Pflanzen-Mischlinge]. It was of great use.
Suggests experiment involving light stimulation of plants.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 103–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12904 |
To G. J. Romanes 13 December 1880
Summary
Discusses GJR’s idea of subjecting plants to brief flashes of light.
Hoped to see GJR in London, but was too tired.
Delighted his book Movement in plants has interested GJR.
Asks if GJR has example of dogs calling on each other to go hunting; there is a case half a mile away.
Has heard that Samuel Butler has abused him in his latest book, but he does not intend to look at it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 13 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. d. 3823, fols. 6–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12908F |
From G. J. Romanes 14 December 1880
Summary
Glad CD thinks experiment worth trying [see 12904]. Has written to John Tyndall for permission to do it at Royal Institution.
Paper on echinoderms written [with J. C. Ewart, "Locomotor system of Echinodermata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 172 (1881): 829–85].
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12913 |
From G. J. Romanes 17 December 1880
Summary
John Tyndall has provided apparatus for experiment with light.
Frank [Darwin]’s paper a brilliant success [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 18: 406–19, 420–55. Read 16 Dec].
Has got a monkey for observation.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 104–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12924 |
To G. J. Romanes 20 December 1880
Summary
Comments on papers by Francis Darwin.
Suggests methods for growing seedlings for experiments involving light.
Comments on GJR’s observations on monkey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.576) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12926 |
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