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To Joseph Fayrer   [after 10 January 1881]

Summary

Letter of introduction for Montagu Lubbock.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:  [after 10 Jan 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 202: 109v
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13001

Matches: 4 hits

  • … To Joseph Fayrer   [after 10 January 1881] …
  • … DAR 202: 109v Charles Robert Darwin [Down] [after 10 Jan 1881] Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet …
  • … and the letter from Montagu Lubbock, 10 January 1881 . Montagu Lubbock , the younger …
  • … Cross Hospital, London (see letter from Montagu Lubbock, 10 January 1881 and n. 1). …

From R. F. Cooke   10 September 1881

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Only 270 copies of Movement in plants remain. Suggests printing another 250 and then breaking up type. If CD agrees, has he any corrections?

Sends a copy of Earthworms.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Sept 1881
Classmark:  DAR 171: 517
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13329

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From R. F. Cooke   10 September 1881 …
  • … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 10 Sept 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Freeman 1977 ). Earthworms was not published until 10 October 1881 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
  • … 50 a , Albemarle Street, London. W. Sep r . 10 188 1 My dear Sir We have remaining about …

From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause   [after 10 February 1881]

Summary

CD thanks him for his congratulations and for details of letters, which he will keep with the Butlerian documents.

FD is happy for his lecture to be republished in Kosmos.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:  [after 10 Feb 1881]
Classmark:  The Huntington Library (HM 36219)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13048F

Matches: 5 hits

  • … From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause   [after 10 February 1881] …
  • … Library (HM 36219) Francis Darwin Down [after 10 Feb 1881] Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause …
  • … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 . …
  • … See letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 . Krause had sent details of the letters in …
  • … the back of the letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 , Krause had written a note to …

To Fritz Müller   10 September 1881

Summary

Has sent FM’s account of Pandanus and Oxalis to Nature ["Leaves injured at night by free radiation", Nature 24 (1881): 459].

Is crossing heterostyled plants.

Hopes to get his notes on bloom together.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:  10 Sept 1881
Classmark:  The British Library (Loan MS 10 no : 54)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13326

Matches: 4 hits

  • … To Fritz Müller   10 September 1881 …
  • … The British Library (Loan MS 10 no : 54) Charles …
  • … Robert Darwin Down 10 Sept 1881 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) Sept.  10 th 1881 My dear Sir Your account of the …

From William Thompson   10 August 1881

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Many thanks for Movement in plants.

Sends some seeds wanted by CD.

Author:  William Thompson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Aug 1881
Classmark:  DAR 178: 119
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13285

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From William Thompson   10 August 1881 …
  • … DAR 178: 119 William Thompson Ipswich 10 Aug 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … bloom (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 10 May [1881] and n. 2). Allium descendens is a …
  • … Tavern Street, | Ipswich Aug 10 18 81 Dear Sir. I thank you sincerely for the proof of …

From B. W. Savile   10 October 1881

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Thanks CD for answering his query about evolution.

Author:  Bourchier Wrey Savile
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 177: 44
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13385

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From B.  W.  Savile   10 October 1881 …
  • … DAR 177: 44 Bourchier Wrey Savile Exeter 10 Oct 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Shillingford Rectory Exeter. Oct.  10 th . 1881. Dear Sir— Absence from home during two …

To Raphael Meldola   10 August [1881]

Summary

Apologises for the trouble he has caused RM. Encloses letter [13280] which has been returned to CD [by August Dupré, to whom CD had sent it in error].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Raphael Meldola
Date:  10 Aug [1881]
Classmark:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13284

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To Raphael Meldola   10 August [1881] …
  • … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Aug [1881] Raphael Meldola …
  • … Down Aug.  10 th My dear Sir I apologise for the trouble which I have caused you. The …

From Montagu Lubbock   10 January 1881

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Wants a letter of introduction to Joseph Fayrer.

Author:  Montagu Lubbock
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 202: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13000

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From Montagu Lubbock   10 January 1881 …
  • … DAR 202: 109 Montagu Lubbock London, Grosvenor St, 19 10 Jan 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 19 Grosvenor St. W 10 th Jan y . 1881 Dear M r . Darwin I hope that should you be the …

From F. M. Balfour   10 July 1881

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Thanks for suggesting that a spare copy of his book [Treatise on comparative embryology (1880–1)] be sent to Fritz Müller.

Author:  Francis Maitland Balfour
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 July 1881
Classmark:  DAR 160: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13240

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  • … From F.  M.  Balfour   10 July 1881 …
  • … DAR 160: 30 Francis Maitland Balfour Chamonix 10 July 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Chamonix July 10. 1881 My dear Mr.  Darwin It is extremely kind of you to suggest sending …

From Archibald Geikie   10 October 1881

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Thanks for Earthworms.

Importance of wind in soil formation and transport.

Author:  Archibald Geikie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13387

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From Archibald Geikie   10 October 1881 …
  • … DAR 165: 26 Archibald Geikie Edinburgh 10 Oct 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Edinburgh 10 th . Oct r . 1881 Dear M r . Darwin I have to offer you my sincere thanks for …

From J. W. Judd   10 October 1881

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Thanks and praises CD for Earthworms.

Author:  John Wesley Judd
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 168: 88
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13389

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From J.  W.  Judd   10 October 1881 …
  • … DAR 168: 88 John Wesley Judd Kew 10 Oct 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Hurstleigh, | Kew, 10 th . Oct r . 1881 My dear Sir, I am greatly indebted to you for the …

To Hyacinth Hooker   10 September [1881]

Summary

Thanks HH for a newspaper containing an article of interest.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker
Date:  10 Sept [1881]
Classmark:  Pieces of the Past Auction (dealers) (11 October 1984, lot 103)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13327

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  • … To Hyacinth Hooker   10 September [1881] …
  • … October 1984, lot 103) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Sept [1881] Hyacinth Symonds/Hyacinth …
  • … Down Beckenham Sept.  10 th My dear Lady Hooker. Very many thanks for the newspaper, which …

From Grant Allen   10 December [1881]

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Thanks for copy of Origin with its flattering inscription.

Hopes some day to have leisure to do original research.

Author:  Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Dec [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 159: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13545

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From Grant Allen   10 December [1881] …
  • … 48 Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen Hastings 10 Dec [1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 22 Cambridge Road. | Hastings. Dec.  10. Dear M r . Darwin I must write just a few lines …

To Daniel McAlpine   10 May 1881

Summary

Thanks for DM’s [Zoological atlas (1881)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Daniel McAlpine
Date:  10 May 1881
Classmark:  State Library Victoria, Melbourne (MS 6273 Box 289(c) 5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13154

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To Daniel McAlpine   10 May 1881 …
  • … Melbourne (MS 6273 Box 289(c) 5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 May 1881 Daniel McAlpine …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) May 10 th 1881 Dear Sir I am much obliged for the …

To A. W. Buckland   10 October [1881]

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Does not believe imagination of mother can affect new-born infant.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Anne Walbank Buckland
Date:  10 Oct [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 143: 176
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13386

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To A. W. Buckland   10 October [1881] …
  • … DAR 143: 176 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Oct [1881] Anne Walbank Buckland …
  • … Down Beckenham Oct er . 10 th . Dear Madam It is extremely kind in you to have taken so …

From Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár   10 November 1881

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Thanks for Earthworms.

Author:  Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 171: 228
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13477

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár    10 November 1881 …
  • … Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár Vienna 10 Nov 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … III.  Reisnerstrasse, 51 | Wien, 10. Nov. | 1881 Hochverehrtester Herr! Von meinen …
  • … III.  Reisnerstrasse, 51 | Vienna, 10. Nov. | 1881 Most respected Sir! Having just …

From James Geikie   10 October 1881

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Thanks for Earthworms.

Terraces on the Cheviot Hills.

Author:  James Murdoch (James) Geikie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13388

Matches: 3 hits

  • … From James Geikie   10 October 1881 …
  • … DAR 165: 33 James Murdoch (James) Geikie Birnam 10 Oct 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Lochgreen | Birnam N.  B. 10 th . Oct.  81 My dear Sir Pray accept my best thanks for your …

From Victor Hensen   10 October 1881

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Thanks CD for Earthworms. Not convinced that worms derive nutrition from eating soil.

Author:  Christian Andreas Victor (Victor) Hensen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 166: 146
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13392

Matches: 4 hits

  • … From Victor Hensen    10 October 1881 …
  • … 166: 146 Christian Andreas Victor (Victor) Hensen Kiel 10 Oct 1881 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Kiel d.  10 ten October | 1881. Hochgeehrter Herr! Freundlichsten Dank sage ich Ihnen für …
  • … Kiel 10 th October | 1881. Most esteemed Sir! I thank you most kindly for your work: The …

To E. W. Bok   10 May 1881

Summary

Sends autograph. Hopes collecting will lead Bok to science, as it did him.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward William Bok
Date:  10 May 1881
Classmark:  Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (17 June 2011)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13151F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To E. W.  Bok   10 May 1881 …
  • … York (dealers) (17 June 2011) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 May 1881 Edward William Bok …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. ) May 10 th 1881 Dear Sir I hear that you wish to have …

To Peter Price    [after 10 October 1881?]

Summary

Giving his opinion on the possible role of earthworms in the dilapidation of a pier in Llandaff Cathedral.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Peter Price
Date:  [after 10 Oct 1881?]
Classmark:  Western Mail, 6 April 1883, p. 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13380F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … To Peter Price    [after 10 October 1881? ] …
  • … Mail , 6 April 1883, p. 4 Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 10 Oct 1881? ] Peter Price …
  • … from the publication date of Earthworms , 10 October 1881 ( Freeman 1977 ). CD’s statement …
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Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868

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My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter.  Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named.  Other than this iconic…

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  • … catch my interest.  And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

Summary

The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

Matches: 8 hits

  • … given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he …
  • … finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
  • … ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
  • … similarly coloured varieties (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November …
  • … ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these …
  • … of transmutation to humans (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January …
  • … ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably …
  • … Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and …

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…

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  • … self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
  • … of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
  • … great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
  • … had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
  • … 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 November 1876. Within days, Darwin received …
  • … of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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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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  • … had tried, indirectly, to influence him. He told Hooker: 10 Do see Falconer & …
  • … , and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, …
  • … 19. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 10. 20. See the second enclosure …

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…

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  • … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
  • … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
  • … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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  • … within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
  • … investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
  • … to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
  • … to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
  • … of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …

Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom

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English| History| Science  English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…

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  • … Letter 1174 - Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 10 May 1848 …
  • … ideas Using a ‘pass the bomb’ technique, Year 10 History pupils at Bideford College in …
  • … Science Roast beef and urine Year 10 pupils at Hitchin Girls School were …

Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865

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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…

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  • … (see letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). Darwin’s condition …
  • … D. Fox, 8 December [1863]). In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 [November 1863] ( Correspondence …

Henrietta Darwin's diary

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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…

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  • … now in the balance & I can laugh & talk & settle Bradshaw 10 etc etc just as …
  • … me so. If I cannot be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. …
  • … all the world to me to see him smile to hear his voice   10 years on how will it be when we are 50 …
  • … . 9 Richard Buckley Litchfield . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . …

Was Darwin an ecologist?

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One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.

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  • … to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] .  The ‘hard …

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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  • … however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
  • … them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
  • … of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
  • … Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
  • … mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
  • … the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
  • … you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [  c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
  • … know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …
  • … other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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  • … in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. 10 ). He was surprised that no naturalist …
  • … eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). His faith in his …

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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  • … (see  Correspondence  vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
  • … had been published in 1862 (see  Correspondence  vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
  • … of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
  • … Verbascum  and  Zea  (see  Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when  Evidence as …
  • … other acquired differences’ (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing …
  • … orchid genus  Acropera  (see  Correspondence  vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwin’s …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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  • … vol. 22, letters from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 and 10 July 1874 ). ‘I am astounded & …
  • … the process of writing and revising at all satisfying. On 10 February he complained to Hooker : …
  • … objectless & all being vanity of vanities,’ he wrote on 10 February . ‘But this will wear …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • … you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN:  10   My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
  • … Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist …
  • … right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
  • … a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
  • … HOOKER:   208   We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
  • … XVII, 1882 4  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
  • … 9  A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
  • … JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72  A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73  C DARWIN TO …
  • … A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121  A GRAY TO C …
  • … 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129  JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130  C DARWIN …
  • … 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137  A GRAY TO …
  • … AND 26 JANUARY 1862 142  A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 NOVEMBER 1862 143  A …

Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics

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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…

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  • … form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
  • … with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
  • … views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most …
  • … serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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  • … interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members …
  • … he disagreed with Henrietta, or that Krause had written on 10 July to say that he had derived …
  • … & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply to Darwin’s response …
  • … Leopold Würtenberger fared better. When he wrote on 10 January to ask whether Darwin could find him …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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  • … Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th  Ed. 10  8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. …
  • … on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s  6 d . translated by Rennie …
  • … Soc read Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843]  must be studied . …
  • … Des ). De leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . …
  • … G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839 Jan 10 All life of W. Scott [Lockhart 1837–8] …
  • … Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th  Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. …
  • … 1839]. References at end. chiefly on instincts 10 th . Blackwalls Researches in Zoology …
  • … 1839–40]. references at end.— Maer  (June 10 to Nov. 14. 1840) Smellies Buffon 3 d …
  • … Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th  Journal de Phys. [ Observations …
  • … [Lyman 1781] [DAR 119: 10b] Dec. 10 th  The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. …
  • … Dog [C. H. Smith 1839–40] 2 d . vol. d[itt]o Nov. 10 th  Sprengel. Endeckte Geheimniss. …
  • … Nat. Lib. vol 14 [Waterhouse 1841] Marked—— 10 th  Veterinary [ Veterinarian ] 1828 Vol 1 …
  • … & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— 1842 Jan 10 M rs  Hamilton Grays Etruria [E …
  • … Royle Prod. Resources of India [Royle 1840] abst June 10 th  Miller’s old Red Sandstone [H. …
  • … Clarendons History [Hyde 1704]. 1843 Jan 10. Last Vol of Clarendons History [Hyde …
  • … 26 Hinds Regions of Vegetation [Hinds 1843]. June 10 th . Linnæan Trans. [ Transactions of …
  • … 3. vols. [Bradley 1724] (nothing) scarcely —— 10 Johnson’s Field Sports of India [D. Johnson …
  • … or Geograph. Distrib:” [Gérard 1844–5] Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845 …
  • … French in Algiers [Lamping 1845] 1846 Jan 10 th  Mackintosh life of More …
  • … St. Lecons de Morph. Bot. [Saint-Hilaire 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] …
  • … of Ægyptians [J. G. Wilkinson 1837–41].— April 10 3 d  vol of d[itt]o W. Scotts Life …
  • … May 5. Ray’s Memorials of [Ray 1846] —— 10 th  The Falcon Family [Savage] 1845] 27 …
  • … Misc. Works. 3 vols: [Mackintosh 1846] Aug 10. Appendix to Carlyle’s Cromwell [Carlyle 1845]. …
  • … Travels in Brazil [Gardner 1846]. —— 10 th  D r . Joseph Adams. Philosoph. Treatise on …
  • … Miller First Impressions of England [H. Miller 1847]. Nov. 10 Prichard Physical Researches. Hist. of …
  • … et d'Histoire   Naturelle de Genève ]. Tom I to 10. —— Annales du Museum [ Annales …
  • … W. Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] …
  • … Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] —— 10 Neander’s Life of St Bernard [Neander 1843] …
  • … Miller Footsteps of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. …
  • … to 1837. & thence I have read in Journals June 10 th  Goulds Birds of Australia [Gould …
  • … . Feb. 1. Emigrants Manual [Burton 1851] March 10 th  Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852 …

The evolution of honeycomb

Summary

Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…

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  • … her power of reaching.’ (Letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 10 February 1858 .) By now not only …
  • … a letter from Edward Cresy (letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ), in which Cresy sent as …
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