To John Murray 7 November [1872]
Summary
Has sent off a few trifling errata [of Expression] to Mr Clowes. Asks about the heliotypes.
Would like to hear about the sale of his books. [See 8616.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 7 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8607A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 7 November [1872] …
- … Private collection Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Nov [1872] John Murray …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … to Expression ( letter from John Murray, 6 November [1872] ). William Clowes was Murray’s …
- … reproduced using the heliotype process. See letter from John Murray, 6 November [1872] . …
From John Murray 9 November 1872
Summary
The reception of Expression has exceeded even JM’s expectations; 5267 copies were sold at the annual sale. CD’s modesty about the work had misled him about its probable sale.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 429 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8616 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From John Murray 9 November 1872 …
- … took place on 8 November 1872 (see letter from John Murray, 6 November [1872] and n. 4). …
- … See letter to John Murray, 7 November [1872] . CD’s annotation is for his letter to Murray …
- … DAR 171: 429 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 9 Nov 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
From John Murray 12 November [1872]
Summary
Price of Expression is 12s.
Sends cheque to pay CD his share of profits on Origin [6th ed.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 430 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8622 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 12 November [1872] …
- … See letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 and n. 7. Murray refers to Charles Edward …
- … DAR 171: 430 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 12 Nov [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter and the letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 . See letter from R. F. …
- … 27 October [1872] and n. 6. See letter to John Murray, 11 November 1872 and n. 8. …
- … animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin : On the origin of species …
From John Murray 2 February [1872]
Summary
Accedes to CD’s request to let Appleton have a set of stereotypes of the 6th English edition of Origin at a little above cost.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 406 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8195 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 2 February [1872] …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 30 January 1872 . …
- … See letter to John Murray, 30 January 1872 . Murray refers to Origin 6th ed. CD’s American …
- … DAR 171: 406 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 2 Feb [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
To John Murray 13 November 1872
Summary
Thanks JM for £210 on last reprint of Origin [6th ed.]. Pleased by its sale
and by the success of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 13 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 291–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8623 |
To John Murray 27 January [1872]
Summary
Has corrected last page of index of Origin [6th ed.]. Sends instructions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 27 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 283 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8187 |
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From John Murray 3 September [1872]
Summary
R. Cooke has increased the order for heliotypes [for Expression] to 8000. Reimburses CD for cost of artists.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 420 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8508 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 3 September [1872] …
- … Eduard Koch . See letter to John Murray, 30 August [1872] and n. 2. CD’s Account books– …
- … DAR 171: 420 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 3 Sept [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … August 1872. See letter to John Murray, 30 August [1872] . Murray refers to Robert Francis …
To John Murray 30 August [1872]
Summary
Asks JM to send copies of all his books to Anton Dohrn.
Koch [of Schweizerbart] requires 3000 sets of copies of the heliotype plates [for German edition of Expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 267–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8495 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Murray 30 August [1872] …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 267–8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Aug [1872] John Murray …
- … and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Journal of researches 2d ed. : …
- … corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Variation : The variation of …
To John Murray 8 January [1872]
Summary
Requests printing of diagram for new [6th] edition of Origin. Thinks 6s may be too dear for a cheap edition.
Dallas has done an excellent glossary.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 271) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8152 |
To John Murray 11 November 1872
Summary
CD is delighted and astonished at sale of Expression,
and pleased with sale of others, except Descent. He fears a new edition of that work may never be required. Would have liked to bring out a thoroughly revised one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 276–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8620 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To John Murray 11 November 1872 …
- … Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 276–7) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Nov 1872 John Murray …
- … See letter from John Murray, 9 November 1872 . Seven thousand copies of Descent had been …
- … and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Variation : The variation of …
- … 1872, pp. 631–2. The Athenæum had given bad reviews of Variation (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter from J. E. Gray, 15 February 1868 ), and Descent (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to John Murray, …
To John Murray [9 March 1872 or later]
Summary
CD is vexed to hear that some of his friends and some booksellers complain of the type of the new [6th] edition of Origin. CD, whose eyesight is not good, had no trouble reading proofs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | [9 Mar 1872 or later] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 274–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8230 |
From John Murray 6 November [1872]
Summary
Is convinced that 2000 more copies [of Expression] must be printed without delay in order to meet demand. He therefore asks CD to send his corrections to the printer at once.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 428 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8602 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From John Murray 6 November [1872] …
- … DAR 171: 428 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 6 Nov [1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter and the letter to John Murray, 7 November [1872] . Murray had originally planned to …
- … animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The …
To John Murray 14 February [1872]
Summary
Asks to have copy of Origin [6th ed.] sent to the Pall Mall Gazette for review with Mivart’s Genesis [of species (1871)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 14 Feb [1872] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (11 December 2007) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8212 |
To John Murray 30 January 1872
Summary
Requests that JM make stereotype plates of 6th edition of Origin available to D. Appleton. This will be last edition and CD is "extremely anxious" to spread his views.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 30 Jan 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 272–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8188 |
To R. F. Cooke 29 July 1872
Summary
Queries and suggestions for arrangements about foreign editions of Expression.
CD must see proofs for lettering on the plates [for Expression] to ensure that it matches the text.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 29 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 263–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8433 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … indexes for Variation and Descent . See letter from John Murray, 9 March 1872 , and …
- … letter to John Murray, [9 March 1872 or later] . CD recorded the receipt of £315 for ‘ …
- … 42152 ff. 263–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 July 1872 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray …
- … and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Variation : The variation of …
- … letter from R. F. Cooke, 27 July 1872 and n. 2). John Murray was CD’s publisher; D. …
From John Murray 7 June [1872]
Summary
Messrs Clowes have received MS of Expression. JM submits specimen pages for CD’s approval.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 409 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8374 |
From R. F. Cooke 25 October 1872
Summary
Murray’s will allow CD 18 copies [of Expression].
All foreign publishers, except Dutch, have paid for the plates.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 426 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8575 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … previous ones (see letter to John Murray, 8 January [1872] and n. 3). Hermanus Hartogh …
- … 426 Robert Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 25 Oct 1872 Charles Robert …
- … and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of …
- … 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. …
- … 23 October [1872] . Cooke refers to Expression and Descent , and to John Murray . At CD’s …
To J. V. Carus 11 November [1872]
Summary
Reports on very successful sale of Expression in England. Suggests German publisher keep the type set up in case more than the expected 3000 copies are needed.
Has begun work on some old botanical observations [of Drosera for Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 11 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 98–99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8618 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter and the letter from John Murray, 9 November 1872 . Carus was translating Expression …
- … 1872b). See letter from John Murray, 9 November 1872 . Eduard Koch was the director of …
- … s publisher. In his letter to John Murray, 30 August [1872] , CD reported that Koch had …
- … animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Prodger, Phillip. 2009. Darwin’s …
From John Murray 9 March 1872
Summary
JM arranges to pay CD for the latest issue of Descent.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 408 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8239 |
To R. F. Cooke 3 October 1872
Summary
Arrangements for foreign editions [of Expression]. Delay by Heliotype Company is provoking.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 f. 262) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8540 |
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| Carus, J. V. | (31) |
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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- … Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The …
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…
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- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
Summary
For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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- … If I lived 20 more years, & was able to work, how I sh d . have to modify the “Origin”, & …
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.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George serious …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
John Maurice Herbert
Summary
John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately called ‘Cherbury’ by Darwin, a reference to the seventeenth-century philosopher Edward Herbert, Baron Cherbury, who, like John Herbert, hailed from…
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- … John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately …
Earthworms
Summary
As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Earthworms and Wedgwood cousins …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in public and private
Summary
Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
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The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … This term is the plain expression of the facts,—Nat. selection is a metaphorical …
Forms of flowers
Summary
Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species , published in 1877, …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
4.14 'Fun' cartoon, 'That troubles'
Summary
< Back to Introduction Of all the cartoons showing Darwin as an ape, ‘That troubles our monkey again’ by John Gordon Thomson is the only one that hints, albeit playfully, at improper behaviour. Descent of Man had been criticised for its apparent…
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- … < Back to Introduction Of all the cartoons showing Darwin as an ape, ‘That troubles …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
