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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … chlorophyll by examining thin slices of plant tissue under a microscope. When not experimenting, he …
- … more weak than usual. To Lawson Tait, he remarked, ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly …
- … 1881. But some of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater …
- … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
- … the nature of their contents, if immersed for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. …
- … up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I had no intention to …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … It proved to be very popular, with reviews appearing in a wide range of journals and newspapers (see …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … indeed more than complimentary.’ ‘If the Reviewer is a young man & a worker in any branch of …
- … believe in natural selection having done much,—but this is a relatively unimportant point. Your …
- … taken up by individual readers. James Frederick Simpson, a musical composer, had provided Darwin …
- … anything else. I am now 73 years old’ ( letter to A. A. Reade, 13 February 1882 ). Over the month …
Women as a scientific audience
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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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- … those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless …
- … from both women and men. Were women a target audience? Letter …
- … obscure, even after it had been proofread and edited by “a lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W …
- … asks his son, Francis, to check his Latin translation of a passage of Descent . Evidence …
- … , Murray tells Darwin that he believes the work will be a success and will cause a stir among men. …
- … is particularly drawn to the chapter on pangenesis, which is a revelation. Letter 6976 …
- … March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds systematically to a close reading of Descent . She …
- … Letter 13650 Kennard, C. A. to Darwin, [28 January 1882] Caroline Kennard responds …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Emma, Darwin weighed the pros and cons of married life for a man of science. In his notes, Darwin …
- … Darwin, [30 March 1864] Lydia Becker sends Darwin a copy of her book, Botany for …
- … the Royal Society library. Kovalevsky would like to read a book by Jacobi on elliptic and theta …
- … [20 November 1871] Sarah Norton passes on to Darwin a pamphlet on Goethe and Darwinism from …
- … but stumbled across the pamphlet while looking for a novel to read. Norton is “in true feminine …
- … [January 1880] Mary Johnson tells Darwin about a recent geological ramble she had taken …
- … Letter 13607 – Darwin to Kennard, C. A., [9 January 1882] Darwin responds to Caroline …
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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- … restrict himself to ‘more confined & easy subjects’. A month earlier, on 23 February , he had …
- … of his book on earthworms, published in October, was a boost. His 5-year-old grandson Bernard, who …
- … on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in …
- … Kosmos article should be translated and also appear in a British journal. Darwin could see that …
- … seasoned journalist and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a hopeless division of opinion’ within the …
- … , hoping that he did not think them ‘all gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin …
- … avoid being pained at being publicly called in ones old age a liar, owing to having unintentionally …
- … avoided, even though he wished ‘to give Somebody such a slap in the face as he would have cause to …
- … try to banish the thoughts, & say to myself that so good a judge, as Leslie Stephen thinks …
- … published it in Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory …
- … Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, had received a civil list pension. ‘I hardly ever …
- … on 4 January . Buckley had suggested petitioning for a pension for Wallace, but it was Darwin’s …
- … heard on 8 January that Wallace would receive £200 a year, he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate …
- … of pleasure in the early months of 1881. This book had been a major undertaking for both Darwin and …
- … other books, Movement in plants did not generate a large correspondence. It was mainly those who …
- … Germany; and I doubted much whether I was not quite as great a sinner as those whom I have blamed.’ …
- … he was sending his printers ‘in 3 or 4 weeks the M.S. of a quite small book of little moment’. …
- … had ‘much bigger souls than anyone wd suppose’, and a month later he was confident enough to state: …
- … to observe what passed in my own mind when I did the work of a worm’, he explained, before joking …
- … vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). ‘I sometimes receive so many …
- … Darwin’s originality and approach. The geologist Thomas Reade wrote on 6 November , ‘It seems …
- … Nature published the day after Darwin’s death in April 1882. Deaths, gifts and legacies …
