To Athenæum 5 May [1863]
Summary
Replies to a reviewer’s statement, that any theory of descent will connect large classes of facts, by pointing out that no other explanation has been as satisfactory as natural selection. But whatever view is adopted "signifies extremely little in comparison with the admission that species have descended from other species and have not been created immutable".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Athenæum |
Date: | 5 May [1863] |
Classmark: | Athenæum, 9 May 1863, p. 617 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4142 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 617 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 May [1863] Athenæum …
- … To Athenæum 5 May [1863] …
- … Athenæum , 9 May 1863, p. …
- … The letter was published in the Athenæum , 9 May 1863. According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … letter by Richard Owen in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … See the anonymous letter in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … quoted from CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863]. CD refers to Lamarck 1801 , …
- … 11, Appendix VII), which was critical of CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863]. …
To Athenæum 18 April [1863]
Summary
Attacks the doctrine of "heterogeny" (spontaneous generation during each geological period) as completely lacking in evidence.
Defends natural selection as connecting large classes of facts in natural history. That certain forms have not changed since remote epochs is not an objection of any force.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Athenæum |
Date: | 18 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | Athenæum, 25 April 1863, pp. 554–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4108 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … 5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Apr [1863] Athenæum …
- … To Athenæum 18 April [1863] …
- … Athenæum , 25 April 1863, pp. 554– …
- … CD’s letter appeared in the Athenæum , 25 April 1863, pp. 554–5 ( Collected papers 2: 78– …
- … and n. 11, below). In the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461, William Benjamin Carpenter …
- … 1862 ), which appeared in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19. See Appendix VII. See …
- … 1863] . Owen’s letter in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, p. 418, is reproduced in Appendix …
- … 6. Carpenter’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461, is reproduced in Appendix …
- … in his letter to the Athenæum (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [17 April 1863] ). The second …
To J. D. Hooker [17 April 1863]
Summary
Likes JDH’s review of Alphonse de Candolle [Mémoires et souvenirs de A. P. de Candolle (1862)].
Falconer’s article on Lyell ["Primitive man. What led to the question?", Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] too severe.
CD has written a letter to the Athenæum "to say, under the cloak of attacking Heterogeny, a word in my own defence" [Collected papers 2: 78–80].
Bates’s Travels [Naturalist on the river Amazons (1863)] are excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [17 Apr 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 190 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4103 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … Primitive man. What led to the question?" , Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] too severe. …
- … Hugh Falconer’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60, accused Charles Lyell …
- … human relics in C. Lyell 1863a ( Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 460). See also letter from …
- … criticising C. Lyell 1863a appeared in the Athenæum , 21 February 1863, pp. 262–3. …
- … refers to Lyell’s letter in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5, which was written in …
- … 1862 ), which appeared in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19 (see Correspondence …
- … Appendix VII). In his letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461, Carpenter defended …
- … his anonymous review in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, p. 418, Owen had accused Carpenter …
- … prototype. Carpenter replied ( Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461): After quoting my general …
- … 1862] and n. 18). See letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. See letter from W. H. …
- … 16 April 1863 . CD’s letter appeared in the Athenæum , 25 April 1863, pp. 554–5. C. …
- … Lyell 1863b . See letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] and n. 11. …
- … Bates 1863 was reviewed in the Athenæum , 11 April 1863, pp. 488–9. The anonymous review …
- … above. In the issue of the Athenæum for 4 April 1863, p. 461, William Benjamin Carpenter …
- … Dixon, 16 April 1863 . CD did not usually subscribe to the Athenæum (see letter to J. D. …
- … Athenæum "to say, under the cloak of attacking Heterogeny, a word in my own defence" [ Collected papers 2: 78–80]. Bates’s Travels [ Naturalist on the river Amazons (1863)] …
- … Athenæum (City University Library, London), the review appears to be attributed to ‘Seemann’, probably the botanist Berthold Carl Seemann . See n. 8, above. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] . …
Falconer, Hugh. 1863. Letter. Athenæum, 4 April 1863, pp. 459-60.
From William Hepworth Dixon 16 April 1863
Summary
Thinks CD’s letter ["The doctrine of heterogeny", Collected papers 2: 78–80] will appear "with a clearer field and to better effect" if delayed a week, since next issue [of Athenæum] has Lyell’s reply to Hugh Falconer, and W. B. Carpenter’s report on the Abbéville jaw.
Author: | William Hepworth Dixon |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Apr 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 186 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4102 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … DAR 162: 186 William Hepworth Dixon Athenæum Office 16 Apr 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD’s letter to the Athenæum , 18 April [1863], appeared in the issue of 25 April; he …
- … Charles Lyell’s letter to the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5, was …
- … Carpenter’s letter to the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, p. 523, described the discovery on …
- … pit with Boucher de Perthes ( Athenæum , 18 April 1863, p. 523). See also Grayson 1985 , …
- … was editor of the Athenæum. Dixon refers to the issue of the Athenæum of 18 April 1863. …
- … to Hugh Falconer’s attack in the Athenæum of 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60. Falconer had …
From Asa Gray 26 May 1863
Summary
Discusses recent correspondence in the Athenæum: the disagreement between Lyell and Hugh Falconer and Owen’s remarks on heterogeny [see 4110].
Briefly discusses orchids and some problems in phyllotaxy.
Mentions the political situation and the quarrelsome behaviour of the English.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 May 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 135 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4186 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … 1863a was published on 9 February 1863 ( Athenæum , 7 February 1863, p. 176) and the …
- … Lyell 1863a by Hugh Falconer ( Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60), and a dispute over …
- … review of Carpenter 1862 in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19. For Falconer’s …
- … to Lyell’s letter in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5, in reply to Falconer’s …
- … above). Lyell’s letter was answered by Joseph Prestwich ( Athenæum , 25 April 1863, p. …
- … 555) and by Falconer ( Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586). …
- … Letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. See also Appendix VII. …
- … to Owen’s anonymous letter to the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7 (see Correspondence …
- … Benjamin Carpenter’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461 (see Correspondence …
- … CD cited in his letter to the Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. See letter to Asa Gray, 20 …
- … of 20 April [1863] , CD referred to two disputes recently aired in the Athenæum : a letter …
To Charles Lyell [7 May 1863]
Summary
Falconer’s letter [attacking CL, Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] is most unjust.
Regrets his letter [to Athenæum, on heterogeny] now criticised by Owen.
Comments on article by Samuel Haughton [On the form of cells made by wasps – with an appendix on the origin of species (1863)].
Mentions forthcoming reviews by Asa Gray [in Am. J. Sci.].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [7 May 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4145 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Falconer’s letter [attacking CL, Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] is most …
- … Falconer’s letter published in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586. The letter formed part …
- … of Antiquity of man ( C. Lyell 1863a ) in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60, …
- … with Lyell’s response in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5. Falconer’s main …
- … Falconer’s last sentence reads ( Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586): ‘The day has gone by, …
- … Owen’s anonymous letter in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7, criticising the views on …
- … CD’s reply, see the letter to Athenæum , 5 May [1863]. The letter from Lyell has not been …
- … expressed in CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863] (see Correspondence vol. 11, …
- … Athenæum , on heterogeny] now criticised by Owen. Comments on article by Samuel Haughton [ On the form of cells made by wasps – with an appendix on the origin of species (1863)]. …
To Charles Lyell 18 April [1863]
Summary
Describes a letter he has written to the Athenæum in which he mentions CL’s views on species modification ["Doctrine of heterogeny", Collected papers 2: 78–80].
Comments on criticism of Lyell’s book [Antiquity] by Falconer and others.
Mentions his eczema.
Invites the Lyells to visit.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 18 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.294) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4106 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 26 (1863): 218). See letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. The ‘monstrous article’ to …
- … was Richard Owen’s anonymous review ( Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19) of Carpenter …
- … Benjamin Carpenter responded in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461. See letter to J. …
- … isolated islands (see letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863]). Owen and Carpenter discussed …
- … 1863b , p. 469; see letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] and n. 11). CD was concerned …
- … 3. The reference is to Hugh Falconer’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60. …
- … s letter was printed in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5. In it, Lyell pointed out …
Owen, Richard. 1863. Ape-origin of man as tested by the brain. Athenæum, 21 February 1863, pp. 262-3.
From John Lubbock 4 September 1863
Summary
Has returned from trip to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Has been made President of the Ethnological Society.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Sept 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4291 |
From J. D. Hooker [31 March 1863]
Summary
Owen is the author of the Athenæum article [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19]. JDH dismisses it as vulgar rubbish. W. B. Carpenter intends to write a reply.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [31 Mar 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 126–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4098 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Owen is the author of the Athenæum article [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19]. JDH dismisses it as …
- … s review was published in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, p. 525. James Anthony Froude . …
- … review of Carpenter 1862 in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19 (see letter to J. …
- … review of Carpenter 1862 in the Athenæum of 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19; the intervening …
- … 1863] ). The attribution is confirmed by the publisher’s marked copy of the Athenæum (City …
To Charles Lyell 12–13 March [1863]
Summary
[On Antiquity of man] CD is "convinced that at times … you have … given up immutability". "A clear expression from you, if you could have given it, would have been potent with the public."
Objects to CL’s description of CD’s view "as a modification of Lamarck’s doctrine". Quotes Henrietta [Darwin]’s observations on this description.
Comments on CL’s controversy with Owen concerning the human brain.
The controversy between Falconer and CL.
The "wretched" review of CL [Antiquity of man, Athenæum 14 Feb 1863, pp. 219–21] and Huxley [Man’s place in nature].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12–13 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.290) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4038 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … review of CL [ Antiquity of man , Athenæum 14 Feb 1863, pp. 219–21] and Huxley [ Man’s …
- … a letter by Richard Owen in the Athenæum , 21 February 1863, pp. 262–3. See letter from …
- … in a letter from George Rolleston , published in the Athenæum , 28 February 1863, p. 297. …
- … a reply to Owen’s letter in the Athenæum , 7 March 1863, pp. 331–2, which also contained …
- … History ( Owen 1861a ; see Athenæum , 7 March 1863, p. 331). See also the following …
- … 4. C. Lyell 1863a was reviewed in the Athenæum , 14 February 1863, pp. 219–21, and T. …
- … H. Huxley 1863b in the Athenæum , 28 February 1863, pp. 287–8. …
- … letter to the Athenæum , published with his first on 7 March 1863, pp. 331–2, Lyell …
- … Athenæum (City University Library, London) the reviews were written by John R. Leifchild. CD refers to C. Lyell 1863a , p. 469, which states: we ought by no means to undervalue the importance of the step which will have been made, should it ever become highly probable that the past changes of the organic world have been brought about by the subordinate agency of such causes as ‘Variation’ and ‘Natural Selection. ’ ’This passage is not mentioned in the extant text of the letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] , …
From Hugh Falconer 3 January [1863]
Summary
Describes an astounding "sort of mis-begotten-bird-creature", the Archaeopteryx, a grand Darwinian case.
His elephant paper is out in Natural History Review [(1863): 43–114].
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3899 |
From J. D. Hooker [24 May 1863]
Summary
Flora of Cameroons shakes JDH’s faith in ability to explain past or present migrations. Sees need for a major novel explanation such as natural selection, glacial cold, or continental connections.
Lyell in a bad way about feud with Falconer.
JDH’s opinion of Wallace, Bates, J. E. Gray, Owen, Asa Gray, Lubbock, and Bentham.
Bentham’s Linnean Society address [see 4118].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [24 May 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 143–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4169 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … near Abbeville, France, in March 1863 ( Athenæum , 23 May 1863, p. 682). See also letter …
- … s summary of his findings in the Athenæum , 13 June 1863, pp. 779–80. Carpenter and, …
- … see Falconer 1868 , 2: 602, and Athenæum , 18 April 1863, p. 523). However, on closer …
- … the find to be spurious (see Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 587, and letter from Hugh …
- … Quignon was reported in the Athenæum , 6 June 1863, p. 748. Lea Hurst, near Matlock, …
From J. D. Hooker 20 April 1863
Summary
Attacks by Falconer [Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] and Joseph Prestwich on Lyell.
W. B. Carpenter fails to attack Owen.
Welwitschia male cones with useless ovules marvellous example of lost function and retained structure.
JDH evaluates his sons.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 128–31; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Director’s correspondence 174 (New Zealand letters, 1854–1900): 281–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4111 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Attacks by Falconer [ Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] and Joseph Prestwich on Lyell. W. …
- … to Hugh Falconer’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60, which criticised …
- … below). Lyell answered Falconer’s criticisms in the Athenæum , 18 April 1863, pp. 523–5. …
- … in Falconer’s letter to the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 460, which reads: ‘I need hardly …
- … review of Carpenter 1862 , which appeared in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417– …
- … William Benjamin Carpenter’s reply ( Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461). Both articles are …
- … and n. 9. See also letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863], letter to Charles Lyell, 18 …
- … 1863] , and Appendix VII. See Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461. The Royal Medals were …
To J. D. Hooker [29 March 1863]
Summary
CD regrets he used "creation" in Origin when he meant "appeared".
An Oken-like article in "Owenian style" in Athenæum.
Tropical plants continue to be troublesome.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [29 Mar 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 189 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4065 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … anonymous review of Carpenter 1862 ( Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19). Hooker later …
- … 1959 , p. 753). See letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. See letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … Hooker had sent CD his copy of the Athenæum of 28 March 1863 (see the letter from J. D. …
- … dead and decaying organisms ( Athenæum , 28 March 1863, p. 417; see also DSB , s.v. ‘ …
- … life was first breathed”! ’ ( Athenæum , 28 March 1863, p. 419; see Origin , p. 484). …
From Francis Boott 23 January 1863
Summary
His son wants CD’s opinion about a cub supposed by Frank Buckland to be progeny of a lioness and mastiff.
Lyell working at last proofs [of Antiquity of man]; he is scornful of Owen.
Author: | Francis Boott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 254 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3938 |
From J. D. Hooker [7 May 1863]
Summary
Falconer going to France in defence of his views.
On scientific squabbling.
Herschel’s theory of the earth.
Bates’s book.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [7 May 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 135–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4144 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Owen’s anonymous letter in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7 (see n. 8, below), and …
- … Busk , and Joseph Prestwich ( Athenæum , 23 May 1863, p. 682). Hooker refers to Falconer’ …
- … Owen’s anonymous letter in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586–7, was …
- … In the ‘Weekly Gossip’ column in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 587, it was stated: ‘It is …
- … n. 6), and to CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863] (see also Appendix VII). …
- … response to CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863] (see also Appendix VII). The …
To Asa Gray 20 April [1863]
Summary
Fears England and U. S. will drift into war; he and AG must "keep to Science".
Thanks for facts on Incas; regrets he has always avoided the case of man.
Has sent his Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Is it true that Ohio has legislated against marriage of cousins?
Can AG explain the invariable angles in phyllotaxy; are they the consequence of packing in the early bud?
Owen’s comments on heterogeny in the Athenæum [28 Mar 1863] have vexed W. B. Carpenter; CD has replied [Collected papers 2: 78–80].
Hopes AG will observe Gymnadenia; John Scott has been experimenting on its fertilisation.
Gives his observation on pollination of Cypripedium.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 20 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (51) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4110 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … s comments on heterogeny in the Athenæum [28 Mar 1863] have vexed W. B. Carpenter; CD has …
- … to Hugh Falconer’s letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60, which was critical …
- … anonymous review of Carpenter 1862 appeared in the Athenæum , 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19. …
- … Benjamin Carpenter responded in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, p. 461. Both articles …
- … Appendix VII. See letter to the Athenæum , 18 April [1863]. The reference is to C. Lyell …
- … s letter was published in the Athenæum , 25 April 1863, pp. 554–5 (see letter from W. …
To John Lubbock 5 April [1863]
Summary
JL’s review of Lyell’s Antiquity of man (1863) [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 211–19].
Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 5 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4075 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 3 (1863): 211–19]. Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19]. …
- … like the Foraminifera ( Athenæum , 28 March 1863, p. 417, and Appendix VII). See also …
- … the review of Carpenter 1862 that appeared in the Athenæum on 28 March 1863, pp. 417–19. …
- … Athenæum at the City University Library, London, confirm that Richard Owen was the reviewer. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] , …
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