From John Murray 12 February [1868]
Summary
CD’s letter encourages Murray to proceed with a new edition of Variation; corrections will cost £176.
First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171 : 355 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5869 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From John Murray 12 February [1868] …
- … DAR 171 : 355 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 12 Feb [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … will cost £176. First notice has appeared in Pall Mall Gazette [7 (1868): 555]. …
- … appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette for 10 February 1868 ([Lewes] 1868a). See letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 10 February [1868] and n. 3. …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] . For CD’s presentation list for the second …
- … IV. See letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] and n. 5. William Sweetland Dallas had …
- … See letter from W. S. Dallas, 11 February 1868 . The first part of a three-part …
From John Murray 27 May [1868]
Summary
Will be glad to see Miss Wedgwood’s MS on Wesley.
The clichés of Fritz Müller’s work [Für Darwin] have arrived.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 359 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6212 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From John Murray 27 May [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 359 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 27 May [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … F. Müller 1864 ; Dallas trans. 1869). See letter to John Murray, 25 May 1868 and n. 3. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 25 May 1868 . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 25 May 1868 and n. 1. Murray refers to Frances Julia Wedgwood and …
- … 1866 ; see letter to John Murray, 25 May 1868 and n. 3. CD’s instructions regarding the …
- … Murray (see letter to John Murray, 25 May 1868 and n. 2). Canestrini’s name appears on …
- … letter from Giovanni Canestrini, 14 May 1868 . Williams & Norgate and Dulau & Co. were …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 22 September [1868]
Summary
Lost copy of Variation sent to B. D. Walsh has been traced as far as New York.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 361 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6385 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 22 September [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 361 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 22 Sept [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
- … and the letter from John Murray, 18 September [1868] . Murray refers to Benjamin Dann …
- … Walsh and Variation (see letter to John Murray, 16 September [1868] , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 18 September [1868] ). The enclosure has not been found. …
From John Murray 10 January [1868]
Summary
CD’s anxiety about the index [of Variation] will be relieved somewhat when he learns it has at last been set up.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 353 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5782 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 10 January [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 353 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 10 Jan [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … relationhip between this letter and the letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 . See …
- … letter to John Murray, 9 January [1868] and nn. 2 and 3. The Monday was 6 January. …
- … See letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 . …
From John Murray 18 September [1868]
Summary
JM will send another copy of Variation to B. D. Walsh.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 360 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6376 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Murray 18 September [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 360 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 18 Sept [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Walsh lived in Rock Island, Illinois (see letter to John Murray, 16 September [1868] ). …
- … letter to John Murray, 16 September [1868] . CD had told Benjamin Dann Walsh in January …
- … letter to B. D. Walsh, 27 January [1868] ). The publishing firm of the Baillière family …
- … See letter to John Murray, 16 September [1868] . Sampson Low was the senior partner of the …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 3 March [1868]
Summary
JM offers a note for 400 guineas as author’s payment on sale of 1250 copies of 2d issue of Variation.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 357 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5972 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 3 March [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 357 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 3 Mar [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
- … the letter from John Murray, 24 February [1868] . Murray refers to the second printing of …
- … see letter from John Murray, 6 February [1868] ). Although the title pages of the two …
- … a payment of £420 from Murray on 1 July 1868 in his Account books–banking account (Down …
From John Murray 24 February [1868]
Summary
Second issue [of Variation] is ready.
Murray thinks that the Athenæum review was written by J. E. Gray [see 5931].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 356 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5923 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From John Murray 24 February [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 356 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 24 Feb [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … refers to John Edward Gray . See letter to J. E. Gray, 17 February [1868] and n. 4. …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
- … additions and corrections (see letter to John Murray, 9 February [1868] , and letter from …
- … John Murray, 12 February [1868] ). For CD’s presentation list for the first and second …
From John Murray 6 March [1868]
Summary
JM sends note for £420.
Asks CD to use his good offices on behalf of William Clowes’s son who is up for election to Athenaeum.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 358 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5988 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Murray 6 March [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 358 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 6 Mar [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Murray, 6 March 1868 . See …
- … letter from John Murray, 3 March [1868] and n. 2. Murray refers to William Charles Knight …
- … as a member of the Athenaeum Club from 1868. CD had been a member since 1838 ( Waugh [ …
From John Murray 6 February [1868]
Summary
Advance sale of Variation has exhausted the 1500 copies printed. Murray sends note for £300 author’s payment. Wants to print 1250 more immediately.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 354 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5844 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From John Murray 6 February [1868] …
- … DAR 171: 354 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 6 Feb [1868] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1500 copies was published on 30 January 1868; Murray had already sold 1250 at his autumn …
- … in his banking account under the date 9 May 1868 (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down …
- … tripos at Cambridge University ( Cambridge University calendar 1868). CD’s annotations are …
- … notes for his letter to Murray of 9 February [1868] . …
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 28 January [1867]
Summary
JM will publish [Variation] "coute qui coute", paying CD half the profits.
Thinks he can count on 500 purchases of what he calls the "Pièces Justificatives" of the Origin and will print 750 copies.
His literary friend found it "difficult of digestion".
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 344 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5380 |
From John Murray 1 April 1865
Summary
Will be proud to publish CD’s new work on domestic animals [Variation]. Will announce it as the complement of the Origin. Advises on woodcuts; does not wish to limit number; agrees to CD’s suggestions for artists.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3493 |
From John Murray 24 December [1866]
Summary
Two parcels of MS [of Variation] have arrived. Will proceed with printing immediately after Christmas.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 341 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5322 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 30 January [1867]
Summary
First portion of Variation MS has been set up. Murray will not decide on number to be printed until he has read a good portion. The agreement applies only to the first edition.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 345 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5383 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 17 April [1867]
Summary
On cost of electrotypes from woodcuts for Variation and price to charge Schweizerbart.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 348 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5504 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 17 November 1869
Summary
JM reports sales of Facts and arguments for Darwin, Variation, and Origin [5th ed.].
Sends best wishes for success in putting down "Parisian blasphemers".
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 374 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6992 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 19 March [1867]
Summary
Agrees that new title of Variation is an improvement. Now thinks 1500 copies a safe number to print.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 347 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5448 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 9 January [1867]
Summary
CD should not be discouraged by the bulk of Variation. CD’s suggestion to print technical details in small type is good.
Murray has sent MS to a "man of letters and good information" as an experiment to test its effect. Has no intention of throwing up publication.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 343 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5354 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 1 November [1867]
Summary
Sends Dallas’ specimen of indexing [for Variation].
Asks CD’s opinion of likelihood of a hybrid of ass and bull, reported in a MS of a journey to Asia Minor he is reading.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 352 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5661 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 2 January [1867]
Summary
William Clowes [printer for J. Murray] estimates that Variation will come to a first volume of 648 pages and a second volume of 624 pages – which is too much for volumes the same size as Origin. Murray proposes a larger size.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 342 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5345 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868. …
From John Murray 25 September [1873]
Summary
Acknowledges CD’s cheque.
Sends CD cheque for profits on Orchids and a statement of stock on hand of CD’s works [missing].
Origin and Expression sales are stagnant.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 437, DAR 210.11: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9071 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … paid 26 “ Variations Animals ” &c 1250 No printed in 1868 75 “ Man ” 1000 No " 1871 2404 “ …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Murray, John (b) |
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…
Matches: 27 hits
- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
- … The quantity of his correspondence increased dramatically in 1868; the increase was due largely to …
- … and his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that …
- … and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ). My book is horribly …
- … as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing …
- … look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin sympathised, replying on …
- … fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such worries were laid to …
- … was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from …
- … not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ). Wallace commiserated: ‘I am …
- … to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] ). The review was in fact by John …
- … a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). I am bothered with …
- … Yorkshire, wrote of the colour of duck claws on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the …
- … Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin complained to …
- … breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal’, and offered …
- … changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 June 1868 ). ‘It was …
- … clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection …
- … ratios was scanty, and he spent much of the first half of 1868 collecting facts on this question, …
- … may be gained’ ( letter to H. T. Stainton, 21 February [1868] ). From the beginning, Darwin had …
- … males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a number of Darwin’s …
- … the American entomologist Benjamin Dann Walsh on 25 March 1868 . Wallace maintained that males …
- … entomologists ( letter from Roland Trimen, 20 February 1868 , and letter from Robert MacLachlan, …
- … in attracting females. J. J. Weir reported on 14 April 1868 that a bullfinch had piped a German …
- … odour sexual!’ ( letter to A . R. Wallace, 16 September [1868] ). Francis sought additional advice …
- … to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October 1868] : ‘I had a long work with Crotch to …
- … in the dyed hen ( letter from Harrison Weir, 28 March 1868 ). Writing on the same day, Edward …
- … of Species”’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 4 October 1868 ). Heaven protect my stomach …
- … of Nat. Selection’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Researching emotion …
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…
Matches: 30 hits
- … for ease of distribution sometime in late 1867 or early 1868. Darwin went over his questions, …
- … in Ceylon, wrote the botanist George Thwaites on 22 July 1868 , “all endeavour to drill their …
- … Scottish botanist John Scott wrote from Calcutta, 4 May 1868 : “Shame is … expressed by an …
- … Bulmer, J 13 Aug 1868 [Gipps Land, nr. Flemington? …
- … Bunnett, Templeton 13 Aug 1868 Echuca, Australia …
- … Darwin, W.E. [after 29 March 1868] Chester Place, …
- … Darwin, W.E. [7? April 1868] Southampton, England …
- … Darwin, W.E. [22? April 1868] Southampton, England …
- … Forbes, David 26 March 1868 Boulton, England (about …
- … Geach, F.F. April 1868 Johore, Malaysia …
- … Glenie, S.O. 22 July 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
- … Glenie, S.O. [July 1868] Trincomalee, Ceylon …
- … Hagenauer, J.A. 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
- … Hawkshaw, Cicely Mary (to ED) 9 Feb 1868 Liphook, …
- … Hooker, J.D. 5 Sept 1868 Kew, London (about Nagasaki …
- … Lacy, Dyson [before 13 Aug 1868] [Queensland, …
- … Lane, H.B. 13 Aug 1868 Belfast, Australia? …
- … Lang, Archibald G. 13 Aug 1868 [Coranderrk, …
- … Muller, Fritz 30 Jan [1868] Itajahy, Santa Catharina …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 23 May 1868 Conservative Club, …
- … Scherzer, Karl Von 20 Oct 1868 Ministry of Commerce, …
- … Scott, John 4 May 1868 Royal Botanic Gardens, …
- … Smyth, R. Brough 13 Aug 1868 Flemington, Australia …
- … Speedy, J. 29 Sept 1868 Freshwater, Isle of Wight, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 4 Aug 1868 British Legation, Peking, …
- … Thwaites, G.H.K. 1 Apr 1868 Peradeniya, Ceylon …
- … Walsh, B.D. 25 March 1868 Rock Island, Illinois, USA …
- … Weale, J.P.M. 23 Oct 1868 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope …
- … Sarah E to ED [30 March-12 April 1868] London, …
- … Wilson, Edward 19 Feb 1868 Hayes, Bromley, Kent, …
6430_10256
Summary
From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Suède) 25 Okt. 1868. …
- … CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
- … in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
- … An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
- … of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
- … on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …
- … From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker f1 25 October 1868 Lund (Sweden) 25 Oct. 1868 …
- … CD’s query, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 August 1868. Hooker passed CD’s query to Nilsson at …
- … in Norwich (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1868). f3 Nilsson sent the response in …
- … An English translation was never published. Earlier in 1868, Longman’s, Green, and Company had …
- … of northern Europe during the Stone Age (Nilsson 1868); see letter to John Lubbock, 15 February …
- … on Nilsson’s view in Lubbock’s introduction to Nilsson 1868, pp. xxxv–xxxvi. …
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…
Matches: 7 hits
- … to produce capsules’ ( To Fritz Müller, 30 January [1868] ). Müller, in turn, sent seeds from his …
- … produced by the former ( From Robert Caspary, 18 February 1868 ). Darwin eagerly requested seed …
- … their power of growth’ ( To Robert Caspary, 25 February [1868] ). By this time he had already …
- … (Variation 2: 128-9), which was published on 30 January 1868. In April 1868, Darwin informed …
- … quite intelligible to me’ ( To George Bentham, 22 April 1868 ). A month later, he had another set …
- … taken from the same plant!’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or rapidly elongating …
- … he told Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868
Summary
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…
5935_4582
Summary
From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868 Kew Feby 26 th /68 Dear Darwin …
- … to Richard Owen (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1868]); the review was by John Robertson ( …
- … 1867) was reviewed in the Athenæum , 8 February 1868, pp. 217–18. f3 CD had discussed …
- … CD’s reply. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 February [1868] and nn. 8–10. …
5873_1488
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From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…
Matches: 1 hits
- … From B. J. Sulivan 13 February [1868] f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of the fish and hence of all higher vertebrates, 23 March 1868 Roland Trimen on the …
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…
Matches: 10 hits
- … Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., [30 January 1868] Darwin asks Thomas Huxley to …
- … 6453 - Langton, E. to Wedgwood, S. E., [9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephew, Edmund, …
- … - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 November 1868] Darwin’s nephews, Edmund …
- … Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Doubleday responds to Darwin’s …
- … Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
- … Letter 6083 - Casparay, J. X. R. to Darwin, [2 April 1868] Casparay details his …
- … Letter 6139 - Doubleday, H. to Darwin, [22 April 1868] Naturalist Henry Doubleday …
- … Letter 6046 - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments …
- … Letter 6066 - Weir, H. W. to Darwin, [28 March 1868] Harrison Weir passes on …
- … Letter 6081 - Darwin to Bowman, W., [2 April 1868] Darwin requests surgeon and …
Descent
Summary
There are more than five hundred letters associated with the research and writing of Darwin’s book, Descent of man and selection in relation to sex (Descent). They trace not only the tortuous route to eventual publication, but the development of Darwin’s…
Matches: 6 hits
- … in two volumes in 1871, yet as late as the summer of 1868 Darwin thought it would be only a ‘ short …
- … writing it up as a separate publication in early February 1868 , wading through a ‘ mass of …
- … Variation was finally off his hands at the beginning of 1868, the volume of his correspondence …
- … are more than 260 surviving letters from February and March 1868 alone, two or three times the usual …
- … the details of the experiment were discussed in March 1868 , it seems the original suggestion of …
- … & sexual selection’ Darwin wrote to Wallace in September 1868, but although he had ‘ oscillated …
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
William Winwood Reade
Summary
On 19 May 1868, an African explorer and unsuccessful novelist, William Winwoode Reade (1838–1875) offered to help Darwin, and started a correspondence and, arguably, a collaboration, that would last until Reade's death. After a first 1861 tour of…
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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868] ). He may have resented the interruption to his …
- … on the German translation of Variation (Carus trans. 1868). The French translation proved …
- … the French edition of Variation (Moulinié trans. 1868), and CD now extended his permission for …
- … Scientific Opinion , launched towards the end of 1868, was one of several periodicals begun in …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Matches: 4 hits
- … a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December 1868 ). Innes had a tendency to tease …
- … he left behind (letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868] ). Among the reasons justifying his …
- … the church’s organ fund (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 June [1868] ). So embroiled in this process …
- … the Down parish church (letter to J. B. Innes, 1 December 1868 ). Darwin wrote of the next …
Darwin's life in letters
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For all his working life, Darwin used letters as a way both of discussing ideas and gathering the ‘great quantities of facts’ that he used in developing and supporting his theories. They form a fascinating collection from many hundreds of correspondents,…
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- … letters. ( Darwin to John Jenner Weir, [6 March 1868] ) For all his working life …
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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- … Letter 5861 - Blyth, E. to Darwin, [11 February 1868] Zoologist Edward Blyth sends …
- … Letter 5928 - Gray, A. to Darwin, [25 February 1868] American naturalist Asa Gray …
- … Letter 6040 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [23 March 1868] Haeckel informs Darwin …
- … Letter 6110 - Samuelson, J. to Darwin, [10 April 1868] James Samuel, editor of …
- … Letter 6126 - Binstead, C. H. to Darwin, [17 April 1868] Charles Binstead, “an …
- … Letter 6237 - Bullar, R. to Darwin, [9 June 1868] Rosa Bullar reports a case of a …
- … Letter 6335 - Innes, J. B. to Darwin, [31 August 1868] John Innes reports that he has …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] Darwin writes to Gray about his review …
- … 6223 — Horsman, S. J. H. to Darwin, C. R., 2 June [1868] Horsman attempts to convince Darwin …
- … Letter 6241 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 13 June 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down writes …
- … Letter 6486 — Darwin, C. R. to Innes, J. B., 1 Dec 1868 Darwin writes to J. B. Innes, vicar …
- … Letter 6492 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides …
- … Letter 6501 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down is …
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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- … selection ( Origin 4th ed., pp. 323–6). However, by 1868, in The variation of animals and …
- … discussion of the issue with Alfred Wallace in the spring of 1868. Wallace had sent a concise …
- … natural selection ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 1 March 1868 ). Darwin turned to his son George, a …
- … as insoluble’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Ultimately, Darwin’s view was …
Controversy
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The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes. Letters, however, show that the responses to Darwin were extremely…
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- … Letter 6024 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 19 Mar 1868 Wallace writes to Darwin with a …
- … Letter 6033 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., [21 Mar 1868] Darwin lets Wallace know he has …
- … Letter 6045 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 24 Mar [1868] Wallace returns George Darwin’s …
- … Letter 6058 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 27 Mar [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace saying …
- … Letter 6095 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 6 Apr [1868] Darwin writes to Wallace on the …
- … Letter 6104 — Wallace, A. R. to Darwin, C. R., 8 [Apr] 1868 Wallace says if Darwin is not …
