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To Ernst Haeckel   23 June [1870]

Summary

Comments on new edition of EH’s book [Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte, 2d ed. (1870)].

Mentions his own book [Descent].

Visit by Kölliker.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:  23 June [1870]
Classmark:  Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/24)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7241

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Albert von Kölliker visited CD with Albert Günther on 15 April 1870 ( letter from Albert …
  • … Günther 12 April 1870 ; letter from J.  V.  Carus, 16 April [1870] ). …
  • 1870 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD refers to his manuscript for Descent . He referred to the second edition of Haeckel’s Natürliche Schopfungsgeschichte in Descent 1: 4. In Descent 1: 4, CD wrote that if Haeckel’s Natürliche Schopfungsgeschichte ( Haeckel 1868 ) had appeared before his essay had been written, he would probably not have completed it, and that all his conclusions had been confirmed by Haeckel. Haeckel’s Generelle Morphologie der Organismen ( Haeckel 1866 ) has not been translated into English to date. See also Correspondence vol.  16, letter

From J. J. Weir   4 July 1870

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On mutations in rabbits.

Cytisus case is not a double graft.

Aggressive behaviour of birds of prey.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 July 1870
Classmark:  DAR 181: 83
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7264

Matches: 5 hits

  • … See letter from J.  J.  Weir, 27 June 1870  and letter to J.  J.   …
  • … Weir, 27 June 1870  and letter to J.  J.   …
  • … J.  Weir, 27  June 1870 . Weir had suffered blood poisoning (see letter from J.  J.  Weir, …
  • … Weir, 29 June [1870] . See letter from J.  J.   …
  • 1870] . Weir’s brother was Harrison Weir. His gardener has not been identified. See letter

To W. W. Reade   30 June [1870]

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Thanks WWR for information on the Nehro idea of beauty and other facts relating to expression.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Winwood Reade
Date:  30 June [1870]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 79–80
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7255

Matches: 7 hits

  • … CD sent the manuscript of Descent to the printers in August 1870 ( letter to John …
  • … this letter and the letter from W.  W.  Reade, 4 June 1870 . See letter from W.  W.   …
  • … Reade, [ c. 8 or 9 April 1870]. See letter from W.  W.  Reade, 4 June 1870 . …
  • … in Expression , pp.  143–4. See letter from W.  W.  Reade, 4 June 1870  and n.  7. …
  • … sketch-book in 1873 ( Reade 1873 ). See letter from W.  W.  Reade, 4 June 1870  and n.  4. …
  • … 1870] and n.  7, and 4 June 1870 and n.  14. The letter in which CD asked Reade about …
  • 1870] ). Expression was published in November 1872 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (DAR 158)). See letters

To J. V. Carus   18 August 1870

Summary

Has just sent MS of Descent to printers. Recognises that [because of Franco-Prussian War] the publisher will have given up idea of a German translation.

Though the war is a misfortune for science, CD rejoices at the wonderful success of Germany; has met no one who does not share this feeling.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Julius Victor Carus
Date:  18 Aug 1870
Classmark:  Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 60–61)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7305

Matches: 5 hits

  • … been sent to the printers, William Clowes & Sons , on 9 August 1870 (see letter from John …
  • … Murray, 6 August [1870] , and letter to Mr …
  • … Dorrell, 9 August 1870 ; see also letter to J.  J.  Moulinié, 18  …
  • … to J.  J.  Moulinié, 18 August 1870 . See letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 August 1870 , and n.  2. …
  • 1870 ( Wawro 2003 , p.  65). The publishing firm E.  Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshandlung, headed by Eduard Koch , published the German translation of Descent in 1871 (Carus trans.  1871). See also letter

To William Ogle   13 April [1871]

Summary

Reports further observations on contraction of platysma. Has been assisted by J. Wood. [See Expression, pp. 302, 303.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Ogle
Date:  13 Apr [1871]
Classmark:  DAR 261.5: 11 (EH 88205909)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7679

Matches: 3 hits

  • … and 17 December [1870] , and letter from William Ogle, [ …
  • … 10–17 November 1870] , and this volume, letter to William Ogle, 25 March [1871] . …
  • … Correspondence vol.  18, letters to William Ogle , 9 November 1870 , 17 November [1870] , …

From John Murray   10 October [1870]

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Cannot find the [indelicate] passage he referred to in last letter.

Various publication arrangements.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Oct [1870]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 379
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7339

Matches: 7 hits

  • … see letter to John Murray, 26 September 1870 , and letter from John Murray, 28 September [ …
  • … a translation of Descent in a letter of 13 September 1870 (National Library of Scotland, …
  • … this letter and the letter from John Murray, 28 September [1870] . Murray had written to …
  • … proof-sheets of Descent , see the letter from John Murray, 28 September [1870] and n.   …
  • … 7; see also the letter to John Murray, 29 September [1870] . CD wrote Descent 2: 345 n.   …
  • … William Clowes & Sons . See letter to John Murray, 26 September 1870 . CD had promised the …
  • … of the woodcuts (see letter to John Murray, 29 September [1870] and n.  3). Hendrik …

To J. D. Hooker   [13 June 1870?]

Summary

Orders seeds, ripened in Algiers; imported seed would be of no use. [Forwarded to Algiers by JDH, see 7272.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [13 June 1870?]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7210

Matches: 3 hits

  • … memorandum was handed to Hooker when he visited Down on 13 June 1870 ( letter to St G.   …
  • … Hooker, 25 May [1870] and [29 June 1870] , and the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 10 July  …
  • … J.  Mivart, 13 June [1870] ). See also the letters to J.  D.   …

To William Ogle   17 November [1870]

Summary

Thanks WO for information on platysma, which he did not know could be brought into voluntary action. Is coming to believe it has nothing to do with expression.

On the relation between white colouring and susceptibility to poisonous plants, CD suggests WO send his paper to J. Wyman and propose he investigate whether white as well as black pigs will eat paint-root.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Ogle
Date:  17 Nov [1870]
Classmark:  DAR 261.5: 4 (EH 88205902)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7373

Matches: 8 hits

  • … 303. See letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 , and letter to James Crichton- …
  • … the platysma myoides muscle in his letter of 9 November 1870 . Some of what Ogle wrote …
  • … now missing portion of his letter of [10–17 November 1870] . See Expression , pp.  298– …
  • … relationship between this letter and the letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 . CD had …
  • … 4, and letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 . CD had given information from Jeffries …
  • … Browne, 8 June 1869 . See letter from William Ogle, [before 9 November 1870] and n.   …
  • … Expression. , p.  299). See letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870  and n.  5. CD refers …
  • 1870 . CD refers to Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne , and photographs in Duchenne 1862 . There is an annotated copy of Duchenne 1862  in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 209–10). See also Correspondence vol.  17, letter

From Henry Bence Jones   2 August 1870

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CD has complained of pins and needles keeping him from working on his book [Descent]. If he could spend ten days with HBJ, he would be well and fit.

Author:  Henry Bence Jones
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Aug 1870
Classmark:  DAR 168: 79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7293

Matches: 4 hits

  • … n.  5). CD sent the manuscript of Descent to the printers in August 1870 ( letter to John …
  • … letter to W.  D.  Fox, 18 February [1870] , and letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 25 May [1870] ). …
  • … Villas | Folkestone Aug 2 1870 My dear M r Darwin Your letter was forwarded to me here. I …
  • 1870] ). ‘Sal volatile’ is ammonium carbonate, often used as a smelling salt or internally as an antacid. CD took this on the advice of a former doctor of his, William Jenner (see Correspondence vol.  12, letter

From F. E. Abbot   1 November 1871

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For CD’s approval, cites passage from CD note he wants to quote in a lecture;

pleads for CD’s moral support for FEA’s work in free-thought movement.

Sends $50 [dollars or pounds!?] because he wants CD to become regular contributor to Index.

Author:  Francis Ellingwood Abbot
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1871
Classmark:  DAR 159: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8043

Matches: 2 hits

  • … a volume containing the issues for 1870 ( letter to F.  E.  Abbot, 6 September [1871] ). …
  • … Truths for the times’ ( Abbot [1870] ), in his letter to F.  E.  Abbot of 27 May [1871] , …

Woinow, M. M. (1844–75)

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Archiv für Ophthalmologie 16 (part 1, 1870): 211 letter from F. C. Donders, 1 April 1872. …

To Francis Galton   [27 April 1870?]

Summary

Is much obliged for information [about rabbits?].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  [27 Apr 1870?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: A16v
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7176

Matches: 3 hits

  • … a draft written on the back of the letter of 26 April 1870 . …
  • … between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 26 April 1870 . This letter is …
  • … See letter from Francis Galton, 26 April 1870 . …

To H. E. Darwin   [March] 1870

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Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [Mar] 1870
Classmark:  DAR 185: 58
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7123

Matches: 3 hits

  • … to H.  E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and letter from H.  E.  Darwin, [after 8 February  …
  • … the letter to H.  E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and the letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • 1870] (DAR 219.9: 82), in which Emma asks Henrietta to write when she receives a manuscript. This manuscript was presumably that of the chapter or chapters of Descent following those on the mental powers of humans and animals. CD had asked Henrietta, who was travelling in France and Italy, to read the manuscript of Descent ; see letter

To John Lubbock   21 July [1870]

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Thanks JL for his book [Origin of civilization (1870)], which he has read with "extreme interest". Wishes JL had published four or five months earlier as CD would have "so profited & saved so much work". CD will have to modify some of what he has written [in Descent]. Sees they differ a good deal about moral sense "but hardly two men ever do agree on this perplexing subject".

JL’s note of the 16th [see 7277] about the Census arrived too late for CD to answer.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:  21 July [1870]
Classmark:  Dr N. Hammond (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7286

Matches: 2 hits

  • … letter from John Lubbock, 16 July [1870] , and letter from William Farr, 16 July 1870 . …
  • … between this letter and the letter to John Lubbock, 17 July 1870 . CD refers to Lubbock’s …

From William Ogle   [10–17 November 1870]

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Relates instances of rabbits suffering from a condition which affects only the patches of white on their fur.

Will make observations on the platysma for CD.

Author:  William Ogle
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [10–17 Nov 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 173: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7365

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Ogle, 9 November 1870 See letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870  and n.   …
  • … pp.  298–303. Variation. Jeffries Wyman . See letter to William Ogle, 17 November [1870] . …
  • … 17 November [1870] . Letter to William …
  • … relationship between this letter and the letters to William Ogle , 9 November 1870  and …
  • … 3. See letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 , and Ogle 1870a , p.  283 n.  1. The …

From T. H. Farrer   5 June 1870

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Has sent F. Müller "a long screed" about the Passiflora.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 164: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7219

Matches: 2 hits

  • … flower of Passiflora (see letter from Fritz Müller, 16 February 1870 , and letter to Fritz …
  • … 12 May 1870 ). On Farrer’s notions about the corona of Passiflora , see the letter to T.   …

To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [8 February 1870]

Summary

Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [8 Feb 1870]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7124

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Descent at least since she left England in January 1870 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • … E.  Darwin, [18 January 1870] (DAR 219.9: 69)). With this letter CD had presumably sent …
  • … 8 February 1870] (DAR 219.9: 72), in which Emma says she is enclosing a letter from CD. …
  • … France and Italy (see letter to W.  D.  Fox, 18 February [1870] and n.  10). She had also …

From Asa Gray   27 September 1877

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Has received CD’s book [Forms of flowers]; thanks him for the compliment of the dedication.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Sept 1877
Classmark:  DAR 165: 198
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11155

Matches: 2 hits

  • … See Correspondence vol. 18, letter from Asa Gray, 14 February 1870 , letter from J. L. …
  • … Gray, 14 February 1870 , and letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1870] . Gray probably refers to …

To H. H. Vivian   11 May [1870]

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Thanks for HHV’s interest in the census [CD’s plan to add questions on consanguineous marriage to the census] on which CD hopes to persuade Sir J. Lubbock to speak.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st baronet
Date:  11 May [1870]
Classmark:  Invercargill City Libraries and Archives (Alex Robertson Collection, vol. 12: A0444 S12450012)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7183

Matches: 2 hits

  • … was elected MP for Maidstone in February 1870 (see letter to John Lubbock, 26 February [ …
  • … letter from H.  H.  Vivian, 10 May 1870 . See letter from H.  H.  Vivian, 10 May 1870  and …

To Frederick Bates   19 June [1868?]

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"Though next Spring will be rather late, I do not think it will be too late, & if in your power to send me some living specimens of Trox sabulosus, I shd. be greatly indebted to you.––-"

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Frederick Bates
Date:  19 June [1868?]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 120
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6787A

Matches: 1 hit

  • … appear not to have been sent until 1870 (see letter to Frederick Bates, 26 June [1870? ] ( …
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Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest

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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 …