To J. D. Hooker 25 May [1870]
Summary
Concern about futures of Willy [Hooker] and Horace [Darwin].
Henrietta [Darwin] back from Cannes.
CD has been to Cambridge to visit Frank [Darwin]. Saw Sedgwick, who took him to the [Geological] Museum and utterly exhausted him. Humiliating to be "killed by a man of 86".
Saw Alfred Newton.
CD has been working away on man, to much greater length (as usual) than expected,
and on cross- and self-fertilisation.
Does JDH happen to have seeds of Canna warszewiczii matured in some hot country?
Sympathises with JDH on Dawson’s paper – amusing that Dawson hashes up E. D. Cope’s and L. Agassiz’s views.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 May [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 169–72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7200 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Museum, Cambridge, on 23 May 1870 (see letter to Alfred Newton [22 May 1870] ). Alfred …
- … William Dawson’s Bakerian lecture of 1870 (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [22 May 1870] …
- … now C. indica ; see letter from Federico Delpino, 20 May 1870 and n. 3). CD has double …
- … Islands ( Hooker 1870 ). William Henslow Hooker . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [22 May …
- … 4). CD refers to Charles Paget Hooker . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [22 May 1870] . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, [22 May 1870] . CD refers to …
To F. C. Donders 3 June [1870]
Summary
Thanks FCD for information.
Hopes that translation of his paper will appear in Dublin Journal.
Notes experience of his son [Leonard Darwin] on engorgement of eyes with blood. Discusses secretion of tears when eye muscles are involuntarily contracted.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
| Date: | 3 June [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7215 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1870 and 28 May 1870 . In his letter of 27 May 1870 , Donders summarised his article in …
- … Ruck . CD refers to Donders’s letter of 28 May 1870 . He discussed whether mere retching …
- … 28 May 1870 . See letters from F. C. Donders, …
- … relationship between this letter and the letters from F. C. Donders, 27 May 1870 and …
- … to Charles Bell ; see letter from F. C. Donders, 17 May 1870 and n. 4. Leonard Darwin …
- … 1870b ), not the Dublin Journal. See letter from F. C. Donders, 27 May 1870 and n. 3. …
From Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen 27 November 1870
Summary
Concerning the Dutch edition of Descent.
| Author: | Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 184: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7384 |
To Asa Gray 7 December 1870
Summary
Believes AG’s cases of incipient dimorphism are due to mere variability. Has found examples in Nolana and Amsinckia; believes such variation is the basis for the development of dimorphism. Was unaware of variations in Phlox.
Sensitivity of Drosera and Dionaea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 7 Dec 1870 |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7388 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … See letter from L. H. Morgan, 9 August 1870 , and letter to L. H. Morgan, 11 August [ …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 21 November 1870 . CD was correcting the …
- … S.E. Dec 7. 1870 My dear Gray I have been very glad to receive yr letter this mg— I have …
- … proof-sheets of Descent. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [13 June 1870? ] and n. 3. Nolana …
From Robert Francis Cooke 5 December 1870
Summary
Has just heard that 1st volume of Dutch edition [of Descent] has been announced for 10 December. Was CD aware that the Dutch intended to publish vol. 1 by itself?
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 382 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7387 |
Matches: 3 hits
To Jean Jacques Moulinié 18 August 1870
Summary
Under present circumstances [Franco-Prussian War] gives up French translation of Descent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1870 |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, ff. 16–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7304 |
To John Murray 5 [August 1870]
Summary
MS of Descent, except last chapter, is ready to send to printer. Hopes the printer will be able to keep him steadily at work correcting proof. "It drives me mad to change from job to job."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 5 [Aug 1870] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 209–10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7265 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 [June 1870]
Summary
Returns H. C. Watson’s letter.
CD must study JDH’s manner of arrangement of varieties and subspecies, etc.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 [June 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7214 |
To William Ogle 25 March [1871]
Summary
Asks WO to act out the sudden discovery of a dreadful object and to observe whether his platysma contracts. CD has found in his notes that it is never contracted in cases of severe dyspnoea [Expression, p. 301].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 25 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 9 (EH 88205907) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7622 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … vol. 18, letter to William Ogle, 9 November 1870 , and letter from William Ogle, [ …
- … enclosed George Green Gascoyen’s letter of 7 July 1870 ( Correspondence vol. 18). …
- … See Correspondence vol. 18, letter from James Crichton-Browne, 15 March 1870 . CD …
- … 10–17 November 1870] , and this volume passim ). James Paget . See letter to William Ogle, …
From T. W. Wood [after 26 June 1870]
Summary
Is surprised to find CD disagrees about the argus [see 7229]. TWW finds others he has consulted, including Edward Blyth, agree with him.
| Author: | Thomas William Wood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 26 June 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7211 |
To Mr Dorrell 11 August [1870]
Summary
He will not be ready to begin correcting proofs until 28 or 29 August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mr. Dorrell |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | Jonathan Haile (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7299F |
From John Lubbock 26 July [1870]
Summary
Some good men spoke for CD’s amendment, but in vain.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 July [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7288 |
From John Murray 24 October [1870]
Summary
Sends table of sales [of Journal of researches]. 2000 copies sold since 1860.
Descent has gone to press for 2500 copies.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 380 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7350 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … of most of the illustrations in Descent (see letter from John Murray, 10 October [1870] ). …
- … see n. 8, below). See letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] . Murray refers to the …
- … earlier editions (see letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] and n. 3). Journal of …
- … 1860) . Journal of researches (1870) . See letter to John Murray, 22 October [1870] . The …
- … and the US edition (letters to John Murray , 26 September 1870 and nn. 1 and 2, and 11 …
From Francis Darwin [before 5 December 1870]
Summary
Has no chance of paying his debts, and asks for money.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 5 Dec 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7387H |
To Charles Boner [before 8 January 1870]
Summary
Has received [read?] CB’s two works [Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria (2d ed., 1860) and Forest creatures (1871)] and has made use of them in his present book [Descent].
CB’s descriptions of the Tyrol make CD long to be "strong and young again to ramble over the mountains".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Boner |
| Date: | [before 8 Jan 1870] |
| Classmark: | Kettle ed. 1871, p. 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7073 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter written after Boner’s letter of 8 January 1870 , in which he told CD he was sending …
- … this letter and the letter from Charles Boner, 8 January 1870 . CD refers to Boner 1860 ( …
- … and its people ; see letter to Charles Boner, 20 January [1870] ). There is a copy in the …
- … letters from Charles Boner , 25 November [1869] and [December 1869 – early January 1870] . …
To William Farr 17 July [1870]
Summary
Writes concerning the questions on consanguineous marriages which CD wishes to have inserted into the Census. Discusses the form the questions might take and the value of the information that would be gained from them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Farr |
| Date: | 17 July [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 76–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7282 |
To L. H. Morgan 11 August [1870]
Summary
Thanks LHM for concluding chapter [to Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family (1871)]. Agrees that it is important to study the habits and institutions of savages.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7300 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 15 July [1870]
Summary
WBT may use any of CD’s material for the new edition of his poultry book. Hopes WBT will keep firmly to his idea of working out pigeon variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 15 July [1870] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7275 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 July 1870 . See letter from W. B. …
- … 1870 and n. 2. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 July 1870 . Tegetmeier was pigeon …
- … Tegetmeier, 14 July 1870 and n. 3. See letter from W. B. …
- … Tegetmeier, 14 July 1870 and n. 1. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 …
To James Crichton-Browne 2 April [1870]
Summary
Copy of Duchenne [see 7089] has not arrived; CD is concerned that it may be lost.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 2 Apr [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 331 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7160 |
To Armand de Quatrefages 23 August [1870]
Summary
Thanks QdeB for his continued support of CD’s election to French Academy.
Discusses views of Milne-Edwards on species.
Comments on views of Élie de Beaumont.
"I fear my next book [Descent] … will greatly displease you."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.382) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7308 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 , and letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 20 July [ …
- … letter and the letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 . CD refers to Quatrefages’ …
- … des Sciences (see letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 18 July 1870 and n. 5). CD refers …
- … 1870, p. 529, an academician, believed to be Léonce Elie de Beaumont , shouted, ‘C’est de la science mousseuse ’, a remark to which Quatrefages objected strongly. CD refers to Elie de Beaumont’s support for a theory originally formulated by Christian Leopold von Buch that volcanoes were caused by pressure from below, which arched the strata into a dome-like formation until the centre collapsed and a vent was formed ( Elie de Beaumont 1838 ; see also Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
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Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …
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…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
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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- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Women’s scientific participation
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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 …
Francis Darwin
Summary
Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…
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- … Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished …
Jane Gray
Summary
Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
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- … Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 …
Casting about: Darwin on worms
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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…
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- … Earthworms featured in the news announcement in May 2014 that a citizen science project had …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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- … Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin …
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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- … Discussion Questions | Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth …
Experimenting with emotions
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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…
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- … Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by …
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
John Lubbock
Summary
John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
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- … John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
Darwin in public and private
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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 …
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 previous October, and …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … < Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The …
Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
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- … Letters | Selected Readings In Descent of Man , Darwin argued that human …
