To ? 10 May [1871]
Summary
Thanks correspondent for item of criticism in a foreign newspaper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 10 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.396) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7747 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To ? 10 May [1871] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.396) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 May [1871] Unidentified …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
- … any of these photographs until 22 August 1871 (CD’s Classed account books (Down House …
- … this is a form that CD used between May 1871 and January 1872. The extracts have not been …
- … taken in 1869 by Elliot & Fry (see letter to C. L. Balch, 15 April 1871 and n. 3). CD …
- … see letter to Elliott & Fry, 23 April [1871] ); however, CD’s accounts suggest that he did …
To ? 1 July 1871
Summary
Regrets ill health will prevent his attending the BAAS meeting at Edinburgh.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 1 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7844 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To ? 1 July 1871 …
- … Historical Society of Pennsylvania Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 July 1871 Unidentified …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 1. 1871 Dear Sir I am sorry to say that the state of my …
- … Science was held at Edinburgh from 2 to 9 August 1871 ( Report of the 41st meeting of the …
- … British Association for the Advancement of Science (1871): lxxxiii). …
To ? 20 November [1871]
Summary
Asks for some pamphlets, the titles of which have been sent to him by Dr Spengel [see 8053].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (9 April 1963) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8076 |
Matches: 4 hits
To ? 7 April [1871]
Summary
Asks correspondent to thank Thomas Laycock for his references. CD has been away from home and has not yet consulted his copy of Laycock’s Mind and brain [1860].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | R. M. Smythe (dealer) (November 1998) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6102A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To ? 7 April [1871] …
- … R. M. Smythe (dealer) (November 1998) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Apr [1871] Unidentified …
- … Erasmus Alvey Darwin , in London from 1 to 5 April 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … out and ‘Beckenham’ added by hand, from April 1869 to May 1871. During this period, he …
- … away from home shortly before 7 April only in 1871 (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No …
To ? 28 June [1871]
Summary
Thanks for the photographs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 28 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7836F |
To ? 18 November [1871–81]
Summary
"With Mr. Charles Darwin’s compliments enclosing one guinea."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 18 Nov [1871–81] |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (14 September 1993) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13887 |
To ? 19 May [1871]
Summary
Thanks for references about dogs. Fears work will not allow him to deal with subject again. Heartily subscribes to what correspondent says about qualities of dogs. Loves his "with all my heart".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 19 May [1871] |
| Classmark: | Paul C. Richards Autographs (dealer) (Catalogue 109) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13889 |
To ? 27 September [1871–81]
Summary
Thanks for a book. "I am so much overworked at present that I cannot read it now, & I am a very poor German scholar".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1871-81] |
| Classmark: | David Schulson (dealer) (August 2005) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13886 |
To ? 25 February [1871]
Summary
Thanks for two reviews of Descent. Second is "most fair, kind and carefully abstracted".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. (Miscellaneous papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7513 |
To an editor 12 October [1871]
Summary
Sends photograph of himself for a proposed memoir in correspondent’s Review.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8003 |
To ? 23 March [1870–1]
Summary
Declines offer of book on physics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Mar [1870-1] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7147 |
To ? 13 August 1878
Summary
Cannot help with correspondent’s study. CD has a poor ear for music. Recommends Helmholtz’s work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11655 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and included the musical notation for two of its common songs ( Lockwood 1871 , p. 764). …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Expression : The expression of the emotions in …
- … F. Vieweg und sohn. Lockwood, Samuel. 1871. A singing Hesperomys. American Naturalist 5: …
- … in American Naturalist in December 1871, described the musical ability of Hesperomys …
To ? 13 December [1869]
Summary
Has given the right of translation [of Descent] to Julius Victor Carus of Leipzig, so the recipient should inform Alexander Duncker to communicate with JVC.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7028F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and did in fact publish the German translation of Descent ( Carus trans. 1871 ). …
- … Bibliography Carus, Julius Victor, trans. 1871. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
- … s next book was Descent , published in 1871. He had asked Julius Victor Carus to translate …
To ? 6 April [1869–71]
Summary
"My experiment was intended solely to show that colour reappeared, and I choose kinds which breed [true] to colour, as is certainly the case with [sports] and those which I tried . . .
I have recorded an undoubted case of wild rock Pigeons caught in Scotland having bred in confinement …"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1869-71] |
| Classmark: | L’Autographe (dealers) (Catalogue 21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6098A |
To ? 12 February [1870–82]
Summary
Send information about the bust of himself by Thomas Woolner and suggests applying to the sculptor himself about a cast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1870-82] |
| Classmark: | Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6611F |
To ? 23 August [1870–80]
Summary
Discusses evolution of species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870-80] |
| Classmark: | Charles Hamilton (dealer) (3 November 1966) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13884 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Robert Darwin unstated 23 Aug 1870 23 Aug 1871 23 Aug 1872 23 Aug 1873 23 Aug 1874 23 Aug …
To ? [1872 or later?]
Summary
Queries about the pitch of children’s crying.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1872 or later?] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 8051) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8135F |
To ? 17 November [1870]
Summary
CD has already agreed that Julius Victor Carus will translate his next book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 17 Nov [1870] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Autogr. Darwin, Charles Robert, Bl. 3–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6993F |
To ? 8 January [1872]
Summary
Declines to join movement; has not sufficiently considered subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.405) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8150 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … CD used this type of notepaper from May 1871 until January 1872. The letter has not been …
To ? 2 May [1869 or later]
Summary
"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 2 May [1869-82] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13866A |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Robert Darwin 2 May 1869 2 May 1870 2 May 1871 2 May 1872 2 May 1873 2 May 1874 2 May 1875 …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
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.…
Matches: 30 hits
- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the …
- … promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ). The profits for Darwin were …
- … first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871 , ‘It is quite a grand trade to be a …
- … in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Reaction …
- … to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 February 1871 ). The African explorer and …
- … pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins …
- … to buy them’ ( letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871 ). Thomas Henry Huxley marvelled that …
- … tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). Asa Gray remarked, somewhat …
- … and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) Like his previous book, …
- … arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 ). Samples of hair arrived from …
- … his head ( letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 25 April 1871] )). Hinrich Nitsche, ‘the lucky …
- … orang-utan foetus ( letter from Hinrich Nitsche, 18 April 1871 ). Darwin thought he might use the …
- … poor return’ ( letter to Hinrich Nitsche, 25 April [1871] ). Animal anecdotes appeared in …
- … space each morning ( letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 …
- … of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). Roland Trimen, a long-time …
- … in the past ( letter from Roland Trimen, 17 and 18 April 1871 ). Candid disagreement …
- … were raised to a high pitch, as Innes wrote on 26 May 1871 about the darker races arising …
- … as far as this goes’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). On religion and morality …
- … Creator made it’ ( letter from George Morrish, 18 March 1871 ). Darwin received an anonymous …
- … Descent ( letter from a child of God, [after 24 February 1871] ). Yet some continued to …
- … religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The Anglican clergyman and …
- … brethren’ ( letter from George Henslow, 5 December 1871 ). Ernst Haeckel boasted of his month …
- … monkey !’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 21 December 1871 ). Descent was extensively …
- … independent of all times and all circumstances’ (8 April 1871, p. 5). Darwin condemned the author of …
- … & classics’ ( letter to John Murray, 13 April [1871] ). But a similar point was made by …
- … the killing of some members of a hive a duty (Cobbe 1871, pp. 174, 188–9). Darwin was particularly …
- … by culture, not biology ( letter from John Morley, 30 March 1871 ). Reaction at home …
- … its master. ( Letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] .) Some of Darwin’s …
- … to me’ ( letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 ). A widening rift By far the …
- … 1871a), which appeared just prior to Descent in early 1871. ‘I daresay it will tell heavily …
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: 14 hits
- … Blair, R.H. 11 July 1871 Worcester College for the …
- … Brooke, C.A.J. 30 April 1871 Sarawak, Borneo …
- … Chaumont, F.S.B.F. de 11 March 1871 Woolston, …
- … Crichton-Browne, James 3 April 1871 West Riding …
- … Donders, F.C. 28 March 1871 Utrecht, Netherlands …
- … Foster, Michael 4 June [1871] Trinity College, …
- … Gray, Asa 14 April 1871 Cambridge, Massachusetts, …
- … Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
- … Mivart, G.J. 26 Jan 1871 North Bank, London, England …
- … Reade, Winwood W. 1 Feb 1871 11 St Mary Abbot's …
- … Rejlander, O.G. [1871] Victoria Street, London, …
- … Smith, Andrew 1 Feb. 1871 11 Saint Mary Abbot's …
- … Smith, Andrew 17 April 1871 16 Alexander Square, …
- … Swinhoe, Robert 14 March 1871 33 Oakley Square, …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
Matches: 6 hits
- … first is undated but we know it was written before 25 April 1871 because Darwin alluded to a case …
- … report by the pigeon-fancier W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 April [1871] . In his letter Chance is …
- … (Letter from Frank Chance, [before 25 April 1871] ) Responding to this meticulous self …
- … were very rare. When we were editing volume 19 (1871), Chance’s enclosure of beard and …
- … : In your work on the ""Descent of Man"" (ed. 1871) ii. 298, 299, in …
- … followed up on a similar case that CD had observed on 13 May 1871. William’s letter of 5 June 1871 …
4.17 'Figaro', unidentifiable 1871
Summary
< Back to Introduction Yet another portrayal of Darwin as a tree-dwelling ape was published in The Figaro in October 1871, and titled ‘A Darwinian hypothesis’. The image survives in a torn page in the Darwin archive, but it has so far proved…
Darwin’s favourite photographer: From O. G. Rejlander, 30 April 1871
Summary
In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture fleeting movements of the face, and allowed him to observe with more detachment. But the technology was still new. Even under the best conditions, exposure…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In the 1860s Darwin began collecting photographs of emotional expression. They seemed to capture …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
Summary
Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
Matches: 3 hits
Henrietta Emma Darwin
Summary
Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. She married Richard Buckley Litchfield in 1871. She was a valued editor to her father as well as companion and correspondent to both of her parents.…
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: 4 hits
- … of self-fertilisation’ ( To J. D. Hooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin also informed Müller of this …
- … in his hothouse ( To Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] ). By late 1871, Darwin was already …
- … generations’ ( To Federico Delpino, 22 November 1871 ). Delpino replied that he looked forward to …
- … and horticulture ( From Federico Delpino, 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February …
Darwin and the Church
Summary
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: 5 hits
- … [1850] and n. 6; and letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). Their true friendship does …
- … request favourably—’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 26 May 1871 ). Indeed Innes had such a high …
- … school and organ funds (letter to J. B. Innes, 13 January 1871 ). Down’s next clergyman …
- … very dull sermons’ (letter to J. B. Innes, 18 January [1871] ). Mr Powell was happy to take up …
- … qualifications’ (letter from J. B. Innes, 5 June 1871 ). Particularly in the early days of …
Moral Nature
Summary
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,…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, C. R., [April? 1871] In Descent of man (1: 71 …
- … Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, 30 March 1871 The politician and man of letters, …
- … of Descent of Man in the Pall Mall Gazette (Morley 1871). Darwin admired the review, and …
- … Letter 7685 : Darwin to Morley, John, 14 April [1871] "When I speak of intellectual …
- … Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to Darwin, 17 April 1871 "I don't think Mr. Mill& …
- … 7470 : Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, [before 3 March 1871] Darwin exchanged long letters …
- … Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to Wenslow, Hensleigh, 3 March [1871] Using the example of …
- … 3. [ available at Darwinonline ] Cobbe, F. P. 1871. 'Darwinism in morals'. …
Strange things sent to Darwin in the post
Summary
Some of the stranger things Darwin received in the post can tell us a lot about how Darwin worked at home. In 1863, Darwin was very excited when the ornithologist Alfred Newton sent him a diseased, red-legged partridge foot with an enormous ball of clay…
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Matches: 3 hits
Experimenting with emotions
Summary
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 '…
Henrietta Darwin's diary
Summary
Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Matches: 8 hits
- … wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in a small lockable, leather-bound …
- … by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( Correspondence , vols 18 and 19) …
- … missions due to take place between 26 February and 5 March 1871 in four towns within the deanery of …
- … from Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?], and letter from F. J. Wedgwood to H. …
- … University Library. Henrietta Darwin | March 1871 1871 March— Sea Grove …
- … away what they have no equivalent for. July 4th 1871. How hard it is to wait—the …
- … I think I am a very happy woman. Sunday July 9 th . 1871 I want to think why I shd …
- … mission leaders in the Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7. 4 Probably John …
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … of it" – Winwood Reade to Charles Darwin, 31 January 1871 ) and sought Darwin’s advice on …
Women as a scientific audience
Summary
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…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Letter 7624 - Bathoe, M . B. to Darwin, [25 March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds …
- … Letter 7644 - Barnard, A. to Darwin, [30 March 1871] J. S. Henslow’s daughter, …
- … 7651 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, H. E., [1 April 1871] Frances Wedgwood offers …
- … 7411 - Pfeiffer, E. J. to Darwin, [before 26 April 1871] The poet Emily Pfeiffer …
- … Letter 8055 - Hennell, S. S. to Darwin, [7 November 1871] Sarah Hennell writes to Darwin …
Francis Galton
Summary
Galton was a naturalist, statistician, and evolutionary theorist. He was a second cousin of Darwin’s, having descended from his grandfather, Erasmus. Born in Birmingham in 1822, Galton studied medicine at King’s College, London, and also read mathematics…
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 sexual differences in viviparous fish, [before 1 June 1871] Fritz Müller's …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
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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- … politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 April [1871] ) for the inadequacies, as Darwin saw …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... 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 …
