To A. R. Wallace 24 March [1871]
Summary
On the flourishing sales of their respective books. Mentions reviews of Descent in Pall Mall Gazette [21 Mar 1871] and in the Spectator [11 Mar 1871, pp. 288–9; 18 Mar 1871, pp. 319–20].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7616 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 24 March [1871] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Mar [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
- … books. Mentions reviews of Descent in Pall Mall Gazette [21 Mar 1871] and in the …
- … Spectator [11 Mar 1871, pp. …
- … 288–9; 18 Mar 1871, pp. 319–20]. …
- … Wallace 1871b ), published in the second half of March 1871 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 April 1871, p. 211). CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. The …
- … see letter from John Murray, 22 March 1871 ). CD refers to Philip Brookes Mason . See …
- … letter to P. B. Mason, 24 March [1871] and n. 1. …
- … letter from Wallace is that of [15 March 1871]; CD had already acknowledged it ( letter to …
- … A. R. Wallace, 16 March 1871 ). CD refers to the …
- … second part of [Morley] 1871a, which appeared on 21 March 1871, and to a review in …
- … the Spectator , 11 and 18 March 1871, pp. 288–9 and 319–20. …
To A. R. Wallace 30 January [1871]
Summary
Responds to ARW’s comments on CD’s argument about protection in Descent.
Comments on St G. Mivart’s criticism [Genesis of species (1871)]. "The pendulum will now swing against us."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7464 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 30 January [1871] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Jan [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … Mivart’s criticism [ Genesis of species (1871)]. "The pendulum will now swing against us." …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Variation : The variation of animals and plants …
- … letter to St G. J. Mivart, 26 January [1871] and n. 5. CD refers to Variation . Mivart …
- … in chapter 5 of Descent . See letter from St G. J. Mivart, 26 January 1871 and n. 8. …
- … this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 27 January 1871 . See letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 27 January 1871 . See letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 27 January 1871 and n. 2, and Descent 1: 405. CD doubted that the dull …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, [after 21 January 1871] and nn. 2 and 4, and letters from St …
- … G. J. Mivart, 22 January 1871 , 24 …
- … January 1871 , and …
- … 26 January 1871 . In Mivart 1871a , p. 10, Mivart referred to Wallace’s ‘noble self- …
- … to Francis Darwin, [after 21 January 1871] and nn. 5 and 6. On the lungs as a modified …
To A. R. Wallace 9 July [1871]
Summary
Requests advice about Chauncey Wright’s article on Mivart’s Genesis of species [North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 64–103]. CD thinks of publishing it as a pamphlet to counter impact of Mivart’s criticism of natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7855 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 9 July [1871] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 July [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … s Genesis of species [ North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 64–103]. CD thinks of publishing it as a …
- … Essex ( Raby 2001 , pp. 209–11). CD was in London from 24 to 30 June 1871; from 28 July …
- … to 25 August 1871 he was at Haredene in Albury, Surrey (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … See letter from Chauncey Wright, 21 June 1871 . Wright had sent CD proof-sheets, with …
- … in the North American Review in July 1871 ( Wright 1871a ). The review by Wright was …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [after 21 January 1871] and nn. 2 and 9, and letter to St …
- … G. J. Mivart, [23 January 1871] . CD refers …
- … to Wallace’s letter in Nature , 6 July 1871, p. 181, concerning Henry Hoyle Howorth’s …
- … same subject (see letter to Nature , 1 July [1871] and n. 2). Wallace accused Howorth of …
- … letter to T. H. Huxley, 21 September [1871] ). CD added a section dealing with Mivart’s …
To A. R. Wallace 16 March 1871
Summary
Appreciative response to ARW’s "grand review" of Descent in the Academy [2 (1871–2): 177–82]. Comments in detail on ARW’s criticisms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7589 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 16 March 1871 …
- … Cutts Birchall Appleton . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March 1871 and n. 3. …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Mar 1871 Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … grand review" of Descent in the Academy [2 (1871–2): 177–82]. Comments in detail on ARW’s …
- … Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Mar 16 1871 My dear Wallace I have just read your grand …
- … Wallace reviewed Descent in the 15 March 1871 issue of Academy ( Wallace 1871c ). …
- … secretary, stayed at Down from 13 to 16 March 1871. Wallace had chided CD for caricaturing …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March 1871 and n. 4). For Wallace and CD’s ongoing …
- … the letter from G. R. Crotch, 19 [February 1871] for Crotch’s objections to Wallace’s …
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of …
- … his planned garden (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 11 March 1871 and n. 5). See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, [15 March 1871] and n. 1. In his presidential address to the …
To A. R. Wallace 1 August [1871]
Summary
On a "remarkable" letter from Fritz Müller [see 7820] about mimicry, protection, and sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 1 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7889 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 1 August [1871] …
- … MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Haredene, Albury Surrey 1 Aug [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … see letter from A. R. Wallace, 16 July 1871 and n. 2. ) CD refers to Edward Livingston …
- … Youmans ; see letter from G. H. Darwin, [17 July 1871] . …
- … between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 (see n. 4, below). …
- … this house from 28 July to 25 August 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from …
- … A. R. Wallace, 16 July 1871 and n. 4; Wallace was having a house …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and enclosures. Prepaid halfpenny postcards …
- … 4–5). See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 7. CD had wondered whether the …
- … in Descent 2d ed. , p. 422 n. 34. See also letter to Fritz Müller, 2 August [1871] . See …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 and n. 19. Wallace had suggested that Chauncey …
To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871]
Summary
CD is allowing his family to decide whether Chauncey Wright’s paper on Mivart is dull.
Health and despondency.
Doubts his ability to answer Mivart successfully [in 6th ed. of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7858 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871] …
- … Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 . CD refers to Chauncey Wright’s review of …
- … 1870] and n. 2). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 and n. 3. See letter …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Origin 5th ed. : On the origin of species by …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1871 and n. 9. CD discussed the absence of transitional …
- … reproduced in Raby 2001 , p. 207 (see the Field , 15 July 1871, p. 60). The Daily …
- … Mall Gazette , which published it on 11 July 1871, p. 4. CD probably either misremembered …
- … appeared in the Quarterly Review for July 1871 ([Mivart] 1871c); the attribution is …
- … pp. 206–7. ) The Daily News , 13 July 1871, p. 2, reported that on 10 July Hampden had …
To A. R. Wallace 18 January [1871]
Summary
Sends ARW advance copy of vol. 1 [of Descent] for his review in Academy. Vol. 2 is delayed by index. "Do not swear at me more than you can help."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives (Autograph Letters: Stanley Withers Collection: 925.7 18 Jan 1872) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7446 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 18 January [1871] …
- … 925.7 18 Jan 1872) Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Jan [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
- … reviewed Descent in the Academy , 15 March 1871, pp. 177–83. CD refers to John Murray . …
- … See letter to R. F. Cooke, 17 January [1871] . See letter to R. …
- … F. Cooke, 12 January [1871] . …
To A. R. Wallace 4 August [1871]
Summary
Sends enclosure for ARW to read.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/3/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7895 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 4 August [1871] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Haredene, Albury Surrey 4 Aug [1871] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … the Darwins rented Haredene from 28 July to 25 August 1871 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … CD refers to the letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 ; see letter to A. …
- … R. Wallace, 1 August [1871] . …
To A. R. Wallace 13 March [1871]
Summary
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7579A |
To A. R. Wallace 31 August 1877
Summary
Response to Wallace’s article ["The colours of animals and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 31 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11121 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: a …
- … see Correspondence vol. 19, letter from Fritz Müller, 14 June 1871 , and letter from A. …
- … R. Wallace, 7 August 1871 ). Müller described the glands in his article ‘Ueber Haarpinsel, …
- … especially the role of female choice (see Mantegazza 1871 and Correspondence vol. …
- … letter to Paolo Mantegazza, 22 September 1871 ). The first essay in the second volume of …
To A. R. Wallace 5 January 1880
Summary
Admiration of ARW’s ["The origin of species and genera", Nineteenth Century (Jan 1880)]. Good use of Allen’s "admirable researches".
Disappointment about the Epping Forest appointment.
Farrer’s article in Fortnightly Review.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434 ff. 286–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12401 |
To A. R. Wallace 17 November 1873
Summary
Would be happy if ARW would undertake to help with correcting the proof-sheets of his revised edition of Descent. Outlines the job that would be required.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 161–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9149 |
To A. R. Wallace 27 July [1872]
Summary
On ARW’s "crushing" review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of C. R. Bree’s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr Darwin.
Comments on other reviews and exchanges.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 27 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8429 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 September [1877]
Summary
Further discussion of evidence for sexual selection. Prefers "conscious" to "voluntary" action. Distinguishes features that serve as charms and those that serve as challenges.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1877] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11127 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Marginalia rev. ed. : Biodiversity heritage …
To A. R. Wallace 29 April [1867]
Summary
Comments on ARW’s view of colouring in relation to sexual selection and protection. It is not new to CD. Hopes to discuss subject fully in his "Essay on Man" [Descent]. As to the problem of brightly coloured females, CD is not satisfied that it is due to males taking over incubation. Admires "value and beauty" of ARW’s generalisations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 29 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 84) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5517 |
To A. R. Wallace 26 February [1867]
Summary
ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.
CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.
Sexual selection and the races of man.
Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].
Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 26 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5420 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Expression : The expression of the emotions in …
To A. R. Wallace [18 November 1873]
Summary
CD’s son [George] could do the work [of proof-correction for Descent, 2d ed.] if ARW finds he does not care for it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [18 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 164 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9152 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
To A. R. Wallace 6 October [1868]
Summary
Sexual selection, protection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 6 Oct [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 162–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6412 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
To A. R. Wallace 16 September [1868]
Summary
CD’s oscillating views relating to protection and sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 16 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 149–50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6368 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Fichman, Martin. 2004. An elusive Victorian: …
To A. R. Wallace 6 July [1867]
Summary
Acknowledgment of article on mimicry [Westminster Rev. 88 (1867): 1–43].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 6 July [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434, f. 92) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5579 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. …
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…
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- … 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…
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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…
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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…
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- … 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
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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…
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- … of it" – Winwood Reade to Charles Darwin, 31 January 1871 ) and sought Darwin’s advice on …
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 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
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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
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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,…
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- … of sexual differences in viviparous fish, [before 1 June 1871] Fritz Müller's …
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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- … politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 April [1871] ) for the inadequacies, as Darwin saw …
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 …
