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: 7 hits
- … use some sentences of CD’s in Kettle ed. 1871 . …
- … Kettle ed. 1871, p. 77 Charles Robert Darwin Down [before 8 Jan 1870] Charles Boner …
- … 2d ed. , 1860) and Forest creatures (1871)] and has made use of them in his present book [ …
- … both in Descent. Descent was published in 1871. See Correspondence vol. 17, letters from …
- … 19, letter from R. M. Kettle, 10 March [1871] , for Rosa Mackenzie Kettle’s request to …
- … in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Kettle, Rosa …
- … Mackenzie ed. 1871. Memoirs and letters of Charles Boner. 2 vols. London: R. Bentley. …
From J. V. Carus 2 October 1870
Summary
The outbreak of war and war work have interfered with JVC’s scientific work.
Publisher does not, however, think the war will hurt success of Descent in Germany, and JVC asks for corrected sheets for his use in translating it.
Wishes struggle between Romanic and Teutonic races could be fought out in a form more appropriate to their cultures and civilisation.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7332 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works …
- … to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, and the letter to J. V. Carus, 18 August …
- … of Descent was published on 24 February 1871, though presentation copies were released in …
- … 1977 , pp. 129–30). The first volume of Carus trans. 1871 was published separately …
- … in Germany in April 1871 ( Correspondence vol. 19, letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 22 April 1871 ), with the second volume appearing later …
- … in the year, probably in June 1871 ( ibid. , letter from J. …
- … V. Carus, 28 May 1871 ). For Carus’s translation of Variation (Carus trans. 1868), see …
- … War; the German invasion of France, 1870–1871. London and New York: Routledge. NDB : Neue …
- … Verlagshandlung, headed by Eduard Koch , published the translation in 1871 (Carus trans. …
- … 1871). The first …
To Richard Kippist 16 January [1870 or 1871]
Summary
Requests the return of some plates sent in error.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Linnean Society |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1870-1] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7081 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Richard Kippist 16 January [1870 or 1871] …
- … Society of London Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Jan 1870 16 Jan 1871 Linnean Society …
- … was used by CD between April 1869 and May 1871. The text, plates, son, and volume have not …
- … to Richard Kippist, 10 January [1870 or 1871] . CD refers to the Linnean Society and the …
To Richard Kippist 10 January [1870 or 1871]
Summary
Is sending some books for the Linnean Society Library.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Kippist; Linnean Society |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1870-1] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7434 |
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: 5 hits
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works …
- … Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen trans. 1871–2). See letter from Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van …
- … translation of Descent did not begin to appear until early 1871 ( Correspondence vol. 19, …
- … Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen, 2 March 1871 ). Cooke refers to electrotypes of the …
- … 10 October [1870] ). Descent was published on 24 February 1871 ( R. B. Freeman 1977 ). …
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 |
From Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky 25 September 1870
Summary
Outlines the evidence for his view that ascidian larvae are true vertebrates presented in his paper ["Weitere Studien über die Entwicklung der einfachen Ascidien", Arch. Mikrosk. Anat. 7 (1871): 101–302]. CD can cite this as confirmation of AOK’s earlier claims.
| Author: | Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Александр Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7326 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Ascidien", Arch. Mikrosk. Anat. 7 (1871): 101–302]. CD can cite this as confirmation of …
- … Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Kovalevsky, Alexander Onufrievich. 1869. …
- … Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 7th ser. 16 (1871): 1–70. Leydig, Franz von. 1864. Vom Bau des …
- … 4. Kovalevsky refers to A. O. Kovalevsky 1871 and to Max Johann Sigismund Schultze . In …
- … later article. No copy of A. O. Kovalevsky 1871 has been found in the Darwin Archive. ‘ …
- … O. Kovalevsky 1869 ). It appeared in the 1871 volume of Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale …
To Charles Lyell 25 December [1870]
Summary
Thanks CL for his book [The student’s elements of geology (1871)].
Is correcting proofs [of Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1870] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.386) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7401 |
From Francis Galton 25 June 1870
Summary
Two, perhaps all three, doe [rabbits] are sterile after the transfusions; will try another method.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A21–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7245 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from Francis Galton, 15 March 1870 and n. 2. See Galton 1871 , pp. 402–3. On Galton’s …
- … rabbits (eliminating the need to defibrinise the blood), see Galton 1871 , p. 397. …
- … Bibliography Galton, Francis. 1871. Experiments in pangenesis, by breeding from rabbits of …
- … been largely transfused. [Read 30 March 1871. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
From Francis Galton 17 March 1870
Summary
Experiments are not going well, but the quantity of blood transfused was small.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 7–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7139 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Galton, Francis. 1871. Experiments in pangenesis, by breeding from rabbits of …
- … been largely transfused. [Read 30 March 1871. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London …
- … he could be advised by Bartlett ( Galton 1871 , p. 395). See letter from Francis Galton, …
- … them and then breeding from them ( Galton 1871 , p. 396). Galton next wrote on Tuesday …
From Francis Galton 12 May 1870
Summary
Good news: one little rabbit has a white forefoot.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A17–18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7185 |
To John Murray 26 September 1870
Summary
Wants sheets [of Descent] for foreign editions. Asks JM to determine price to be charged for the stereotypes of 62 cuts. Dallas would be excellent for the index but must be "civilly warned" not to delay. Encloses memo on the index.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 26 Sept 1870 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 214–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7327 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and Correspondence vol. 19, letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 14 March 1871 ). Three …
- … different Russian editions were published in 1871 and 1872 (see R. B. Freeman 1977 ). …
- … Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works …
- … German edition of Descent was Carus trans. 1871. The reference is to Brehm et al. 1864–9. …
To Robert Garner 22 February [1870–1]
Summary
Thanks for sending him a hybrid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Garner |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1870-1] |
| Classmark: | University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections (bound into Garner 1844) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7115F |
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: 4 hits
- … to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Wawro, Geoffrey. 2003. …
- … war: the German conquest of France in 1870–1871. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
- … by Eduard Koch , published the German translation of Descent in 1871 (Carus trans. …
- … 1871). See also letter to J. J. Moulinié, 18 August 1870 . See letter to Mr Dorrell, 9 …
To P. L. Sclater 21 November [1870]
Summary
Sends two sheets [of Descent] for correction of names of birds. PLS will save him many disgraceful misspellings. Descent now being prepared in five foreign editions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1870] |
| Classmark: | Zoological Society of London (GB 0814 BADD (Darwin)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7379 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Descent US ed. : The descent of man, …
- … and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton. 1871. …
- … by Julius Victor Carus (Carus trans. 1871; see letter from J. V. Carus, 2 October …
- … Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen trans. 1871–2; see letter from Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van …
To John Murray [after 1 July 1870]
Summary
Wants to keep "The origin of man" as first part of title of book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray; John Murray |
| Date: | [after 1 July 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 273 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7050 |
From Francis Galton 28 June 1870
Summary
[William Rathbone] Greg is author [of "Failure of ""natural selection"" in the case of man", Fraser’s Magazine 78 (1868): 353–62].
Comments on findings in J. M. Duncan [Fecundity, fertility, sterility and allied topics (1866)].
Saw A. D. Bartlett about monkeys.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: B160–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7249 |
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 |
From Francis Galton 31 March 1870
Summary
Better news about the rabbits.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: 11–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7156 |
From John Murray 6 August [1870]
Summary
JM informs CD that he will have Clowes give him written assurance that the printing [of Descent] will proceed without interruption.
The [Franco-Prussian] War is a sad damper on international science and his publishing plans.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 377 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7295 |
| letter | (134) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (70) |
| Galton, Francis | (8) |
| Murray, John (b) | (7) |
| Reade, W. W. | (6) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (64) |
| Murray, John (b) | (8) |
| Sclater, P. L. | (7) |
| Unidentified | (5) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (134) |
| Murray, John (b) | (15) |
| Galton, Francis | (8) |
| Reade, W. W. | (7) |
| Sclater, P. L. | (7) |
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 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 …
