To ? 21 April 1872
Summary
[An autograph.] "With Mr Darwin’s compliments."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1872 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8297 |
To ? 5 December 1872
Summary
Thanks for gift of a book, and offers to send copy of Expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (3 November 2011) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8660H |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To ? 5 December 1872 …
- … Galleries (dealers) (3 November 2011) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Dec 1872 Unidentified …
- … has not been identified. Expression was published on 26 November 1872 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Dec 5. 1872 Dear Sir, I am much obliged for your kind present. I …
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 |
To ? 27 May 1872
Summary
Invites correspondent to dinner and overnight the next Friday, and gives directions at length from London to Down. "I have heard from Mr Litchfield that you are in London … will you give us the pleasure of seeing you here".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 27 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | R. F. Batchelder (dealer) (Catalogue 22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8355 |
To ? 30 July [1872–4]
Summary
Thanks recipient for information about eye colour of his shepherd dogs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 30 July [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8438 |
To ? 22 May 1872
Summary
Agrees to contribute £10 towards a new road in the area of Beckenham, although he doubts whether the road will be of much use to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 22 May 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8347 |
To ? 9 December 1872
Summary
Thanks an unidentifiable natural history society for electing him an honorary member.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Galerie Frédéric Castaing (dealer) (November 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8665F |
To ? 13 June [1872–4]
Summary
Asks recipient to send parcels to his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, at 6 Queen Anne Street, London, and not to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 June [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | Brandes Autographs (dealers) (January 2018) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8379F |
Matches: 4 hits
To ? [16 February – 21 March 1872]
Summary
"Be so good as the send receipt to above address".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [16 Feb – 21 Mar 1872] |
| Classmark: | Famous Notables (dealers) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8211F |
To ? 5 December 1872
Summary
Obliged for the note of reference, but does not know what to think of the statement about the watering mouth.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 5 Dec 1872 |
| Classmark: | Joseph R. Sakmyster, ADS Autographs (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8660F |
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 ? 23 March [1872–4]
Summary
CD has lost his reference to cross between gold and silver pheasants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Mar [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.406) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8250 |
To ? 10 July [1872–3]
Summary
Sends publication details of Coral reefs, which he thinks is now only available in Geology of the ‘Beagle’: Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 10 July [1872-3] |
| Classmark: | Stuart Lutz Historic Documents (dealer) (January 2020) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8404F |
To ? 9 August [1872–4]
Summary
Will see that the error is corrected in the next reprint.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | Courtesy of Brandeis University, Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections (Autograph Collection (Bremer–Drew), Box 3, Folder 309) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8460F |
To ? 15 February [1872–4]
Summary
Seeks permission for his son to look for a paper for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | University of California Berkeley, Marian Koshland Bioscience, Natural Resources and Public Health Library Special Collections (Darwin Collection QH365.D251) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9292 |
To ? 12 July [1872–4]
Summary
Has not strength or time to hunt for Herminium monorchis; has failed to make orchid seeds germinate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 July [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Russia (Collection of P. Waxell (F. 965): no 637) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8406F |
To ? 18 August 1875
Summary
Thanks for the photographs of disks of stone, but not to trouble to send casts, as he will not work on expression again.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 3269/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10124F |
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
- … unstated 23 Aug 1870 23 Aug 1871 23 Aug 1872 23 Aug 1873 23 Aug 1874 23 Aug 1875 23 Aug …
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 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Robert Darwin Down 27 Sept 1871 27 Sept 1872 27 Sept 1873 27 Sept 1874 27 Sept 1875 27 …
To ? 6 January [1873 or 1874]
Summary
"If you will apply to any bookseller whatever you will procure a copy.–– Publisher Murray."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1873-4] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7429A |
Matches: 1 hit
- … this type of notepaper from mid-January 1872 until November 1874. CD’s publisher was John …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 29 hits
- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can …
- … as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July [1872] ). By the end of the year Darwin …
- … s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ). Always closely involved in …
- … translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September 1872 ). He recapped the history of the French …
- … of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November 1872 ). To persuade his US publisher, …
- … Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening breach The …
- … beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ). I consider that you have …
- … Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, Mivart flung back by return of post …
- … errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin likened the affair to the …
- … towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite Darwin’s request that he …
- … world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). Darwin, determined to have the last …
- … acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate controversy,’ Darwin …
- … I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Darwin's theories under …
- … the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 ). 'Here is a bee' …
- … it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I wanted some encouragement’, he …
- … to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Müller had sent him a …
- … of natural and sexual selection to bees (H. Müller 1872), and with his reply Darwin enclosed an …
- … standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May 1872] ). Finishing Expression …
- … doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was far from idle during their …
- … to be more erect’ ( letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ). Riviere had been suggested to …
- … clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ) and invited Butler to dinner the …
- … from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and letter from Samuel Butler, 30 …
- … feels no doubts’ ( letter to F. C. Donders, 17 June 1872 ). Right up to the beginning of June, …
- … Buckley Litchfield ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 13 May 1872 ). Delivery to the press brought only …
- … myself’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 25 July 1872 ). A battle for the independence of …
- … partisan reply ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1872 ). On 13 June, a messenger arrived in …
- … to letter from John Lubbock to W. E. Gladstone, 20 June 1872 ). Darwin was quietly using his …
- … an old honest Tory’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1872] ). Darwin and Wallace: …
- … Wallace’s defence ( letter to Nature , 3 August [1872] ). Although the two men were …
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,…
New features for Charles Darwin's 208th birthday
Summary
The website has been updated with an interactive timeline (try it!) and enhanced secondary school resources for ages 11-14. What's more, the full texts of the letters for 1872 are now online for the first time, and a selection of Darwin's…
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…
Referencing women’s work
Summary
Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Matches: 7 hits
- … Letter 8321 - Darwin to Litchfield, H. E., [13 May 1872] Darwin consults his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
- … Letter 8427 - Darwin to Litchfield H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … 8193 - Ruck, A. R. to Darwin, H., [1 February 1872] Amy Ruck sends a second …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 7345 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [15 June 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, reports …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
- … Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] Dora Roberts reports an …
- … 8144 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [5 January 1872] Darwin asks his niece, Lucy, …
- … 8168 - Ruck, A. R . to Darwin, H., [20 January 1872] Amy Ruck reports the results …
- … Letter 8224 - Darwin to Ruck, A. R., [24 February 1872] Darwin asks his …
- … Letter 8169 - Wedgwood, L. to Darwin, [20 January, 1872] Darwin’s niece, Lucy, gives the …
- … 8427 - Darwin to Litc hfield, H. E., [25 July 1872] Darwin thanks Henrietta for …
- … 8153 - Darwin to Darwin, W. E., [9 January 1872] Darwin thanks his son William …
- … Letter 8676 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [13 December 1872] Mary Treat details her …
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
- … Lydia Becker, 2 August 1863 ; to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 ). Click on the play …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
Summary
The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … the fittest’ as ‘survival of the better’ (see Spencer 1872, and the letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 …
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…
Darwin as mentor
Summary
Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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 …
4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'
Summary
< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November 1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…
Thomas Rivers
Summary
Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Matches: 1 hits
- … for the prosperity I have long enjoyed” ( 29 March 1872 ). …
4.5 William Beard, comic painting
Summary
< Back to Introduction In June 1872, Darwin’s friend Asa Gray, the Harvard Professor of Botany, sent him a print or photograph of a comic painting by the American artist William Holbrook Beard. Titled The Youthful Darwin Expounding His Theories, it…
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Earthworms
Summary
As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
Climbing Plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
Summary
< 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…
Matches: 4 hits
- … book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born …
- … him in May, August and October 1871, and in March and August 1872, but some of these payments, and …
- … April 1871, and reproduced in the London Journal in June 1872. Darwin also sent it to various …
- … one of Huxley, in The London Journal , 55:1426 (8 June 1872), p. 357, illustrating an article …
4.20 Frederick Waddy, caricature
Summary
< Back to Introduction A series of portrait caricatures drawn by Frederick Waddy appeared in the journal Once a Week through 1872. It clearly emulated the more famous series in Vanity Fair, and indeed, Waddy’s drawing of Darwin has the same title or…
