To G. H. Darwin [8 August 1874]
Summary
Approves of GHD’s letter [to Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 587–9] and his present plan, which removes all CD’s objections. Will make his own letter to Murray less imperious. "It will be a dreadful evil to me, if … we come to a quarrel."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [8 Aug 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9596 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … sheets of Descent (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). CD and his wife, Emma, …
- … to him via Emma Darwin ; see letter from G. H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] . George had …
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 . In 1874, the Saturday …
- … 1874] . For CD’s original letter, with George’s amendments, see the enclosure to the letter from G. H. Darwin, …
From G. H. Darwin [6 or 7 August 1874]
Summary
Urges CD not to break with Murray even if he does not force the editor [of Q. Rev.] to insert GHD’s letter [in response to Mivart’s attack]. Murray may have a rule not to meddle with editor.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [6 or 7] Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9592 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … this letter, the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 , and the letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin 1873a , [Mivart] 1874 , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ). Murray …
- … Darwin, [8 August 1874] . F: father, i.e. CD. George refers to the letter CD was planning to write to John Murray asking him to have the editor of the Quarterly Review print George’s response to a hostile reference to his article on marriage (see G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin 19 October [1874]
Summary
Advice to GHD on whether to accept invitation to lecture at the Royal Institution.
Murray has sent the Quarterly Review issue. CD has told Murray that he is convinced Mivart is the author and what he thinks of him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 19 Oct [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9687 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 . Letter from G. H. …
- … October 1874 and n. 14). Francis Maitland Balfour ; see letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 …
- … 1874 and n. 17. George was helping CD with the proof-sheets of Descent 2d ed. ( letter from G. H. Darwin, …
- … 1874 . George had been invited by William Spottiswoode to give a Friday evening lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain , and George had suggested the topics of political economy or development in dress (see letter from G. H. Darwin, …
- … Institution lecture (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 ). CD refers to the …
To G. H. Darwin [29 May 1874]
Summary
CD has forwarded proofs of Descent [2d edition]. Urges GHD not to work on them if his poor health makes them too tiring.
Thanks GHD about Spalding [i.e., for responding to Spalding’s request, see 9472].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [29 May 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 22 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9474 |
To G. H. Darwin [5 or 6 August 1874]
Summary
Has no objection to sending GHD’s letter as it is. The only accusation it seems necessary to rebut is about licentiousness. Regrets this is not made more prominent.
Gives some suggestions for GHD’s reply to Mivart’s attack.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [5 or 6] Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 28, 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9588 |
From G. H. Darwin 24 October 1874
Summary
GHD explains conduction, radiation, and convection.
His paper on political economy for Royal Institution lecture has reached 60 pages. Plans to send it to Contemporary Review.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 54; 210.2: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9695 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 October …
- … See letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] and n. 3. Isaac Newton’s observations …
- … Darwin was in New Zealand on the transit of Venus expedition; see letter from G. H. Darwin, 18 October 1874 …
- … development in dress. (See letter to G. H. Darwin, 19 October [1874] and n. 3. ) Aut …
- … edition of Descent ; see letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] . Henry Jackson . St …
To G. H. Darwin 10 June 1874
Summary
Comments on GHD’s paper ["Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 18 (1875): 22–41]. Hopes it will be published and read at the Statistical Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 10 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9487 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … have not been found (see letters to G. H. Darwin, 27 May [1874] and [29 May 1874] ). …
- … also G. H. Darwin 1875b , and letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 and n. 2). The …
- … 1874 . George was an examiner in mathematics and classics for Trinity College, Cambridge; the examinations took place between 8 and 13 June 1874 (Trinity College Archive, Head Lecturer’s Book 1801–1900). George was checking proof-sheets for the second edition of Descent , which was published as a single volume whereas the first edition was in two parts (see letter from G. H. Darwin, …
To G. H. Darwin [24 October 1874]
Summary
Writes about instructions to compositor and return of proofs [of Descent]. Requests return of 2d volume of Descent, to which he may want to refer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [24 Oct 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9696 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letter, the letter to G. H. Darwin, 22 October [1874] , and the letter from G. H. …
- … 1874] and n. 2. In November 1874, George published a review of William Dwight Whitney’s ‘Darwinism and language’ ( Whitney 1874 ) titled ‘Professor Whitney on the origin of language’ in the Contemporary Review ( G. H. Darwin 1874c ). In his review, he defended CD in his debate with Friedrich Max Müller (see Radick 2008 , p. 47). See letter to G. H. Darwin, …
- … 1874 . In 1874, 24 October was a Saturday. Apus appears in Descent 2d ed. , p. 255. Apus was formerly a genus of Notostraca (tadpole shrimp), but the name has now been replaced by Triops . CD refers to the first edition of Descent ; see the letter to G. H. Darwin, …
To G. H. Darwin [21 April 1874]
Summary
GHD’s corrections seem very good. Murray hopes there will be few corrections in Descent. CD assured him no changes have been made merely for improving style.
Wants very much to hear about "the terrible cousin affair".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [21 Apr 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9423 |
To G. H. Darwin [6 December 1874]
Summary
Returns historical sketch [of GHD’s "cousin paper"?] with comments. "For Heavens sake put a sentence in some conspicuous place that your results seem to indicate that consanguineous marriage, as far as insanity is concerned, cannot be injurious in any very high degree."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [6 Dec 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9746 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 . …
- … 1874, the Sunday after 5 December was 6 December. See letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 . CD had presumably read the last part of George’s paper on cousin marriage ( G. H. …
- … working on, see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 December 1874 . Erasmus Alvey Darwin . …
- … letter to H. A. Huxley, [5 December 1874] . St George Jackson Mivart had attacked an article by George (‘On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage’; G. H. Darwin …
From G. H. Darwin 5 August 1874
Summary
Regrets he cannot follow the line of denial CD suggests. Explains why he must defend himself against charge that he approves of oppressive laws.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9585 |
To G. E. Shuttleworth 17 February [1874]
Summary
At the suggestion of Crichton-Browne CD writes on behalf of his son George, who is making a study of marriages between first cousins and of their offspring to determine the proportion of the latter who may be among the insane, deaf and dumb, idiotic, blind etc. Is GES willing to ask his patients [at the Royal Albert Asylum] for the information relevant to this study?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Edward Shuttleworth |
Date: | 17 Feb [1874] |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.5134) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9299A |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 February 1874 . See letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 February …
- … letter to James Crichton-Brown, 5 January 1874. Shuttleworth was superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum in Lancaster ( Medical directory ); his reply has not been found, but George Howard Darwin cited him for the information that five per cent of his patients were the offspring of cousin marriages in G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin 19 April [1874]
Summary
Is sorry to hear the news about the cousin question – a real misfortune.
Congratulates GHD on being nearly finished with work on Descent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 19 Apr [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9419 |
To G. H. Darwin 25 [October 1874]
Summary
Thanks GHD for clear lecture on heat.
Will keep paper on proportion of sexes, in case GHD wants it again.
Wants him to translate some pages of Swedish or Norwegian sent by A. W. Malm, "a good man".
Glad to see the statistical paper ["Theory of exchange value", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 17 (1875): 243–53].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 25 [Oct 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9697 |
To G. H. Darwin [20? August 1874]
Summary
Likes GHD’s article ["Professor Whitney on the origin of language", Contemp. Rev. (1874): 894]. "You have defended me nobly."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [20? Aug 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9711 |
To John Downing 20 October [1873]
Summary
Gratified that a man of JD’s experience agrees with him.
Would enjoy seeing him at Down but it could only be for a half-hour’s talk at most, because of his health.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Downing |
Date: | 20 Oct [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 418 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9104 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
To John Murray 11 August 1874
Summary
Asks JM, as a favour, to use his influence with the Editor of Quarterly Review to print George Darwin’s answer to the charge made by the author of "Primitive man" [St George Mivart] that GD approved "of the encouragement of vice to check population".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 11 Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 ff. 48–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9598 |
Matches: 2 hits
From J. D. Hooker 21 December 1874
Summary
His view of Huxley’s cutting Mivart without explanation. States his own intentions. Mivart’s apology in October Quarterly Review is abominable.
Has heard of a Drosophyllum in Edinburgh. Is it too late?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 236–8; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Dawson 2.214) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9768 |
To G. H. Darwin 1 August [1874]
Summary
GHD’s article will not do. It is too long and the denial seems weak and confused; also, it ought to be in the form of a letter to the editor. Encloses draft of the sort of letter of denial he thinks GHD should write.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 1 Aug [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 27, 29, 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9580 |
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Darwin, Leonard | (2) |
Dohrn, Anton | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (36) |
Darwin, G. H. | (21) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Murray, John (b) | (2) |
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Darwin, G. H. | (38) |
Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
Darwin, Leonard | (2) |