To Gardeners’ Chronicle 17 January [1877]
Summary
CD confesses his error with respect to the cause of the scarcity of holly berries. It appears that several causes in combination have led to it. CD still believes rarity of bees played a part, though a subordinate one.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle, 20 January 1877, p. 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10797 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Stoneham, 11 January 1877 , letter from G. M. …
- … Tracy, 11 January 1877 , letter from Alfred …
- … Grugeon, 14 January [1877] , letter from F. W. …
- … Pim, 15 January 1877 , and letter from L. E. Becker, 16 January 1877 ; see also Gardeners’ …
- … to the letter CD had written to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], which had been …
- … spots had many berries ( letter from G. M. Tracy, 11 January 1877 ). Fish wrote a longer …
- … in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7, as well as in local newpapers (see letter from Allen …
From W. E. Darwin [15 January 1877]
Summary
Thanks for the copy of Orchids.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Jan 1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 66) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10794F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Stoneham, 11 January 1877 , letter from G. M. …
- … Tracy, 11 January 1877 , letter from Alfred …
- … Grugeon, 14 January [1877] , letter from F. W. Pim, 15 January 1877 ; see also Gardeners’ …
- … to the letter CD had written to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], which had been …
- … in December 1876. In his letter to William of 14 January 1877 (DAR 210.7: 6), Gordon wrote …
- … reprinted in full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7 (see letter from Allen …
- … 148–9). The letter from Charles George Gordon to William, dated 14 January 1877, is in DAR …
- … letter from Charles George Gordon (see nn. 3 and 6, below). Orchids 2d ed. was published in January 1877 ( …
To John Murray 28 November 1877
Summary
On publishing details for various CD books.
Has no corrections for new issue of Descent [2d ed.].
Questions amount of cheque for profits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 293–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11258 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Murray’s printers, on 11 December 1877 ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). The …
- … Cooke, 23 November 1877 , and letter to R. F. Cooke, 24 November 1877 . …
- … See letter from John Murray, 27 November [1877] . Orchids 2d ed. …
- … flowers was published in July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from R. F. …
- … January 1877 ( Publishers’ Circular , 1 February 1877, p. 93). See letter to R. F. Cooke, …
- … 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See Correspondence vol. 9, letter from …
- … worms in Earthworms (1881). See letter to R. F. Cooke, 24 November 1877 . CD was awarded …
From Emma Darwin to T. H. Farrer [16 October 1877]
Summary
CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [16 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11268 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … was publicly announced on 13 October 1877 ( letter from Elizabeth Darwin to Ida Farrer, 12 …
- … Surrey, from 26 August to 13 October 1877 (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 …
- … to H. E. Litchfield, [25 May 1877] (DAR 219.9: 146), and letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. …
- … see n. 2, below). In 1877, 16 October was a Tuesday. Farrer’s letter has not been found, …
- … by CD’s second note on letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 , and by the public …
- … s recent illness (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 October [1877] and n. 2). Sara had …
- … see letter from W. E. Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 September 1877] (DAR 219.8: 32)). …
- … 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Katherine Euphemia (Effie) Farrer was Farrer’s wife. Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood was Effie’s mother. She had been ill since May and had been staying with the Farrers at Abinger Hall since July (see letter …
From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877
Summary
Sends two papers on Roman ruins at Cirencester, which he asks CD to return.
Worm observations.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11129 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Farrer ; the Farrers were away from 27 August to 5 September 1877 ( letter from T. H. …
- … Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). See letter from T. H. …
- … Farrer, 26 August 1877 and n. 1, and letter to T. H. …
- … Farrer, 27 August [1877] . CD cited the observations in this letter in Earthworms , p. …
- … Board of Trade. See letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . The former Darwin family …
To G. H. Darwin [3 June 1877]
Summary
Has not yet heard from Cambridge. Thinks perhaps they do not intend to give him the degree.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10946 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1877 and letter to Edward …
- … letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 June 1877 , and the letter to Edward Atkinson, 9 June 1877 . …
- … Atkinson, 9 June 1877 ). The Greek passage appears in the letter from J. M. Rodwell, 1 …
- … 1877, the Sunday before 9 June was 3 June. CD refers to the honorary LLD degree (doctor of laws) from the University of Cambridge (see letter …
To W. H. Flower 2 May [1877]
Summary
‘The pigs-foot has been dispatched to day per Rail.’
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 2 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10949 |
To Constantin James 5 July 1877
Summary
Thanks him for his book [Du Darwinisme ou l’homme singe (1877)] and letter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Constantin James |
| Date: | 5 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | James 1892, p. [V] |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11036F |
To G. C. Robertson 13 July [1877]
Summary
Thanks for offprints [of "Sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200]. Several Germans have asked permission to translate it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Croom Robertson |
| Date: | 13 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 327 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11052 |
From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877?]
Summary
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11302F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … with other plants, from Kew on 3 July 1877 ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 July [1877] …
- … rod in London around 24 October 1877 (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [ …
- … by blocking it (see letter from Leonard Darwin, 28 November 1877 and n. 2), probably in …
- … Dalton Hooker and a paper by him (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [26 October 1877] and n. 4). …
From J. V. Carus 22 March 1877
Summary
A curious error – too late to change: in Cross and self-fertilisation CD has "cleistogenous" for "cleistogamous" flowers throughout.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10909 |
From R. F. Cooke 19 March 1877
Summary
Murray’s will not announce CD’s new work [Forms of flowers] until informed to do so.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 486 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10903 |
To Raphael Meldola 22 October [1877]
Summary
Thinks Weismann would welcome a translation.
Was dissatisfied with Wallace’s article.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 22 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11197 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … sexual selection ( A. R. Wallace 1877 ; see letter to A. R. Wallace, 31 August 1877 ). …
- … this letter and the letter from Raphael Meldola, 20 October 1877 . CD had offered to lend …
- … in butterflies (see letter to Raphael Meldola, 19 October [1877] and n. 1). Meldola wished …
- … 1875 and 1876; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 20 October 1877 and n. 2). CD’s annotated …
From Francis Galton 22 February 1877
Summary
Attributes the Castilian accent of speech of deaf and dumb men to imitation of their teachers’ lip movements.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10859 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … on 12 February 1877. In his letter of 11 February [1877] , CD had asked about Louisa Jane …
- … Galton had borrowed Tschouriloff 1876 (see letter from Francis Galton, 12 January 1877 ). …
- … See letter to Francis Galton, 11 February [1877] . William Henry Barlow invented a …
- … before 16] February 1877 ; on the Dutch album, see the letter from A. A. van Bemmelen …
- … 22 February 1877, p. 11. On the German and Austrian album, see the letter from Emil …
To L. H. Morgan 9 July [1877]
Summary
CD admires Herbert Spencer’s genius but not his "deductive style" of expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lewis Henry Morgan |
| Date: | 9 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11044 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 5. Morgan had sent CD a copy of his Ancient society ( Morgan 1877 ; see letter to L. H. …
- … Morgan, 26 June 1877 . In his letter of 26 June 1877 , Morgan had criticised Herbert …
- … between this letter and the letter from L. H. Morgan, 26 June 1877 . See letter from L. H. …
- … June 1877 ). Morgan had visited Down on 9 June 1871 (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to …
From John Murray 27 November [1877]
Summary
Sends CD his share of profits on Descent and Forms of flowers.
Wants to reprint Cross and self-fertilisation because supply of copies is entirely exhausted.
Congratulates CD on his Cambridge honour [LL.D.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 495 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11255 |
To Ernst Haeckel 16 February 1877
Summary
Thanks EH for album of photographs of German scientists.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/43 [9896]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10847 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877 . See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1877 …
- … CD’s copy is in the Darwin Library–Down. See letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877 . …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1877 and n. 6. …
- … 1877 My dear Häckel The album has just arrived quite safe. — It is most superb. It is by far the greatest honour which I have ever received, & my satisfaction has been greatly enhanced by your most kind letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 September [1877]
Summary
Has made out some of the functions of "bloom", which he outlines.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 93–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11128 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … had been sent from Kew on 3 July 1877 (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 July [1877] …
- … the growing tip in DAR 67: 7r. See also letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. …
- … s interest in bloom, see the letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. CD and Francis …
- … Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 93–4) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Sept [1877] …
- … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 August [1877] . Thiselton-Dyer had …
- … on bloom (see, for example, letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 July [1877] ). For …
- … and DAR 68: 1–22. See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 August [1877] and n. 10. No reply …
To T. H. Farrer 27 August [1877]
Summary
CD is delighted with report from THF about activity of worms in Roman-British ruins at Abinger.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 27 Aug [1877] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11114 |
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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
Summary
Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
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: 1 hits
- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
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),…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The origin of language was investigated in a wide range of disciplines in the nineteenth century. …
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
- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we 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,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
Matches: 1 hits
- … You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 …
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.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
Darwin in public and private
Summary
Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
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…
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- … Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both …
German poems presented to Darwin
Summary
Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
Natural Science and Femininity
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine …
Floral Dimorphism
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
