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: 15 hits
- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle 17 January [1877] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle , 20 January 1877, p. …
- … 83 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Jan [1877] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … berries ( letter from G. M. Tracy, 11 January 1877 ). Fish wrote a longer reply to CD that …
- … CD had written to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], which had been reprinted in …
- … full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7, as well as …
- … in local newpapers (see letter from Allen 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’ …
- … Chronicle , 13 January 1877, p. …
- … 52, 20 January 1877, p. …
- … 83, and 3 February 1877, pp. 148–9). …
- … berries appeared in the Garden , 13 January 1877, p. 40. Fish remarked that although most …
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: 18 hits
- … From W. E. Darwin [15 January 1877] …
- … DAR 275: 66) William Erasmus Darwin Southampton [15 Jan 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … nn. 3 and 6, below). Orchids 2d ed. was published in January 1877 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 February 1877, p. 93). William’s name is on CD’s presentation list for the volume (see …
- … CD had written to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], which had been reprinted in …
- … Maxse . CD visited London from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … William visited Down on 27 January 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7 ( …
- … see letter from Allen 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’ …
- … Chronicle , 13 January 1877, p. …
- … 52, 20 January 1877, p. …
- … 83, and 3 February 1877, pp. 148–9). …
- … George Gordon to William, dated 14 January 1877, is in DAR 210.7: 6. Gordon discussed his …
- … In his letter to William of 14 January 1877 (DAR 210.7: 6), Gordon wrote that he thought …
From Lawson Tait 16 January 1877
Summary
Is writing Diseases of women [1877]; sends some proof-sheets for criticism.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10795 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Lawson Tait 16 January 1877 …
- … DAR 178: 36 Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait Birmingham 16 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Is writing Diseases of women [1877]; sends some proof-sheets for criticism. …
- … of Cross and self fertilisation appeared in the Spectator , 10 February 1877, p. 17. …
- … London: John Murray. 1876. Tait, Lawson. 1877. Diseases of women . London: Williams and …
- … Tait’s book Diseases of women ( L. Tait 1877 ) have been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. …
- … existence ( ibid. , pp. 48–9). In L. Tait 1877 , p. 200, Tait argued that the incidence of …
- … Birmingham Jan 16 1877 My Dear Sir, If our views on Evolution are sound it seems to me …
To Lawson Tait 17 January [1877]
Summary
CD has only a trifling point to make in criticism [of RLT’s excerpt from Diseases of women]: he believes "the high value of well-bred males is due to their transmitting their good qualities to a far greater number of offspring than can the female".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10800 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Lawson Tait 17 January [1877] …
- … DAR 221.5: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Jan [1877] Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait …
- … Bibliography Tait, Lawson. 1877. Diseases of women . London: Williams and Norgate. …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Lawson Tait, 16 January 1877 . See …
- … letter from Lawson Tait, 16 January 1877 . Tait had sent proof-sheets from his …
- … book on diseases of women ( L. Tait 1877 ) Tait had suggested that breeders paid much …
- … livestock because males were more physically fit than females (see L. Tait 1877 , p. 49). …
To Emile Alglave [after 13 January 1877]
Summary
Has not seen Delboeuf’s article [see 10786] and would be obliged for a copy. He is not likely to have any comments as he is engaged in other work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Émile Alglave |
| Date: | [after 13 Jan 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 8v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10787 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Emile Alglave [after 13 January 1877] …
- … or letter with his thoughts on Delboeuf 1877 . …
- … DAR 202: 8v Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 13 Jan 1877] Émile Alglave …
- … Bibliography Delboeuf, Joseph. 1877. Les mathématiques et le transformisme. Une loi …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Emile Alglave, 13 January 1877 . See …
- … letter from Emile Alglave, 13 January 1877 and n. 2. …
- … evidently sent CD a copy of Delboeuf 1877 , but it is missing from the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … to write. In his letter of 13 January 1877 , Alglave asked CD to contribute an article …
From L. E. Becker 16 January 1877
Summary
Sends letter clipped from Manchester Courier on CD’s accounting for scarcity of holly berries by scarcity of bees, and writer’s explanation of latter.
| Author: | Lydia Ernestine Becker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10792 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From L. E. Becker 16 January 1877 …
- … DAR 160: 120 Lydia Ernestine Becker Manchester 16 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … cut from the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser , 15 January 1877, p. 7. …
- … to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877] (a reprinted version appeared in the Manchester …
- … Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser , 12 January 1877, p. 3). …
- … s Row, Albert Square, Manchester. Jan y 16—1877 With Miss Becker’s compliments. HOLLY …
- … spring accounts for it. —Yours. &c. , | W. E. BURCHAM. Failsworth, January 13th, 1877. …
From R. F. Cooke 5 January 1877
Summary
Orchids [2d ed.] will soon be published.
1000 more copies of Descent [2d ed.] will soon have to be printed, so CD could send any alterations to be made in the plates.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 484 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10771 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From R. F. Cooke 5 January 1877 …
- … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 5 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Orchids 2d ed. was published in January 1877 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 1 February 1877, p. 93). Orchids 2d US ed. …
- … was published by D. Appleton & Co . on 3 March 1877 ( Publishers’ Weekly , …
- … 3 March 1877, p. 288). On John Murray’s annual November sale dinner, at which major …
- … a discount, see J. Murray 1908–9 , p. 540. The 1877 reprint of Descent 2d ed. had ‘Twelfth …
- … edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877. Orchids 2d US ed. : The various contrivances …
- … insects . By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1877. …
- … he was in London from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He evidently …
- … and about the reprint of Descent 2d ed. The 1877 reprint of Descent 2d ed. contained a …
From J. D. Hooker 27 January 1877
Summary
JDH recounts discussion at Royal Society over Günther’s paper on distribution and affinities of gigantic tortoises ["Description of the living and extinct races of gigantic land-tortoises, Parts III and IV", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 25 (1876–7): 506–7]. Huxley suggests they are Miocene relics.
Royal Society will publish Frank’s Dipsacus paper [but see 10971 and 11073].
Thiselton-Dyer will review Cross and self-fertilisation.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 77–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10817 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 27 January 1877 …
- … DAR 104: 77–9 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 27 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … University Press. 2004. Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner. 1877. Darwin on fertilisation. …
- … Nature , 15 February 1877, pp. 329–32. …
- … of Cross and self fertilisation was published in Nature , 15 February 1877 ( Thiselton- …
- … Dyer 1877 ). …
- … In his letter of 25 January [1877] , CD had asked Hooker whether Francis Darwin could …
- … 84. Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf. 1877. The gigantic land-tortoises (living and …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 January [1877] and n. 7). The Linnean Society of London …
- … The full paper was published in July 1877 in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical …
- … were read at the Royal Society on 25 January 1877, and an abstract was published in the …
- … papers read at the Royal Society in 1874 and 1877 with part of one read at the Zoological …
- … and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum ( Günther 1877 ; see ibid. , pp. …
- … iii–iv). In Günther 1877 , pp. 8–9, Günther briefly discussed the possible ways that …
To W. H. Leggett 22 January 1877
Summary
Comments on WHL’s paper ["Pontederia cordata", Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6 (1875–9): 62–3]. Cites Fritz Müller’s conclusion that plant is trimorphic. Has WHL made further observations?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Leggett |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10808 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To W. H. Leggett 22 January 1877 …
- … and American Literature. Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan 1877 William Henry Leggett …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Leggett, William Henry. 1875. Pontederia …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 22. 1877 Dear Sir, I read some time ago a short …
- … letter from W. H. Leggett, 15 January 1877 , in which Leggett informed CD that he had …
- … see letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 ). In Forms of flowers , pp. 183–7, CD …
- … cordata in a later article ( Leggett 1877 ). In the preface to Forms of flowers 2d ed. , …
- … p. viii, CD added a reference to Leggett 1877 . See also letter to W. …
- … H. Leggett, 19 August 1877 . …
- … 6 (1875–9): 62–3. Leggett, William Henry. 1877. Pontederia cordata. Bulletin of the Torrey …
From Francis Darwin to the Auckland Star 4 January 1877
Summary
His father is grateful for the account of the alleged discovery of men with tails.
His father does not believe in their existence of the tailed men, although the tails may be an inherited monstrosity.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Auckland Star |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Auckland Star, 1 March 1877, p. 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10770F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Francis Darwin to the Auckland Star 4 January 1877 …
- … Auckland Star , 1 March 1877, p. …
- … 2 Francis Darwin Down 4 Jan 1877 Auckland Star …
- … 1876, p. 2. See also Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 . …
- … Station, Orpington, S.E.R. January 4, 1877 Dear Sir,— My father directs me to thank you …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 17 January 1877
Summary
Thanks WTT-D for praise of Cross and self-fertilisation
and for information about Mussaenda.
Has some algae from Queensland if WTT-D is interested.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 58–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10798 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 17 January 1877 …
- … 1873–81: ff. 58–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Jan 1877 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 17. 1877 Dear Dyer, Your praise of my book has …
- … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 17 January 1877] , is incomplete and the section where …
- … The first part of Henslow’s review of Cross and self fertilisation ( Henslow 1877 , p. 42) …
- … had appeared in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 13 January 1877; two further parts appeared in …
- … issues of 3 and 17 February 1877. Henslow had criticised CD for not including figures in …
- … to Forms of flowers in his letter of [before 17 January 1877] . See letter from W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, [before 17 January 1877] and n. 8. There is a note on Mussaenda …
From Francis Galton 12 January 1877
Summary
Would like to see essay [on effects of conscription in France, see 10774]. Knows of Swiss memoir to the same effect. Author says Swiss yeomen apt to leave homestead to sickly son. Landed populations deteriorate.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Pearson 1914–30, 2: 192 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10783 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Francis Galton 12 January 1877 …
- … 1914–30 , 2: 192 Francis Galton London, Rutland Gate, 42 12 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to Francis Galton, [6–12 January 1877] and n. 2. The essay was Tschouriloff 1876 . …
- … a lecture later delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 9 February 1877 ( …
- … Galton 1877 ). Galton was planning …
- … to meet George and CD on 14 January 1877 (see letter to …
- … Francis Galton, 9 January [1877] and n. 2). …
To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877
Summary
Thinks it would be a serious mistake for TB to give up his profession. How the Royal Society will distribute funds is as yet very uncertain, and CD feels that TB may well receive no support as his proposal is too theoretical.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10804 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877 …
- … DAR 143: 83 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 Jan 1877 Thomas Belt …
- … For the record of the first set of grants, awarded in March 1877, see Proceedings of the …
- … Royal Society of London 26 (1877): 458–60. …
- … astronomy; (B) biology; (C) chemistry; (D) general purposes ( J. D. Hooker 1877 , p. 432). …
- … Down, Beckenham. Jan 18, 1877. Dear Mr. Belt, I am sure that you would wish me to write …
- … letter from Thomas Belt, [before 18] January 1877 . Belt was considering giving up his job …
- … but CD was in London from 6 to 15 January 1877 and probably discussed the Royal Society of …
From Arthur Rawson 19 January 1877
Summary
Has observed the scarcity of humble-bees and subsequently of holly berries this year. But does not think humble-bees ever visit holly flowers, however plentiful they may be.
| Author: | Arthur Rawson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10805 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Arthur Rawson 19 January 1877 …
- … DAR 176: 24 Arthur Rawson Bromley Common 19 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letters to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877] and …
- … 17 January [1877] and n. 2. …
- … CD’s original letter was reprinted in full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7. …
- … letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877], CD had written, ‘Bees of all kinds were …
- … Vicarage, | Bromley Common. | Kent Jan 19. 1877 Dear M r . Darwin I have read with some …
To J. V. Carus 22 January 1877
Summary
Thanks JVC for errata [in Cross and self-fertilisation]
and especially for interesting and amusing notes on expression. Will use them if a new edition [of Expression] is needed, but Murray has printed too many copies of first edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 158–159) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10809 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. V. Carus 22 January 1877 …
- … Darwin, Charles, Bl. 158–159) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan 1877 Julius Victor Carus …
- … V. Carus, 20 January 1877 ; see also Cross and self fertilisation , p. 155. CD had …
- … letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 . No new edition of Expression was published by …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 and n. 1. Carus did not think that Eduard …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan 22. 1877 My dear Sir, Very many thanks for the …
- … See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 January 1877 and n. 11. CD’s earlier papers, ‘Dimorphic …
- … of flowers , which was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). See letter from J. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
To Francis Galton 9 January [1877]
Summary
Can FG come to lunch on Sunday? George Darwin wants to meet him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10776 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Galton 9 January [1877] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 9 Jan [1877] Francis Galton …
- … of heredity’ ( Galton 1877 ; see Pritchard 2007 , pp. 8–10, for more on George’s …
- … the letter from Francis Galton, 12 January 1877 , and by the address. CD was in London at …
- … Buckley Litchfield , from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See also n. …
- … 2, below. The Sunday following 9 January 1877 was 14 January. George Howard Darwin and CD …
- … to deliver at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 9 February 1877, ‘Typical laws …
From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 2 January [1877]
Summary
Agrees to propose GJR for membership in Royal Society.
Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 2 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.503) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10765 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 2 January [1877] …
- … Mss.B.D25.503) Charles Robert Darwin Francis Darwin Down 2 Jan [1877] George John Romanes …
- … Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [ Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752]. …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. CD and Romanes had lunch together on 8 January 1877 (see letter to G. …
- … J. Romanes, 4 January 1877 ). …
- … the Royal Society was dated 8 January 1877 (Royal Society archives, GB 117, EC/1879/18). …
- … Buckley Litchfield , from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( Appendix II)). Members of …
To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1877]
Summary
CD notes growth of Royal Society may force it to hire officers.
Speculates on cold resistance of bacterial germs.
Will communicate to Royal Society Frank’s paper on the ingestion of solid particles by the protoplasmic protrusions of Dipsacus glands.
CD working on plant dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 430–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10814 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1877] …
- … DAR 95: 430–1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Jan [1877] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … to print the full paper (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 23 May 1877 ). The full paper was …
- … in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science , July 1877 ( F. Darwin 1877b ). …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 January 1877 . Hooker had delivered the president’s …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 January 1877 . Much of the material from CD’s earlier …
- … Forms of flowers , which was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). Francis Darwin had …
- … s paper to the society and it was read on 1 March 1877; an abstract of it was published in …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
To G. J. Romanes 4 January 1877
Summary
Discusses certificate proposing GJR as Fellow of Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.504) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10770 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To G. J. Romanes 4 January 1877 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.504) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Jan 1877 George John Romanes …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Jan. 4. 1877 Dear Romanes, From what you say I will …
- … Darwin to G. J. Romanes, 2 January [1877] and n. 2. The ‘Certificate of a candidate for …
- … London . The Monday following 4 January 1877 was 8 January. The Darwins stayed in London …
- … and Richard Buckley Litchfield , from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
From G. M. Tracy 11 January 1877
Summary
Observations on and explanations of the scarcity of fruit and berries (especially holly berries) evident that year.
| Author: | George Murton Tracy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10779 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. M. Tracy 11 January 1877 …
- … DAR 178: 174 George Murton Tracy Edenbridge 11 Jan 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 3 January [1877]. The letter was …
- … reprinted in full in The Times , 11 January 1877, p. 7; a clipping of it is in DAR 132: …
- … letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle of 3 January [1877], CD had remarked that holly-trees would …
- … Redlands | Edenbridge Kent Jan ry . 11 th . 1877 Sir Having observed in “The Times” of …
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| Darwin, E. A. | (4) |
| Belt, Thomas | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (44) |
| Carus, J. V. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
| Gardeners’ Chronicle | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (77) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Belt, Thomas | (3) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
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: 28 hits
- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
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Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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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…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
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< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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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…
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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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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…
Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
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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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
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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),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
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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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
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 …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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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…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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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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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
Darwin on race and gender
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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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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
Darwin in public and private
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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…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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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…
Floral Dimorphism
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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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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
