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From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 July 1877

Summary

Is forwarding several plants requested by CD.

Author:	William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	16 July 1877
Classmark:	DAR 178: 98
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11056

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… From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 July 1877 …
… DAR 178: 98 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer Kew 16 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1877] and n. 2. See letters to …
… W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 July [1877], n. …
… 2, and 14 July [1877] and n. 3. Strephium floribundum is a synonym of Raddia …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1877] and n. 4). Passiflora gracilis is annual …
… Royal Gardens Kew July 16, 1877 Dear M r Darwin I enclose seeds of all the species of …
… see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1877] ). Pistia stratiotes is water lettuce. …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1877] and n. 6. Senecio ficoides is a synonym of …

To Nature 24 February [1877]

Summary

Darwin consents to his correspondence with Pieter Harting being published in Nature.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Nature
Date:	24 Feb [1877]
Classmark:	19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9872F

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… To Nature 24 February [1877] …
… 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) Charles Robert Darwin 24 Feb [1877] Down Nature …
… correspondence published in Nature , 8 March 1877 (see n. 2, below). Joseph Norman Lockyer …
… Nature . The letter from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 , and CD’s …
… reply of 12 February 1877 were published in …
… Nature , 8 March 1877, pp. 410–11, with a covering letter from Pieter Harting . …

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

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… 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 11 June 1877

Summary

Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard.

Author:	Francis Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	11 June 1877
Classmark:	DAR 274.1: 2
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10994F

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… From Francis Darwin 11 June 1877 …
… DAR 274.1: 2 Francis Darwin 11 June 1877 Down Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter to Francis Darwin, [10 June 1877] ; there was evidently another letter to …
… See letter to G. J. Romanes, 27 May [1877] and n. 3. Henry Lettington was the gardener at …
… See letter from G. J. Romanes, 6 June 1877 . Bernard Darwin . Atty: Arthur …
… He married Elizabeth Eleanor D’Arcy in 1877 ( BMD ( Marriage index )). Jim or Jemmy were …
… Down June 11. 1877 My dear Father I have got yr messages & will do them all square— There …
… letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 July [1877] and n. 10). Francis’s letter on the nectar- …
… aquilinum , southern bracken fern), was published in Nature , 7 June 1877, pp. 100–1. …
… See also letter from Francis Darwin, [before 21 May 1877] and n. 3, and F. Darwin 1876d . …

From W. E. Darwin [12 or 19 July 1877]

Summary

Discusses an experiment.

His dogs appear to have rabies.

Author:	William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[12 or 19] July 1877
Classmark:	DAR 210.5: 14
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10743

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… From W. E. Darwin [12 or 19 July 1877] …
… DAR 210.5: 14 William Erasmus Darwin unstated [12 July 1877] [19 …
… July 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
… them from water damage (see letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2). Mrs C. : …
… from Sara Darwin to Emma Darwin, [3 December 1877] (DAR 210.5: 23)). Dick was William’s …
… In a letter to Emma Darwin of [24 July 1877] (DAR 210.5: 15, dated by a postmark), William …
… stayed with William until Wednesday 4 July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). There were …

From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877]

Summary

Forwards letters.

Author:	Francis Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	[14 June? 1877]
Classmark:	DAR 274.1: 3
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10762F

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… From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877] …
… DAR 274.1: 3 Francis Darwin [Down] [14 June? 1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
… For CD’s interest in scrofula, see the letter to Agricultural Gazette , 22 March 1877. …
… Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [3] February 1877 (DAR 219.9: 144)). See n. 1, above. …
… fifth tooth was ‘nearly through’ on 23 July 1877 ( F. Darwin 1920b , p. 6), so this letter …
… their absence (see letter from Francis Darwin, 11 June 1877 ). A report of an inquest on a …
… death from starvation and scrofulous disease appeared in The Times , 14 June 1877, p. …
… 13. In 1877, 14 June was a Thursday; apparently Francis did go to Southampton on or around …
… P. P. C. Hoek in a letter of [ c . 24 June 1877]. The letter and Francis’s reply have not …

From E. A. Darwin 31 August [1877]

Summary

Sends a dividend.

Recommends a novel but is sure Emma will not like it.

Author:	Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	31 Aug [1877]
Classmark:	DAR 105: B102
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11123

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… From E. A. Darwin 31 August [1877] …
… 17 July 1877, p. 487). …
… DAR 105: B102 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 31 Aug [1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
… Press. 1985–. [Laffan, Mary (May). ] 1877. The Hon. Miss Ferrard . 3 vols. London: Richard …
… author of “Hogan, M.P. ”’ ( [Laffan] 1877 ). The author was later revealed to be Mary ( …
… May) Laffan. The novel was published in July 1877 ( Publishers’ Circular , …

To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1877]

Summary

CD counters Thiselton-Dyer’s objection to protoplasmic filaments of Dipsacus protruding beyond cell-wall, as Frank’s paper claims, by citing white "blood cells passing through vessels".

Has received Moseley’s collection of photographs.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	3 Mar [1877]
Classmark:	DAR 95: 435–6
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10874

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… To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1877] …
… DAR 95: 435–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Mar [1877] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
… see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 January [1877] . Henry Nottidge Moseley ; see letter from …
… J. D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] and n. 7. …
… this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] . See letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] . Francis Darwin had delivered his paper on the teasel ( …
… at the Royal Society of London on 1 March 1877. CD alludes to Francis’s wife, Amy, who had …

To Édouard Heckel 4 March 1877

Summary

Asks EH to make a small correction in his translation [of Cross and self-fertilisation].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel
Date:	4 Mar 1877
Classmark:	Barbara and Robert Pincus (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10878

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… To Édouard Heckel 4 March 1877 …
… private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Mar 1877 Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel …
… letter to Édouard Heckel, 19 February 1877 . Heckel was making the French translation …
… Cross and self fertilisation (Heckel trans. 1877). For CD’s initial correction to p. 275 …
… self fertilisation , see the letter to J. V. Carus, 19 February 1877 . Julius Victor Carus …
… had questioned it in his letter of 26 February 1877 . See also letter to J. …
… V. Carus, 4 March 1877 . The correction was not …
… made to Heckel trans. 1877, p. 192, but it was made to Cross and self fertilisation 2d …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Mar 4. 1877 Dear Sir, I have much cause to apologise …

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

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… 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 …

From Max Schlesinger 4 July 1877

Summary

Thanks CD for allowing him to translate his paper ["Biographical sketch of an infant"] for the Cologne Gazette. Sends copies.

Author:	Max Schlesinger
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	4 July 1877
Classmark:	DAR 177: 54
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11034

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… From Max Schlesinger 4 July 1877 …
… 177: 54 Max Schlesinger London, Upper Bedford Place, 25 4 July 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… of an infant. By Charles Darwin. Mind 2 (1877): 285–94. [ Shorter publications , pp. 409– …
… of an infant’ , was published in the July 1877 issue of Mind . Schlesinger was the London …
… CUL; the translation was published in Kölnische Zeitung , 2 July 1877 (erstes Blatt), [p. …
… 3], and 3 July 1877 (erstes Blatt), [p. 3]. …

To Rudolph Ludwig [16 July 1877]

Summary

Thanks RABL for his book on crocodiles [Fossile Crocodiliden (1877)].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Rudolph August Birminhold Sebastian (Rudolph) Ludwig
Date:	[16 July 1877]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.517)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11055

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… To Rudolph Ludwig [16 July 1877] …
… Thanks RABL for his book on crocodiles [ Fossile Crocodiliden (1877)]. …
… Charles Robert Darwin Down [16 July 1877] Rudolph August Birminhold Sebastian (Rudolph) …
… Bibliography Ludwig, Rudolph. 1877. Fossile Crocodiliden aus der Tertiärformation des …
… formation of the Mainz basin; Ludwig 1877 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Ludwig …

To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877

Summary

Is printing a book on dimorphic plants [Forms of flowers] in which he will make considerable use of FM’s work.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:	9 May 1877
Classmark:	The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 41)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10954

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… To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877 …
… MS 10 no 41) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 May 1877 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 . In Forms of flowers , pp. 183–7, CD …
… Henry Leggett (see letter from W. H. Leggett, 15 January 1877 and n. 1, and letter to W. …
… H. Leggett, 22 January 1877 and n. 3). CD referred extensively …
… of flowers , which was published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). Müller described the …
… cleistogamic flowers in his letter of 25 March 1877 ; CD noted it in Forms of flowers , p. …
… Francis Darwin ; see letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 and n. 5. Müller had reported …
… see letter from Fritz Müller, 25 March 1877 and n. 7). In Narrative 3: 147, CD had …

From P. L. Sclater 2 June 1877

Summary

Encloses a memorandum [missing] drawn up by W. H. Flower, Huxley, and himself, defending Charles Wyville Thomson against an attack made upon him.

Author:	Philip Lutley Sclater
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	2 June 1877
Classmark:	DAR 177: 76
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10981

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… From P. L. Sclater 2 June 1877 …
… 177: 76 Philip Lutley Sclater London, Elvaston Place, 44 2 June 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… others; it was reprinted in Nature , 14 June 1877, pp. 117–19. Victor Brooke had visited …
… CD at Down on 26 May (see letter to W. H. Flower, 19 May [1877] ). …
… Place. | Queens Gate. S.W. June 2 nd . 1877 My dear M r Darwin I believe Flower has spoken …
… Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 20 (1877): 79–80; the debate over Thomson’s decision …
… had arisen in ibid . 4th ser. 19 (1877): 429–30, 506–9. The memorial defending Thomson’s …

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

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… 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 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

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… From John Murray 27 November [1877] …
… DAR 171: 495 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 27 Nov [1877] Charles Robert Darwin …
… honorary LLD degree at Cambridge on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD’ …
… s annotations are notes for his letter to Murray of 28 November 1877 . …
… n. 5, below). Murray had reprinted 1000 copies of Descent 2d ed. in 1877 ( letter from R. …
… F. Cooke, 5 January 1877 ); this was the final, definitive text ( Freeman 1977 ). …
… Forms of flowers was published in July 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Cross and self …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …

To A. R. Wallace 31 August 1877

Summary

Response to Wallace’s article ["The colours of animals and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual selection.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	31 Aug 1877
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11121

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… To A. R. Wallace 31 August 1877 …
… Library (Add MS 46434) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Aug 1877 Alfred Russel Wallace …
… CD had visited from 20 to 25 August 1877 (see Raby 2001 , p. 216, and CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
… and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual …
… Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Aug 31. 1877 My dear Wallace, I am very much obliged …
… of animals and plants’ ( A. R. Wallace 1877 ). CD’s annotated copy of the issue is in DAR …
… London: Chatto & Windus. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1877. The colours of animals and plants. …
… signs of robust health ( A. R. Wallace 1877 , p. 398); CD double-scored the passage in his …
… See Fritz Müller 1876 and A. R. Wallace 1877 , pp. 396–8. Wallace had earlier commented on …

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

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… 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). …

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

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… From R. F. Cooke 19 March 1877 …
… Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 19 Mar 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of …
… see the letter from R. F. Cooke, 16 March 1877 . Cooke had sent two cheques totalling £260 …
… CD did not send the manuscript for Forms of flowers until April 1877 ( letter to R. …
… F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 ) and it was …
… published on 9 July 1877 ( Freeman 1977 ). …

From R. F. Cooke 12 April 1877

Summary

JM will be pleased to publish the new work [Forms of flowers] on the usual terms. MS has been sent to the printer.

Author:	Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Apr 1877
Classmark:	DAR 171: 487
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10927

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… From R. F. Cooke 12 April 1877 …
… and n. 4). CD visited London from 20 to 28 April 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 12 Apr 1877 Charles Robert Darwin …
… of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877. …
… of Forms of flowers (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 ). See letter to R. …
… F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 and n. 3. John Murray usually advertised CD’s forthcoming works in …

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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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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…

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… , 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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… him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary …
… a celebratory speech at the award ceremony on 17 November 1877. The capital ‘O’ of the first line of …
… date of creation late November 1877   computer-readable date c.1877-11-18 to 1877-11-30 …

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…

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… In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
… conferred on me ( Letter to Otto Zacharias, [24 February 1877] ) The two albums …
… sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the Dutch album …

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.…

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… admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to …
… and forenames Occupation Age in 1877 Residence Date …
… Leiden 13 June 1823 Rotterdam 2 June 1877 Zoeterwoude …
… 5 October 1808 Wildenborch 4 June 1877 Klein Dochteren …

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…

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… Letter 10746 – Darwin to Dicey, E. M., [1877] Darwin gives his opinion on the …
… Letter 11267f – Darwin, S. to Darwin, [3 December 1877] Darwin’s daughter-in-law …

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…

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… ‘Very curious results’ In May 1877, Darwin asked one of his most trusted …
… of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July 1877] ). ‘ I do not believe I sh d . …
… those of Gray, who had written an article on the subject in 1877 (A. Gray 1877e). Gray had reported …

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…

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… of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma …
… bibliography ‘University News’, Observer (18 Nov. 1877), p. 6. ‘Mr. Darwin at Cambridge’, …

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