Weale, James Philip Mansel. 1878. Notes on South African insects. [Read 3 April 1878.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1878): 183–8.
To W. H. Flower [4 March 1878]
Summary
Has been poorly.
Comments on goose with abnormal wing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | [4 Mar 1878] |
| Classmark: | John Innes Foundation Historical Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11398 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To W. H. Flower [4 March 1878] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [4 Mar 1878] William Henry Flower …
- … in London from 27 February to 5 March 1878 for reasons of poor health (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
- … Appendix II)). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [3 or 4 March 1878] . See letters to W. …
- … H. Flower, 25 February 1878 and …
- … 26 February 1878 . …
From Francis Darwin to A. S. Wilson 4 March 1878
Summary
Thanks ASW for Aegilops seed.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 394 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11400 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Francis Darwin to A. S. Wilson 4 March 1878 …
- … DAR 148: 394 Francis Darwin Down 4 Mar 1878 Alexander Stephen Wilson …
- … Down March 4. 1878 Dear Sir In my father’s absence I beg leave to inform you of the safe …
- … A. geniculata , ovate goatgrass) in his letter to A. S. Wilson, 23 February 1878 . CD was …
- … in London from 27 February to 5 March 1878 for reasons of poor health (CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
- … Appendix II)). See letter to A. S. Wilson, 6 March 1878 and n. 1. …
From Francis Darwin [after 7 July 1878]
Summary
Sleep in Porlieria studied.
Oats begin germinating.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 7 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11596 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Francis Darwin [after 7 July 1878] …
- … DAR 209.7: 157 Francis Darwin Würzburg [after 7 July 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the cotyledons contained chlorophyll (see letters to Francis Darwin , 26 June [1878] and …
- … 2 July [1878] ). Julius Sachs . CD had checked the proofs of Francis’s paper on the …
- … that Francis ask for more offprints ( letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1878] ). …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] . Zygophyllum fabago is the Syrian beancaper. …
- … Kew ( letter to Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] ); it had been referred to as Porliera …
- … see also letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] , n. 6). Plants identified as Porliera …
- … CD had received from Kew (see letter from Francis Darwin, [29 June] 1878 , and letter to …
- … Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] and n. 2). Porlieria hygrometrica is an unresolved name that …
- … s notes, dated between 12 and 26 July 1878, recording the movements of both specimens of …
To G. H. Darwin 13 [July 1878]
Summary
Thanks GHD for his drawings [of Thalia]. Some parts need attention.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11603 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 13 [July 1878] …
- … DAR 210.1: 71 Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 [July 1878] George Howard Darwin …
- … to letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 . Making six drawings had taken George three …
- … to four hours ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 ). …
- … and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 . CD had asked George to make drawings of …
- … been kept in spirits (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] , and letter from G. …
- … H. Darwin, 12 July 1878 ). There are annotations by CD on the drawings made by George; …
To Wallis Nash 27 March 1878
Summary
Pleased that WN wishes to dedicate his book [Oregon: there and back (1878)] to him.
WN’s move from Down irreparable loss to the village.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | Patricia Nash (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11450A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Wallis Nash 27 March 1878 …
- … Patricia Nash (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Mar 1878 Wallis Nash …
- … dedicate his book [ Oregon: there and back (1878)] to him. WN’s move from Down irreparable …
- … Bibliography Nash, Wallis. 1878. Oregon: there and back in 1877 . London: Macmillan and …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. March. 27 1878 My dear M r . Nash I consider your wish to …
- … Oregon: there and back in 1877 ( Nash 1878 ) was dedicated to CD as follows: ‘To Charles …
- … in 1879 (see letter to Wallis Nash, 29 May 1878 , and K. G. V. Smith and Dimick 1976 , pp. …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 2 August [1878]
Summary
Thanks for plants and seeds; requests for more to test Sachs’s notion on "bloom".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 141–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11637 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 2 August [1878] …
- … 1873–81: 141–3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Aug [1878] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
- … 21 [and 22] January 1878 ). CD had been shown the positively heliotropic aerial roots of …
- … and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 . CD had asked Thiselton-Dyer for a new …
- … see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] ). The firm of William Barron & Son had …
- … 20–4 August 1877] and n. 4). See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 5. …
- … CD had visited Kew on 22 January 1878 ( letter to Asa Gray, …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 19 July [1878] and n. 6). John Smith was the curator of …
- … in his letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 18 June [1878] and asked for seeds of other species of …
- … clover; letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 July 1878 ). Trifolium resupinatum is Persian clover. …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 ; see also F. Darwin 1886 , p. 99). In …
To W. R. Greg 31 December 1878
Summary
Discusses a chapter on design, written by WRG’s son [Percy Greg, The devil’s advocate (1878)]. Comments on the younger Greg’s criticisms of natural selection and evolution.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Rathbone Greg |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.557) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11812 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To W. R. Greg 31 December 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.557) Charles Robert Darwin Down 31 Dec 1878 William Rathbone Greg …
- … s son [Percy Greg, The devil’s advocate (1878)]. Comments on the younger Greg’s criticisms …
- … Bibliography Greg, Percy. 1878. The devil’s advocate . 2 vols. London: Trübner & Co. …
- … Greg’s book, The devil’s advocate ( P. Greg 1878 , 2: 214–55). Percy was W. R. Greg’s son. …
- … in his letter to Romanes of 5 December [1878] . See Variation 2d ed. 2: 426–8. CD refers …
- … Down | Beckenham Dec 31, 1878 My dear M r Greg, I have read the chapter on design & it …
- … See Origin 6th ed. , p. 421. See P. Greg 1878 , 2: 232–7. Richard Owen claimed the horse …
- … designed has been identified. See P. Greg 1878 , 2: 240. Bismuth is one of a handful of …
- … and Oppel 1856–8 ; Melchior Neumayr and Neumayr and Paul 1875. See P. Greg 1878 , 2: 232. …
- … See P. Greg 1878 , 2: 233–4. CD discussed ancon sheep in Variation 2d ed. 1: 104–5 and 2: …
From James Torbitt 24 March 1878
Summary
Thanks for CD’s criticism and advice. The difficult question of whether varieties "wear out".
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11441 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From James Torbitt 24 March 1878 …
- … DAR 178: 143 James Torbitt Belfast 24 Mar 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 20 March 1878 . See …
- … letter to James Torbitt, 20 March 1878 and n. 2. CD had mentioned Thomas Andrew Knight’s ‘ …
- … Knight 1795 ). See letter to James Torbitt, 21 March [1878] and n. 3. CD had sent a cheque …
- … Torbitt to continue his potato experiments (see letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). …
- … Sydenham | Belfast 24 March | 1878 Charles Darwin Esqr e | Down. My dear Sir, You are …
To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878
Summary
Monstrosity of fuchsia sent by GD not uncommon.
Does not recall bats at Galapagos.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Dobson |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11473 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Apr 1878 George Edward Dobson …
- … See letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 . Dobson had asked CD about the presence of …
- … see letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 ); he included the information in this …
- … collection of the British Museum ( Dobson 1878 , p. xxx n. ). CD had visited the Galápagos …
- … Bibliography Dobson, G. E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 12 th 1878 Dear D r . Dobson. The monstrosity of …
To ? 28 September 1878
Summary
Urges publication of an exposure of Williams the spiritualist medium.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 28 Sept 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.549) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11711 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To ? 28 September 1878 …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.549) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 Sept 1878 Unidentified …
- … a story about the affair on 27 September 1878, but they supported Williams and Rita and …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sept. 28 th 1878 Private Sir I enclose a copy of the “Medium” …
- … See letter to G. J. Romanes, 21 September [1878] . A …
- … letter in the Spiritualist , 20 September 1878, p. 133, described the finding of false …
To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878]
Summary
Has received Ledum with its captured flies.
"At present I care for nothing in this wide world except the biology of seedling plants."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11495 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878] …
- … Ms 299/29) Charles Robert Darwin Bassett 7 May [1878] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and …
- … vol. 23). See letter from James Torbitt, 3 April 1878 . See letter from T. …
- … H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 2. The peduncle or flower-stalk of Primula vulgaris is …
- … and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 . The Darwins visited William Erasmus …
- … in Southampton from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Farrer had …
- … see letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 1). George Payne was Farrer’s gardener. …
- … of the Congress of Berlin in mid-May 1878 (Mackenzie 1993, pp. 240–2). See also letter to …
- … R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil, [18 May 1878] . Abinger Hall, Abinger, Surrey, was Farrer’s home. …
- … see letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 May 1878 and n. 5). CD discussed the cause of doubleness …
To W. H. Flower 4 [August] 1878
Summary
Encloses letters from Blair on inheritance of injured wing in geese. Says specimens have been sent.
Mentions case of pigeon born without eyes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 4 [Aug] 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.543) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11640 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. H. Flower 4 [August] 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.543) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 [Aug] 1878 William Henry Flower …
- … s letters, other than the one of 17 July 1878, have not been found. CD responded to the …
- … his letters of 27 December 1877 ( Correspondence vol. 25) and 14 April 1878 (this volume). …
- … Flower’s letter of 12 April 1878 was returned to him as well. No letter to CD mentioning …
- … Station | Orpington. S.E.R. July 4 th . 1878 My dear Flower You will remember the dried …
- … the letter from R. A. Blair, 17 July 1878 . Flower was curator of the Hunterian Museum of …
- … Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard , see the letter to W. H. Flower, 25 February 1878 and n. 2. …
From W. M. Hacon 24 December 1878
Summary
Writes regarding CD’s will in the light of Anthony Rich’s proposed bequest.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11804 |
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- … From W. M. Hacon 24 December 1878 …
- … 6 William Mackmurdo Hacon London, Fenchurch St, 18 24 Dec 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … CD had enclosed Anthony Rich’s letters of 7 December 1878 and …
- … 10 December 1878 with a now missing letter to Hacon (see letter from W. …
- … M. Hacon, 20 December 1878 ). Rich planned to bequeath his property in …
- … the City of London to CD (see letters from Anthony Rich , 7 December 1878 and …
- … 10 December 1878 ). Hacon had advised CD to increase his daughters’ legacies without …
- … see letter from W. M. Hacon, 20 December 1878 and n. 2). George Howard Darwin wrote at the …
- … Fenchurch Street, | London, E.C. 24 th Dec r 1878 My dear Sir In a separate registered …
From James Torbitt 28 February 1878
Summary
Thanks for letter. Prepared to continue experiments if aided. Thinks of distributing new [potato] varieties. Believes seeds should be planted this spring.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 484 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11382 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From James Torbitt 28 February 1878 …
- … DAR 144: 484 James Torbitt Belfast 28 Feb 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to James Torbitt, 26 February 1878 and n. 4. CD had mentioned his illness and …
- … of the cause to further the potato work ( letter to James Torbitt, 26 February 1878 ). …
- … 58. North Street. | Belfast. 28 Feb y . 1878 Ch. Darwin Esq re . | 4 Bryanston S t . | …
- … to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 28 [February 1878], since he told Hooker that Torbitt did not …
- … his letters, see the letter to James Torbitt, 26 February 1878 . Thomas Henry Farrer and …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker ; see letter to James Torbitt, 26 February 1878 and n. 2. …
- … In his letter of 26 February 1878 , CD had asked whether Torbitt would continue his potato …
From G. J. Romanes 17 August 1878
Summary
GJR’s speech at Dublin [BAAS meeting] was an enormous success, with tremendous applause at mention of CD’s name at the finale.
| Author: | George John Romanes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11667 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From G. J. Romanes 17 August 1878 …
- … E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 73 George John Romanes Dublin 17 Aug 1878 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Palace’, from the Irish Times , 17 August 1878, p. 10. The article quoted extensively from …
- … several to wet weather in June (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] and n. 4). …
- … and Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 so that CD could have a complete rest for …
- … see letter to J. F. Fisher, 8 August [1878] ). George Howard Darwin was also in Dublin; he …
- … The Palace, Dublin: August 17, 1878. Your letter and enclosure about the geese arrived the …
- … Association for the Advancement of Science on 20 August 1878 ( G. H. Darwin 1878c ). …
- … Association meeting at Dublin on 16 August 1878 ( Report of the British Association …
- … for the Advancement of Science (1878): lxxv). CD’s copy of the printed version of the …
To J. D. Hooker 17 December [1878]
Summary
Waiting for frost to go so experiments can start again.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 479–80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11798 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 17 December [1878] …
- … DAR 95: 479–80 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Dec [1878] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1878 and n. 8. William Kitchen Parker had received, …
- … of Scientific Research ( ODNB ). In 1877 and 1878, Parker received £300 from the new …
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 26 (1877): 459, and 28 (1878–9): 78). …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1878 . Hooker had written a limerick referring …
- … Kew (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1878 and nn. 3, 4, and 9). Hooker’s term as …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1878 and nn. 5 and 6). Plants of Mutisia clematis , …
- … seeds had been sent on 16 December 1878 ( Outwards book , p. 486, Archives, Royal …
- … Botanic Gardens, Kew). The winter of 1878–9 was one of the coldest on record for England ( …
To Francis Darwin 20 [July 1878]
Summary
Has offered Carl Semper the writing machine.
Speculates on the mechanism of movement in plants and their reception of and response to stimuli.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 20 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11620 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 20 [July 1878] …
- … other functions (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 3). …
- … DAR 211: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … John Murray. 1880. Vines, Sydney Howard. 1878. The influence of light upon the growth of …
- … unicellular organs. Arbeiten des botanischen Instituts in Würzburg 2 (1878–82): 133–47. …
- … and the letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1878 . CD wanted to give his typewriter to Carl …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 14 July 1878] ). A rendered account is a bill that has …
- … records a payment of £2 10 s . on 22 July 1878 under the heading ‘ Morris furniture’, but …
- … s research on the movement of moulds ( Vines 1878 ) suggested that heliotropism might have …
To Thomas Whitelegge 17 May 1878
Summary
Will use TW’s case of gynodioecious Ranunculus if he prints a new edition of Forms of flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Whitelegge |
| Date: | 17 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5833) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11515 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Thomas Whitelegge 17 May 1878 …
- … Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5833) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 May 1878 Thomas Whitelegge …
- … See letter from Thomas Whitelegge, 16 May 1878 . In Forms of flowers 2d ed. , p. …
- … note by Whitelegge in Nature , 3 October 1878, p. 588, that mentioned Ranunculus acris and …
- … species as gynodioecious (see also letter from Thomas Whitelegge, 16 May 1878 and n. 1). …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 17— 1878 Dear Sir I am much obliged for your …
To Raphael Meldola 12 February [1878]
Summary
Thanks RM for his interesting paper ["Entomological notes bearing on evolution", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th ser. 1 (1878): 155].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11353 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Raphael Meldola 12 February [1878] …
- … Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Feb [1878] Raphael Meldola …
- … Entomological notes bearing on evolution", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 5th ser. 1 (1878): 155]. …
- … notes bearing on evolution’ ( Meldola 1878 ); CD’s copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet …
- … Correspondence vol. 19); see letter from Raphael Meldola, 2 January [1878] and n. 4. …
- … University Press. 1985–. Meldola, Raphael. 1878. Entomological notes bearing on evolution. …
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 29 hits
- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
Summary
Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
Summary
Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
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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- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
Power of movement in plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
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…
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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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- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
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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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
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< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…
