To H. W. Bates 18 October [1862]
Summary
Thanks for last note. Assures HWB that all writers have problems similar to his.
Plans to inquire at Linnean Society for HWB’s paper.
His family, including Mrs Darwin and Leonard, are now well.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 18 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3773 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 18 October [1862] …
- … H. W. Bates, 15 October [1862] , and letter from H. W. Bates, 17 October 1862 . Emma …
- … 70). Bates 1862b . See letter from H. W. Bates, 19 May 1862 and n. 7. Edwin Brown . …
- … H. W. Bates, 17 October 1862 . Letter from H. W. Bates, 17 October 1862 . Bates 1863 . …
To John Murray 28 January [1862]
Summary
H. W. Bates is, at CD’s urging, writing a book of travel and natural history. CD suggests JM might be interested in publishing it. Recommends HWB and his MS highly.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 28 Jan [1862] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff. 28–29) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3415 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bates, 30 September 1861 , and this volume, letter from H. W. Bates, 25 January 1862 . …
- … Bates, 6 January 1862 , and letter to H. W. Bates, 13 January [1862] ). See …
- … relationship to the letter from H. W. Bates, 25 January 1862 . Henry Walter Bates and …
- … Bates, [before 25 September 1861] , and letter to H. W. Bates, 25 September [1861] . See letter from John Murray, 30 January [1862] . …
- … Bates, 15 December [1861] ). The second chapter followed at the beginning of January 1862 (see letter from H. W. …
To H. W. Bates 27 [February 1862]
Summary
Writes that [Murray’s] terms are very favourable; has never heard of such terms offered for a first work. HWB can depend on fact that Murray is pleased with it [The naturalist on the river Amazons].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 27 [Feb 1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3460 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 27 [February 1862] …
- … W. Bates of 31 January [1862] , and to the letter to H. W. Bates, 27 February [1862] , …
- … writings ( Bates 1863 ) for publication. See letter from H. W. Bates, 25 January 1862 , …
- … 1862] , and letter to H. W. Bates, 31 January [1862] . No letter from Bates describing …
To H. W. Bates 4 May [1862]
Summary
Thanks for letter and "valuable" extracts.
If S. American Carabi differ more from other species than do those from other distant locations (e.g., Siberia, Europe, etc.), CD agrees that difference would be too great to have occurred in the recent glacial age; CD also rejects independent origin. Plants seem to migrate more readily than animals. HWB should not underrate length of glacial period; CD also believes they will be driven to an older glacial period.
Sorry about news of British Museum – hopeless to contend against anyone supported by Owen.
CD dearly wishes HWB could find a situation in which he could give time to science.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 4 May [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3532 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 4 May [1862] …
- … and Felder 1862 , p. 113 (see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 and n. 9). …
- … letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 . See letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 . …
- … See letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 and n. 3. In Origin , p. 378, CD stated: …
- … British Museum (see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 and n. 10). Richard Owen …
- … glacial period (see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 ). However, when Bates first …
To H. W. Bates 11 June [1862]
Summary
Encloses a question [missing] concerning language [from Hensleigh Wedgwood].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 11 June [1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.284) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3596 |
From H. W. Bates 19 May 1862
Summary
Miocene glacial period a remarkable discovery; if it is true, enlargement of Tertiary period necessary.
Received German monograph on Chilean Carabi that does not answer where isolated species came from.
HWB finds genital modifications of Chrysomela strong support for the theory.
Thanks for copy of Orchids.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 May 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3564 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 19 May 1862 …
- … from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 , and letters to H. W. Bates, 4 May [1862] and 9 May [ …
- … See letters to H. W. Bates, 4 May [1862] and 9 May [1862] . …
- … Gerstaecker 1858 . See letter to H. W. Bates, 9 May [1862] and n. 5. The entomologist …
- … in Brazil ( Bates 1863 ). See the letters to H. W. Bates, 31 January [1862] and 27 [ …
To H. W. Bates 13 January [1862]
Summary
Has been in bad health and has just read HWB’s MS in the last two days. Praises the book; assured it will be successful. Offers to write to Murray. Hooker interested in conclusions on colour.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 13 Jan [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3382 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 13 January [1862] …
- … Amazons ( Bates 1863 ; see letters from H. W. Bates, 6 January 1862 and 11 January …
- … relationship to the letters from H. W. Bates, 6 January 1862 and 11 January 1862 . CD …
- … forests (see letter from H. W. Bates, 6 January 1862 and n. 10). In his book Bates …
- … the climate ( Bates 1863 , 1: 21). See also letter from H. W. Bates, 6 January 1862 and …
To H. W. Bates 25 November [1862]
Summary
[Apparently in reply to question in missing portion of 3825.] A written agreement is unnecessary, but a letter stating terms would prevent misundertanding. He will attempt to have a review of HWB’s paper published.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 25 Nov [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3827 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 25 November [1862] …
- … relationship to the letter from H. W. Bates, 24 November 1862 . Bates apparently asked …
- … pp. 500–1. See letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] and n. 6. CD was working on …
- … provided in Bates 1863 , but see the letter to H. W. Bates, 15 December [1862] and nn. …
- … 2 and 3. See letter from H. W. Bates, 24 November 1862 . John Frederick William …
- … Herschel . See letter from H. W. Bates, 24 November 1862 and n. 8. In his letter of …
- … Bates 1863 ; see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to H. W. Bates, 4 April [1861] ), CD had acted as an intermediary between Bates and his own publisher, John Murray (see letter to John Murray, 28 January [1862] ). …
To H. W. Bates 9 May [1862]
Summary
Referring to conversation with Lyell, CD is certain that there was a Miocene glacial period.
Compliments HWB on the mimetic display at the British Museum. Those at the Museum readily accepted HWB’s "doctrine".
Was shown genital organs of closely allied Chrysomelidae.
Albert Günther is candidate for position at Museum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 9 May [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3540 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 9 May [1862] …
- … from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 . See letter to H. W. Bates, 4 May [1862] and n. 5. …
- … which Bates hoped to be considered (see letter from H. W. Bates, 30 April 1862 and n. …
- … 10, and letter to H. W. Bates, 4 May [1862] ). Albert Charles Lewis Günther was appointed …
From H. W. Bates 24 November 1862
Summary
Gratified by CD’s approval of paper which was also praised by Hooker and Wallace. Only cares for one other opinion, that of C. Felder of Vienna. He finds ordinary entomologists are not scientific men. Asks for more criticisms; desires to publish paper in a widely circulating journal to advertise his book.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3825 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 24 November 1862 …
- … of the letter is given by CD’s reply (see letter to H. W. Bates, 25 November [1862] ). …
- … Bates 1862a . See letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] . Joseph Dalton Hooker’s …
- … 1862] . Alfred Russel Wallace ; see letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] . …
- … See letter to H. W. Bates, 20 November [1862] . Cajetan von Felder was an authority on …
From H. W. Bates 30 April 1862
Summary
Discusses insects of south temperate S. America and New Zealand, especially with respect to the distribution and origin of Chilean Carabi, and has sent for a German monograph to learn about the eleven species he has found.
He refers to Chilean poverty in butterflies; scanty New Zealand insect fauna.
An analysis of south temperate insects is desirable, but the small English collections make him afraid to undertake it.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Apr 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 47: 175, DAR 160.1: 67–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3523 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 30 April 1862 …
- … pp. 291–3). See letter to H. W. Bates, 4 May [1862] . Forbes 1846 , pp. 402–3. There …
- … H. W. Bates, 16 April [1862] , and letter from H. W. Bates, [17 April 1862] ). During …
- … Gerstaecker 1858 . See letter from H. W. Bates, 19 May 1862 . Solier 1848 , p. 58 Bates …
- … ink 14.1 Lucanus … Europe 14.6] ‘H. W. Bates | May 1862’ ink Top of first page : ‘Gl
〈 ac〉 … - … 13.10] ‘Ch 7’ brown crayon ; ‘H. W. Bates. May 1862’ ink 13.9 on fig … islands. …
- … H. W. Bates, 3 December [1861] ). ‘We dedicate this rare genus to Master Henry Bates , keen and excellent defender of the doctrine of Darwin’ (Felder and Felder 1862 , …
- … Bates, 18 March 1861 , and letter to H. W. Bates, 4 April [1861] ). Heer 1861b . Journal of researches 2d ed. , pp. 158–9. See nn. 11–13, below. At the meeting of the Entomological Society of London on 7 April 1862, …
From H. W. Bates 14 June 1862
Summary
Sends answer to Wedgwood’s query
and is sorry to hear CD is again unwell.
His book is progressing very slowly.
Asks that CD not make use of any of the facts about generative organs in beetles for he finds "such a chaos of statements" that facts are not to be depended upon.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3604 |
To H. W. Bates 27 February [1862]
Summary
Thanks for information on domestic animals of Indians.
Glad Murray thinks well of MS of The naturalist on the river Amazons.
CD working on proofs of Orchids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 27 Feb [1862] |
Classmark: | Leeds University Library Special Collections (Brotherton collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3462 |
To H. W. Bates 20 November [1862]
Summary
Just finished HWB’s paper ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566], one of the most remarkable he has ever read. Found mimetic cases and connection of facts marvellous. Finds equally important the facts on variation and segregation of complete and semi-complete species. Questions whether insect mimicry is not due to small size and defencelessness. Criticises title of paper. Mentions that Wallace will appreciate it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 20 Nov [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3816 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To H. W. Bates 20 November [1862] …
- … 1862a , p. 507 n. ). Bates 1863 . See also letter from H. W. Bates, 17 October 1862 . …
- … relationship to the letter from H. W. Bates, 24 November 1862 . Bates 1862a appeared in …
- … Bates’s reply has not been found, but see the letter to H. W. Bates, 15 December [1862] . …
To H. W. Bates 31 January [1862]
Summary
Encloses note from Murray, hoping it will be satisfactory. Murray is ready to see as much of MS as possible. Murray is considered honest but may be cautious, since HWB’s name is unknown to the public.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 31 Jan [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3424 |
From H. W. Bates 11 January 1862
Summary
Grieved to hear of CD’s illness; begs him not to give moment’s thought to his MS until health has returned.
Plans to exhibit mimetic butterflies at Linnean Society.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Jan 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3381 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 11 January 1862 …
- … chapter of Bates 1863 (see letter from H. W. Bates, 6 January 1862) . Bates’s collection …
- … 1862 My Dear Sir It grieves me very much to hear of your illness. I beg of you to throw my M.S. aside & not give a moment’s thought to the subject until you are perfectly restored. I go to town on Monday to spend a few days—to study at the B.M. and also to attend the Linn. Soc. meeting, where I shall exhibit the box of mimetic butterflies. I have arranged these in such a manner that any Naturalist may understand them Yours sincerely | H W Bates …
To H. W. Bates 15 October [1862]
Summary
Asks for news of HWB and his book.
There has been sickness in CD’s family; one of the boys [and Emma] had scarlet fever.
Has had a letter from Edwin Brown of Burton who is working on classification of Carabi.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
Date: | 15 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3764 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 January [1862]
Summary
Entire family down with influenza. Has done nothing for three weeks.
Asks for Haast reference on New Zealand glacial deposits.
CD’s view of the North since Trent case. Can no longer write with sympathy to Asa Gray.
Encourages JDH about his son, Willy.
Problem of relation of colour to external conditions. Hopes JDH will undertake the investigation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 Jan [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 140 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3391 |
From H. W. Bates 17 October 1862
Summary
Still working on book and has completed 620 out of 700 pages.
Rewrote memoir [on mimicry in Amazon Lepidoptera] for Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. [23 (1862): 495–566].
Edwin Brown, HWB’s earliest naturalist friend, will have a hard time classifying Carabi as he is unable to travel.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Oct 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3771 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From H. W. Bates 17 October 1862 …
- … Letter to H. W. Bates, 15 October [1862] . Leonard and Emma Darwin were both ill with …
- … 1970 , p. 70) See letter to H. W. Bates, 15 October [1862] . Edwin Brown was manager of …
- … Bates, [before 25 September 1861] , and the letter to H. W. Bates, 25 September [1861] ( Correspondence vol. 9). John Murray . Bates 1862a . The part of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in which Bates 1862a appeared was published on 13 November 1862 ( …
From H. W. Bates [17 April 1862]
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [17 Apr 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 160.1: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3511 |
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Bates, H. W. | (18) |
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Lubbock, John | (2) |
Brown, Edwin | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (29) |
Bates, H. W. | (16) |
Hooker, J. D. | (11) |
Gray, Asa | (6) |
Murray, John (b) | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (68) |
Bates, H. W. | (34) |
Hooker, J. D. | (16) |
Gray, Asa | (6) |
Murray, John (b) | (3) |