From H. E. Darwin [after 8 February 1870]
Summary
Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 February 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 33b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7112F |
From H. E. Darwin [30 March 1870]
Summary
Describes crying in an infant.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Mar 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7153 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [8 February 1870]
Summary
Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [8 Feb 1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7124 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Henrietta Emma Darwin [8 February 1870] …
- … 58373: 1–2) Charles Robert Darwin Down [8 Feb 1870] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma …
- … she left England in January 1870 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [18 January …
- … and a letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] (DAR 219.9: 72), in …
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 25 January [1870]
Summary
Sends a translation of two sentences [on floral structure] as requested by Henrietta Darwin.
| Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 240 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6576 |
To A. R. Wallace 7 March [1870?]
Summary
Would like to call at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1870?] |
| Classmark: | David Schulson (dealer) (Catalogue 46, June 1988) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7127A |
From Mary Susan Mostyn Owen 2 February [1870]
Summary
Asks CD to be godfather to her third child [Maud Mostyn Owen].
| Author: | Mary Susan Parker; Mary Susan Mostyn Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7094 |
To H. E. Darwin [March] 1870
Summary
Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [Mar] 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7123 |
From John and Emma Pender [before 23 June 1870]
| Author: | John Pender; Emma Denison; Emma Pender |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 23 June 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.2: 168v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7240F |
From H. W. Bates 20 May 1870
Summary
Concern over Wallace’s book [Contributions to the theory of natural selection (1870)] and its apparent backsliding from Darwinian theory. HWB suggests that only CD is capable of criticising the book.
HWB hopes not too much was made over his few comments on man in M. F. Somerville’s book [Physical geography, revised ed. (1870)].
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7197 |
From Karl Scherzer 28 May 1871
Summary
Craniological part of Novara voyage report is done.
Expresses his satisfaction at CD’s election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
| Author: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9998 |
To W. D. Fox 18 February [1870]
Summary
Invites WDF to visit.
Describes activities of his children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | Isle of Wight Record Office (Ac 2008/79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7113 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter from H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 1 February [1870] (DAR 245: 31)). CD also …
- … 1870, and then studied medicine at St George’s Hospital, London ( ODNB ). Leonard Darwin was at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in January 1871 (RMA Gentleman Cadet Register (RMAS archives, Sandhurst collection)). Horace Darwin’s tutor was Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse . Henrietta Emma …
From John Lubbock 27 February [1870]
Summary
Suicide is rare among savages [see Descent 1: 94].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: 166–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7118 |
From Robert Swinhoe 2 February 1870
Summary
Sends a copy of Notes and Queries for Francis Galton, as it contains a reply to Galton’s circular on hereditary genius.
RS much refreshed by his trip to Down.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 333 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7095 |
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
To H. B. Jones 3 August [1870]
Summary
Despite HBJ’s good aid, CD’s stomach will not permit a visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 3120) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293A |
To Alfred Newton 9 February [1870]
Summary
Was gratified "beyond measure" by AN’s comments on his pigeon chapter [in Variation] in the [Zoological] Record [5 (1868): 94–6]. AN is the first man capable of forming a judgment who seems to have thought anything of this part.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7100 |
From Federico Delpino 20 May 1870
Summary
Responds to CD’s request for Canna seeds.
Studying dichogamy in Lotus. Describes mechanism that pumps pollen on to a visiting bee. Corrects Axell on Lotus.
| Author: | Federico Delpino |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7196 |
From Alfred Newton 11 February 1870
Summary
Is glad to hear that CD is pleased with AN’s notice of his work on pigeons.
He will not soon forget the pleasure of his visit to Down.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7103 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (8) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (5) |
| Cupples, George | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (62) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Darwin, Emma | (4) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (93) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
