To Asa Gray 26 September [1860]
Summary
Has read sheets of AG’s third Atlantic Monthly article [Oct 1860] and praises it and AG’s other reviews and articles highly.
Is surprised at the inability of others to grasp the meaning of natural selection.
Has been testing the sensitivity of Drosera, which he finds remarkable.
Asks if AG will be able to make some observations on orchids for him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 26 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2930 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Asa Gray 26 September [1860] …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (28) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne Down letterhead 26 Sept [1860] Asa …
- … Dalton Hooker (see letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Hooker had just left for …
- … 1859] and Gunther 1975 , pp. 454–5. See letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 , and …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] . In May 1860, CD recorded in his journal the sum of £ …
To Asa Gray 24 February [1860]
Summary
Last sheets of AG’s review of Origin have arrived. CD’s comments and criticisms.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 24 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (23) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2713 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Asa Gray 24 February [1860] …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] and n. 5. CD followed Henri Milne-Edwards in …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (23) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Feb [1860] Asa …
- … Asa Gray , 24 December [1859]. Brewster 1855 , 2: 284–5. See letter to Charles Lyell, 23 February [1860] . …
To Asa Gray 21 December [1860]
Summary
Asks AG to send his reviews [of Origin] as soon as he has definitely fixed on a title for the pamphlet.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 21 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (J. L. Gray autograph collection 50) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3028 |
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- … To Asa Gray 21 December [1860] …
- … in England. See letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] . CD added a ‘Postscript’ to the …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (J. L. Gray autograph collection 50) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Dec [1860] Asa …
- … Asa Gray , M.D. , Fisher Professor of Natural History in Harvard University. Reprinted from the Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860. …
To Asa Gray 10 September [1860]
Summary
Has received second part of AG’s Atlantic Monthly article ["Darwin on the origin of species", 6 (1860): 109–16, 229–39], and would like to have it reprinted in England with the first part.
Regrets no reviewer has touched upon embryology, which he feels provides one of his strongest arguments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 10 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2910 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Asa Gray 10 September [1860] …
- … 4 (1860): 411–16. See letters to Asa Gray , 22 July [1860] , and to J. D. Hooker, 7 …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (34) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Sept [1860] Asa …
- … Gray, Asa. ] 1860c. Darwin on the origin of species. Atlantic Monthly 6: 109–16, 229– 39; Darwin and his reviewers. Atlantic Monthly 6: 406–25. Hopkins, William. 1860. …
To Asa Gray 22 May [1860]
Summary
Opinions and reviews of Origin.
CD’s view on design in nature; although he does not believe in the necessity of design, he finds it hard to conclude that everything is the result of "brute force".
Comments on Owen’s review of Origin [Edinburgh Rev. 111 (1860): 487–532].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 22 May [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (26 and 37a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2814 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Asa Gray 22 May [1860] …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (26 and 37a) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 May [1860] Asa …
- … of Origin . See letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 and the enclosure. The fourth …
- … of the text. See letters to Asa Gray , 28 January [1860] , 1 February [1860] , [8 or 9 …
From Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker 5 January 1860
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 Jan 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 20–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2638 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … until 1873. See letter from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860] . William Jackson Hooker , the …
- … DAR 98 (ser. 2): 20–1 Asa Gray Cambridge, Mass. 5 Jan 1860 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … of glaciers. See letters from Asa Gray , [10 January 1860] , [17 January 1860] , and 23 …
- … From Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker 5 January 1860 …
To Asa Gray 17 February [1861]
Summary
Distribution of AG’s pamphlet.
Insectivorous plants.
Informs AG of his [CD’s] notice on Pumilio in Gardeners’ Chronicle [5 Jan 1861; Collected papers 2: 36–8].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 17 Feb [1861] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (54) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3064 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 31 October [1860] , in which CD asked Gray to …
- … 25 September 1860 , and letter to Asa Gray, 24 October [1860] . The Times was carrying …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] ). See letter to T. H. …
- … Asa Gray, 17 September [1861] . The reference is to the edited volume of autobiographical recollections of Charles Robert Leslie (Taylor ed. 1860). …
- … December 1860 . The genus Senecio includes ragworts and groundsel. See letter to Asa Gray, …
- … Asa Gray, 23 [January 1861] . See Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 23 [September 1860] , …
To Charles Lyell 11 August [1860]
Summary
Comments on his fear that "so many heavy guns fired by great men" might influence the public and scientists.
Sends CL the Owen-inspired Wilberforce review [Q. Rev. 108 (1860): 225–64].
Mentions defence of Origin by Asa Gray at American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Agassiz and Theophilus Parsons have poor criticisms ["Prof. Agassiz on the origin of species", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 30 (1860): 142–54].
Lists other negative reviews by Rudolph Wagner ["An essay on classification by Louis Agassiz", Göttingische Gelehrte Anz. (1860) pt 2: 761–800], Charles Daubeny ["Remarks on the final causes of the sexuality of plants, with particular reference to Mr Darwin’s work On the origin of species by natural selection", Rep. BAAS 30 (1860) pt 2: 109–10], and two anonymous ones (one favourable).
Huxley says K. E. von Baer "goes a long way with us".
Comments on "pipes" in chalk as evidence of geological processes still at work.
Is writing on origin of dog breeds [Variation 1: 15–43].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 11 Aug [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.223) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2895 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … request. See preceding letter and letter to Asa Gray, 22 July [1860] . See letters to J. …
- … Hooker, [17 July 1860] , and to Asa Gray , 22 July [1860]. R. Owen 1859b . See letters to …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 20 July [1860], and to Asa Gray , 22 July [1860]). John Murray , the …
- … Q. Rev. 108 (1860): 225–64]. Mentions defence of Origin by Asa Gray at American Academy of …
To Asa Gray 11 April [1861]
Summary
Huxley and CD fear Chauncey Wright’s review is too general.
Reports the praise for AG’s pamphlet.
J. S. Henslow is dying.
Francis Bowen strikes CD as weak and unobservant; presumes he is a metaphysician, which accounts for his "entire want of common sense".
Does wild Apocynum catch flies in U. S.?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 Apr [1861] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (53) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3115 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 18 [April 1860] , and to Asa Gray , 25 April [1860]). The second ( …
- … see ibid . , letter to Asa Gray, 26 November [1860] ). In Bowen 1861 , Bowen denied the …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 31 October [1860] ). Gray’s observations on …
- … Asa Gray, 31 March [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), Gray informed CD about this transaction: ‘I took about £50 … which
〈 Ap〉 pleton & Co sent me for〈 your〉 book, to pay the printers with’. In May 1860, …
To J. D. Hooker [17 July 1860]
Summary
Asa Gray’s articles in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [10 Apr 1860] excellent; considering asking Athenæum to reprint them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [17 July 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2878 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … in CD’s copy. See letter to Asa Gray, 22 July [1860] . For a fuller account of Henrietta …
- … Tuesday before the letter to Asa Gray, 22 July [1860] . CD refers to the Proceedings of …
- … Asa Gray’s articles in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [10 Apr 1860] …
- … Asa Gray , John Amory Lowell , Louis Agassiz , and Francis Bowen was reported. The pages that CD considered missing were in fact not concerned with Origin . Both parts of the article are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. In the report of the academy’s meeting held on 10 April 1860, …
To Asa Gray 18 February [1860]
Summary
Thinks AG’s review is admirable.
Reactions of others to the Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 18 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (22) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2704 |
To Asa Gray 7 January [1860]
Summary
Comments on AG’s memoir on Japanese plants [see 2599]; relationship of Japanese flora to N. American.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 7 Jan [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (15) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2645 |
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- … To Asa Gray 7 January [1860] …
- … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (15) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Jan [1860] Asa Gray …
- … Asa Gray , 11 November [1859] and 24 December [1859]. Gray had based his geological arguments on information given to him by his friend James Dwight Dana ( Gray 1858–9 , p. 449). Dana was in Italy convalescing from a breakdown in his health. He had written to CD in December 1859 (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 29 [December 1859] ). See also letter to T. H. Huxley, 1 January [1860] . …
To Asa Gray 31 October [1860]
Summary
Talks of getting copies of AG’s Atlantic Monthly articles for distribution in England.
Describes the pollinating mechanisms of Orchis pyramidalis and Spiranthes autumnalis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 31 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (45 and 124a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2969 |
To John Murray 4 February [1860]
Summary
Final arrangements for new edition of Journal of researches [1860]. Wants one copy to give to P. L. Sclater, who has aided him.
Asks that copy of Origin be sent immediately to Schweizerbart for German translation.
Asa Gray is going to bring out an edition of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 4 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.84–85) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2686 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Appleton & Co (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 ). CD sent corrections to Gray …
- … by D. Appleton & Co . in May 1860 (see letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860] ). …
- … 1860]. Wants one copy to give to P. L. Sclater, who has aided him. Asks that copy of Origin be sent immediately to Schweizerbart for German translation. Asa Gray …
To Asa Gray 8 June [1860]
Summary
Discusses recent reviews of Origin and has made a note on Owen’s [see 2737].
Has become interested in the floral structures of orchids.
Notes his recent observations on Primula; believes he has found male and female forms.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 8 June [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2825 |
To J. D. Hooker 29 July [1860]
Summary
Casual observations on Drosera.
Wants to know author of good review of Origin in London Review [& Wkly J. Polit. 1 (1860): 11–12, 32–3, 58–9].
Athenæum will reprint Gray’s discussion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 29 July [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2880 |
To Asa Gray 25 April [1860]
Summary
Origin reviews. Is annoyed at Richard Owen’s malignity [Edinburgh Rev. 111 (1860): 487–532].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 25 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2767 |
To Johann Nicolaus Trübner? 14 October [1860]
Summary
Orders a copy of September number of Silliman’s Journal. A friend has recommended an article in it [A. Gray and D. Treadwell, "Discussion between two readers of Darwin’s treatise on the origin of species", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 30 (1860): 226–39].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Nicolaus (Nicholas) Trübner |
Date: | 14 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2948 |
To T. H. Huxley 11 December [1860]
Summary
Forwards A. Gray’s letter [inquiring whether THH would be interested in printing Chauncey Wright’s review of Origin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 166) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3018 |
To Charles Lyell 10 January [1860]
Summary
Comments on corrections [in Origin, 2d ed. (1860)], especially on use of Wallace’s name.
Discusses human evolution with respect to CL’s work. Cites expression as a source of evidence.
Andrew Murray’s criticisms of the Origin involving blind insects in caves [Edinburgh New Philos. J. n.s. 11 (1860): 141–51].
Humorously describes human ancestors.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 10 Jan [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.191) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2647 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … the enclosure to the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] . Lyell’s letter in response …
- … to Charles Lyell , 4 [January 1860], and to Asa Gray , 28 January [1860], n. 22). Alfred …
- … Asa Gray, 18 November [1858] . CD probably alludes to his idea of sexual selection, expanded at length in Descent . CD had long collected notes on the expression of the emotions. His earliest comments are in his notebooks ( Notebooks ). See also CD’s observations on the expressions and behaviour of his children ( Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix III). He published the results of his research in Expression . Letter to Thomas Bridges, 6 January 1860 . …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
Summary
Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …