From John Lubbock 20 February 1863
Summary
Dining arrangements.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Feb 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4002 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 20 February 1863 …
- … DAR 170: 36 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 20 Feb …
- … Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that John Lubbock dined at Down House on Sunday 22 …
- … Will you kindly send me a line to Chiselhurst. Yours affec— | John Lubbock C Darwin Esq …
From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 24 October 1863
Summary
Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 24 Oct 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4322 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Lubbock, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 24 October 1863 …
- … give my kindest regards to M r . Darwin & believe me | Yours very sincerely John Lubbock …
- … DAR 170: 42 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 24 Oct …
- … on 14 October 1863. See letter from John Lubbock, 14 October 1863 , and letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, 23 October 1863 . See letter from John Lubbock, 14 October 1863 and n. 2. …
From John Lubbock 6 January [1863]
Summary
Is pleased by CD’s praise of his article.
Hugh Falconer’s is certainly interesting.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 24 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3903 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 6 January [1863] …
- … are thinking of doing about Owen? Do get better & believe me | Yours affec | John Lubbock …
- … DAR 170: 24 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 6 Jan [ …
- … between this letter and the letter to John Lubbock, 4 January [1863] ; Lubbock wrote ‘/62’ …
- … Natural History Review. See letter to John Lubbock, 4 January [1863] . For CD’s comments …
From John Lubbock 6 March 1863
Summary
Thanks CD for his review [of H. W. Bates’s paper on mimetic butterflies, Collected papers 2: 87–92].
Is glad Hooker approved of his [JL’s] lecture.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4029 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 6 March 1863 …
- … DAR 170: 38 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 6 Mar …
- … mess of the lecture. I do hope you will soon be right again. Yours affec ly | John Lubbock …
- … of the Natural History Review (see letter to John Lubbock, 4 January [1863] ). The review …
- … House on 2 March 1863 (see letter from John Lubbock, 28 February 1863 ), but according to …
From John Lubbock 28 February 1863
Summary
Will come to dine on Monday unless he hears to the contrary.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Feb 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4017 |
From John Lubbock 7 April 1863
Summary
JL is off to visit Scotch "kjökken möddings".
Hopes Lyell is not really vexed by his article.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Apr 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4077 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 7 April 1863 …
- … that once a For. always a For. Is it not so? Yours affec ly | John Lubbock C Darwin Esq …
- … DAR 170: 39 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 7 Apr …
- … Review ( Lubbock 1863e ). See letter to John Lubbock, 5 April [1863] . Lubbock was one of …
- … Hooker, [24 March 1863] , and letter to John Lubbock, 5 April [1863] and n. 7. See also …
- … 17 April 1863] , and letter to John Lubbock, 5 April [1863] and n. 10. See Appendix VII …
To John Lubbock 23 [February 1863]
Summary
CD’s comments on JL’s paper [first part of "On the development of Chloëon dimidiatum", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 24 (1863): 61–78].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 23 [Feb 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 59 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3939 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John …
- … To John Lubbock 23 [February 1863] …
- … See also letter from John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 . …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 [Feb 1863] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lubbock, John. 1863–5. On the development of Chloëon ( …
- … recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that John Lubbock dined at Down House on 22 February 1863. …
From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 6 November 1863
Summary
Returns a borrowed extract from the [Zoological?] Record.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 6 Nov 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4331 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lubbock, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 6 November 1863 …
- … DAR 170: 43 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 6 Nov …
- … he had borrowed from CD (see letter from John Lubbock to Emma Darwin, 24 October 1863 ). …
- … r . Darwin is now. Please give him my love & Believe me | Yours very truly | John Lubbock …
From John Lubbock 14 October 1863
Summary
Is working on a notice for the Natural History Review [n.s. 4 (1864): 37–43] of Huxley’s lectures to working men on the origin of species.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Oct 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4320 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 14 October 1863 …
- … DAR 170: 41 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 14 Oct …
- … Bibliography [Lubbock, John. ] 1864b. Huxley’s lectures on the origin of species. Natural …
- … rs Darwin & all your family, Yours affec | John Lubbock C Darwin Esq I send this to Down, …
From John Lubbock 4 September 1863
Summary
Has returned from trip to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Has been made President of the Ethnological Society.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Sept 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4291 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lubbock, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lubbock 4 September 1863 …
- … DAR 170: 40 John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 4 Sept …
- … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
- … kind regards to M rs Darwin believe me, dear M r Darwin, | Yours affec tly | John Lubbock …
To John Lubbock 4 January [1863]
Summary
Praises JL’s article ["North American archaeology", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 1–26]
and Hugh Falconer on the American fossil elephant [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 43–114].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 4 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 58 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3900 |
To John Lubbock 5 April [1863]
Summary
JL’s review of Lyell’s Antiquity of man (1863) [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 211–19].
Owen’s review of W. B. Carpenter in Athenæum [28 Mar 1863, pp. 417–19].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 5 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4075 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John …
- … To John Lubbock 5 April [1863] …
- … 57 Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Apr [1863] John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury …
- … Horace Gordon. 1914. Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. …
- … John Cumming was the author of Moses right and Bishop Colenso wrong ( Cumming 1863 ). In a postscript to his review, Lubbock …
From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1863
Summary
With scientific party to Amiens to look at gravel-pits, the geology of which JDH describes at length.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Oct 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 167–70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4321 |
To J. D. Hooker 5 March [1863]
Summary
Ill health.
At work on Variation.
Reading JDH on Welwitschia.
Letter from Lyell defends his position on species.
Anger at Owen.
John Lubbock’s lectures.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 184 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4024 |
To Thomas Henry Huxley 10 [January 1863]
Summary
CD overwhelmed by THH’s praise.
Agrees with his reservations about species theory but not wholly about sterility and gives his reasons for differing.
On Natural History Review, Hugh Falconer, and R. Owen.
Has written a review [Collected papers 2: 87–92] of H. W. Bates’s paper ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 10 [Jan 1863] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 183) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3852 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … for April 1863. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Lubbock, 15 December 1862 , …
- … and letter to John Lubbock, 16 [December 1862] , and …
- … this volume, letter to John Lubbock, 4 January [1863] . Like many periodicals, the Natural …
- … 3 January [1863] and n. 1, letter to John Lubbock, 4 January [1863] , and letter to Hugh …
From J. D. Hooker [1 March 1863]
Summary
John Lubbock’s lecture on man a success [Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 4 (1863): 29–40].
JDH on the effect of the Civil War on Asa Gray.
JDH’s opinion of Lyell on glaciers is improving.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Mar 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 111–13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4019 |
To J. B. Innes 1 September [1863]
Summary
Family and local news, and memories of old times.
CD’s youngest son, Horace, is too delicate to go to school.
CD has had a bad summer, is still ill, can do very little work – "Botany … is all that I am good for".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | 1 Sept [1863] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4287 |
To Athenæum 18 April [1863]
Summary
Attacks the doctrine of "heterogeny" (spontaneous generation during each geological period) as completely lacking in evidence.
Defends natural selection as connecting large classes of facts in natural history. That certain forms have not changed since remote epochs is not an objection of any force.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Athenæum |
Date: | 18 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | Athenæum, 25 April 1863, pp. 554–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4108 |
To J. D. Hooker 24[–5] February [1863]
Summary
CD’s opinion of Lyell’s Antiquity of man and of Owen’s comment on it.
Disappointed Lyell has not spoken out on species and on man.
Pleasure of new hothouse and the plants JDH supplied for it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 24[–5] Feb [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4009 |
To Charles Lyell 18 April [1863]
Summary
Describes a letter he has written to the Athenæum in which he mentions CL’s views on species modification ["Doctrine of heterogeny", Collected papers 2: 78–80].
Comments on criticism of Lyell’s book [Antiquity] by Falconer and others.
Mentions his eczema.
Invites the Lyells to visit.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 18 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.294) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4106 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
Lubbock, John | (9) |
Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
Bentham, George | (1) |
Athenæum | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
Darwin, Emma | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Lubbock, John | (3) |
Lyell, Charles | (4) |
Phillips, John | (1) |
Quatrefages de Bréau, Armand de Quatrefages | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (40) |
Hooker, J. D. | (15) |
Lubbock, John | (12) |
Lyell, Charles | (4) |
Darwin, Emma | (3) |