To Charles Lyell 22 January [1865]
Summary
Criticises Duke of Argyll’s address [to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1864)] and demurs on Argyll’s "new birth" theory.
Agrees with CL on beauty.
Enjoyed hearing of Princess Royal’s discussion [on Darwinism].
CD’s illness.
CL’s advice on chapter [of Variation] on dogs was excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 22 Jan [1865] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.304) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4752 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.304) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan [1865] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 22 January [1865] …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 . …
- … Letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 . Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Queen …
- … duke of Argyll ( G. D. Campbell 1864 ); see letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 . …
- … London: Henry Colburn. 1839. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 and nn. 10 and 11. CD’s discussion of …
- … p. 286). See letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 and n. 6. Peccavi : ‘I have …
- … Lyell 1865 . See letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 and n. 2. After a period of …
- … 1865] . CD had begun Variation in 1860; after several interruptions, he most recently resumed work in September 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12). Variation was published in 1868. CD sent Lyell the draft of his chapter on dogs for Variation in August or September 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles …
To Charles Lyell 21 February [1865]
Summary
Belated thanks to CL for copy of Elements. Praises CL’s work. Notes especially Atlantic continents, the Weald, the Purbeck beds, glacial action, and the formation of lake-basins.
Also mentions account of Heer’s work
and CD’s disagreement with J. D. Forbes.
Suggests that CL have Murray print a two-volume edition [of the Elements].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 21 Feb [1865] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.306) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4775 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.306) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Feb [1865] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 21 February [1865] …
- … 1: 524–5). See letter from Charles Lyell, 16 January 1865 and n. 19. Lyell preceded his …
- … 3 vols. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient …
- … Charles Lyell, 20 November [1860] , Correspondence vol. 9, letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 [December 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 November [1862] . See also Origin , pp. 357–8. Lyell discussed the denudation of the Weald, a district between the North and South Downs in Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, in C. Lyell 1865 , …
To Charles Lyell 25 March [1865]
Summary
Mentions Miss Buckley’s information on roosting in trees [see Variation 1: 181 n.].
Refers to Duke [of Argyll] and his Lamarckian view of change.
Roosting habits and behaviour of pigeons in Egypt.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s works.
Has finished Elements; comments on Laurentian stages.
Remarks on his health
and forthcoming work [Variation].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Mar [1865] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.307) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4794 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.307) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Mar [1865] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 25 March [1865] …
- … vols. Paris: Dentu; the author. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient …
- … 1865] , and the letter to Charles Lyell, 21 February [1865] . C. Lyell 1865 , pp. 578– …
- … Charles Lyell, 15 March 1863 ). This instance of behavioural change in pigeons observed by Skirving is cited in Variation 1: 181. CD was evidently collecting information on ‘Gradation & Abnormal Habits’; see annotations to the letter from E. P. Wright, 24 March 1865 …
From Charles Lyell 16 January 1865
Summary
His view of Origin.
Belief of Duke of Argyll that substituting "variation" and "selection" for creation deifies them.
Thinks Argyll would accept evolution except for man.
A’s view of humming-birds.
Describes discussion with [Victoria,] Princess Royal of Prussia, about evolution.
New edition of Elements consistent with Origin.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 384–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4746 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 16 January 1865 …
- … ed. 1881, 2: 384–6 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet Magdeburg 16 Jan 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient …
- … p. 585). See letter to Charles Lyell, 22 January [1865] . See n. 2 above. In order to …
- … enclosure to letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 12). Lyell …
From J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865]
Summary
JDH on the Lyell–Lubbock plagiarism controversy. His view of the true cause of Lubbock’s behaviour.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2 June 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 24–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4849 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 29 May 1865 , Lubbock referred to an article by …
- … and n. 7). In June 1865, John Lubbock was 31 and Charles Lyell was 67. Hooker is probably …
- … Lubbock (see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and enclosures). …
- … Charles and Mary Elizabeth Lyell lived at 53 Harley Street ( Post Office London directory 1865). …
- … to letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] . The books referred to are …
- … enclosures to letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] ; see also Bynum …
- … see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 2). CD later sent …
- … 183–4, and letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, 5 June 1865 , ibid. , doc. 325). …
- … see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] , n. 2), but no …
- … the letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] , n. 3; see also letter to …
- … 1863] ). See letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and enclosures. …
- … Lubbock]’ (see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and enclosures). …
- … 1863c (see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 6). Hugh …
- … 1865, the first Friday after 1 June was 2 June. Evidently both Hooker and CD received at about the same time letters from Charles Lyell …
- … Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] . Both Lubbock and Lyell appealed further to Hooker to help resolve their disagreement ( letter from John Lubbock to J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1865 , …
- … Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 , in BL MSS ADD 49640; the letter is reprinted in Hutchinson 1914 , 1: 62). On the advice of Hooker and Huxley (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] …
Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. 6th edition, revised. London: John Murray.
From Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker [31 May 1865]
Summary
Emcloses copies of correspondence concerning his dispute with John Lubbock.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [31 May 1865] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/14 f.323); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen. 113/3650–3, 3813–20, 3821–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4844F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 113/3650–3, 3813–20, 3821–4) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet [31 May 1865] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … From Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker [31 May 1865] …
- … revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient …
- … letter from John Lubbock to Charles Lyell, 13 March 1865; University of Edinburgh, Lyell 1 …
- … enclosure (letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 30 May 1865). See n. 1, above. …
- … as Hooker (letter from Charles Lyell to T. H. Huxley, 2 June 1865, Imperial College of …
- … George Busk (letter from Charles Lyell to T. H. Huxley, 5 June 1865, Imperial College of …
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1865. Sir Charles Lyell and the glacial theory of lake-basins. London: n.p. [Extracted from Philosophical Magazine 29 (1865): 285–98.]
To John Murray 3 January [1867]
Summary
Sorry about enormous size of Variation MS, but cannot shorten it now. If JM is afraid to publish, CD will consider agreement cancelled. Suggests he ask someone with judgment to read the MS. Has written concluding chapter on man. Whether it will be included depends on size of volume.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 3 Jan [1867] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 158–160) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5346 |
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1865. Sir Charles Lyell and the glacial theory of lake-basins. Philosophical Magazine 29: 285–98.
From William Duppa Crotch 10 April 1865
Author: | William Duppa Crotch |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 274 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4811 |
To J. D. Hooker [4 June 1865]
Summary
Agrees with JDH on Lyell–Lubbock controversy except that Lubbock’s printed note does not seem to him insulting. Hopes JDH can heal the breach.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [4 June 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 270 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4852 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … s accusing Charles Lyell of plagiarism, and to Lubbock’s note in Lubbock 1865 , p. …
- … x (see letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] , n. 3, for the text of …
- … June 1865] , for Hooker’s impression of the controversy). See letter from Charles Lyell to …
- … to letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] ). Hooker argued that …
- … see also letter from Charles Lyell to J. D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 2. CD refers …
- … 1865] , n. 12. CD refers to George and Ellen Busk and their exclusion from social gatherings hosted by Charles and Mary Elizabeth Lyell ; …
- … 1865] and n. 7. CD apparently noticed other places in C. Lyell 1863c where Lyell had made alterations (see Bynum 1984 , p. 178, for a recent assessment of Lyell’s conduct). The reference is to Charles …
To Charles Lyell 4 May [1869]
Summary
Asks for a photograph of CL to be used by a society [in Serbia].
Comments on article by Wallace ["Sir Charles Lyell on geological climates and the Origin", Q. Rev. 126 (1869): 359–94].
Has finished new edition of Origin [5th (1869)]
and is back at work on sexual selection [Descent].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 May [1869] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.369) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6725 |
From J. D. Hooker 2 May 1865
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 May 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 20–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4826 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Green, Longman, Roberts and Green. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the …
- … and this volume, letter to Charles Lyell, 21 February [1865] . The theory that rock basins …
- … 1802–1967. Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1865. Sir Charles Lyell and the glacial theory of lake- …
- … J. D. Hooker, [1 May 1865] . Charles and Mary Elizabeth Lyell . Hooker refers to Ramsay …
From Daniel Mackintosh 1 December 1867
Summary
Seeks CD’s opinion and references on the causes of terraces in the south of England. He supports sea action as cause, either by currents or on coasts, and has been engaged in a controversy in the Geological Magazine [4 (1867): 571–5] with the subaerial school. Poulett Scrope thinks they are agricultural.
Author: | Daniel Mackintosh |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Dec 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5703 |
To John Murray 31 March [1865]
Summary
Has made progress [on Variation]. Hopes it will go to press in the autumn. Lists his needs for cuts to be made – altogether 50.
Supposes Origin has ceased selling. Would be sorry to have labour of another edition. A new French edition is wanted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 31 Mar [1865] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 131–135) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4801 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … and this volume, letter to Charles Lyell, 22 January [1865] and n. 18. CD refers to his …
- … 1868. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 22 January [1865] and nn. 16 and 17. Variation …
- … 1865]. When Variation was published in 1868, it contained twenty-eight chapters. See Correspondence vol. 8, letter from Charles Lyell, …
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 27 February [1865]
Summary
Wants his fowl MS.
Will shortly return WBT’s skulls.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 27 Feb [1865] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4776 |
To W. E. Darwin 26 January [1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 26 Jan [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 138 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8183 |
To James Shaw 30 November 1865
Summary
Gratified that JS defends views of Origin.
Thinks beauty of flowers is solely to attract insects.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Shaw |
Date: | 30 Nov 1865 |
Classmark: | R. Wallace ed. 1899, p. lvi. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4943 |
To Charles Lyell 1 June [1867]
Summary
Comments on a discussion of humming-birds by the Duke of Argyll [in The reign of law (1867)].
Encloses article by Henry Parker on the Duke’s book [Saturday Rev. 23 (1867): 82–4].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 June [1867] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.328) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5558 |
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