DCP-LETT-2501F
Summary
Cancelled: Known only from reference in letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859]
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 October 1859] |
Classmark: | |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2501F |
To Charles Lyell [9 April 1873]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [9 Apr 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 327 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8552F |
From Charles Lyell 24 April 1874
Summary
Will subscribe £25 towards F. A. Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Apr 1874 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Lyell correspondence Mss.B.L981) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9426F |
To Charles Lyell [21? June 1848]
Summary
Comments on apology by Chambers for using some of CD’s material without acknowledgment in discussing Glen Roy. His opinion of Chambers’ book [Ancient sea-margins (1848)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [21? June 1848] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.75) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1181 |
From Charles Lyell [after 3 October 1860]
Summary
CD would have carried the public more if he had explained adaptations by multiple causes, some unknown and some well known, i.e., natural selection.
Discusses Hooker’s views of extinction on St Helena.
Work on antiquity of man suspended.
Stopped by 11th edition of Principles of geology [1872].
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 3 Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 397 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2937 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Lyell, Charles Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Charles Lyell [after 3 October 1860] …
- … DAR 205.9: 397 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet unstated [after 3 Oct 1860] Charles Robert …
- … Bibliography Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the …
- … edition, revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or …
- … by the relationship to the letter to Charles Lyell, 3 October [1860] , in which CD asks …
- … long-buried seeds. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 26 [September 1860] . The number of …
To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860]
Summary
Blyth’s effort to raise money for a Chinese expedition.
Comments on free-will in animals.
Says natural selection is not in the same category with Huxley’s "force" and "matter".
Discusses remarkable variation in period of gestation in dogs and ducks.
Discusses Arctic flora.
Has been working on orchids; they beat woodpeckers in adaptation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.219) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2838 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860] …
- … Mss.B.D25.219) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [June 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … of a passage from it in the letter to Charles Lyell, 14 [June 1860] . Lyell had apparently …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 17 June [1860] , and letter from Charles Lyell, 19 June …
To Charles Lyell [5 and 7 October 1842]
Summary
Cancelled: same as DCP-LETT-649. Discusses growth of various species of coral. Explains significance of dead reefs.
Describes meeting of the Council of the Geological Society; the controversy involving Edward Charlesworth.
Mentions conversations with William Lonsdale about Lonsdale’s work on corals and the financial support for his work.
Murchison’s views on glaciation in Wales.
Agassiz’s observations at Glen Roy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 and 7 Oct 1842 |
Classmark: | CUL DAR 146: 149 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-645 |
To Charles Lyell 13 [August 1861]
Summary
Thanks CL for orchids acquired from a collector.
Discusses role of Providence in variation. Does CL honestly think it applies to variations in domestication? If not ordained there, sees no reason for it in nature either.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 13 [Aug 1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.260) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3230 |
To Charles Lyell 10 May [1872]
Summary
Comments on CL’s Principles of geology, 11th ed.
Discusses natural selection in man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 10 May [1872] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.415) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8314 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 10 May [1872] …
- … Mss.B.D25.415) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 May [1872] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an …
- … operation. 3 vols. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the …
- … remain my dear Lyell, Your ever faithful & now very old pupil | Charles Darwin …
To Charles Lyell 3 September [1874]
Summary
Discusses belief in immortality and a personal God.
Describes his holiday in Southampton.
Comments on papers of John Wesley Judd.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 3 Sept [1874] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.448) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9621 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 3 September [1874] …
- … Mss.B.D25.448) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Sept [1874] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … 1862 . CD refers to John Wesley Judd . See letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 . …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 . …
- … Charles Lyell, 1 September 1874 . Maria Sophia Heathcote . The postscript to the letter from Charles …
To Charles Lyell 22 February [1866]
Summary
Comments on errors [in Origin] pointed out in C. J. F. Bunbury’s letters.
Mentions CD’s notes on Drimys, Fuchsia, and fossil mammals of Brazilian caves.
Sorrowful that his work must be put aside because Murray wants a new [4th] edition of Origin. Remarks on changes to be made regarding Organ Mountains and Agassiz’s glacial markings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 22 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.314) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5015 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 22 February [1866] …
- … Mss.B.D25.314) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Feb [1866] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … edition of Origin , see the letter to Charles Lyell, 15 February [1866] and n. 5. See …
- … the letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, 20 February 1866 (see n. 2, below). …
- … views as expressed in the letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] , see the letter from …
- … Cary Agassiz (see n. 2, above, letter to Charles Lyell, 7 February [1866] and n. 2, and …
- … Charles Lyell, 20 February 1866 . For CD’s temporary alteration to the text of Origin on this point, see the letter to Charles …
- … Lyell of 20 February 1866 (see this volume). CD had noted Bunbury’s admission ( letter from C. J. F. Bunbury to Charles Lyell, …
From Charles Lyell 9 May 1863
Summary
Has been to Osborne on the Isle of Wight to visit Queen Victoria, who had lots of questions about CD.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 May 1863 |
Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4149F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lyell, Charles Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Charles Lyell 9 May 1863 …
- … Bibliography Lyell, Charles. 1863a. The geological evidences of the antiquity of man with …
- … Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B9) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet London 9 …
- … Lyell’s The geological evidences of the antiquity of man with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation ( C. Lyell 1863 ) was published early in 1863 (see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, …
To Charles Lyell 29 [November 1859]
Summary
Encloses letter from Adam Sedgwick [2548].
Mentions conversion of A. C. Ramsay.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 29 [Nov 1859] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.180) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2560 |
DCP-LETT-1652
Summary
Cancelled: same as 1672.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Apr 1855 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 474 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1652 |
To Charles Lyell 23 November [1859]
Summary
Thanks CL for his decision to accept CD’s "doctrine of modification" [in Elements of geology, 6th ed. (1865)]. Believes it "morally impossible that investigators of truth, like you and Hooker, can be wholly wrong". Does not think CL’s decision will injure his works.
Thinks CL overrates importance of multiple origin of dogs.
Mentions sending copy of Origin to Herschel. Asks CL about Herschel’s reaction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 23 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.176) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2543 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 23 November [1859] …
- … Mss.B.D25.176) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 23 Nov [1859] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Bibliography Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the …
- … not yet received the letter from Charles Lyell, [22 November 1859] , since it is …
- … I remain my dear Lyell | Your affect friend & disciple | Charles Darwin Sir J. Herschel, …
- … later, in the letter to Charles Lyell, 24 [November 1859] . See letter from Charles …
- … Lyell, 21 November 1859 . See letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 11 November [1859] . For John Frederick William Herschel’s response to Origin , see letter to Charles Lyell, [ …
- … Lyell’s scientific journals indicate that he intended to address CD’s theory and the question of species transmutation in the next edition of his Principles of geology (Wilson ed. 1970). However, he altered his plans and first discussed CD’s views in his Antiquity of man ( C. Lyell 1863 ). He expanded upon his discussion in the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ), completely reworking the chapters in Book III concerning the species question. CD refers to letters from Charles Lyell , …
DCP-LETT-1912B
Summary
Cancelled: appears in 1917.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 July [1856] |
Classmark: | Charles Lyell’s notebook 213: 101–2? |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1912B |
DCP-LETT-1919A
Summary
Cancelled: appears in 1920.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 8 July [1856] |
Classmark: | Charles Lyell’s notebook II: 95–8? |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1919A |
From Charles Lyell [c. 16 July 1841]
Summary
Regrets not seeing CD before leaving on trip [to the U. S.]. CD’s move from London will be a privation for CL.
Returns charts on coral reefs.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 16 July 1841] |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A1–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-604 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lyell, Charles Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Charles Lyell [ c. 16 July 1841] …
- … DAR 98: A1–2 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet unstated [ c . 16 July 1841] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an …
- … to London by the 16th (see letter to Charles Lyell, 6 [July 1841] ). However, he did not …
To Charles Lyell 20 October [1859]
Summary
Comments on CL’s letters.
Discusses foreign animals naturalised in Australia and elsewhere.
Affirms man’s capacity to survive in Eocene climate.
Comments on American types.
Denies necessity for "continued intervention of creative power".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 Oct [1859] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.173) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2507 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 20 October [1859] …
- … Mss.B.D25.173) Charles Robert Darwin Ilkley 20 Oct [1859] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … See the letter from Charles Lyell, 4 October 1859 , and the letter to Charles Lyell, 11 …
- … see letter to Charles Lyell, 11 October [1859] ). See letter from Charles Lyell to T. H. …
To Charles Lyell 1 December [1866]
Summary
Thanks CL for copy of his "grand book" [Principles of geology, 10th ed., vol. 1 (1867)]. Congratulates him on additions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.322) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5289 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … To Charles Lyell 1 December [1866] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.322) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Dec [1866] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the …
- … Lyell’s Principles of geology (see nn. 2 and 3, below). The first volume of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) was published in November 1866 ( Publishers’ Circular , 15 November 1866, p. 722). The inscription in CD’s copy (Darwin Library–CUL) reads, ‘ Charles Darwin from his affectionate friend Charles Lyell …
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