To Friedrich Max Müller 3 July 1873
Summary
Thanks FMM for his "Lectures [on Mr Darwin’s philosophy of language", Fraser’s Mag. n.s. 7 (1873): 525–41, 659–78].
CD is not worthy to be FMM’s adversary as he knows very little about language and, being fully convinced man is descended from some lower animal, he is forced to believe a priori that language has developed from inarticulate cries.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Date: | 3 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 425 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8962 |
From Friedrich Max Müller 29 June 1873
Summary
Sends three lectures on the origin of human language [see 8962].
Although a "sincere admirer", he differs with CD on the relation of human to so-called animal language.
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 284 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8957 |
From M. D. Conway 10 September [1873]
Summary
Comparative study of "ethnical scriptures" shows that natural selection has operated in the evolution of religion.
| Author: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 220 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9049 |
To G. H. Darwin [20? August 1874]
Summary
Likes GHD’s article ["Professor Whitney on the origin of language", Contemp. Rev. (1874): 894]. "You have defended me nobly."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [20? Aug 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9711 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … against the criticism of Friedrich Max Müller (Max Müller 1873 ). It was published in the …
- … 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und die gegenseitigen Anpassungen beider. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss des ursächlichen Zusammenhanges in der organischen Natur. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Radick, Gregory. 2008. The simian tongue: the long debate about animal language. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of works by August Schleicher and Friedrich Max Müller. ] …
To J. T. Knowles 31 July 1874
Summary
Asks whether it would be possible for Contemporary Review to republish an article on language from North American Review [119 (1874): 61–88] by William Dwight Whitney which answers F. Max Müller; would pay expense of printing if necessary.
CD has been abused in the Quarterly Review for "amazing ignorance".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Thomas Knowles |
| Date: | 31 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9577 |
To W. D. Whitney 5 August 1874
Summary
Praises WDW’s essay on language [North Am. Rev. 119 (1874): 61–88] which argues against Max Müller’s views and is a good defence against an attack made in Quarterly Review on CD’s short discussion of language.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555) Box 21, folder 556 1874 Aug 1–12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9583 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Friedrich Max Müller’s ‘Lectures on Mr. Darwin’s philosophy of language’ (Max Müller 1873 , …
- … 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und die gegenseitigen Anpassungen beider. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss des ursächlichen Zusammenhanges in der organischen Natur. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of works by August Schleicher and Friedrich Max Müller. ] …
From Friedrich Max Müller 13 October [1875]
Summary
Sends CD his answers to W. D. Whitney’s articles. Sees man as separated from other animals by the possession of language. There is no scientific evidence for even the slightest attempt at language in the higher animals, which cannot, therefore, be reasonably regarded as "stunted man". [See "In self-defence", Chips from a German workshop 4 (1875): 473–549.]
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10194 |
From J. V. Carus 21 July [1873]
Summary
JVC’s travel plans in England. Hopes to visit CD.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 July [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8992 |
From Hyde Clarke 27 December 1877
Summary
Informs CD of his work on the "unity of language in its development".
| Author: | Henry Hyde (Hyde) Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11292 |
From George Hookham 6 May [1873]
Summary
A fact on expression: sheep do use hoofs in fighting.
| Author: | George Hookham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 266 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7742 |
From Friedrich Max Müller 7 January 1875
Summary
FMM discusses his reply to George Darwin’s article [see 9711].
Intends within a year to place his whole argument before CD when, he hopes, his difficulties connected with the origin of language will be carefully considered by CD.
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9808 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1873. Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten und die gegenseitigen Anpassungen beider. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss des ursächlichen Zusammenhanges in der organischen Natur. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Whitney, William Dwight. 1874. Darwinism and language. [Essay review of works by August Schleicher and Friedrich Max Müller. ] …
From F. J. Cohn 4 October 1874
Summary
An account of his observations on Aldrovanda and Utricularia.
Sends CD his memoir on Aldrovanda [Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 1 (1875) Heft 3: 71–92] in advance of publication [see Insectivorous plants, pp. 321 et seq., 395–6].
| Author: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 95–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9667 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1873 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ( Burdon Sanderson 1873a , 1873b), and at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 5 June 1874 ( Burdon Sanderson 1874a , 1874b). He did not publish again on the subject until Burdon Sanderson 1881 , and none of the papers contained microscopical investigations. Burdon Sanderson 1874a . Cohn’s article ‘Ueber die function der blasen von Aldrovanda und Utricularia’ ( F. J. Cohn 1875 ) appeared in Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen , published by Friedrich Max Müller . …
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