To C. H. Morris 16 January [1872]
Summary
Is sending the requested photograph.
Mr Murray will send a copy of CD’s Journal of researches to L. S. Bouton [see 8107a].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Honoria Campbell; Caroline Honoria Morris |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Tipped into Journal of researches (1860) R920 DAR) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8161A |
From Victor de Robillard 20 September 1856
Summary
C. T. Beke has communicated to the Mauritius Natural History Society a letter he received from CD. VdeR attempts to answer questions on transport of seeds by the ocean.
| Author: | Jean Aimé Victor (Victor) de Robillard |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1956 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 December 1876
Summary
Complains at Albert Günther’s imputations against Charles Wyville Thomson [as a result of the dispute between Thomson and the British Museum, regarding the disposal of the specimens from the Challenger].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 71–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10715 |
From G. C. Robertson to G. J. Romanes 21 January 1882
Summary
Returns CD’s letter concerning testimonial fund for Grant Allen.
| Author: | George Croom Robertson |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13633 |
From William Spottiswoode 24 May 1880
Summary
Since CD supplied Herzfeld with money to retrieve his goods from the carrier, but he did not use it for that purpose, WS sees no way of helping him except to send him home as "a distressed Austrian subject".
| Author: | William Spottiswoode |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 239 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12616 |
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- … letters from S. M. Herzfeld, 2 April 1880 and 4 April 1880 , for S. M. Herzfeld’s appeals for help. William Spottiswoode was president of the Royal Society of London ; CD did not attend the conversazione on 2 June 1880. The conversazioni were exhibitions of scientific discoveries, artefacts, and art …
To A. R. Wallace 17 November 1873
Summary
Would be happy if ARW would undertake to help with correcting the proof-sheets of his revised edition of Descent. Outlines the job that would be required.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 17 Nov 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 161–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9149 |
From R. S. Bartleet 15 November 1881
Summary
Has read Earthworms.
Wonders if CD has studied gnats; inquires about their apparently useless hovering over one spot for hours.
| Author: | Robert Smith Bartleet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13486 |
From Daniel Oliver 27 November 1863
Summary
Discusses the contraction of hygroscopic bundles in seed-pods,
and a paper by Hugo von Mohl ["Über dimorphe Blüthen", Bot. Ztg. (1863): 309–15, 321–8] in which he discusses Oxalis and determines that Fumaria is a necessarily self-fertilising plant.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4349 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 March [1874]
Summary
CD guessed Carruthers was stirred up by Owen. Disgraceful treatment of Bentham.
Work on Descent and Coral reefs stops his doing anything of real interest.
Asa Gray’s letter. CD has acknowledged the honour [honorary membership in the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.].
"What a demon on earth Owen is. I do hate him."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Mar [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 313–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9333 |
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- … letter from American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 28 January 1874 . CD’s relationship with Richard Owen had begun to deteriorate following Owen’s review of Origin ( [R. Owen] 1860 ; see Correspondence vol. 8 and ‘Recollections’ , p. 402); more recently, CD had been infuriated by Owen’s comments on the question of payment to the Royal Society of …
From J. P. S. de Grateloup 18 July 1838
Summary
Sends to CD, as Secretary of the Geological Society, his work on fossil shells ["Mémoire sur les coquilles fossiles", Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 10 (1838): 92–152].
| Author: | Jean Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 July 1838 |
| Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/4/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-421A |
From J. D. Hooker 25 November 1874
Summary
Encloses a letter [from Huxley about his invitation to lecture at Edinburgh]. Has done his best to dissuade Huxley from accepting the burden.
JDH’s depression in bereavement.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 228–9; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/1/14/f. 54) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9732 |
To Asa Gray 12 March [1861]
Summary
Has received Chauncey Wright’s article.
Reports on favourable response to AG’s pamphlet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1861] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (52) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3087 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … of Arts and Sciences are in the Darwin Library–CUL. In the preceding year, the journal had carried reports of a number of discussions about CD’s theory. Gray’s letter has not been found. See letter to Asa Gray, 17 February [1861] and n. 7. The botanist Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward was a fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal …
To G. G. Stokes 5 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks for congratulations on Francis Darwin’s success in the tripos examinations at the university of Cambridge.
The king of Prussia has awarded him the order Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 5 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (17–18 October 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5839H |
To J. D. Hooker 21 February [1870]
Summary
Has read the notes on Rond [Round] Island which he owes to JDH. What an enigma its flora and fauna present, especially the problem of monocotyledons! Asks JDH’s opinion.
A new book on St Helena confirms CD’s observations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 164–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7115 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius on 30 December 1869 and published in the Mauritius almanac and colonial register for 1870 ( Barkly 1870 ). The proof-sheets, corrected by Barkly and annotated by CD, are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See also Correspondence vol. 17, enclosure to letter …
From Benjamin Dann Walsh 1 March 1865
Summary
Sends his paper on "Willow-galls" [Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 3 (1864): 543–644].
Lengthy criticism of Agassiz’s views on species as stated in his Essay on classification [1857].
Interested by CD’s trimorphism in Lythrum. Thinks some great mystery may lie in the fact that in some genera, some species are tri-, some di-, and some monomorphic, and in other genera, Apis, Vespa, Bombus, all the known species are dimorphic.
| Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4778 |
From Louis Bouton 22 September 1871
Summary
Is enjoying Descent. Sends corroborating facts on heredity, concerning race of people from the Seychelles known for their tall stature, courage, and vigour.
| Author: | Louis Sulpice (Louis) Bouton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 259 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7961 |
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- … letter, by begging you to excuse
〈 me〉 , it is on one of the Seychelles Islands that that giant tree grows, the palm tree whose fruits have two lobes (double coco de mer) & sometimes 3 or even 4 lobes*— All this offers a curious coincidence, worthy of your attention= it will be my good fortune, if these few comments should be of some utility to you—and believe me | dear Sir, | your obedient servant | L. Bouton | Curator of Museum—& Secretary to the Royal Society of arts & …
To Asa Gray 4 August [1863]
Summary
Anticipated AG’s attitude on design in orchids. Does he not think that the variations that gave rise to fancy pigeon varieties were accidental?
Has been working hard at Lythrum
and spontaneous movements of tendrils.
Defends Drosera as a "sagacious animal" but does not know whether he will ever publish on it.
Comments on political situation in U. S.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (83) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4262 |
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From J. D. Hooker 14 November 1869
Summary
Describes how the offer of C.B. was made. He declined a knighthood. Murchison and Lyell are trying to get him made Knight Commander of the Star of India, but he does not think there is a chance. The Duke [of Argyll?] might do it, but does not like JDH’s Darwinism.
Next Presidency of Royal Society discussed: all (Brodie, the X Club botanists, et al.) are agreed on Lyell.
Everyone is disappointed with Nature.
What did CD think of "Huxley’s rhapsody on Goethe’s ditto" [Nature 1 (1869): 9–11]?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 35—8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6988 |
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- … Royal Society president in 1869, see Barton 1990 , p. 64. Hooker refers to Thomas Henry Huxley . Mary Elizabeth Lyell . The first issue of Nature , a ‘weekly illustrated journal of science’, was dated 4 November 1869. The publisher was Alexander Macmillan . For the criticism by X-Club members, including Hooker, of Nature , see Barton 2004 . The Academy was a monthly review of literature, science, and art, established in October 1869 (see letter …
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Variation in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
