From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864
Summary
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 176–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4396 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … December 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … 6476)). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … 22 March 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] ). …
- … Gardens, Kew (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] , …
To George Henslow 12 June [1866]
Summary
Returns proofs of GH’s paper ["On hybridization among plants", Pop. Sci. Rev. 5 (1866): 304–13] with his criticisms. Prefers that GH not state that CD has read the proofs.
Does C. V. Naudin really say that ovules (not seed) of hybrid Luffa and Cucumis are imperfect?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henslow |
| Date: | 12 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5118 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … hybridity ( Henslow 1866b ) with his letter of 11 June [1866] . For an indication of the …
- … between this letter and the letter from George Henslow, 11 June [1866] . Henslow had sent …
- … Henslow, [13 or 14 June 1866] . In his letter to CD of 11 June [1866] , Henslow had asked …
- … Henslow 1866b , p. 307). See letter from George Henslow, 11 June [1866] and n. 2. Six …
From A. R. Wallace 2 January 1864
Summary
Remarks on ARW’s review of Samuel Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells
and Origin.
Agassiz’s strength as geologist and weakness in natural history theory.
Work problems.
His butterfly collection.
Problems with book on Malay journey.
Recommends Herbert Spencer and his Social statics.
Spencer’s "masterly" nebular hypothesis.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B8–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1864] . See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] , in …
- … in its publication. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from H. W. Bates, 2 May [1863] . …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 January [1863] , …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
- … November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). See also letter to A. R. Wallace, 1 January …
From John Murray 12 November [1872]
Summary
Price of Expression is 12s.
Sends cheque to pay CD his share of profits on Origin [6th ed.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 430 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8622 |
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 , and letter …
- … June [1864] ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [26 July – 2 August …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and Origin , pp. …
- … 7 January [1864] and nn. 6, 7, 9, and 11. See letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 …
From Robert Swinhoe 4 April 1864
Summary
Reports on a strange breed of sheep at Aden,
a Brazilian plant naturalised in Ceylon,
the Australian Casuarina equisetum spreading in Taiwan,
and an excrescence on wing of several thrushes of Taiwan similar to a growth on wing of a Syrian species.
| Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2 (Letters): 254–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4449 |
From George Cupples 26 May 1868
Summary
Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.
More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 May 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 127–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6211 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to Edward Mayhew . See letter from George Cupples, 11–13 May 1868 and 3d enclosure. See …
- … had offered CD a deerhound puppy (see letter from George Cupples, 11–13 May 1868 ). …
- … of 13 July 1868 . See letter from George Cupples, 11–13 May 1868 and n. 9. The uncle has …
- … size of deerhounds, taken from a letter of Wright’s dated 11 May 1868, in his letter to CD …
From Lydia Ernestine Becker 22 December 1866
Summary
Thanks CD for previous communications. Asks him to send a paper relating to flowers to be read at first meeting of her ladies’ literary and scientific society.
| Author: | Lydia Ernestine Becker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5316 |
From J. W. Judd 24 August 1880
Summary
Plans to visit Down.
| Author: | John Wesley Judd |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12699 |
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). In his …
- … alterations (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). CD …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] , and …
- … transmutation (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 , and …
To Thomas Rivers 28 December [1862]
Summary
Thanks for letter [missing] and help.
Asks about the effect said to be produced on the stock by a graft.
Health prevents accepting TR’s invitation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | 28 Dec [1862] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (23–4 July 1987) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3879 |
From Francis Galton 22 February 1877
Summary
Attributes the Castilian accent of speech of deaf and dumb men to imitation of their teachers’ lip movements.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10859 |
From Alfred Wrigley 12 March 1868
Summary
Had hoped that the intention of removing Horace from school had been abandoned and regrets that it has not.
| Author: | Alfred Wrigley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6006 |
To D. F. Nevill 12 September [1874]
Summary
CD has never before seen the Utricularia DN has sent. Hooker had told him about it. Asks that her gardener observe young Utricularia: CD is interested in internal structure of little balls on bladders.
Sends photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9634 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Vair . Nevill had requested a carte de visite of CD in her letter of [11 September 1874] . …
- … letter and the letter to D. F. Nevill, 11 September [1874] . See letters to D. F. …
- … 7 September 1874 and n. 2, and 11 September [1874] . No letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … See letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] and n. 3. …
To William Bowman 10 March [1863]
Summary
Will send portion of copied manuscript [of Variation 2: 8–10] for WB to examine. Asks about inherited abnormalities of the eye.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bowman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 10 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5030 |
From John Lubbock 12 June [1865]
Summary
Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4860 |
From Asa Gray 15 and 17 May 1865
Summary
Reports Lincoln’s murder.
The end of Civil War is in sight.
Must look at dimorphism in Plantago.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 and 17 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4833 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Brace 1863 ; see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to C. L. Brace, 24 June [1863] and n. …
- … the United States (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Asa Gray, 23 February [1863] and …
- … 3, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 23 November 1863 and nn. 8 and 9). …
- … 1862 and 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1861] , n. …
From Horace Benge Dobell 15 July 1864
Summary
Suggests man’s original mode of walking and running is similar to that of quadrupeds.
He also suggests CD answer critics who say no new species has ever been unequivocally traced to its origins, by pointing out that there is no unequivocal account of the origin of surnames.
| Author: | Horace Benge Dobell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4568 |
To William Ogle 13 April [1871]
Summary
Reports further observations on contraction of platysma. Has been assisted by J. Wood. [See Expression, pp. 302, 303.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 11 (EH 88205909) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7679 |
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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- … Letters | Selected Readings Darwin's first reflections on human progress were …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
