From ? [1873?]
Summary
Notes on CD’s Expression.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8706 |
From ? [1873–4?]
Summary
Cancelled: enclosure to S 9290.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873–4?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714 |
From Francis Darwin [15–18 September 1873]
Summary
FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15–18 Sept 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10156F |
From Armand de Quatrefages 8 July 1873
Summary
CD’s nomination to French Academy fails again.
| Author: | Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 175: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11041 |
From E. A. Darwin [1873–81]
Summary
Notes on the shoveller, taken from John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain [1862–73].
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873–81] |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13790 |
From Henry Jackson [1873?]
Summary
Notes referring to passages in Expression [annotated in places by Francis Darwin, presumably when preparing 2d ed.].
| Author: | Henry Jackson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.2: 91–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13819 |
From Cecil Smith [1873?]
Summary
Describes some behaviour in herring gulls similar to that of sheldrakes as described by CD in Expression [pp. 47–8].
| Author: | Cecil Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13841 |
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 G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873]
Summary
Discusses his health following a visit to Dr C[lark?]. Has made an appointment for CD.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8702 |
From Henry Reeks 3 March 1873
Summary
Praise for and detailed comments on Expression.
Two cases of coloration in animals – one from sexual selection, the other helping to procure prey [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 542–3].
| Author: | Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8703 |
From William Ogle [after 5 May 1873]
Summary
Thanks for reference to Hermann Müller’s book on fertilisation [Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)].
| Author: | William Ogle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 5 May 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8705 |
From Stanley Haynes [1873?]
Summary
Notes headed "Observations on the expression of the emotions".
| Author: | Stanley Haynes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 125 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8708 |
From Felix Choice [1873?]
Summary
Has read Expression, and assures CD some people cry when happy.
| Author: | Felix Choice |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 145 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8710 |
From J. B. Dunbar-Brander [before 9 July 1873]
Summary
Offers different explanations [from CD’s in Expression] for movements of dogs after voiding, and for their turning around before lying down.
CD is also wrong in saying hares do not cry except when they suffer.
| Author: | James Brander Dunbar-Brander |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 9 July 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 279 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8711 |
From Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen [before 18 January 1873]
Summary
Translation of some of his annotations in Dutch edition of Expression.
| Author: | Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 28 Jan 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.1: B44–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8712 |
From James Paget [1873]
Summary
"Sir William Gull has just brought me the enclosed quotations from Chaucer, as illustrations of the closure of the eyes in effort. [In "The Nun’s priest’s tale" in Canterbury tales the fox tricks Chanticleer into crowing, whereupon Chanticleer closes his eyes to make the effort (and gets seized by the fox).] He begs me to send them to you.
I have lately seen a terrier who very distinctly frowns during mental excitement – not always with anger, but often, I think, with anxiety, as in expecting food."
| Author: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873] |
| Classmark: | S. Paget ed. 1901, p. 408 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8713 |
From Francis Darwin [1873]
Summary
Klein says water ought to be changed daily. Asks to tell G Revalenta shop shut. Klein reports discovery about toads’ ova does not bear on pangenesis.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8713F |
From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
From J. P. M. Weale to Norman Lockyer [January 1873]
Summary
On expression among Kaffirs and Hottentots.
| Author: | James Philip Mansel Weale |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Jan 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8716 |
From C. L. Brace [August? 1873]
Summary
Reports that the ability to move ears is common among the Sioux.
| Author: | Charles Loring Brace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Aug? 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 273 (fragile letters) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8717 |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (26) |
| Darwin, Francis | (13) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Krefft, Gerard | (7) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (7) |
