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From W. R. Browne   [20–2] November [1881]

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Announces intention to hold a private conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury with the aim of encouraging men of science to reaffirm their religious beliefs and also to publish a series of articles in the Contemporary Review on the state of the various sciences.

Author:  Walter Raleigh Browne
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [20–2] Nov [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 334
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12789

From W. E. Darwin   1 November 1881

Summary

Requests a list of CD’s trust securities; he and Sara have finished Worms; asks what he should do with dividend warrant.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1881
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 95)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13445F

From F. B. Zincke   1 November 1881

Summary

Has found prehistoric tools in his orchard that he believes have been buried by the action of earthworms.

Author:  Foster Barham Zincke
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 184: 12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13448

From L. J. Jones   1 November [1881]

Summary

Points out an error in Earthworms.

Author:  Lawrence John Jones, 4th baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 80
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13449

From W. B. Tegetmeier   2 November 1881

Summary

Encloses his review of Earthworms.

Author:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 178: 85
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13453

From S. H. Vines   2 November [1881]

Summary

On the action of ammonium carbonate on plant cells. "Aggregation" of protoplasm.

Author:  Sydney Howard Vines
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 180: 6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13455

From J. F. Simpson   4 November 1881

Summary

Relates some of his observations on the behaviour and activity of earthworms.

Author:  James Frederick Simpson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 177: 167
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13459

From Wilhelm Pfeffer   6 November 1881

Summary

It is impossible to trace the direct connections between stimuli and responses in plant movements. Disagrees with much of Julius von Wiesner [Die Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. Disagrees with CD on induced movements and circumnutation.

Author:  Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (Wilhelm) Pfeffer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 174: 39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13464

From T. M. Reade   6 November 1881

Summary

Praise for Earthworms.

Author:  Thomas Mellard Reade
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 176: 32
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13465

From A. E. Graves   6 November 1881

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Sends his observations on the behaviour of a worm. They seem to indicate some sensory apparatus enabling it to "see".

Author:  Anthony Elly Graves
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 91
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13467

From C. J. Breese   7 November 1881

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Sends CD an abstract of his 1871 paper on the earthworm, and requests information on the phenomenon of luminosity.

Author:  Charles James Breese
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 160: 289
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13469

From Sarah Marshall   7 November 1881

Summary

Can CD explain why in a mollusc (Bulimus decollatus) immature forms are always broken at the apex.

Author:  Sarah Marshall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 171: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13470

From F. B. Zincke   8 November 1881

Summary

Describes the soil in which he found prehistoric tools.

Author:  Foster Barham Zincke
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 184: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13473

From J. F. Simpson   8 November 1881

Summary

Thanks CD for his letter and gives permission to use his observations, although not considering himself a worthy authority. Enlarges upon some of his previous observations.

Author:  James Frederick Simpson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 177: 168
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13474

From Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár   10 November 1881

Summary

Thanks for Earthworms.

Author:  Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 171: 228
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13477

From Julius Wiesner   11 November 1881

Summary

CD has misunderstood his views on heliotropism. Agrees that his experiments on the movement of root tips are weak. Will conduct further research. Thinks that since mechanical conception of botany is not so widespread, those who agree with CD probably are in majority.

Author:  Julius Wiesner
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 261.11: 22 (EH 88206074)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13478

From J. C. Clutterbuck   13 November 1881

Summary

Describes earthworms moving to the surface to escape moles.

Author:  James Charles Clutterbuck
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 161: 181
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13482

From J. P. Taylor   14 November 1881

Summary

Thinks CD overestimates earthworms’ role in creating mould. Gives some observations on worms and questions about their breeding habits.

Author:  John Pitt Taylor
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 178: 55
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13483

From Archibald Geikie   14 November 1881

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Thanks CD for offer of assistance in exploration of Eskdale beds. Describes finds of scorpions and unusual amphibians.

Author:  Archibald Geikie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 165: 27
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13484

From Francis Darwin   [after 14 November 1881]

Summary

Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 14 Nov 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 68
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13485F
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