From Francis Galton 2 June 1875
Summary
Interested to hear about the peas.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10005 |
From William Marshall 2 June 1875
Summary
Discusses feather as case of evolutionary atavism.
Will soon publish on siliceous sponges
and the skin of caterpillars.
| Author: | William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10006 |
From Lawson Tait 2 June [1875]
Summary
Paralysis of the nervous system of Dionaea. Uses of tails of mice.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10007 |
From Francis Darwin [after 3 June 1875]
Summary
Returns corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 3 June 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10007F |
From Otto Zacharias 3 June 1875
Summary
Intends to set up a biological periodical called “Darwinia” to spread and popularise Darwin’s theories; hopes CD may contribute a few words to the opening issue.
| Author: | Otto Zacharias |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 184: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10008 |
From T. H. Huxley 5 June 1875
Summary
Playfair "disgusted at our pronunciamentos against the Bill". Burdon Sanderson and William Sharpey agreed to it. THH feels he must serve on Vivisection Commission.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 341 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10010 |
From Lawson Tait 5 June [1875]
Summary
May publish a lecture on insectivorous plants and would like to dedicate it to CD.
Wishes to become an F.R.S.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10011 |
From Ernst Haeckel 6 June 1875
Summary
Comments on Fritz Schultze, Kant und Darwin [1875].
Describes recent activities.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10012 |
From Fritz Schultze 12 June 1875
Summary
Comments on his book [Kant und Darwin: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Entwicklungslehre (1875)].
| Author: | Fritz Schultze |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10014 |
From Lawson Tait 12 June [1875]
Summary
Has separated out a pepsin-like substance from the secretion of Drosera, which he proposes to call "Droserin".
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10015 |
From Lawson Tait 12 June [1875]
Summary
Intends sending a paper containing some of his histological work [see "Freezing process for section-cutting; … staining and mounting sections", J. Anat. & Physiol. 9 (1875): 249–58].
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10016 |
From Lawson Tait 16 June [1875]
Summary
Is waiting impatiently for the appearance of CD’s book [Insectivorous plants].
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10020 |
From G. Chiantore 16 June 1875
Summary
Agrees to wait for the new edition of Variation and accepts Mr Murray’s offer of the clichés at £10. [See 9981.]
| Author: | G. Chiantore |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (CD’s Address Book) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10020A |
From R. L. Tait 17 June [1875]
Summary
Insectivorous plants: the means and site of absorption of digested animal matter. [Newspaper clipping enclosed.]
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10022 |
From J. D. Hooker 20 June 1875
Summary
Thiselton-Dyer’s appointment has come.
Wants to discuss insectivorous plants and get some experiments going.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 30–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10025 |
From Lawson Tait 24 June [1875]
Summary
An article on RLT’s lecture on insectivorous plants has appeared; the author adopts an anti-Darwinian attitude [see "Flower traps", Spectator 19 June 1875, pp. 784–5; RLT’s reply in Spectator 26 June 1875, pp. 816–17.]
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10029 |
From J. W. Clark 25 June 1875
Summary
Observations of fear in animals marked by dilation of pupils.
| Author: | Joseph Warner Clark |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 154 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10030 |
From J. V. Carus 28 June 1875
Summary
Thinks Insectivorous plants must be translated and published in Germany.
Journal of researches nearly finished.
A new [German] edition of Origin is wanted.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10033 |
From J. G. F. Riedel 30 June 1875
Summary
Pigmentation of Celebesians’ skin changes from birth onward. Passes through some of Paul Broca’s types.
| Author: | Johan Gerard Friedrich Riedel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10036 |
From R. F. Cooke 26 June 1875
Summary
Sends first copy of Insectivorous plants to CD. Price must be 15s.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 455 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10031 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Tait, Lawson | (7) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| John Murray | (2) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Chiantore, G. | (1) |
| Clark, J. W. (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Marshall, William | (1) |
| Riedel, J. G. F. | (1) |
| Schultze, Fritz | (1) |
| Zacharias, Otto | (1) |
