To James Shaw 30 November 1865
Summary
Gratified that JS defends views of Origin.
Thinks beauty of flowers is solely to attract insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | 30 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | R. Wallace ed. 1899, p. lvi. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4943 |
To James Shaw 11 February [1866]
Summary
Discusses beauty of birds and butterflies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | 11 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | R. Wallace ed. 1899, pp. lvi–lvii; |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5004 |
To James Shaw [23 April 1866]
Summary
Thanks for sending facts on birds admiring themselves; mentions use in new edition [4th] of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.317) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5006 |
To James Shaw 24 November [1866]
Summary
Has seen the Athenæum and admires his article on beauty ["Feeling of beauty among animals", Athenæum (24 Nov. 1866): 681].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (1986) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5284A |
To James Shaw 20 February 1868
Summary
Is obliged for note on right-handedness. The subject is a very curious one, but CD has never attended to it and can give no additional facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | Robert Wallace ed. 1899: lxi |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5905 |
To James Shaw 19 February 1873
Summary
Thanks for a photograph of a donkey and children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Shaw |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1873 |
| Classmark: | Heritage Auctions (dealers) (22 April 2020, lot 47289) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8776A |
From James Shaw 20 November 1865
Summary
Praises CD’s theory.
Comments on criticism of CD’s work by Duke of Argyll.
Beauty in nature as caused by sexual selection.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4939 |
From James Shaw [6–10 February 1866]
Summary
Memorandum of a meeting of the Natural History & Antiquarian Society held in Dumfries on Tuesday 6 February 1866.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6–10 Feb 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 14–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5003F |
From James Shaw 14 February 1866
Summary
Reports instances of birds admiring their images in mirrors or on pictures.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5005 |
From James Shaw 19 April 1866
Summary
Anecdotes about appreciation of beauty by animals.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 10–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5060 |
From James Shaw 7 November 1866
Summary
Thanks CD for copy of the Origin [4th ed.]; makes some observations on beauty and ugliness in nature.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5270 |
From James Shaw 17 February 1868
Summary
Mentions review [of Variation] in the Athenæum [15 Feb 1868, pp. 243–4].
Comments on adaptive utility of the right hand, an organ still undergoing specialisation.
| Author: | James Shaw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5884 |
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