From J. D. Hooker 2 March 1878
Summary
Supports Torbitt. Keenly aware of danger of growing crops from a single variety. Torbitt’s paper to Belfast BAAS meeting ["On the potato-disease", Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 134] was sat upon.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 103–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11391 |
From John Michels 2 March 1878
Summary
Describes a post-mortem dissection of a chimpanzee’s brain. The several doctors who observed it were struck by its resemblance to the human brain.
Author: | John Michels |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 177 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11393 |
From S. B. J. Skertchly 4 March 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for his expression of interest in SBJS’s work. His researches on the age and divisions of the Palaeolithic period will be published soon by the Geological Survey [On the manufacture of gun-flints, the methods of excavating for flint, the age of Palaeolithic man, etc. (1879)].
Author: | Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 177 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11395 |
From James Caird 4 March 1878
Summary
Returns CD’s letter [11389] of which he has kept a copy.
Author: | James Caird |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11396 |
From James Torbitt 6 March 1878
Summary
Problems of continuing with his crossing experiments; financial help from CD.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 138 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11403 |
From James Grant 6 March 1878
Summary
As a believer in the existence of God from the evidence of nature, he is somewhat staggered by CD’s and Tyndall’s books. Asks CD to tell him whether the doctrine of descent of man destroys the evidence of the existence of a God looked at through natural phenomena.
Author: | James Miller (James) Grant |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 89 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11404 |
From Anton Schobloch 9 March 1878
Author: | Anton Schobloch |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 201: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11408 |
From Anton Stecker 9 March 1878
Summary
Intends to translate Origin and Descent into Bohemian to be published at Prague; asks CD’s permission to do so.
Author: | Anton Stecker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 249 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11411 |
From J. D. Hooker 12 March 1878
Summary
Has written to Farrer in support of Torbitt’s grant.
Resistance of Liberian coffee to "fly" and susceptibility to fungus.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 105–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11417 |
From Grant Allen 13 March [1878]
Summary
Sends MS of his paper, "On the coloration of flowers and fruits", filling a gap in CD’s theory relating to these structures, and asks for CD’s comments.
Plans a book on colour sense.
Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Mar [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11420 |
From Frederick Smith 14 March 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for specimens of, and curious facts on, the "harvesting ant".
Author: | Frederick Smith |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 198 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11422 |
From A. S. Wilson 14 March 1878
Summary
On germination of wheat.
Can supply Drosera if CD wants some.
Author: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 113 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11423 |
From James Torbitt 14 March 1878
Summary
Talk of a subscription to help JT’s experiments. Progress of experiment; loss of fungus-resistance in varieties as they age.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 139 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11424 |
From James Torbitt 15 March 1878
Summary
Potato crossing experiments. Encloses printed copies of letters from people who have grown his potato seed.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 140 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11426 |
From James Torbitt 15 March 1878
Summary
Enclosure: printed copies of letters from people who have grown his potato seed (pages from Torbitt 1876).
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 140 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11426F |
From James Grant 16 March 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for his kind reply. JG does not feel he can rely on instinct or "intuition" in relation to existence of God. Is there no analogy between natural organisations and mechanical constructions to justify an intelligent first cause?
Author: | James Miller (James) Grant |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11428 |
From S. B. J. Skertchly 17 March 1878
Summary
Thanks CD for his gift of the Origin.
Author: | Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11429 |
From James Torbitt 17 March 1878
Summary
Life history of potato varieties. Changes in fruit, flower, and seed production with increasing age of a variety.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 141 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11430 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 March 1878
Summary
Has been consulting with Mrs Lyell about the possibility of publishing Lyell’s letters. Asks CD’s opinion on the matter.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 107–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11431 |
From Grant Allen 19 March [1878]
Summary
Thanks for comments on paper and references to related works. Clarifies points on colour distinction between energy-absorbing (green) and energy-expending (bright-hued) portions of plants and on the influence of flower colour in modifying the insect organism.
Author: | Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11432 |
Torbitt, James | (7) |
Farrer, T. H. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Allen, Grant | (2) |
Caird, James | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (34) |
Torbitt, James | (7) |
Farrer, T. H. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Allen, Grant | (2) |