To J. D. Hooker 4 October [1871]
Summary
Sorry to hear of JDH’s troubles;
pleased he thinks so highly of Huxley’s article [see 7977].
Huxley makes CD feel infantile in intellect (as JDH once said of himself). CD is not so good a Christian as JDH thinks, for he did enjoy his revenge on Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 207–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7984 |
From J. D. Hooker 20 October 1871
Summary
JDH’s servant carries his letter to Henry Holland about problems with Ayrton. Suggests servant take CD’s letter to Holland to town and post them at same time. Holland is said to be very intimate friend of Gladstone.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 85–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8021 |
To J. D. Hooker [20 October 1871]
Summary
Has written to Henry Holland in strongest terms. Will be surprised and disappointed if he does not accede to JDH’s request.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [20 Oct 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 211–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8022 |
To J. D. Hooker 20 [October 1871]
Summary
CD agitated by JDH’s letter. Forgot to say that he heard Henry Holland was going to Turin. Beseeches JDH not to resign. No one could possibly replace him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 20 [Oct 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 209–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8023 |
From J. D. Hooker 20 October 1871
Summary
JDH has no intention of resigning. Thinks W. E. Gladstone would rather see Ayrton turned out than himself. Gladstone knows JDH has friends who would be troublesome. Only moral and political cowardice of Cabinet keeps Ayrton in office.
Lyell is much altered since autumn.
Has CD read Charles Martins’ paper on the glacial origin of the tourbières of the Jura [Arch. Sci. Phys. & Nat. 42 (1871): 286–308]?
John Scott has an admirable series on horticulture in Bengal ["Notes on horticulture in Bengal", J. Agric. & Hortic. Soc. India 2 (1871) pt 1: 241–96; 3 (1872) pt 1: 1–82].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 87–92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8024 |
From J. D. Hooker 31 October 1871
Summary
Details of the JDH–Ayrton–Gladstone imbroglio.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 93–5; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’Correspondence vol. 156, Indian Letters, Calcutta Botanic Garden II 1860–1905, ff. 1066–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8036 |
From J. D. Hooker 2 November 1871
Summary
Henry Holland is taking an active part in helping JDH in the Ayrton affair.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 96–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8046 |
To J. D. Hooker 28 November [1871]
Summary
CD is considering repeating experiments on melastomads in which different pollen sizes produced differing seedling sizes.
Responds to JDH’s query on differences in pollen within the same species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 445–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8087 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 [December 1871]
Summary
Will be in London until 21st. Would rejoice if JDH could come to lunch during their stay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 [Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8106 |
From J. D. Hooker [17 December 1871]
Summary
Cannot come to lunch to meet Sir Henry Holland. Holland may have seen Robert Lowe [Lord Sherbrooke] already. Will CD let him know his views?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8108 |
To J. D. Hooker [18 December 1871]
Summary
H. Holland keeps strongly to the opinion that Kew be under the Treasury, and will recommend this to Lowe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [18 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 214–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8109 |
From J. D. Hooker 22 December 1871
Summary
Philosophical Club dinner.
Lyell contradicts W. B. Carpenter on current in Straits of Gibraltar.
James Orton’s report on fossil shells found by L. Agassiz 2000 miles up the Amazon. Their identification disposes of the glacial hypothesis.
No news yet from Gladstone on Ayrton affair.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 99–100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8117 |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
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| Hooker, J. D. |
