From Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald [May 1867]
Summary
Writes about the Carl Vogt and J. J. Moulinié translation [of Variation].
Author: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [May 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.11: 35 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5521 |
From A. R. Wallace 1 May 1867
Summary
Never imagined that the facts about sexual selection could be new to CD. Thought fact that brightly coloured females build concealed nests and almost all those in which sexes differ remarkably build exposed nests might be new to him. Some problems remain. Sends his notes for CD to use if he wants.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 36–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5522 |
From Jean Jacques Moulinié 3 May 1867
Summary
Through Carl Vogt, he has received the right to translate Variation into French [(1868), preface by Carl Vogt].
Author: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 266 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5525 |
From John Maurice Herbert 3 May 1867
Summary
Asks whether CD will subscribe to a memorial for Richard Dawes [1793–1867].
Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 184 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5526 |
From Nicholas Trübner 7 May 1867
Summary
Weisse of Stuttgart is keen to publish a translation of the book on which CD is working [Variation].
Author: | Johann Nicolaus (Nicholas) Trübner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5530 |
From Ernst Haeckel 12 May 1867
Summary
Thanks CD for new edition of Origin [4th ed. (1866)].
Comments on CD’s criticism of the harsh tone of Generelle Morphologie. Thinks he may have harmed himself but not the cause. Believes a radical reform of the science necessary, and since most scientists take a prejudiced view of the matter, a vigorous attack is essential.
Describes his travels in Canaries, Spain, and France.
Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5533 |
From Julius von Haast 12 May – 2 June 1867
Summary
JvH will help with expression queries. Considers CD’s investigation highly important and original. Sends list of men to whom he is sending copies of the questions.
Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May – 2 June 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5534 |
From J. W. Salter 14 May 1867
Summary
Having tried all other sources for aid, JWS is forced to turn to CD’s generosity. His financial position is bad; frequent and serious illness prevents him from working properly.
Author: | John William Salter |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5535 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 14 May 1867
Summary
The proofs CD sent seem to have been lost in the post. Asks him to send another set by ordinary letter post.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5536 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 15 May 1867
Summary
Lost proofs have arrived.
Proposes to append the woodcuts of dog and cat varieties from Brehm [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)], which he has also translated, to the Russian edition of Variation.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5537 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky [after 24? May 1867]
Summary
Repeats details of his previous letter [5537] as he was unsure whether CD received it.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 24? May 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5538 |
From J. D. Hooker 17 May 1867
Summary
Cannot come to Down; John Smith is unwell.
Will go to Paris again at end of month.
Wallace and F. J. H. von Mueller of Victoria are most likely candidates for Royal Society Gold Medal for biology.
Encloses letter from Henry Barkly.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 163–4; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspoddence 188: 125) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5539 |
From Camille Dareste 19 May 1867
Summary
CD’s letter [3992] gave him encouragement in his work [on monstrosities], which, he regrets, is little understood or appreciated in France. Hopes to be able to produce anomalies at will as a result of his experiments. Sends a recent paper ["Rapport sur un veau monstrueux", Arch. Com. Agric. Arrondissement Lille (1867)].
Author: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5540 |
From Albert Gaudry 22 May 1867
Summary
Sends a notice on a reptile intermediate between true Triassic reptiles and Devonian fishes ["Sur le reptile (Actinodon)", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 63 (1866): 341–4].
Expresses his admiration for CD, and his growing sense that transformation of species is probable, though he does not share CD’s explanation of the cause. He avoids the question, since he lacks requisite knowledge and is convinced that there are causes of which God alone knows the secret.
Author: | Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5546 |
From J. D. Hooker 24 May 1867
Summary
Does not share CD’s objection to continental extension, i.e., that it must be extended to every island in every ocean.
Sends paper on domesticated animals by Brian Hodgson [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16 (1847): 1003–26].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 165–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5548 |
From J. T. Moggridge 29 May [1867]
Summary
Wrote to J. B. E. Bornet on CD’s behalf, declining the offer of seeds of Draba. But now Bornet writes that he is sending seeds to CD anyway [see 5592].
Corrects his previous description of the fertilisation of Indigofera.
Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 May [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 157a: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5555A |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 20 May 1867
Summary
Offers to send Benoît de Maillet’s Telliamed [1750].
Encloses a letter [16 May 1867] from John Anderson, a nurseryman, giving information on budding of blotched ash at the nursery.
Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 68, 68a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5542 |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 24 May 1867
Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 69 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5549 |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 25 May 1867
Summary
Details of Arabis crosses. Seed-pods of A. blepharophylla and A. soyeri crosses are longer and wider than those of either species.
Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 May 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5550 |
Anderson Henry, Isaac | (3) |
Anderson, Isaac | (3) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Dareste, Camille | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
Anderson Henry, Isaac | (3) |
Anderson, Isaac | (3) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |