To C. J. Plumptre 19 August [1873?]
Summary
Agrees François Delsarte’s view [that the eyes do not show emotion, only indicate the object of it], is probably wrong.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles John Plumptre |
Date: | 19 Aug [1873?] |
Classmark: | Plumptre 1876, pp. 224–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10581F |
To J. V. Carus 2 August [1873]
Summary
Regrets he cannot receive JVC at Down on Monday as he would then be too unwell to travel on Tuesday, when he must leave for a visit [to Abinger Hall, according to the Journal].
Has been working hard on Drosera and Dionaea. His next book will be on these plants and not, as he had intended, "On evil effects of Inter breeding".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
Date: | 2 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859 Charles, Darwin, Bl. 106–107) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8996 |
To G. H. Darwin 2 August [1873]
Summary
Thinks highly of GHD’s article [probably "On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage", Contemp. Rev. 22 (1873): 412–26]. A good omen for the future.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8997 |
To Thomas Belt [7 August 1873]
Summary
Discusses utility of plant secretions to ants.
Will read TB’s book when published [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
Date: | [7 Aug 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8998 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 August [1873]
Summary
Starts tomorrow for visit to Farrer and Effie [Euphemia Farrer, daughter of Hensleigh Wedgwood]. Has not done such a feat [i.e., staying as a guest of someone outside the immediate family?] for 25 years.
Has been half killing himself with Drosera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 268–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9000 |
To Frank Chance 10 August [1873]
Summary
Thanks [FC] for his letter concerning a pony changing colour during the winter,
and remarks on the erection of human body hair, goose-skin, and the influence of colour and temperature on skin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frank Chance |
Date: | 10 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 139 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9003F |
To Raphael Meldola 13 August [1873]
Summary
Thanks RM for his paper on mimicry.
Cannot answer RM’s query because he believes it impossible to define large variations.
Believes monstrosities are generally injurious and are not often, if ever, taken advantage of in nature.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 13 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9006 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 August 1873
Summary
Asks JDH why so many plants are protected by a thin layer of waxy matter or with fine hairs.
Wrote to John Smith for a plant of Oxalis sensitiva, but it has not acted well.
Rejoices over Ayrton’s retirement. Hopes W. P. Adam, his successor, is a good sort of man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 270–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9007 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 15 August 1873
Summary
Thinks it would be worth while testing for electrical changes in the leaves of insectivorous plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 15 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9013 |
To Francis Darwin 15 August [1873]
Summary
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 15 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9014 |
To Francis Darwin 18 [August 1873]
Summary
Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 18 [Aug 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9015 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 August 1873
Summary
Asks JDH to inquire of gardeners at Kew what they think about injury to plants from watering during sunshine. Wishes to experiment. He is already convinced that drops of water do not act as burning lenses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 272–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9017 |
To Herbert Spencer 21 August [1873]
Summary
Thanks for copy of HS’s Descriptive sociology [1873].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Herbert Spencer |
Date: | 21 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | University of London, Senate House Library (MS.791/322) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9019 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 27 August 1873
Summary
CD can provide leaves of Dionaea if JSBS wishes to investigate electric currents in them.
His experiments show that the digestive action of Drosera seems like that of true digestion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 27 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.6103 ff.101) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9029 |
To J. T. Moggridge 27 August 1873
Summary
Comments on experiments of touching seeds with acid.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
Date: | 27 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 380 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9030 |
To T. H. Farrer 10 August [1873]
Summary
Asks THF to examine old flowers of Coronilla for holes bored by bees.
Is investigating whether drops of water injure leaves.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 10 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/20) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9003 |
To Mary Treat 12 August 1873
Summary
Thanks MT for information on Drosera filiformis [see 8989].
Warns her against publishing statement about Drosera bending towards flies or meat that they have not touched.
Will send his book [Insectivorous plants] when published.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
Date: | 12 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9005B |
To T. H. Farrer 14 August 1873
Summary
Thinks THF has solved the mystery of Coronilla.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Date: | 14 Aug 1873 |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/21) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9010 |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |
Farrer, T. H. | (2) |
Belt, Thomas | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |
Farrer, T. H. | (2) |