From J. D. Hooker 25 November 1874
Summary
Encloses a letter [from Huxley about his invitation to lecture at Edinburgh]. Has done his best to dissuade Huxley from accepting the burden.
JDH’s depression in bereavement.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 228–9; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/1/14/f. 54) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9732 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1874]
Summary
Quite agrees with JDH on inadvisability of Huxley’s taking on the Edinburgh lectures.
Is awaiting JDH’s memorial to the Board [of Works?] on his burdensome duties.
Glad to hear JDH finds ease in his work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 345–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9734 |
From J. D. Hooker 28 November 1874
Summary
Huxley feels he can accept the Edinburgh lecture invitation.
Also tells JDH he is preparing a paper for Linnean Society on classification which will uphold evolution ["On the classification of the animal kingdom", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 12 (1876): 199–226]. He has thrown overboard all his old ideas of definite demarcation. He will make a clean breast of it, and will bear hard on necessity of all such ideas as Haeckel’s in dealing with systematic zoology.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 230–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9736 |
To J. D. Hooker 30 November [1874]
Summary
Has forwarded JDH’s memorial to T. H. Farrer to take up with Sir Stafford Northcote and to ask him to consider the case of Kew personally. Has told Farrer that JDH was thinking of resigning if Government would not give him an assistant secretary.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 30 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 347–348 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9738 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 December [1874]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 349 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9739 |
From J. D. Hooker 8 December 1874
Summary
Delighted with Farrer’s assistance. A. Helps has also spoken to Sir S. Northcote.
JDH is getting on well but has periods of great depression.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 232–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9750 |
To J. D. Hooker 14 December 1874
Summary
Thanks JDH for his and Huxley’s countering of the false attack on George [Darwin] by Mivart. Encloses a note to Mivart on which he asks JDH’s opinion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 350–1, DAR 97: C73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9757 |
To J. D. Hooker 20 December 1874
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 20 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 352–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9766 |
From J. D. Hooker 21 December 1874
Summary
His view of Huxley’s cutting Mivart without explanation. States his own intentions. Mivart’s apology in October Quarterly Review is abominable.
Has heard of a Drosophyllum in Edinburgh. Is it too late?
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 236–8; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Dawson 2.214) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9768 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 December 1874
Summary
Expresses his gratitude to JDH and Huxley in the Mivart affair. Thinks he should write directly to Mivart, if Mivart does not retract.
Would be glad to have another Drosophyllum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 354–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9770 |
From J. D. Hooker 22 December 1874
Summary
Will help Romanes. Offers Kew’s facilities for experiments. Is writing to the Board [of Works?] about a physiological laboratory, which Sir Philip Joddrell has offered to build. Thinks Government should support original research like Romanes’.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 239–40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9771 |
To J. D. Hooker 24 December [1874]
Summary
Encloses note from Huxley and copy of Huxley’s answer to Mivart – a tremendous reproof. On Huxley’s advice, CD will not write to Mivart. Thinks Mivart’s private apology to Huxley makes the case even worse.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 24 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 358–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9777 |
From J. D. Hooker [26 December 1874]
Summary
Has gone over Huxley’s letter, thinks it a model. All must now await developments. If Mivart does not apologise, JDH will write to him.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [26 Dec 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 241–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9780 |
To J. D. Hooker 27 December [1874]
Summary
Has not heard from Mivart. He is not so good a Christian as JDH and cannot forgive a man for malicious lying merely because he says he is sorry. Does not think Mivart will apologise. Still thinks the simple, most manly thing, is to write to Mivart directly and tell him what he thinks of him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 27 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 360–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9785 |
From J. D. Hooker 29 December 1874
Summary
Explains that his letter had to do with how he should act publicly to Mivart if he retracted. He would not forgive him. If he does not retract, it would no longer be possible to keep him Secretary of the Linnean Society.
Drosophyllum will be sent when weather permits.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 243–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9788 |
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