To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860]
Summary
Blyth’s effort to raise money for a Chinese expedition.
Comments on free-will in animals.
Says natural selection is not in the same category with Huxley’s "force" and "matter".
Discusses remarkable variation in period of gestation in dogs and ducks.
Discusses Arctic flora.
Has been working on orchids; they beat woodpeckers in adaptation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.219) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2838 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.219) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [June 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860] …
- … from it in the letter to Charles Lyell, 14 [June 1860] . Lyell had apparently asked to …
- … see the whole letter. Letter from Charles Lyell, 19 June 1860 . See …
- … to Charles Lyell, 17 June [1860] , and letter from Charles Lyell, 19 June 1860 . Sarah …
To Charles Lyell 17 June [1860]
Summary
Discusses relationship between natural selection and more general laws. Law of gravity is not seen as requiring design. Mentions mathematicians’ judgment of probability.
Notes gestation periods for hounds.
Etty is somewhat better.
Mentions his paper on fertilisation of orchids by insects [Collected papers 2: 32–5].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 17 June [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.217) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2833 |
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- … Mss.B.D25.217) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 June [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 17 June [1860] …
- … See letter to Charles Lyell, 14 [June 1860] , and letter from …
- … 1860 . William Paley and other natural theologians argued that the organisation and adaptations of living organisms indicated the existence of an intelligent creator. The source of CD’s information has not been identified. See letters to Charles Lyell , …
To Charles Lyell 28 [September 1860]
Summary
Discusses extinction of ammonites.
Discusses August Krohn’s cirripede research and Krohn’s correction of his own work.
Discusses origin of dog in connection with origin of man.
Comments on the guinea-pig in South America.
Notes K. E. von Baer’s view of species.
Mentions difficulty of crossing rabbit and hare.
Agrees with Hooker’s views on variation under cultivation and in nature.
Regrets use of term "natural selection", would now use "Natural Preservation".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 28 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.229) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2931 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.229) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 28 [Sept 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 28 [September 1860] …
- … CD had written. See letter to Charles Lyell, 3 October [1860] . See letter from W. H. …
- … mentioned in the letter from Charles Lyell, 27 September 1860 , only a part of which has …
- … tour. See letter from Charles Lyell, 18 September 1860 , and n.7, below. Krohn published …
- … Lyell about Baer ( letter to Charles Lyell, 11 August [1860] ). Abraham Dee Bartlett . See …
To Charles Lyell 3 October [1860]
Summary
Comments on letter from Jeffries Wyman.
Discusses reprinting reviews by Asa Gray.
Mentions views of W. S. Symonds on the geological record.
Discusses descent of turtles and tortoises.
The universality of variation.
Notes only a few species leave modified descendants.
Discusses Apteryx.
Variation among pigeons.
Comments on fertility among hybrids.
Does not agree that he makes natural selection do too much work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 3 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.230) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2935 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.230) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 3 Oct [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 3 October [1860] …
- … and sent to CD an illegible phrase from the letter to Charles Lyell, 28 [September 1860] . …
- … 1860 . See letter to Charles Lyell, 18 May [1860] and n. 3. The German naturalists …
- … 2: 337–8). See letter from Charles Lyell, 30 September 1860 . Hugh Falconer . See letter …
- … hares and rabbits ( letter to Charles Lyell, 28 [September 1860] ). Cited in Lewes …
To Charles Lyell 5 [October 1860]
Summary
Discusses views of T. V. Wollaston concerning island species related to those of mainland; possible land connection between islands and mainland.
Comments on bats of Atlantic islands.
Plant extinction on St Helena.
Experiments on Drosera.
Bronn’s objections [to the Origin] at end of his translation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 [Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.231) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2938 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.231) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 5 [Oct 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 5 [October 1860] …
- … Gray] 1860b. See letter to Charles Lyell, 26 [September 1860] . Hugh Falconer and Isidore …
- … pp. 229–39). See letter to Charles Lyell, 23 [September 1860] . CD told Gray of his wish …
- … Charles Lyell, 3 October [1860] . See letter from Charles Lyell, [after 3 October 1860] . …
To Charles Lyell 12 September [1860]
Summary
Additional response, at length, to CL’s criticisms of natural selection. Comments on failure of rodents to develop in Australia. Argues that most species become extinct and do not develop. Discusses variability, especially variability of rudimentary organs. Extinction among ammonites. Survival of Ornithorhynchus. Descent of marsupials and placentals. Emphasises embryological argument for descent of species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.226) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2915 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.226) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Sept [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 12 September [1860] …
- … Letter from Charles Lyell, 28 August 1860 . See letter to J. D. …
- … portions of the letters from Charles Lyell , 28 August 1860 and 8 September 1860 . The …
- … Elizabeth Lyell (see letter to Charles Lyell, 28 August [1860] ). The letter from which it …
- … Lyell, 25 September 1860 . See letter from Charles Lyell, 8 September 1860 . Before this …
To Charles Lyell 25 February [1860]
Summary
Comments on CL’s reaction to the Origin. Mentions reactions of other scientists.
Discusses fertility of Aspicarpa.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s views on population.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.201) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2714 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.201) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Feb [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 25 February [1860] …
- … of Oxford. See letter from Charles Lyell, [13–14 February 1860] , and letter to Charles …
- … 28 April [1860] , and 28 [April 1860] . See letter to Charles Lyell, 23 February [1860] . …
To Charles Lyell 26 [September 1860]
Summary
Mentions extinction on St Helena.
Madeira and Canary Island insects are found at Cape of Good Hope.
Regrets errors on dingo in his manuscript on the dog.
Discusses crosses among pigeons.
Compares development in birds and mammals.
Plans to write about other domestic animals.
Discusses races of early man.
Falconer’s discoveries of fossil elephants.
Comments on articles by Asa Gray.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 26 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.228) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2928 |
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- … Mss.B.D25.228) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 26 [Sept 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 26 [September 1860] …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letter from Charles Lyell, 18 September 1860 . See …
- … Letter from T. V. Wollaston, [16 September 1860] . See letter from Charles Lyell, 25 …
- … 1860 . Hugh Falconer’s recent work on fossil elephants was mentioned in the letter from Charles Lyell, …
- … 1860 . CD discussed the flora of Saint Helena with Joseph Dalton Hooker on several occasions (see particularly Correspondence vol. 3). Hooker used some of his work on the flora of the island in assessing the Galápagos plants collected by CD. See Hooker 1847b , pp. 243–4. See also letter from Charles Lyell, [ …
To Charles Lyell 12 [March 1860]
Summary
Discusses the intellectual development of the ancient Greeks as an objection to evolution and gives his reply.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12 [Mar 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.203) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5032 |
To Charles Lyell 15 April [1860]
Summary
Has resolved not to correct Owen’s misrepresentations in his review of Origin.
Discusses at length the theological implications of natural selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 15 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.208) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2761 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.208) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Apr [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 15 April [1860] …
- … T. H. Huxley, 9 April [1860] , and to Charles Lyell , 10 April [1860]. CD was mistaken …
- … to Down, 9 to 12 March 1860. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 12 March [1860] . In Lyell’ …
To Charles Lyell 4 [January 1860]
Summary
Praises CL’s work on human species.
A critical review of Origin in Saturday Review [24 Dec 1859].
A letter from J. G. Jeffreys criticises CD’s geological statements.
A note from William Whewell concerning Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 [Jan 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.190) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2637 |
To Charles Lyell 25 [June 1860]
Summary
Encloses arrow-heads.
Comments on gestation in dogs.
Mentions BAAS meeting at Oxford.
Etty’s illness.
Criticises views of J. W. Dawson on organic and geological change.
The problems of distinguishing varieties and species.
Discusses facts explained by his theory.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.220) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2843 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.220) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 [June 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 25 [June 1860] …
- … Henry Knight Erskine . See letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] . CD refers to the shaped …
- … Bynum 1984 . See letters to Charles Lyell , 1 [June 1860] and 17 June [1860] . The British …
To Charles Lyell 8 [May 1860]
Summary
Did not know about separation between Silurian and Cambrian.
Cannot attend Geological Society meeting.
Etty [Henrietta Darwin] ill.
Sedgwick in his attack at Cambridge Philosophical Society states "there must be [on CD’s theory] large genera not varying".
Discusses migration of plants and animals from Old World to New.
Views of Asa Gray on Aster.
Mentions flora of coal period.
Has been elected to Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 8 [May 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.211) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2788 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.211) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 [May 1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 8 [May 1860] …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, 7 May 1860 . CD refers to Roderick Impey Murchison . In the …
- … Society of London on 16 May 1860 (see letter from Charles Lyell, 7 May 1860 ). Édouard …
- … Charles Lyell , 17 June 1856 and [1 July 1856] . CD was drafting chapters on pigeons that were eventually published in Variation (see ‘Journal’; Appendix II). CD had been elected as a corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (see letter to Thomas Stewardson, 8 May 1860 ). …
To Charles Lyell 4 December [1860]
Summary
Sale of Origin requires new edition [3d (Apr 1861)].
Further discussion of geological elevation and subsidence in Europe. Compares evidence to that of South America. His theory that semi-fluid matter underlies earth’s crust.
Mentions David Forbes’s explanation of South American nitrate deposits.
Has followed CL’s advice not to reply directly to reviewers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.236) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3006 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.236) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Dec [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 4 December [1860] …
- … in March 1861. Letter from Charles Lyell, 30 November 1860 . See also letter from Charles …
- … with Lyell (see letter to Charles Lyell, 8 October [1860] ). Jamieson 1860 was published …
To Charles Lyell 1 September [1860]
Summary
Discusses at length CL’s criticisms of natural selection.
Comments on possible former connection between the Galapagos and South America.
Discounts survival of mammals on atolls.
Discusses reptile origin of mammals.
Discounts development of a mammal on an island and the descent of mammals from a bird.
The antiquity of islands.
Comments on bats of New Zealand. Geographical distribution of seals. Discusses Amblyrhynchus.
Glad CL will read his MS on origin of dogs [Variation 1: 15–43].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.225) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2903 |
To Charles Lyell 24 November [1860]
Summary
Comments on CL’s advice not to reply directly to reviews.
Describes work on his Drosera manuscript.
Work delayed on his "larger book" [Variation].
Comments at length on the evolutionary significance of Robert McDonnell’s investigations ["On an organ in the skate", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1861): 57–60].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 24 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.234) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2996 |
To Charles Lyell 6 June [1860]
Summary
Mentions Etty’s illness.
A "coarsely contemptuous" review of Origin by Samuel Haughton ["On the form of the cells made by various wasps and by the honey bee; with an appendix on the origin of species", Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Dublin 3 (1860): 128–40].
Comments on reception of Malthus’ ideas.
Says William Hopkins does not understand him.
Discusses problem of term "natural selection".
J. A. Lowell’s review of Origin [Christian Examiner (1860): 449–64].
Relationship between instinct and structure.
Discusses blindness of cave animals.
The fallacy of Andrew Murray and others; the slight importance of climate.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 6 June [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.215) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2822 |
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- … Mss.B.D25.215) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 June [1860] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 6 June [1860] …
- … of Science was to be held in Oxford. See letter to Charles Lyell, 25 [June 1860] . …
- … Murray 1860a (see letter to Charles Lyell, 1 [June 1860] ). William Henry Harvey’s letter …
- … 1860 , 61: 752). [Lowell] 1860 . Binney 1847 and Schaaffhausen 1853 . See letter to Charles Lyell, …
To Charles Lyell 4 February [1860]
Summary
Suggests references in Journal of researches 2d ed. in response to a query about the antiquity of man. Perplexed about S. S. Haldeman and Haldeman 1843–4. Glad to hear about A. C. Ramsay. Has received letter from H. G. Bronn.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 229 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2687F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 4 February [1860] …
- … DAR 146: 229 Charles Robert Darwin 4 Feb [1860] Down Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … this letter and the letter to Charles Lyell, 12 [February 1860] ( Correspondence vol. 8). …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 [January 1860] ). Lyell was working on …
- … 1860, asking him to return it to Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house in London (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, …
- … Charles Lyell, 21 June [1859] and n. 2). CD referred to Haldeman’s paper in the historical sketch that he was preparing in January and February 1860 …
- … 1860). See also Correspondence vol. 8, letter to T. H. Huxley, 2 [February 1860] and n. 2. For CD’s reaction to Bronn’s review, see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, …
To Charles Lyell 25 November [1860]
Summary
Discusses elevation and subsidence of Europe.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.235) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2997 |
To Charles Lyell 5 [July 1860]
Summary
Glad CL plans trip to Amiens to investigate flints and post-glacial period.
Mentions support by Huxley, Hooker, and Lubbock at Oxford BAAS meeting. Asa Gray also goes on fighting.
Likes article by William Hopkins ["Physical theories and the phenomena of life", Fraser’s Mag. 61 (1860): 739–52; 62 (1860): 74–90].
Comments on hybrids of hare and rabbit.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 [July 1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.221) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2860 |
Darwin, C. R. | (165) |
Lyell, Charles | (22) |
Hooker, J. D. | (17) |
Watson, H. C. | (3) |
Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (71) |
Lyell, Charles | (50) |
Hooker, J. D. | (34) |
Gray, Asa | (18) |
Huxley, T. H. | (6) |
Darwin, C. R. | (236) |
Lyell, Charles | (72) |
Hooker, J. D. | (51) |
Gray, Asa | (18) |
Huxley, T. H. | (7) |