From W. W. Reade 20 April 1875
Summary
Staying with the [Ore H.] Sandwiths during his convalescence.
Author: | William Winwood Reade |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9941 |
Papé, Charlotte (fl. 1870s)
Matches: 2 hits
- … from Charlotte Papé, 16 July 1875 letter to Helen Taylor (London School of Economics …
- … 1875. Probably the author of an article about a mother’s legal rights concerning her children in a German women’s journal, 1876. In Leipzig, planning to publish an appreciation of John Stuart Mill in a German women’s journal, 1879. ‘Die Rechte der Mutter über ihre Kinder’, Neue Bahnen (1876): 9–12 letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [19 December 1875]
Summary
CD’s attempts to get support for Lankester among Fellows of the Linnean Society. He has encountered opposition to the Council.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | [19 Dec 1875] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 52–5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10308 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … as Hooker’s assistant since June 1875 ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 June 1875 and n. 2). …
- … Lankester had been blackballed at the meeting of 2 December 1875 (see letter to W. T. …
- … all communication with Mivart in January 1875 (see letter to St G. J. Mivart, 12 January …
- … elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in June 1875 (see letter from J. D. …
- … Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 52–5) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [19 Dec 1875] …
- … Dyer, 16 December [1875] ). Possibly Andrew Crombie Ramsay (see letter to W. T. …
- … letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] . The Sunday following …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] . James Murie . CD’s letter to Murie has not been …
- … found. See letter to J. J. Weir, 18 December [1875] . A reference to botanists …
- … s membership fees (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1875 ). Lankester had been …
- … 16 December [1875] and n. 8). John Gould . Benjamin Thompson Lowne’s letter has not been …
- … 1875 and n. 7). CD probably alludes to the refusal by the Council of the Geological Society of London to consider Edward Charlesworth’s application for the post of curator of the society in 1842 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter …
To Lawson Tait 27 November [1875]
Summary
Because CD has been unwell, he has not read RLT’s paper carefully, but it seems an important contribution to science. Hopes RLT’s chemical observations will be confirmed. It seems a great anomaly that two substances with an acid should be requisite for digestion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Date: | 27 Nov [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10280 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 16 November [1875] (second letter). …
- … See letter from Lawson Tait, 25 November [1875] . …
- … possible publication (see letter from Lawson Tait, 25 November [1875] ). CD was correcting …
- … 1648)). On the two substances, see the letters from Lawson Tait , 6 November [ 1875] and …
- … Clowes & Sons ( letter from H. E. Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 21 November [1875] (DAR 258: …
From R. F. Cooke 3 September 1875
Summary
Since the new edition of Variation will be stereotyped, Murray’s will always have means to provide plates if they are wanted in America.
Explains their way of sending proofs for authors who want wide margins for corrections.
Thinks it better to keep Climbing plants for the annual trade sale.
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Sept 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 469 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10151 |
To W. D. Whitney 1 September 1875
Summary
Regrets he will not return home in time to see WDW.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
Date: | 1 Sept 1875 |
Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 23, folder 619 1875 Sep. 1-11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10144 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … to W. D. Whitney, [8 May 1875] , letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
- … D. Whitney, 9 May [1875] , and letter from G. H. Darwin to …
- … W. D. Whitney, 21 December 1875 . The handwriting of the letter is probably George Howard …
- … 28 August to 11 September 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No letter from Whitney, who …
- … 1875 has been found. Whitney had been invited to Down in May but was unable to come then or later (see letter …
From D. F. Nevill 13 [July 1875]
Summary
Thanks CD again for his book [Insectivorous plants];
would like an autograph to put in it.
Would be delighted if ever she could visit Down again.
Author: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 [July 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10063 |
To G. R. Jesse 21 April 1881
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Richard Jesse |
Date: | 21 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13131 |
From R. F. Cooke 27 August 1875
Summary
The two volumes of Variation [2d ed.] are unequal in size. Can CD reduce vol. 2 and increase vol. 1?
Does CD wish to publish Climbing plants [2d ed.] at once?
Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Aug 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 466 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10135 |
To C. E. Norton 7 October 1875
Summary
Comments on the sudden death of Chauncey Wright.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
Date: | 7 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1595) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10185 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … his posting in Malta on 16 September 1875 ( letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, 14 …
- … not been found. Emery had noted in his letter of 17 September 1875 that Wright was reading …
- … See also letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 . Wright had died on 12 September …
- … of his address (see letter from George Rolleston, 30 August 1875 ). Norton and his wife, …
- … in 1872 ( letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, 20 May [1875] (DAR 239.1: 2.13)). …
- … Oct. 7. 1875 My dear Mr Norton I am very much obliged for your kind letter. I had already …
- … See letter from C. E. Norton, 22 September 1875 . …
- … Norton in his letter. Wright’s article, ‘German Darwinism’ ( C. Wright 1875 ), appeared in …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [8–10 September 1868] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwins saw the Nortons several times during their stay. In May 1875, …
To Francis Darwin [c. February 1875?]
Summary
Begs FD’s pardon: his notes on Utricularia amethystina are on same page with those on U. nelumbifolia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [c. Feb 1875?] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9219B |
From J. D. Hooker 5 August 1869
Summary
Huxley has shown him the jaws of an Anoplotherium brought from the Gallegos by R. O. Cunningham.
Saw Hallett’s wheat crops at Brighton; results of his selection very striking.
Huxley is assembling his Darwiniana papers for republication.
Has written a crushing reply to Richard Congreve ["The scientific aspects of positivism", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 5 (1869): 653–70] and JDH feels "infantine" beside him.
Comments on Sabine’s being offered and accepting K.C.B.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 25–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6853 |
To G. H. Darwin 13 September [1875]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 Sept [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 47 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10156 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Beneden, 18 August 1875, letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin, [19 August 1875] , and letter from G. H. …
- … the letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 August 1875 . No letter from George giving CD news about …
- … was Nikolai Alekseevich Severtsov . See letter to H. E. Dresser, [10 September 1875] . …
- … review of Huth 1875 in the Academy , 28 August 1875, pp. 226–7. See letter from Eduard van …
- … letter to Francis Galton, 27 May [1872] ). Old James has not been identified. Legrain’s experiments on rabbits had been designed to disprove the theory that inbreeding led to albinism ( Huth 1875 , …
- … 1875 . There is an annotated copy of Delamer 1854 in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 190). Edmund Saul Dixon wrote under the pen name Eugene Sebastian Delamer. Although he had worked extensively on rabbit skeletons (see especially Correspondence vol. 6), CD seems not to have bred rabbits himself except in 1872, when he was looking after the rabbits that Francis Galton was using in his transfusion and breeding experiments (see Correspondence vol. 20, letters …
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … began receiving proof-sheets of Insectivorous plants in April 1875 (see letter to J. V. …
- … Carus, 19 April [1875] , and letter from R. F. Cooke, 21 April 1875 ). …
- … of Insectivorous plants (see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). CD had asked …
- … of Insectivorous plants (see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). This does not …
- … not worth reading ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR 219.1: …
From Lawson Tait 12 June [1875]
Summary
Intends sending a paper containing some of his histological work [see "Freezing process for section-cutting; … staining and mounting sections", J. Anat. & Physiol. 9 (1875): 249–58].
Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10016 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] , and first letter from Lawson …
- … in the ears of mice (see letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] and n. 5). Felidae is the …
- … William Erasmus Darwin in his letter of 11 June [1875] , but only Francis Darwin would …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] . See …
- … Tait, 12 June [1875] . See letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] and n. 7. …
To ? [February 1875 or earlier?]
Summary
Reports that Variation is out of print. Suggests means of obtaining a copy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [Feb 1875 or earlier?] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) catalogue p. 192 (20 July 1989) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9790A |
To J. D. Hooker 15 October [1875]
Summary
Has decided to send R. L. Tait’s paper to the Royal Society.
Will try glycerine on Mimosa but doubts it will have an effect.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 Oct [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 394–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10200 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Journal of the Linnean Society ( King 1875 ; see letter W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October …
- … was sent to CD on 14 October 1875 (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October …
- … to CD with his letter of 14 October 1875 and telegraphed Tait’s address to CD in case CD …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1875 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD had asked Hooker’s …
- … pitcher-plants (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 October [1875] ). Hooker counselled CD to …
- … of poor health and too much work ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 ). Tait …
- … the Melastomataceae. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD referred to Cistus …
- … beach hibiscus). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 and n. 5. CD described …
- … 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Lawson Tait’s address was 7 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. Hooker forgot to return Tait’s letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 October 1875
Summary
Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].
Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 22 Oct 1875 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10210 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1875 , and letter to W. T. …
- … W.T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Oct 1875 …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5, and letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 …
- … Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5. See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 3 October [1875] and n. 5. See also letter to J. D. …
- … × cyrtanthiflora . See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 October 1875 . Thiselton-Dyer …
- … 1875 ). Paritium was a subgenus of Hibiscus ; the species is now called Talipariti hastatum . See letter …
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 May [1875]
Summary
CD is delighted to hear that JSBS’s exertions and labour will probably be rewarded by success. He has had a note from Playfair who, like Lubbock, thinks the title and preamble [of the proposed bill] "had better wear a more humanitarian aspect".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 May [1875] |
Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9963 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter from Edward Cardwell, 29 April 1875 . …
- … this letter and the letter from Edward Cardwell, 29 April 1875 . Burdon Sanderson had …
- … see letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 30 April [1875] ). See letter from Lyon …
- … A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 May [1875] John …
- … Playfair, 29 April 1875 . For John Lubbock’s comments, see the letter to R. B. …
- … drafting the bill (see letter to R. B. Litchfield, [24 April 1875] and n. 3). He and his …
From T. F. Burgers 13 May 1875
Author: | Thomas François Burgers |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C11v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9978 |
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Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …