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To S. P. Woodward   15 May [1856]

Summary

Thanks for Supplement to SPW’s Manual of the Mollusca [1851–6]. Praises SPW’s work. "What an amount of labour is condensed in your little volume! … I fully believe & hope that you will reap the only reward worth having, the consciousness that you have done good service to the cause of Science."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Samuel Pickworth Woodward
Date:  15 May [1856]
Classmark:  Sotheby’s (dealers) (21 March 1966)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1875

Matches: 1 hit

  • … DCP-LETT-1875

Wagner, Moritz. 1875. Der Naturproceß der Artbildung. Das Ausland, 31 May 1875, pp. 425–8; 7 June 1875, pp. 449–52; 14 June 1875, pp. 473–5; 21 June 1875, pp. 490–3; 28 June 1875, pp. 513–16; 19 July 1875, pp. 570–5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93.

Matches: 8 hits

  • … Wagner, Moritz. 1875. Der Naturproceß der Artbildung. …
  • … Das Ausland , 31 May 1875, pp. …
  • … 425–8; 7 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 449–52; 14 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 473–5; 21 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 490–3; 28 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 513–16; 19 July 1875, pp. …
  • … 570–5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93. DAR Pamphlet Q 258 (heavily annotated) 24,25,26 …

To John Fiske   21 October [1875]

Summary

Thanks for excellent notice of Chauncey Wright.

Would like a copy of Wright’s "Darwinism in Germany" [Nation 21 (1875): 168–70].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Fiske
Date:  21 Oct [1875]
Classmark:  The Huntington Library (HM 8264)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10208

Matches: 12 hits

  • … To John Fiske   21 October [1875] …
  • … The Huntington Library (HM 8264) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct [1875] John Fiske …
  • … Wright. Would like a copy of Wright’s "Darwinism in Germany" [ Nation 21 (1875): 168–70]. …
  • … Bibliography [James, William. ] 1875. Chauncey Wright. …
  • … Nation , 23 September 1875, p. 194. …
  • … Wright, Chauncey. 1875. German Darwinism. …
  • … Nation , 9 September 1875, pp. 168–70. …
  • … Fiske probably sent the obituary that had appeared in Nation , 23 September 1875 ( [ …
  • … James] 1875 ). It mentioned Wright’s recent review article (see n. …
  • … 2, below). Wright’s article, ‘German Darwinism’ ( C. Wright 1875 ) appeared in …
  • … Nation , 9 September 1875. See also letter to C. …
  • … E. Norton, 7 October 1875 . …

From Hermann Müller   23 October 1875

Summary

Is glad CD is working on cross- and self-fertilisation; reports recent works of botanists, notably Thomas Meehan’s ["Are insects any material aid to plants in fertilisation?", Philadelphia Press 13 Aug 1875], in which the importance of cross-fertilisation is denied.

Author:  Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Oct 1875
Classmark:  DAR 171: 305
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10219

Matches: 22 hits

  • … From Hermann Müller   23 October 1875
  • … 305 Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller Lippstadt 23 Oct 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … in fertilisation?" , Philadelphia Press 13 Aug 1875], in which the importance of cross- …
  • … Bibliography Comes, Orazio. 1875. Continuazione degli studii sulla impollinazione. …
  • … London: John Murray. 1876. Meehan, Thomas. 1875. Are insects any material aid to plants in …
  • … Lippstadt Oct.  23. 1875. My dear Sir. Many thanks for your kind letter of Oct.  9. Today …
  • … letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ), but the sentences quoted by Müller are …
  • … for the Advancement of Science ( Meehan 1875 ). Meehan referred to George Howard Darwin’s …
  • … on marriages between first cousins ( G. H. Darwin 1875a ) in Meehan 1875 , p. 244. CD’s …
  • … are notes for his reply to Müller (see letter to Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). …
  • … banking account (Down House MS) for 9 October 1875 recorded that he had received a cheque …
  • … Cross and self fertilisation on 1 September 1875, but this may be an error, since he also …
  • … 24: 243–51. Pedicino, Nicola Antonio. 1875. Della impollinazione nella Thalia dealbata , …
  • … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
  • … American Naturalists in Detroit of Aug.  12. 1875 Thomas Meehan of German town has read a …
  • … to Variation 2d ed. until 3 October 1875 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II); see also …
  • … letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Nicola Antonio Pedicino and Comes had published …
  • … in Rendiconto dell’Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche ( Pedicino 1875 ; …
  • … Comes 1875 ). Meehan had …
  • … sent a copy of his paper ( Meehan 1875 ) as reprinted in the Philadelphia Press to …
  • … CD (see letter to Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 and n. 2). Meehan evidently told …
  • … Philadelphia-Press, Friday, August 13, 1875” abounds with perversities and is, I think, no …

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: 15 hits

  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   22 October 1875
  • … Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Oct 1875 William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
  • … from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 October 1875 . Thiselton-Dyer had commented on the tendency …
  • … Bibliography King, George. 1875. Note on a sport in Paritium tricuspe , G. …
  • … Don. [Read 16 December 1875. ] Journal of …
  • … the Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 15 (1875–7): 101–3. …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct 22 1875 My dear Dyer As you seem interested about the …
  • … See letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5, and letter from W. …
  • … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 October 1875 and n. 3. …
  • … King’s manuscript was read in December 1875 and published in the Journal of the Linnean …
  • … of London ( Botany ) in May 1876 ( King 1875 ). Paritium was a subgenus of Hibiscus ; the …
  • … Talipariti hastatum . See letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 19 October 1875 , and letter to W. …
  • … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 October [1875] and n. 5. See also letter …
  • … to J.  D.  Hooker, 15 October [1875] and n. 5. See letter from …
  • … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October 1875] and n. 2. Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum is now …

To J. D. Hooker   15 October [1875]

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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: 20 hits

  • … To J.  D.  Hooker   15 October [1875] …
  • … DAR 95: 394–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Oct [1875] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … 23: 225–70. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. King, …
  • … George. 1875. Note on a sport in Paritium tricuspe , G. …
  • … Don. [Read 16 December 1875. ] Journal of …
  • … Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 15 (1875–7): 101–3. Movement in plants : The power of …
  • … 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. Variation : The variation of animals and …
  • … Thiselton-Dyer, [16–22 October 1875] and n. 2). Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum is a synonym …
  • … the letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD had asked Hooker’s advice on whether …
  • … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 October [1875] ). Hooker counselled CD to refuse on the …
  • … of poor health and too much work ( letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 14 October 1875 ). Tait …
  • … had visited Down on 17 April 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Lawson Tait’s address …
  • … s letter to CD with his letter of 14 October 1875 and telegraphed Tait’s address to CD in …
  • … to reply to Tait (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1875 ). See letter from J.   …
  • … D.  Hooker, 14 October 1875 and n. 6. Imantophyllum is a synonym of Clivia ; the family …
  • … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 October 1875 . CD referred to Cistus tricuspis in Variation …
  • … Dyer and published in the Journal of the Linnean Society ( King 1875 ; see letter W. T. …
  • … Thiselton-Dyer, 22 October 1875). Hibiscus tricuspis and Paritium tricuspis are synonyms …
  • … See letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 14  October 1875 and n. 5. CD described the action of …
  • … of Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum was sent to CD on 14 October 1875 (see letter from W. T. …

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: 18 hits

  • … To C.  E.  Norton   7 October 1875
  • … Emma Darwin, 14 and 17 September [1875] (DAR 239.1: 3.2)). The article in the Boston Daily …
  • … Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1595) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Oct 1875 Charles Eliot Norton …
  • … Press. 1985–. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Wright, …
  • … Chauncey. 1875. German Darwinism. …
  • … Nation , 9 September 1875, pp. 168–70. …
  • … See letter from C. E. Norton, 22 September 1875 . See …
  • … also letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 . …
  • … Wright had died on 12 September 1875. CD’s response to Woodward Emery has not been …
  • … had noted in his letter of 17 September 1875 that Wright was reading Insectivorous plants …
  • … Norton in his letter. Wright’s article, ‘German Darwinism’ ( C. Wright 1875 ), appeared in …
  • … Nation , 9 September 1875. George Rolleston , in his address to the department of …
  • … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Oct.  7. 1875 My dear Mr Norton I am very much obliged for your …
  • … several times during their stay. In May 1875, Leonard Darwin had visited the Norton family …
  • … from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, 20 May [1875] (DAR 239.1: 2.13)). Leonard, who was an …
  • … arrived at his posting in Malta on 16 September 1875 ( letter from Leonard Darwin to …
  • … the Advancement of Science ( Rolleston 1875 , p. 150), had referred to Wright’s ‘brilliant …
  • … letter from George Rolleston, 30 August 1875 ). Norton and his wife, Susan Ridley Sedgwick …

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: 12 hits

  • … From Francis Darwin   1 and 2 May [1875] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 31 Francis Darwin Pantludw 1 May [1875] 2  …
  • … May [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Lucy Bird’s work on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered …
  • … from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR 219.1: 88)). See n.  3, above. …
  • … Bibliography Bird, Isabella Lucy. 1875. The Hawaiian archipelago: six months among the …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Post Office directory of the six home …
  • … CD 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 ). Francis had received the proofs of …
  • … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). CD had asked Francis to correct an error …
  • … see letter to Francis Darwin, 30 April [1875] ). This does not correlate with page 86 of …

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

Matches: 9 hits

  • … publishers ( letter from D. Appleton & Co. , 16 August 1875 ). …
  • … From R.  F.  Cooke   27 August 1875
  • … Francis Cooke John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50a 27 Aug 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … plants 2d ed. was, as CD had expected, not published until November 1875 ( letter to J. …
  • … V. Carus, 19 August 1875 ; Publishers’ circular , …
  • … 16 November 1875, p. 932). See letter from …
  • … R. F. Cooke, 12 August 1875 . Stereotypes of Climbing plants had been requested by the US …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Climbing plants : On the movements and …
  • … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …

To Anton Dohrn   24 May 1875

Summary

Thanks AD for his Ursprung [der Wirbelthiere (1875)], which astonished CD. AD’s views, if accepted by competent authorities, will show how much we have to learn about the history of every animal. Suggests caution on "degradation principle". Comments on other views in the work. Has long seen importance of the principle of "Functionswechsel" [transfer [change!?] of function], but never enunciated it as a distinct principle.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
Date:  24 May 1875
Classmark:  Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 1122)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9991

Matches: 15 hits

  • … To Anton Dohrn   24 May 1875
  • … Ana 525. Ba 1122) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 May 1875 Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn …
  • … for his Ursprung [ der Wirbelthiere (1875)], which astonished CD. AD’s views, if accepted …
  • … Bibliography Claus, Carl Friedrich. 1875. Ueber die Entwickelung, Organisation und …
  • … Zoologie 25: 217–84. Dohrn, Anton. 1875. Der Ursprung der Wirbelthiere und das Princip des …
  • … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. May 24 | 1875 My dear D r Dohrn I am very much obliged …
  • … systematic place of the Argulidae; Claus 1875 ) is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
  • … at Naples from 20 March until 14 April 1875 and had promised CD a copy of this paper (see …
  • … from F. M. Balfour, [20 March – 14 April 1875] ). Argulidae is the family of fish lice. …
  • … principle of change of function; Dohrn 1875 ) is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
  • … result of degeneration from a vertebrate form (see Dohrn 1875 , pp. 32–60). For more on …
  • … Dohrn’ s theory, see Maienschein 1994 and letter from Anton Dohrn, 7 February 1875 . …
  • … See Dohrn 1875 , pp. 7–9. Dohrn proposed that the original mouth (which in annelids is …
  • … two gill slits ( ibid . , p. 9). See Dohrn 1875 , pp. 13–15. Dohrn proposed, in accordance …
  • … be functionless ( Mivart 1871 , p. 38; Dohrn 1875 , p. 61). CD’s copy of Carl Friedrich …

Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf. 1875. The gigantic land tortoises of the Mascarene and Galapagos Islands. Nature, 22 July 1875, pp. 238–9; 29 July 1875, pp. 259–61; 12 August 1875, pp. 296–7.

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf. 1875. The gigantic land tortoises of the …
  • … Mascarene and Galapagos Islands. Nature , 22 July 1875, pp. …
  • … 238–9; 29 July 1875, pp. …
  • … 259–61; 12 August 1875, pp. 296–7. online 22 …

From Quintino Sella   28 November 1875

Summary

Letter enclosing decree from the Accademia dei Lincei, with signatures dated 2 and 16 July 1875.

Author:  Quintino Sella; Accademia dei Lincei
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 229: 43, DAR 230: 44
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10280F

Matches: 18 hits

  • … From Quintino Sella    28 November 1875
  • … 229: 43, DAR 230: 44 Quintino Sella Accademia dei Lincei 28 Nov 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … enclosing decree from the Accademia dei Lincei, with signatures dated 2 and 16 July 1875. …
  • … Rè d’Italia con Suo decreto del 4 Febbrajo 1875, si degnò rifermare l’Accademia dè Lincei. …
  • … dell’Accademia del 24.  e 25 Gennajo 1875, che ho l’onore di trasmetterle, Ella vedrà le …
  • … Court. Granted at Sant’Anna on 2 July 1875 Signed Vittorio Emanuele | signed Ruggiero …
  • … at the State Audit Court | on 16 July 1875 | Reg. 432D.  at the Court 152 | signed Ayres. …
  • … the King of Italy by His decree of 4 February 1875 has deigned to confirm the Accademia dè …
  • … sessions of the Academy of 24 and 25 January 1875, which I have the honour of passing on …
  • … the Atti dell’Accademia dei Lincei from 1875–80 are in the collection of unbound journals …
  • … di detta Accademia del 16  Giugno 1875; Sulla proposta del Nostro Ministro Segretario di …
  • … alla Corte dei Conti. Dato a Sant’Anna a di 2 Luglio 1875 f o . Vittorio Emanuele | f. …
  • … to alla Corte dei Conti | Li 16 Luglio 1875 | R o . 432 D. Lerf. a C te 152 | f o . Ayres. …
  • … Rè d’Italia, con Suo Decreto del 2 Luglio 1875. Mi faccio un dovere di mandarle copia del …
  • … di Roma approvato col Nostro Decreto del 14 Febbrajo 1875; Vista la lettera del Presidente …
  • … the King of Italy, in His Decree of 2 July 1875. It is my duty to send you the Decree of …
  • … Rome that was approved by Our Decree of 14 February 1875; We have seen the letter of the …
  • … President of the said Academy of 16 June 1875; At the suggestion of our Minister the …

To G. H. Darwin   13 September [1875]

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Summary

Sends comments and suggestions for Huth’s experiment on crossbreeding rabbits.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  13 Sept [1875]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 47
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10156

Matches: 12 hits

  • … Alekseevich Severtsov . See letter to H. E. Dresser, [10 September 1875] . …
  • … To G.  H.  Darwin   13 September [1875] …
  • … DAR 210.1: 47 Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Sept [1875] George Howard Darwin …
  • … London: G. Routledge. Huth, Alfred Henry. 1875. The marriage of near kin considered with …
  • … the letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 August 1875 . No letter from George giving CD news about …
  • … book on consanguineous marriage ( Huth 1875 ), Huth had published extracts from Legrain …
  • … Legrain’s account to be fraudulent. George had published a review of Huth 1875 in the …
  • … Academy , 28 August 1875, pp. 226–7. …
  • … theory that inbreeding led to albinism ( Huth 1875 , pp. 297–8). The visitor was Nikolai …
  • … See letter from Eduard van Beneden, 18 August 1875, letter to G. …
  • … H. Darwin, [19 August 1875] , and letter from G. …
  • … H. Darwin, 20 August 1875 . There is an annotated copy of Delamer 1854 in the Darwin …

From Lawson Tait   24 June [1875]

Summary

An article on RLT’s lecture on insectivorous plants has appeared; the author adopts an anti-Darwinian attitude [see "Flower traps", Spectator 19 June 1875, pp. 784–5; RLT’s reply in Spectator 26 June 1875, pp. 816–17.]

Author:  Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 June [1875]
Classmark:  DAR 178: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10029

Matches: 10 hits

  • … From Lawson Tait   24 June [1875] …
  • … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
  • … DAR 178: 13 Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait Birmingham 24 June [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … adopts an anti-Darwinian attitude [see "Flower traps", Spectator 19 June 1875, pp. 784– …
  • … 5; RLT’s reply in Spectator 26 June 1875, pp. 816–17. ] …
  • … plants to the Birmingham Natural History Society on 15 June 1875; it was reported in the …
  • … Birmingham Daily Post , 16 June 1875, p. 5. …
  • … Tait summarised his experiments in a letter published in Nature , 29 July 1875, pp. 251–2. …
  • … Flower–traps’, in the Spectator , 19 June 1875, pp. 784–5, reported on Tait’s lecture at …
  • … appeared in the Spectator , 26 June 1875, pp. 816–17. He argued that his observations …

To Karl von Scherzer   22 September 1876

Summary

Thanks for sending Moritz Wagner’s letter and his essays [on "Der Naturprocess der Artbildung" in Das Ausland (1875)]. Will read them and write to Wagner when his health is better.

Declines to receive Scherzer at Down.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Karl von Scherzer
Date:  22 Sept 1876
Classmark:  Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10613

Matches: 11 hits

  • … Naturprocess der Artbildung" in Das Ausland (1875)]. Will read them and write to Wagner …
  • … Bibliography Wagner, Moritz. 1875. Der Naturproceß der Artbildung. …
  • … Das Ausland , 31 May 1875, pp. …
  • … 425–8; 7 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 449–52; 14 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 473–5; 21 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 490–3; 28 June 1875, pp. …
  • … 513–16; 19 July 1875, pp. …
  • … 570–5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93. Wagner, Moritz. 1889. Die Entstehung der Arten durch …
  • … der Artbildung’ (The natural process of species formation; Wagner 1875 ) appeared between …
  • … May and July 1875 in Das Ausland . It was later reprinted in a posthumous collection of …

To Thomas Meehan   3 October 1875

Summary

Comments on review [of Insectivorous plants] in New York Independent.

Working on Cross and self-fertilisation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Meehan
Date:  3 Oct 1875
Classmark:  DAR 146: 354
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10181

Matches: 14 hits

  • … To Thomas Meehan   3 October 1875
  • … DAR 146: 354 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct 1875 Thomas Meehan …
  • … Cross and self fertilisation on 1 September 1875, but this may be an error, since he also …
  • … corrections to Variation 2d ed. until 3 October 1875 (see Appendix II). In Cross and self …
  • … Insectivorous plants US ed. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1875. Meehan, …
  • … Thomas. 1875. Are insects any material aid to plants in fertilization? Proceedings of the …
  • … Down. | Beckenham. Kent. Oct.  3. 1875. My dear Sir. I received several days ago either …
  • … that appeared in a New York newspaper, the Independent , 9 September 1875, p.  10, is in …
  • … DAR 139.18: 10. In August 1875, Meehan had presented a paper at the annual meeting of the …
  • … material aid to plants in fertilization? ’ ( Meehan 1875 ). CD’s copy of the version of …
  • … in the Philadelphia Press , 13 August 1875, has not been found. It is not known which …
  • … under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875. …
  • … but the conclusion is as given in Meehan 1875 , p.  251. Meehan argued that insects played …
  • … to ensure cross-fertilisation (see Lubbock 1875 , and H.  Müller 1873  and 1873–7). …

From J. T. Knowles   9 February 1875

Summary

Assures CD that space will be reserved in the April Contemporary Review for W. D. Whitney’s article and solicits an introductory section from C.D.

Author:  James Thomas Knowles
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Feb 1875
Classmark:  Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney family papers (MS 555) Box 22, folder 584 1875 Feb. 8-11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9848F

Matches: 12 hits

  • … From J. T. Knowles   9 February 1875
  • … Archives (William Dwight Whitney family papers (MS 555) Box 22, folder 584 1875 Feb. 8-11) …
  • … James Thomas Knowles The Hollies, Clapham Common 9 Feb 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Contemporary Review , April 1875, and was twenty pages long. In 1874, Knowles had tried to …
  • … Knowles, 5 August 1874 ). In the event, CD did not write an introduction to Whitney 1875 . …
  • … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Max Müller, Friedrich. 1875. My reply to Mr. Darwin. …
  • … 1874–5): 305–26. Whitney, William Dwight. 1875. Are languages institutions? Contemporary …
  • … by Friedrich Max Müller ( Max Müller 1875 ), has not been found (see letter to G.   …
  • … H.  Darwin, 10 [February 1875] and n. 2). CD sent this letter to Whitney along with two …
  • … not been found (see letter to G.  H.  Darwin, 10 [February 1875] ). Whitney’s article, ‘ …
  • … Are languages institutions? ’ ( Whitney 1875 ), was published in …
  • … Hollies | Clapham Common | S.W Feby 9 th . 1875 My Dear Sir/ I lose no time in assuring …

From J. H. Gilbert   31 December 1875

Summary

Discusses fairy rings.

Author:  Joseph Henry Gilbert
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Dec 1875
Classmark:  Rothamsted Research (GIL13)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10331F

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  • … From J.  H.  Gilbert   31 December 1875
  • … Research (GIL13) Joseph Henry Gilbert Harpenden 31 Dec 1875 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … and n. 4). See letter to J. H. Gilbert, 11 August 1875 and n. 3. Josiah Gilbert had edited …
  • … vols. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. Gilbert, Joseph Henry. 1875. Note on the occurrence of ‘ …
  • … Harpenden S t . Albans Dec r 31, 1875 Dear Sir, I am truly sorry to have allowed your two …
  • … land (see letter from J. H. Gilbert, 24 July 1875 and n. 4). CD returned the tables with …
  • … his letter to J. H. Gilbert, 11 August 1875 ; his second letter has not been found. …
  • … Gilbert had presented a paper on 3 June 1875 on fairy-rings (fungi that grow in circles) …
  • … fairy-rings’. [Read 3 June 1875. ] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 15 (1877): 17– …
  • … 24. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
  • … plants had been published on 2 July 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The Scientific …
  • … Note on the occurrence of “fairy-rings”’; J. H. Gilbert 1875 ). For CD’s interest in …
  • … fairy-rings, see the letter from James Paget, 7 July 1875 , the letter from M. …
  • … J. Berkeley, 13 July 1875 , and the letter to J. …
  • … S. Burdon-Sanderson, 16 July 1875. Gilbert collaborated with John Bennet Lawes at the …
  • … of branching filaments. See J. H. Gilbert 1875 , p. 20. ‘a. nudus’: Agaricus nudus , a …
  • … to the surrounding grass ( J. H. Gilbert 1875 , p. 22). Agaricus arvensis , the horse …

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

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  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   [19 December 1875] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 [19 Dec 1875] William Turner Thiselton-Dyer …
  • … between this letter and the letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] . …
  • … The Sunday following 16 December 1875 was 19 December. CD wanted Henry Walter Bates to …
  • … after Lankester had been blackballed at the meeting of 2 December 1875 (see letter to W.   …
  • … T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] ). Possibly Andrew Crombie Ramsay (see letter to …
  • … the University of Edinburgh on 17 December 1875. Lord Derby advocated science as a means …
  • … for men of science ( The Times , 18 December 1875, p. 9). St George Jackson Mivart was …
  • … CD had cut off all communication with Mivart in January 1875 (see letter to St G. …
  • … J. Mivart, 12 January 1875 ). …
  • … W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] and n. 8). John Gould . Benjamin Thompson …
  • … See letter to J.  J.  Weir, 18 December [1875] . A reference to botanists associated with …
  • … to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 16 December [1875] . James Murie . CD’s letter to Murie has not …
  • … fees (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1875 ). Lankester had been elected …
  • … a fellow of the Royal Society of London in June 1875 (see letter from J.   …
  • … D.  Hooker, 2 December 1875 and n. 7). CD probably alludes to the refusal by the Council …
  • … Thiselton-Dyer had been employed as Hooker’s assistant since June 1875 ( letter from J. …
  • … D. Hooker, 20 June 1875 and n. 2). Edward Henry Stanley , the …

From John Murray   22 November [1875]

Summary

Sends cheques in payment on three of CD’s books.

Proposes to print 500 copies of Insectivorous plants before distributing the type.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Nov [1875]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 478
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10270

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  • … From John Murray   22 November [1875] …
  • … DAR 171: 478 John Murray London, Albemarle St, 50 22 Nov [1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … John Murray, 29 July [1874] . See letter from John Murray, 19 November [1875] and n. 2. …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
  • … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Origin 6th ed. : The origin of species by …
  • … and the letter to John Murray, 20 November 1875 . The cheques were for CD’s share of the …
  • … ed. (see letter to John Murray, 20 November 1875 ). CD recorded deposits for these amounts …
  • … in his Account books–banking account (Down House MS) on 23 November 1875. See …
  • … letter to John Murray, 20 November 1875 and n. 2. On the payment for Origin 6th ed. , see …
  • … The present Ed n .  of 1500 was printed March 1875— Of Insectivorous Plants”, I propose to …
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Inheritance

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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited.  But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did.  Darwin’s attempt to…

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  • … under domestication, and revised for the second edition in 1875 (2d ed. 2: 349–99). ‘The whole …