To Charles Lyell 1 April [1862]
Summary
Explains how melting of ice in Glen Spean could have successively freed two lower cols, thus establishing the water-levels that determined the two lower shelves in Glen Roy.
Plans to read a paper to the Linnean Society ["Sexual forms of Catasetum", Collected papers 2: 63–70].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Apr [1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.275) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3491 |
To Charles Lyell 1 October [1862]
Summary
Mentions a discussion of man by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in his Histoire naturelle générale [1854–62].
Mentions a book by Friedrich Rolle [Ch. Darwin’s Lehre von der Entstehung der Arten (1863)].
Cites evolutionary statements on elephants by Hugh Falconer and notes Falconer’s objection to natural selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.282) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3747 |
To Charles Lyell 22 August [1862]
Summary
Relates personal news about family members.
CD is "glad Glen Roy is settled".
Mentions evolutionary remarks on birds by Owen.
Compares variability among lower and higher organisms. Comments on Hooker’s view of the subject.
Forthcoming publication of Huxley’s book [Evidence as to man’s place in nature (1863)] and Lyell’s [Antiquity of man (1863)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 22 Aug [1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.281) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3695 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Mss.B.D25.281) Charles Robert Darwin Southampton 22 Aug [1862] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … To Charles Lyell 22 August [1862] …
- … with the letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 , has not been found. According to her …
- … 64 r. )). See letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 and n. 1. CD refers to Lyell’s …
From T. F. Jamieson to Charles Lyell 17 October 1862
Summary
TFJ returns CD’s "too flattering" letter concerning Glen Roy [see 3761]. Further discussion of [A. C.] Ramsay’s, [J. D.] Hooker’s, and CL’s arguments about the formation of glacial lakes.
Author: | Thomas Francis Jamieson |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 17 Oct 1862 |
Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen. 112/2859–60) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3757F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 60) Thomas Francis Jamieson Ellon, Aberdeenshire 17 Oct 1862 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … From T. F. Jamieson to Charles Lyell 17 October 1862 …
- … to glacial erosion (see letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] and nn. 8 and 9). J. …
- … 188–90). See letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] and n. 10. This is apparently a …
- … phenomena (see letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] and n. 12). The reference is …
From Charles Lyell 20 August 1862
Summary
Jamieson has revisited Glen Roy and confirmed his theory of glacier lakes.
A. G. More considers CD the most profound of reasoners.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Aug 1862 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 358; The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3691 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Charles Lyell 20 August 1862 …
- … collection Coll-203/B9) Charles Lyell, 1st baronet Freshwater 20 Aug 1862 Charles Robert …
- … of ages. ’ See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Charles Lyell, 22 August [1862] . …
- … 10, enclosure to letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] ). In addition to assisting CD …
- … Charles Lyell, 6 September [1861] ), subsequent letters indicate that he was reluctant to abandon his own explanation (see Correspondence vol. 9, Appendix IX). Jamieson made a second visit to the site in July 1862 ( …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1873. The geological evidences of the antiquity of man, with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation. 4th edition, revised. London: John Murray. Orchids : On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
From Charles Lyell [28–31 March 1862]
Summary
Suggests that the height of the water which formed the shelves in Glen Roy was determined not by the height of the blocking glacier but by the height of a col. Notes problems in the idea.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28–31 Mar 1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.274) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3463 |
To Charles Lyell 14 October [1862]
Summary
Further comments on Jamieson’s theory of the formation of the roads of Glen Roy; paper by Jamieson dealing with glaciation in Scotland ["On the ice-worn rocks of Scotland", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 18 (1862): 164–84].
Comments on paper by A. C. Ramsay on the glacial formation of lakes ["On the glacial origin of certain lakes", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 18 (1862): 185–204].
Criticises remarks by John Tyndall on glacial formation of Swiss valleys.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 14 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.267), The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen. 112/2840–3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3761 |
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- … To Charles Lyell 14 October [1862] …
- … Gen. 112/2840–3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Oct [1862] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … from T. F. Jamieson to Charles Lyell , 27 August 1862, 29 August 1862, 24 September 1862, …
- … to CD. See also letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 . The modern spelling of this …
- … Charles Lyell , that the elevation and subsidence of landmasses was responsible for the climatic changes of the glacial period (see letter to A. C. Ramsay, 5 September [1862] …
To Richard Kippist 18 March [1862]
Summary
Sends paper to be read ["Sexual forms of Catasetum", Collected papers 2: 63–70].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
Date: | 18 Mar [1862] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3476 |
From J. D. Hooker [7 April 1862]
Summary
Will hope to be able to send Vanilla flowers in a day or two.
How is CD after his tremendous effect on the placid Linneans? ["Sexual forms of Catasetum", Collected papers 2: 63–70; read 3 Apr 1862.]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [7 Apr 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3495 |
To Friedrich Rolle 17 October [1862]
Summary
Rolle has done great service by publishing his book [Ch. Darwin’s Lehre von der Entstehung der Arten (1863)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Rolle |
Date: | 17 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt (SNG-Archiv: Malakol.: Nachlass Rolle) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3770 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … see letter to Charles Lyell, 1 October [1862] and n. 2). In the second part of Rolle …
- … 1862, 2258; 30 (1863): 113). CD’s annotated copies of all four parts of this work are in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. It appears that the first part of the work was forwarded to CD before his return from Bournemouth on 30 September, and that he subsequently lent it to Charles Lyell ( …
To A. C. Ramsay 5 September [1862]
Summary
On ACR’s paper on glacial origin of lakes. CD thinks it is correct. Suggests further investigation to corroborate it. His only doubt has to do with areas of great activity.
On ACR’s view of cause of glacial period: CD did battle with Hooker on same point.
T. F. Jamieson has smashed CD’s Glen Roy marine theory in splendid style.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
Date: | 5 Sept [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.9: 7 (EH 88205980) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3714 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … a second visit to the site (see letter from Charles Lyell, 20 August 1862 and n. 1). …
- … Charles Lyell that the elevation and subsidence of landmasses were responsible for large-scale climatic change ( Ramsay 1862 , …
- … 1862 before the Geological Society of London , of which Ramsay was president, and the council considered not passing the paper for publication in the society’s journal. Two members of the council, Roderick Impey Murchison and Charles Lyell , …
To Daniel Oliver [17 September 1862]
Summary
Performed a large number of Lythrum crosses before leaving home.
Working on Drosera for amusement. Has tried effect on plants of vegetable substances active on animal nervous systems, e.g., opium; makes Drosera inactive for hours.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [17 Sept 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 36 (EH 88206019) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3709 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … see letter to Charles Lyell, 1 October [1862] and n. 2). Emma Darwin . CD began to …
- … 1862 that he had not, but wondered whether CD was referring to the German dendrologist and ornithologist, Carl August Bolle . CD’s question was probably prompted by his having received a copy of the first part of Rolle 1863 , which he had subsequently lent to Charles Lyell ( …
From Joseph Beete Jukes 10 August 1864
Summary
CD’s support in JBJ’s controversy with Hugh Falconer is welcome. R. I. Murchison supports Falconer, and Lyell does not support their side strongly enough. Falconer and Jukes remain friends in private.
Author: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Aug 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4587 |
From Joseph Prestwich 2 January 1880
Summary
Having reviewed the history of the Glen Roy debate ["On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber, and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 170 (1880): 663–776], JP wishes to know whether it is accurate to say CD has abandoned the marine theory.
Author: | Joseph Prestwich |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12394 |
To Hugh Falconer 1 October [1862]
Summary
Extreme interest in MS of HF’s paper on the American fossil elephant [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 43–114].
Pleased HF does not believe in immutable species. Significance of proboscidean group verging towards extinction. Comments on natural selection preserving type despite variability. Natural selection solves problem of how every part of each creature has become adapted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
Date: | 1 Oct [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3746 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 October [1864]
Summary
To Lyell’s chagrin, CD has come round again to A. C. Ramsay’s glacial theory.
On primrose and cowslip, CD maintains they are good species, notwithstanding Scott’s work.
CD defines species by power of remaining constant for a good long time and showing appreciable amount of difference from close species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 Oct [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 252 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4642 |
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- … 1862] , and letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] , and this volume, letter to A. …
- … Charles and Mary Elizabeth Lyell stayed at Down from 15 to 17 October 1864 ( Emma Darwin’s diary, DAR 242). CD refers to John Tyndall’s paper entitled ‘On the conformation of the Alps’ ( Tyndall 1864c ), in which he presented evidence supporting Andrew Crombie Ramsay’s theory of the glacial origin of mountain rock-basins ( Ramsay 1862 ). …
To John Lubbock 6 November 1881
Summary
Supports the statements on Henry Hicks in JL’s address.
Bonney is an "objector general".
CD has always supported A. C. Ramsay.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 6 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49645: 104–5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13463 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … vol. 10, letter to Charles Lyell, 14 October [1862] ), but had remained open to other …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. 6th edition, revised. London: John Murray. Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1862. …
To T. F. Jamieson 21 November 1862
Summary
CD expresses his high opinion of TFJ’s scientific qualifications for lecturing on agriculture.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Francis Jamieson |
Date: | 21 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.5406:171–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3818 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 November [1862]
Summary
Cannot see how J. W. Dawson can accuse JDH of asserting a subsidence of Arctic America. Much of evidence for subsidence during glacial period will prove false as it largely rests on ice action which is more and more viewed as subaerial.
Dawson is biased against Darwinism.
Suggests Greenland may have been repopulated after glacial period extinguished flora, by migration in sea-currents.
Max Müller’s view of origin of language is weakest part of his book [see 3752].
Would like to examine the rare Cypripedium hirsutissimum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Nov [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 168 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3795 |
To J. D. Hooker 9 May [1862]
Summary
Sorry to hear of JDH’s household troubles.
Will try to get a couple of flowers of Leschenaultia to send him.
"What a good case that of the Cameroons"; the 4000ft [elevation] is much to CD’s "private satisfaction".
Sends JDH a copy of Orchids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 9 May [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 149 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3541 |
Darwin, C. R. | (81) |
Hooker, J. D. | (28) |
Lyell, Charles | (5) |
Falconer, Hugh | (4) |
Jamieson, T. F. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (54) |
Lyell, Charles | (18) |
Hooker, J. D. | (16) |
Gray, Asa | (12) |
Falconer, Hugh | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (135) |
Hooker, J. D. | (44) |
Lyell, Charles | (23) |
Gray, Asa | (13) |
Falconer, Hugh | (8) |