To Scientific Opinion [before 20 October 1869]
Summary
Replies to F. Delpino’s criticisms of Pangenesis [Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8], especially concerning the difficulty of explaining the regrowth of amputated organs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Scientific Opinion |
Date: | [before 20 Oct 1869] |
Classmark: | Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 426. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6442 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Scientific Opinion …
- … To Scientific Opinion [before 20 October 1869] …
- … Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 426. …
- … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 20 Oct 1869] Scientific Opinion …
- … of publication of the letter in Scientific Opinion , 20 October 1869. Federico Delpino’s …
- … into English, appearing in parts in Scientific Opinion ( Delpino 1869a and 1869b). Delpino …
Delpino, Federico. 1869b. On the Darwinian theory of pangenesis. Scientific Opinion 2: 365–7, 391–3, 407–8.
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- … On the Darwinian theory of pangenesis. Scientific Opinion 2: 365–7, 391–3, 407–8. DAR Pam …
Moseley, Henry. 1869b. On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers by their weight only. Scientific Opinion 1: 191–2.
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- … descent of glaciers by their weight only. Scientific Opinion 1: 191–2. WBG L340:1.b.128 17 …
Westropp, Hodder Michael. 1869. On cromlechs and megalithic structures. Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 3.
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- … On cromlechs and megalithic structures. Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 3. Not at UL - BL and …
Anon. 1869c. Review of Facts and arguments for Darwin by Fritz Müller. Translated by W. S. Dallas. Scientific Opinion 1: 473–4.
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- … Müller. Translated by W. S. Dallas. Scientific Opinion 1: 473–4. WBG L340:1.b.128 17,24 …
Delpino, Federico. 1870b. Brief remarks on the biology and genealogy of the Marantaceæ. Scientific Opinion 3: 111–12, 135–7.
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- … and genealogy of the Marantaceæ. Scientific Opinion 3: 111–12, 135–7. WBG L340:1.b.128.3 …
From Federico Delpino 28 February 1870
Summary
Transformism explains rudimentary organs, and teratology, which are otherwise inexplicable.
Looking forward to publication of Descent
and CD’s expected book on "Variation in nature" [see Variation 1: 4].
Author: | Federico Delpino |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Feb 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 146 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7120 |
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- … and genealogy of the Marantaceæ. Scientific Opinion 3: 111–12, 135–7. Descent : The …
- … della S.V. i due numeri della “scientific opinion”, ove Ella si è piaciuta di far …
- … of the Marantaceae that appeared in Scientific Opinion on 2 and 9 February 1870 ( Delpino …
- … Your Honour, the two numbers of the “scientific opinion”, where you pleased to publish, in …
To R. F. Cooke 23 June [1869]
Summary
He told Giovanni Canestrini that stereotypes [for Variation] would cost £10.
Reminds RC of his suggestion that a copy [of Origin, 5th ed.] be sent to Scientific Opinion for review.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke |
Date: | 23 June [1869] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 203–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6798 |
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- … suggestion that a copy [of Origin , 5th ed. ] be sent to Scientific Opinion for review. …
- … my suggestion of a copy for Review to “Scientific Opinion” My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | …
From Federico Delpino 1 November 1869
Summary
Comments on Hermann Crüger’s paper, sent by CD, on fertilisation of orchids [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
Observations on dichogamy in grasses (wheat, rye, barley).
Has not yet read CD’s reply to his article on Pangenesis [Collected papers 2: 158–60].
Author: | Federico Delpino |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Nov 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 145 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6965 |
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- … dovere di rassegnarla alla S.V. Della “Scientific opinion” non mi è pervenuto che il primo …
- … Issue 48 (29 September 1869) of Scientific Opinion included the first part of Delpino …
- … s criticism in the letter to Scientific Opinion , [before 20 October 1869]; this was …
- … s translation of CD’s letter to Scientific Opinion , [before 20 October 1869], appeared in …
- … received only the first issue of “Scientific Opinion”, that is N o . 48. I came to know by …
Lawson, Henry (1840–77)
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- … Monthly Microscopical Journal , Scientific Opinion , and Popular Science Review. Published …
To T. H. Huxley 30 September [1871]
Summary
On THH’s review [see 7977] of Mivart’s Genesis of species and the Quarterly Review article on Descent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 30 Sept [1871] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 283) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7976 |
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- … 1869 ( [Mivart] 1869 ). The editor of Scientific Opinion was Henry Lawson . The footnote …
- … or something to that effect. — In Scientific Opinion the Editor inserted foot-note to the …
To Federico Delpino 14 October 1869
Summary
Cautions FD about fluid in labellum of Coryanthes.
T. H. Farrer is enthusiastic about FD’s papers.
Believes humming-birds fertilise many American flowers.
Mentions his reply to FD’s criticisms ["Pangenesis: Mr Darwin’s reply to Professor Delpino", Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 426; Collected papers 2: 158–60].
Suggests that FD study fertilisation of Gramineae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
Date: | 14 Oct 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 379 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6938 |
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- … send the succeeding numbers of “Scientific Opinion”, I will send them to you if you will …
- … and 13 October 1869 issues of Scientific Opinion. CD mentioned Delpino’s review and …
- … Delpino 1869b , see the letter to Scientific Opinion , [before 20 October 1869]. For CD’s …
To J. D. Hooker [22 January 1869]
Summary
No paradox that unimportant characters are important systematically. This view removes heavy burden from CD’s shoulders. Relief that JDH does not object.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [22 Jan 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 114—15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6568 |
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- … D. Hooker, 18 January 1869 and n. 8. Scientific Opinion was a weekly popular-science …
- … I hope you take in, to encourage, “Scientific Opinion”: some articles have interested me a …
From T. W. Higginson 30 March 1873
Summary
Pleased CD enjoyed his book [Outdoor papers (1871)].
Rejoices at CD’s kindly feelings toward the coloured race.
The Index is in financial trouble due to F. E. Abbot’s unworldliness.
Agassiz is setting up a summer school for natural history off the Massachusetts coast. His pupils develop more liberal scientific opinions than Agassiz’s.
Encloses some notes on expression.
Author: | Thomas Wentworth Higginson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Mar 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 198 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8830 |
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- … His pupils develop more liberal scientific opinions than Agassiz’s. Encloses some notes on …
- … soon develop more liberality of scientific opinion than he shows. We have been reading …
To J. D. Hooker 19 November [1869]
Summary
Glad to know about C.B.
Thinks better of Nature than JDH does.
Likes Academy.
Is reading Anton Kerner on Tubocytisus [in Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzen von Klima und Boden (1869)].
The genealogical tree reveals the very steps of the formation of the species.
Mlle Royer has brought out a third edition of her translation of the Origin without informing CD, so corrections to fourth and fifth English editions are lost. Has arranged for a new translator of the fifth English edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Nov [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 159–61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6997 |
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- … n. 16. On the weekly newspaper Scientific Opinion , see the letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
- … periodicals, including poor “Scientific Opinion”, & I think higher than you do of “ …
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 25 January [1870]
Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 25 Jan [1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 240 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6576 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … on the biology and genealogy of the Marantaceæ. Scientific Opinion 3: 111–12, 135–7. …
- … paper appeared in two parts in Scientific Opinion in the issues dated 2 and 9 February …
To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878]
Summary
Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.
Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.
Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 17 July [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11615 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … and genealogy of the Marantaceæ. Scientific Opinion 3: 111–12, 135–7. Insectivorous …
- … into English and published in Scientific opinion ( Correspondence vol. 18, letter from …
To Federico Delpino 24 and 25 August [1869]
Summary
Thanks FD for his three publications.
CD is pleased that FD has discussed Pangenesis, although he does not favour the hypothesis. Will seek English publisher.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
Date: | 24 and 25 Aug 1869 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.376) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6869 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … September, 6 October, and 13 October 1869 issues of Scientific Opinion ( Delpino 1869b ). …
To J. D. Hooker 18 [September 1869]
Summary
Asks JDH to consult colleagues learned in physiology for answer to query: when a large piece of bark is removed from a tree, does the bark ever regrow in isolated points [separate] from the growing margin of the surrounding bark? Query bears on Pangenesis and on power of repair in plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 [Sept 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 153–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6896 |
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- … regrowth of bark in his letter to Scientific Opinion , [before 20 October 1869], drawing …
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CCD intro in Commentary
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…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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- … The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species , …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. By then, he had …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …