From E. A. Darwin 17 [March 1874]
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9365 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … to George Bentham, 9 March [1874] ; letter to Edward …
- … Frankland, 9 March [1874] ; letter to a member of …
- … the Athenaeum Club, 9 March [1874] ; letter to Alfred …
- … Newton, 9 March [1874] ; letter to John …
- … Tyndall, 9 March [1874] ; letter to Thomas …
- … Parker was elected a member of the Athenaeum Club on 16 March 1874 (see letter to George …
- … Woolner, 9 March 1874 ; and letter from John Phillips, 14 March 1874 ). Several members of …
- … Club in March 1874. See letter to George Bentham, 9 March [1874] and n. 3. CD and …
- … 1874] and n. 3; Waugh [1888] ); candidates were excluded if there was one black ball in ten ( Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of members , p. 9). Erasmus probably refers to Robert Farie , who had been a member of the Athenaeum Club since 1861 ( Waugh [1888] ). CD had asked his friends who were members of the Club to vote for his nephew (see letter …
To Auguste Forel 28 September [1874]
Summary
Thanks AHF for his book on ants of Switzerland;
recommends reading Thomas Belt’s Naturalist in Nicaragua [1874].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Auguste-Henri (Auguste) Forel |
Date: | 28 Sept [1874] |
Classmark: | Universität Zürich, Archiv für Medizingeschichte (AfM ZH PN 31.2:792) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9661 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Forel 1874 (see letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 and n. …
- … description of the feeding habits of leaf-carrying ants in Belt 1874 (see letter to Fritz …
- … Müller, 1 January 1874 , and letter from Fritz Müller, 20 April [1874] ). …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 . …
- … Pierre Huber (see letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 and n. 5) CD had been …
- … See letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 . …
- … 1874): it contains much most curious matter about ants. With much respect & my thanks | I remain Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin P.S. I have opened my note to thank you for your extremely kind letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 June 1874
Summary
Did not know cabbage contained so much nitrogen.
Pinguicula more excited by seeds than Drosera. Asks for information about Pinguicula.
Asks name of weed.
Asks to borrow Utricularia plant.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 9 June 1874 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9486 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Amy Ruck (see letter from T. L. Marshall, 16 July [1874] , letter from Francis and …
- … Amy Darwin, 8 August [1874] , letter from L. C. …
- … Harrison, [22 August 1874] , and letter from W. C. …
- … 8 June 1874 , and letter to W. D. Fox, 18 June 1874 . Among the seeds CD used in …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 ; see also letters from John Ralfs , 8 …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [June 1874] ); in his letter to Moore of 28 June 1874 , CD requested …
- … W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 June 1874 …
- … with Pinguicula ( letter from David Moore, 9 July 1874 ). Others who made observations on …
- … Letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1874 . For CD’s conclusions, see Insectivorous …
- … pp. 385–90. See also letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 4 June 1874 and n. 4. Pinguicula …
- … Marshall, 5 September [1874] ). See also letter to ? , …
- … pp. 22–3, 294–5). See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 . CD’s interest in …
- … 1874 and 9 July 1874). Thiselton-Dyer also suggested David Moore (see letter to W. T. …
To Asa Gray 3 June [1874]
Summary
CD is deeply pleased by AG’s article on him in Nature [10 (1874): 79–81].
Is preparing book on "Drosera and Co." for the printers. Reports observations on digestion in Drosera and Pinguicula.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 3 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9480 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … finished revisions to the second edition of Descent by early April 1874 ( letter to John …
- … his own letter of 12 May 1874 ; no letter from Gray dated 4 May has been found. In a …
- … Gray had enclosed a letter of 4 May 1874 from Ogden Nicholas Rood with …
- … 28 April 1874, p. 7, with his letter of 12 May 1874 ; the copy has not been found. The …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . …
- … Gray 1874c , p. 80; see also letter to Norman Lockyer, 13 May [1874] and n. 2). For CD’s …
- … the second enclosure to the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . CD had discussed vestigial …
- … his initials only in the second part. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 and nn. 2 …
- … and 3. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 and n. 4. CD was particularly interested in …
- … been identified; see also annotations to letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . For Rood’ …
- … 1874, pp. 79–81. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. LL : The life and letters …
- … 1874 ). Ohr-spitze : ear-tip. Jane Loring Gray bought a backgammon board in November 1868 (Jane Gray’s expense account ( Asa Gray’s Archives, Box F AG B10 #20)), shortly after the Grays had visited the Darwins at Down, where they may have played. The Darwins had a long-running backgammon tournament (see LL 1: 123, and letter …
To W. C. Marshall 8 June [1874]
Summary
Asks what proportion of leaves of Pinguicula have insects adhering to them. Also, whether seeds of any plants ever adhere to the leaves, and in what situations does P. vulgaris grow.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
Date: | 8 June [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C61–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9485F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … secretion; for Marshall’s response to that query, see his letter of 30 August [1874] (see …
- … correspondents ( letter to ? , 8 June 1874 , and letter to John Ralfs, [ …
- … after 25 June 1874] ; see also letter to W. T. …
- … between this draft and the letter to ? , 8 June 1874 (see n. 2, below); William Cecil …
- … also letter from W. C. Marshall, 5 September [1874] ). …
- … Dyer, 9 June 1874 and n. 3). The other known versions of the letter omit the question …
- … 5 September [1874] . This draft text was used as the basis for letters sent to several …
- … between this draft and the letters from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874] and …
From William Waring 13 April 1874
Author: | William Waring |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Apr 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 90: 44–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9407 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … See letter from William Waring, 9 January 1874 , and letter to William …
- … letter to William Waring, 12 January [1874] , and letter from George Cupples, 3 February …
- … Waring, 12 January [1874] . None of the existing letters from Waring to CD mention such a …
- … 1874 My dear Sir, Since I last wrote to you I have been much more in Cambridgeshire than Kent—though when in the former County, I had neither the opportunity or time to enter into Field Sports. — However I had a long conversation, on the subject of Greyhounds, with the Gentleman I mentioned in a former letter, …
To Asa Gray 30 June [1874]
Summary
Thanks for Sarracenia, which is as wonderful as any orchid.
Asks AG to observe Pinguicula.
Has read AG’s semi-theological review [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51] with interest
and has obtained the book [C. Hodge, What is Darwinism? (1874)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 30 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (109) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9520 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … more digestive fluid. See letters to Asa Gray , 3 June [1874] and 5 June [1874] . CD …
- … between this letter and the letters from Asa Gray , 16 June 1874 and 19 June 1874 (see …
- … n. 2, below). Letters from Asa Gray , 16 June 1874 and 19 June 1874 . …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 19 June 1874 and nn. 2 and 4. …
- … The editor of Nature was Joseph Norman Lockyer . See letter from Asa Gray, 16 June 1874 . …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n. 5. Drosera is the sundew and Dionaea the …
- … 1874 ; [A. Gray] 1874d; see letter from Asa Gray, 16 June 1874 ). Hodge had equated CD’s …
- … in the Darwin Library–Down. Letter to Asa Gray, 25 June 1874 . In Insectivorous plants , …
To J. D. Hooker 1 October [1874]
Summary
Thanks JDH for extract on Hedychium pollination; it shows CD’s prior interpretation was incorrect.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 1 Oct [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 421–422 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9665 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Kahili ginger or the Kahila garland-lily) in his letter of 16 February 1874 . …
- … from John Ralfs, 9 July 1874 , and the letter to John …
- … the New Forest, see the letter to David Moore, 12 July 1874 ; for Penzance, see the letter …
- … September 1874 . Utricularia neglecta (now Utricularia australis ); see letter from J. …
- … 4. CD refers to the letter from J. A. Gammie, 28 August 1874 , in which James Alexander …
- … of sphinx moths (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1874] and n. 3). Gammie also …
- … 1874] . Hooker’s daughter Harriet Anne Hooker sent CD some Aldrovanda vesiculosa (the waterwheel plant); see letter …
To D. F. Nevill 12 September [1874]
Summary
CD has never before seen the Utricularia DN has sent. Hooker had told him about it. Asks that her gardener observe young Utricularia: CD is interested in internal structure of little balls on bladders.
Sends photograph.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
Date: | 12 Sept [1874] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9634 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker visited Down on 26 September 1874 ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 September …
- … Vair . Nevill had requested a carte de visite of CD in her letter of [11 September 1874] . …
- … and the letter to D. F. Nevill, 11 September [1874] . See letters to D. F. Nevill, …
- … 1874 and n. 2, and 11 September [1874] . No letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker discussing …
- … See letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] and n. 3. …
- … epiphytic species of Utricularia in his letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 28 [July 1874]. …
To Ernst Haeckel 26 December 1874
Summary
Comments on review of EH’s Anthropogenie [1874].
Mentions recent work of Huxley and other scientists.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Date: | 26 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9781 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … CD refers to Friedrich von Hellwald and Hellwald 1874; see letter from Ernst …
- … Dodel, 13 December 1874 , and letter to Arnold …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 . Haeckel had complained of the reception …
- … Haeckel 1874a ). See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 . The review was in …
- … in the Darwin Library–Down. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 20 December 1874 and n. 10. …
- … Dodel, 23 December 1874 . See letter from T. H. …
- … Huxley, 8 December 1874 . For Thomas Henry Huxley’s own letter to Haeckel on the subject, …
- … Haeckel, 20 December 1874 and n. 9. See letter from Arnold …
- … 1874 My dear Haeckel According to our English fashion, I wish you “a merry Christmas & many of them”. As you are so young & have such wonderful energy, I am sure you will do more than any man in Europe in inculcating our great principle of evolution. I thank you very sincerely for your most kind letter …
To G. H. Darwin [8 August 1874]
Summary
Approves of GHD’s letter [to Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 587–9] and his present plan, which removes all CD’s objections. Will make his own letter to Murray less imperious. "It will be a dreadful evil to me, if … we come to a quarrel."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [8 Aug 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9596 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … the enclosure to the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ; for the letter as sent, …
- … see the letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 . CD probably …
- … sheets of Descent (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 ). CD and his wife, Emma, …
- … Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 . George had enclosed a letter to be forwarded to John Murray , …
- … Approves of GHD’s letter [to Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 587–9] and his present plan, which …
- … H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] . For CD’s original letter, with George’s amendments, see …
- … In 1874, the Saturday after 6 August was 8 August. See letter from G. H. …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 . …
- … in the Quarterly Review 137 (1874): 587–9). CD probably refers to a letter sent to him …
- … Emma Darwin ; see letter from G. H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] . George had suggested …
To Albert Günther [c. 2 March 1874]
Summary
Encloses a circular [9384?] to explain the predicament he is in. Asks whether AG can get anyone at the British Museum, other than Owen, to join J. E. Gray in signing.
Believes the account of the Mallotus in American Naturalist [5 (1871): 119] is trustworthy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
Date: | [c. 2 Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9383 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … the letter from Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 . …
- … See letter from Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 and n. 5. In Descent 1: 308–9, CD …
- … Gunther 1975 , facing p. 372). See letter from Albert Günther, 26 February 1874 . See the …
- … of Mallotus villosus (the capelin) in the letter to Albert Günther, 25 February 1874 , and …
- … letter and the letter to the Royal Society of London, 2 March [1874] , and by the date of …
- … were announced (see letter to the Royal Society of London, 2 March [1874] and nn. …
- … 2 and 3, and letter to H. B. Tristram, 3 March [1874] and n. 1). Richard Owen and John …
To Joseph Fayrer 4 July [1874]
Summary
Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 July [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9533 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … letter to Joseph Fayrer, [1–3 July 1874] , and letter from Joseph Fayrer, 30 June 1874 . …
- … In his letter of 30 June 1874 , Fayrer had described an experiment in which he added a …
- … In his response to CD’s letter of 11 May 1874 , Thomas Lauder Brunton had evidently …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Joseph Fayrer, 6 July 1874 . …
- … his response to the letter to T. L. Brunton, 25 May [1874] , which has not been found. …
- … is the genus of rattlesnakes. See letter to T. L. Brunton, 25 May [1874] and n. 5. …
To Auguste Forel 15 October 1874
Summary
Writes about AHF’s book on Swiss ants.
Recounts his own observations on ants carrying cocoons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Auguste-Henri (Auguste) Forel |
Date: | 15 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | Universität Zürich, Archiv für Medizingeschichte (AfM ZH PN 31.2:793) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9680 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of the book to Fritz Müller in January 1874 (see letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 ). …
- … la Suisse (Ants of Switzerland; Forel 1874 ); see letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September …
- … The naturalist in Nicaragua ( Belt 1874 ) in his letter to Forel of 28 September [1874] . …
- … See also letter from Fritz Müller, 20 April [1874] . …
- … now Glyptotermes canellae ); see letter to Fritz Müller, 1 January 1874 and n. 3. In the …
- … the species; see letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874] and n. 7. Forel observed …
To John Price 28 July [1874]
Summary
Thanks JP for note.
Sends instructions for mailing Utricularia plants to Down in his absence.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Price |
Date: | 28 July [1874] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9570 |
From Hermann Müller 15 February 1874
Summary
Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.
Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.
Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 303 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9293 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … F. Müller 1864 , Dallas trans. 1869) on 12 February 1874; the letter has not been …
- … September 1873 . See letter from Fritz Müller , [ c. January 1874], and letter to Nature , …
- … found, but see the letter to Fritz Müller, 13 February 1874 . See also Correspondence …
- … 11 February 1874. Fritz’s letter was published in Nature , 19 February 1874. Müller refers …
- … Lippstadt Feb. 15 1874. My dear Sir Many thanks for your very kind letter I received two …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 June 1874
Summary
Thanks for letter and seeds.
Asks that Hooker return references about plants eating insects.
Discusses Pinguicula.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 26 June 1874 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 14–15) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9515 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 . See letter to W. T. …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 . See also letter from W. T. …
- … T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 14–15) Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 June 1874 …
- … Beckenham, Kent. June 26 1874 My dear Mr Dyer Your letter will be of much use to me, & it …
- … Dalton Hooker . See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 . See letter to W. T. …
- … agent, see also the letter from Thomas Aitken , [ c . 25 June 1874]. Carl von Linné …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June 1874 and n. 3); her letter has not been found. ‘ …
- … Erica tetralix (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 ). For CD’s interest …
- … 1874 and n. 7; Thiselton-Dyer’s reply to this point was presumably in the missing portion of that letter. …
- … John Ralfs ; see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 . CD refers to Joseph …
- … 1874 and n. 7. CD’s future daughter-in-law, Amy Ruck , had sent specimens of Pinguicula from Wales (see letter …
From Auguste Forel 31 October 1874
Summary
Thanks for CD’s favourable opinion of his book [Les fourmis de la Suisse (1874)]. Habits of ants; observations on their carrying empty eggs.
Author: | Auguste-Henri (Auguste) Forel |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9704 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … refers to Thomas Belt and Belt 1874 ; see letter to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874 and …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Forel had sent Forel 1874 with his letter of 15 October 1874 . …
- … interior of the antennae. See letter to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874 and n. 6. Forel …
- … lunatic asylum); see letter from Auguste Forel, 23 September 1874 . Forel probably …
- … its original French, see Transcript. See letter to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874 . Forel …
- … Meinert 1863 ). See letter to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874 and n. 8. Formica rufa and …
- … female) ant; see also letter to Auguste Forel, 15 October 1874 and n. 6. The reference …
- … 1874 Sir, I confess that I was not expecting to see my work judged so favourably by you, and your second letter …
To R. F. Cooke 17 June [1874]
Summary
Hopes a printing of 2000 copies [of Descent, 2d ed.] will be safe. Regrets price must be 12s. He is sure it is much improved.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
Date: | 17 June [1874] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 340–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9496 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … he left for the continent on 18 June 1874 ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 30 May 1874 ; Emma …
- … to R. F. Cooke, 10 April [1874] , and the letter to John Murray, 12 April 1874 . William …
- … this letter and the letter from R. F. Cooke, 16 June 1874 . See letter from R. F. …
- … 1874 . For CD’s concerns over the production of a cheap edition of Descent 2d ed. , see the letter …
To John Fiske 8 December [1874]
Summary
Praises JF’s book [Cosmic philosophy (1874)].
Has long wished to understand H. Spencer but is not convinced by him and some others. CD cannot trust deduction from a starting principle, as his mind is so fixed by the inductive method.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Fiske |
Date: | 8 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (FK 1110–1112) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9749 |
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Publishers artists and illustrators in Commentary
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …