From James Torbitt 20 November 1879
Summary
Intends to get his ideas on the "wearing out" of varieties printed.
This year’s crosses were failures.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 157 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12332 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … from James Torbitt, 15 November 1879 , and letter to James Torbitt, 17 November 1879 . …
- … Torbitt’s letter to the Field was enclosed with his letter of 4 November 1879 . See …
- … See letter to James Torbitt, 17 November 1879 . The postcard has not been found. Thomas …
- … s potato experiments (see letter to James Torbitt, 17 November 1879 ). Thomas Cave . …
- … 1879 Charles Darwin Esq r . | Down. My dear Sir. I duly received your esteemed letter of …
To Ernst Krause 17 November 1879
Summary
Answers EK’s questions. Sorry to report Erasmus Darwin sold only 600 copies at advance sale.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 17 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36197) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12324 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Henry Cavendish . Andrew Duncan (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 12). …
- … Joseph Cradock . Jesse Foot (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 15). …
- … of Birmingham (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 16). Erasmus Darwin was …
- … list of questions about Erasmus Darwin (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 ). …
- … Stukeley and Stukeley 1740 (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 4). …
- … The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society (see letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. …
- … 5). See letter from Ernst Krause, 14 November 1879 , n. 6. Thomas Okes . Thomas Bentley . …
- … S.E.R. Nov 17 | 1879 My dear Sir I am much obliged for your kind letter, & regret that I …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879]
Summary
Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 16 June 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 53 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … had written to Francis around 16 June 1879 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] …
- … a botanist in Sachs’s laboratory (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 4). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 8. Francis was working in the …
- … the apex to Francis (see letter to Francis Darwin, [before 5 June 1879] and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … 5). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 2. For CD’s description of the …
- … been found, but see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , in which CD mentions …
- … mustard ( Sinapis alba ; see also letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and n. …
From Francis Darwin [6 July 1879]
Summary
Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [6 July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … arrived at the hotel around 10 July 1879 (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [10 …
- … sativum (garden cress). In his letter of 4 July [1879] , CD had mentioned he had forgotten …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . Francis performed experiments to determine …
- … and Francis had already tested. See second letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and nn. 3 and 6. Plants …
- … have aerial roots. See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . Ubbadubba was a pet name …
To Ernst Krause 16 June [1879]
Summary
CD will attend to ELK’s suggestions, but there is plenty of time, because Dallas translates slowly and Murray will not publish the book before November.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 16 June [1879] |
Classmark: | New York Medical College |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111G |
To Francis Darwin 25 June [1879]
Summary
Suggests experiments to test the response of radicles to light. Considers an alternative term for heliotropism.
Will be curious to have FD’s spiral theory about circumnutation explained to him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 25 June [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12122 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Porliera (a synonym of Porlieria ), see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 3. …
- … 6. See letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 5. Revolving nutation was …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] . …
- … s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II); see letter to Francis Darwin, 24 June [1879] and n. 6). On CD’s …
- … fir trees affected by a fungus, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 June [1879] and n. …
- … plants , p. 142). See letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] and n. 4. Francis’s …
- … away from light (see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] . The Darwins were …
- … The letter from Francis was probably that of [after 16 June 1879] . CD found that …
- … of gold-beater’s skin, see letter to ? , 23 January [1879? ] , nn. 1 and 2. Karl Goebel , …
To F. B. Goodacre 5 December 1879
Summary
Were the hybrid geese FBG sent to CD brother and sister from the same hatch? CD intends to send a letter on their breeding to Nature [Collected papers 2: 219–20].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
Date: | 5 Dec 1879 |
Classmark: | Dr John Goodacre (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12345 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Goodacre, 29 August 1879 , and letter from F. B. …
- … Goodacre, 1 September 1879 . See letter to Nature , 15 December [1879]. …
- … letter from F. B. Goodacre, 2 September 1878 ). Goodacre 1879 . See also letter to F. B. …
- … 1879 My dear Sir Will you be so kind as to inform me whether the two hybrids which you gave me were brother & sister of the same hatch? I am glad to find that you have communicated to the Zoolog. Soc. the results of your crossing. This being so I will send a short letter …
To Reginald Darwin 8 April 1879
Summary
Details of family history. Has discovered Dr Darwin did get to Edinburgh before his son, Charles, died.
The more CD reads of Dr Darwin the higher he rises in his estimation.
Is tired of writing letters, "half the fools throughout Europe write to ask me the stupidest questions".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Reginald Darwin |
Date: | 8 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 98; Lawrences Auctioneers (dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11982 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … mentioned by Reginald Darwin in his letter of 7 April 1879 . Reginald Darwin had mentioned …
- … See letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 . The section ‘Since … a copy. ’ was cut out …
- … Darwin’s two seals (see letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 ). CD had asked Reginald …
- … atheism was published (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). The first four lines …
- … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. LL : The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including …
- … book (Down House MS; see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). Robert Bruce Cotton …
- … by a Mr Darwin (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 and n. 9). William Darwin ( …
- … before Charles died (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 5). It was Elizabeth …
- … Darwin, 6 April 1879 . On the engraving by John Allen Wedgwood , see the letter from V. H. …
- … Down, April 8, 1879. My dear Cousin Every word in your letter shows that you believe in …
- … Darwin’s death place (see letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). George Howard Darwin …
- … to James Keir Moilliet (see letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). CD wished to borrow …
- … November 2018)). See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879. Erasmus Darwin’s eldest …
To James Torbitt 4 March 1880
Summary
Going to London today to speak to T. H. Farrer about funds for potato breeding experiments. "I have told Farrer I would subscribe £50."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Torbitt |
Date: | 4 Mar 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12511 |
From Asa Gray 6 November 1879
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 200 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … A. Gray 1879 (see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 and n. 1). Gray was working on a …
- … In his letter of 24 October 1879 , CD had requested seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla (bush …
- … Letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 . …
- … William Thompson . Hugo de Vries (see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 and n. 5). …
- … 1879 My Dear Darwin It is such a pleasure, and a rare sight, to see your handwriting, that I will do anything for you. I shall try to get seeds of the Ipomœa & Megarrhiza for you, neither of which seed here. But at this season it is doubtful even if the latter can be picked up in California For the former try W m . Thompson, seeds-man, Ipswich, on the chance. Glad you will turn your mind to what I think is an interesting point. De Vries wrote me a letter. …
To J. D. Hooker 1 October [1879]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 1 Oct [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 489–90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12241 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 1 September [1879] ; letter from Emma Darwin to H. …
- … letter to Thomas de Grey, 26 September 1879 ; see also letter to George Sleigh, [before 26 …
- … this letter and the letter to Thomas de Grey, 26 September 1879 . CD had asked Thomas de …
- … in 1879 and seems to have reduced the amount of time he spent working for CD ( letter to …
- … 1879] , DAR 219.9: 207; CD’s Classed accounts (Down House MS)). Grey’s reply and CD’s second letter …
- … 1879. Tecoma radicans is a synonym of Campsis radicans (trumpet creeper). In Movement in plants , p. 451, CD commented that the stems of Tecoma radicans , like the stems of other plants that climbed by rootlets, were apheliotropic. He discussed the movement of the cotyledons of Mimosa pudica (the sensitive or shame plant) in ibid. , pp. 37, 105 and passim. Hyacinth Hooker had evidently taken over Hooker’s task of sending CD bananas from Kew (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter …
From Samuel Butler 2 January 1880
Summary
Asks CD for reference to the edition of Kosmos that contains the original of Ernst Krause’s article on Dr Erasmus Darwin. There are serious differences between the translation by W. S. Dallas and the Feb [1879] article by Krause on which CD, in the preface to Erasmus Darwin, says it was based. SB notes in particular that the concluding sentence of the translation, which is clearly aimed at [SB’s] Evolution, old and new, is not in the original. Since readers will assume the text of Erasmus Darwin was written before his book appeared, SB asks for an explanation.
Author: | Samuel Butler |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B65–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12393 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 5 May 1879 , and letter from W. S. Dallas, 7 May 1879 ). In …
- … letter to Ernst Krause, 14 May 1879 , and letters from Ernst Krause, 23 May 1879 , 7 June …
- … is not worthy of it’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [1879] ). The quotation is taken …
- … Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 13 May 1879 ). Both CD and Krause were …
- … Correspondence vol. 27, letter from W. S. Dallas, 14 March 1879 ). However, Krause sent a …
To Francis Darwin 12 July [1879]
Summary
Notes observations on sensitivity and movement of radicles.
Has finished chapter [of Movement in plants] on sleeping plants and is now looking over heliotropism notes.
Is perplexed by Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus [A. Darwin] likes it, but Henrietta thinks it much too long.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 12 July [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12152 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Bernard’s mispronunciation of ‘drumming’ (see letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] ). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 and n. 1. Francis had not mentioned …
- … Virginia spiderwort; see letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 and n. 2). CD described …
- … the roots with gold-beater’s skin (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 5). …
- … curvature’, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , n. 8. The long chapter for …
- … away from the sun (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 6). Various members …
- … mustard; see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] ). In his investigations …
- … Darwin family history (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 ). Abbadabba was a pet …
To Ernst Krause 19 March 1879
Summary
Sends copy of a lecture [by John Dowson, see 11949] published in 1861.
Has not yet found a copy of Anna Seward’s biography for EK. It is a wretched, inaccurate book. To contradict Anna Seward’s version, CD intends to write a short preface to the translation of EK’s essay. Doubts that it will be worth translating into German.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 19 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36177) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11944 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … letter to B. W. Richardson, 14 March 1879 , and letter to Francis Galton, 22 March 1879 . …
- … sheets to be sent as they became available (see letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). …
- … of Erasmus Darwin ( Seward 1804 ) for Krause (see letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 ). …
- … See letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 and n. 4. Seward’s retraction appeared in a …
- … Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 and n. 6. The son was …
- … settled in Lichfield ( ibid. , p. 398). See letter from Ernst Krause, 17 March 1879 and n. …
- … 3. See letter from Ernst Krause, 17 March 1879 and n. 6; the reference is to E. Darwin …
- … Seward 1804 (see letter from Ernst Krause, 17 March 1879 ). Krause suggested adding an …
- … Baptiste de Lamarck (see letter from Ernst Krause, 17 March 1879 and n. 4). Krause added a …
To Raphael Meldola 7 February 1879
Summary
Wishes to subscribe to RM’s translation of Weismann.
Has seen Scudder’s article.
A. R. Wallace’s article ["Animals and their native countries", Nineteenth Century 5 (1879): 247–59] is excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
Date: | 7 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11862 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … in Nineteenth Century ; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 6. …
- … referred to Scudder 1877 in his letter of 6 February 1879 . Alfred Russel Wallace’s ‘ …
- … F. Müller 1879a from CD; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 3. Sampson Low, Marston, …
- … circulars be issued. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 6 February 1879 and n. 4. …
- … 1879. Dear M r . Meldola, Pray keep Kosmos as long as you like, and I am glad to hear that you will write abstract. I can’t but think M r . Sampson Low right about subscription, and I beg you to put down my name. I have M r . Edward’s paper but have not yet found time to read it—& I have seen M r . Saunders but many thanks for telling me— I have many letters …
From Ernst Krause 2 January 1881
Summary
Encloses reply to Butler [Kosmos 8 (1881): 321–2]. Has also written a reply intended for English reader. Will have it translated for Popular Science Review if CD thinks suitable.
Report of Jäger accident was an error.
Kosmos has been purchased by Eduard Koch in Stuttgart and will continue as in the past.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B61; DAR 221.2: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12969 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … to Ernst Krause, 13 August 1879 , and letter from Ernst …
- … from W. S. Dallas, 9 May 1879 , and letter to Ernst Krause, 13 May 1879 and n. 3). …
- … s essay on Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879 ) in his letter of 9 March 1879 ( Correspondence …
- … revise and enlarge the essay in his letters of 12 March 1879 and 30 March 1879 ( ibid. ) . …
- … s initial assessment of Butler 1879 , see his letter of 7 June 1879 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … ephemeral’ ( ibid. , letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [1879] ). E. Darwin 1789–91 , E. …
- … in his letter of 26 December 1880 ( Correspondence vol. 28). Opus 4 was Butler 1879 . The …
- … 1879; CD had been told about it by Dallas, and had also seen a notice of publication (see ibid. , letter …
- … 1879 ). William Sweetland Dallas was the editor of Popular Science Review . An English translation of Krause’s reply to Butler was published in Nature , 27 January 1881, p. 288. Krause had informed CD that Gustav Jäger had fallen under a train (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter …
- … 1879 , p. 120; however, in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 147–8, Krause cited the original source ( Buffon et al. 1749–1804 , 5: 104). Krause also cited Otto Zöckler ’s Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Theologie und Naturwissenschaft (History of the relations between theology and natural science; Zöckler 1877–9 ) in Erasmus Darwin , p. 151 n. CD had asked Krause to make substantial cuts to his essay in Erasmus Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter …
To Francis Galton 8 June [1879]
Summary
Caroline Darwin says mysterious visitor’s name was Brand. It was in time of Colonel Pole. Never visited Mrs Pole or Mrs Darwin [Elizabeth Collier], but sent respectful messages.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 8 June [1879] |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12095 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of Elizabeth Darwin (1747–1832). See letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 and n. 8. …
- … Thomas Lauder Brunton ; see letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 and n. 9. …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 . …
- … Letter from Francis Galton, 7 June 1879 . The Darwins visited Caroline Sarah Wedgwood and …
- … from 21 to 26 May 1879 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). No letter mentioning a mysterious …
- … frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin , see the letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 3. …
To Hugo de Vries 6 September 1879
Summary
Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.
Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
Date: | 6 Sept 1879 |
Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 7) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12219F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … See letter to Hugo de Vries, 12 August 1879 , and letter from Hugo de Vries, 2 September …
- … See letter from Hugo de Vries, 2 September 1879 . Francis Darwin . Oscillatoria is a genus …
- … more on De Vries’s theory of turgor, see the letters from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 and …
- … 1879 . On contraction of the leaf-cells in Drosera (sundew) and Dionaea (Venus fly trap), see Insectivorous plants , pp. 256–9 and 317–18; see also Correspondence vol. 24, letter …
To J. N. Lockyer 4 and 6 March [1879]
Summary
Encloses a letter [from Fritz Müller, see 11839] which "eminently deserves to be published in Nature". Discusses the form and illustration needed. Spelling problems to be referred to Robert McLachlan.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Norman (Norman) Lockyer |
Date: | 4 and 6 Mar [1879] |
Classmark: | University of Exeter Library Special Collections (EUL MS 110) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11915A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … comments, see the letter to Nature , [before 20 March 1879] . Robert McLachlan had written …
- … 5 March (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter to Robert McLachlan, 12 March [1879] . …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . …
- … CD enclosed the letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . The letter as published in …
- … photograph has not been found (see letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 and nn. 1 …
- … and 2). See letter from Fritz Müller, 21 January 1879 . The sketch showed an adaptation of …
To Leopold Würtenberger 15 January 1879
Summary
Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leopold Würtenberger |
Date: | 15 Jan 1879 |
Classmark: | Helmut Würtenberger (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11829F |
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Interview with Randal Keynes
Summary
Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box …