VOLUME II. VOLUME II. OCTOBER 3, 1859, TO DECEMBER 31, 1859. 1859. The only other entry in the Diary
for this year is as follows: "During end of November and beginning of
December, employed in correcting for second edition of 3000 copies;
multitude of letters." October 3d, 1859. ... But these are small matters, mere spots on the sun. LYELL. Ilkley, Yorkshire, October 11th [1859]. But I quite agree with you, that
in time they ought to undergo some. Harcourt. Moreover, there are ample grounds for
believing that the crossed offspring of the new immigrants (fresh blood
as breeders would say), and old colonists of the same species would
be extra vigorous, and would be the most likely to survive; thus the
effects of such crossing in keeping the old colonists unaltered would be
much aided. Alph. De Candolle's results (though he does not see its full importance), that
thoroughly well naturalised [plants] are in general very different from
the aborigines (belonging in large proportion of cases to non-indigenous
genera) is most important always to bear in mind. Moreover, as you say, higher forms might be
occasionally degraded, the snake Typhlops SEEMS (?!) I believe from reasons given in my discussion, that
acclimatisation is readily effected under nature. RUDIMENTARY ORGANS. I believe the
Os coccyx gives attachment to certain muscles, but I can not doubt that
it is a rudimentary tail. Here is a
bold prophecy! Farewell. His 'Life,' written by his widow, was published
in 1885. I cordially thank you for
it. Down, November 11th [1859]. DE CANDOLLE. Down, November 11th [1859]. ), the
uncle and aunt of my wife. Down, November 11th [1859]. Down, November 11th [1859]. Down, November 11th, 1859. The book in its present state does
not show the amount of labour which I have bestowed on the subject. Ilkley,
Yorkshire, Saturday [November 12th, 1859]. ... Farewell, I am feeling very unwell to-day, so no more. Yours very truly, C. DARWIN. Ilkley, Yorkshire, Tuesday [November
15th, 1859]. Farewell, with our joint thanks to Mrs. Lubbock and yourself. Adios. C. DARWIN. (Now Rev. L. Blomefield.) Ilkley,
Yorkshire, November 13th, 1859. My dear Jenyns,
I must thank you for your very kind note forwarded to me from Down. I shall stay
here for another fortnight at least. Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. WALLACE. Ilkley, November 13th, 1859. (N.B. Remember it is only
an abstract, and very much condensed. P.S. FOX. Ilkley, Yorkshire, Wednesday [November 16th,
1859]. ... It did H. good at first, but she has gone
back again. Farewell. CARPENTER. Ilkley, Yorkshire, November 18th
[1859]. CARPENTER. Ilkley, Yorkshire, November 19th
[1859]. I do not ask
for a long discussion, but merely for a brief idea of your general
impression. When I think of the many cases of men who have
studied one subject for years, and have persuaded themselves of the
truth of the foolishest doctrines, I feel sometimes a little frightened,
whether I may not be one of these mon-maniacs. Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Ilkley, Yorkshire, Sunday [November
1859]. My dear Hooker,
I have just read a review on my book in the "Athenaeum" (November 19,
1859. ), and it excites my curiosity much who is the author. Also from Quatrefages, who is inclined to go
a long way with us. I shall stay here one fortnight more, and then go to Down, staying on
the road at Shrewsbury a week. Please answer
this, for I want an extra copy to send away to Wallace. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, December 21st, 1859. My dear Hooker,
Pray give my thanks to Mrs. Hooker for her extremely kind note, which
has pleased me much. I, on the contrary, so sincerely
value all that you have written. I am not worth an old button... Ever yours, C. DARWIN. 2nd. 3rd. Very sincerely, HEWETT C. WATSON. J.D. D. HOOKER. HOOKER. Ilkley, Yorkshire [November 1859]. My dear Hooker,
I cannot help it, I must thank you for your affectionate and most kind
note. By Jove, I must try and get a bit modest. ... Believe me, your would-be modest friend, C.D. ); nothing, I
am convinced, could be more important for its success. Sir J. Herschel, to whom I sent a copy, is going to read my book. T.H. and V., and I
will write no more about them just now. The only objections that have occurred to me are, 1st that you have
loaded yourself with an unnecessary difficulty in adopting Natura non
facit saltum so unreservedly... And 2nd, it is not clear to me why, if
continual physical conditions are of so little moment as you suppose,
variation should occur at all. Ever yours faithfully, T.H. HUXLEY. HUXLEY. Ilkley, November 25th [1859]. The judges were Lyell, Hooker,
and yourself. I am now contented, and can sing my nunc dimittis. Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. TO CHARLES DARWIN. has said. Yours affectionately, E.A.D. Ilkley, November [24th, 1859]. He wants a new
edition instantly, and this utterly confounds me. ), it goes to my heart. I am pressed for
time. It is a great loss. (See letters to
Bronn, page 70.) There is no naturalist in the world for whose opinion I
have so profound a respect. The whole has infinitely exceeded my
wildest hopes. Farewell, I am tired, for I have been going over the sheets. My kind friend, farewell, yours, C. DARWIN. Ilkley, Yorkshire, December 2nd [1859]. Do what I could, I fear I shall
be greatly abused. H.C. Watson tells me that
one zoologist says he will read my book, "but I will never believe it." will be hostile, but that "he will
not calumniate the author." Farewell, with cordial thanks. Yours most truly, C. DARWIN. I return home on the 7th, and shall sleep at Erasmus's. CARPENTER. Ilkley, Yorkshire, December 3rd
[1859]. It is a great thing to have got
a great physiologist on our side. I say "our" for we are now a good and
compact body of really good men, and mostly not old men. I quite agree that the principle is
everything. In my fuller MS. Saturday [December 5th, 1859]. ... But the
last mouthful chokes him. J.D. Kew, Monday. Ever yours affectionately, JOS. D. HOOKER. Down, Saturday [December 12th, 1859]. ... I quite agree with
this rather queer objection, and it comes to this that my book must be
very bad or very good... ... HOOKER. Down, December 14th [1859]. My dear Hooker,
Your approval of my book, for many reasons, gives me intense
satisfaction; but I must make some allowance for your kindness and
sympathy. Old J.E. Gray, author
of the 'Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia.' Think of this and persuade
Mrs. Hooker, and be a good man and come. Farewell, my kind and dear friend, Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, December 21st [1859]. I will write soon again. Down, 22nd [December, 1859]. ), a word of il-omen to me. I am too unwell to leave home, so shall not see you. Hooker, December 19, 1859 ('Life,' ii. '), and shall not be able till I hunt the libraries. His
letter is brief and vague, but he says he will write again. HOOKER. Down [23rd December, 1859]. My dear Hooker,
I received last night your 'Introduction,' for which very many thanks;
I am surprised to see how big it is: I shall not be able to read it very
soon. It was very good of you to send Naudin, for I was very curious to
see it. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. TO CHARLES DARWIN. Cambridge,
December 24th, [1859]. Lastly, in looking through the "Times" to
see what was going on in the busy world. Here, in language, and still more in logic, we are
point-blank at issue. HUXLEY. Down, December 25th [1859]. Not only Sir H.H. Huxley.) Yours most truly, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, 25th [December, 1859]. ... Farewell, yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. HUXLEY. Down, December 28th [1859]. The
author is a literary man, and German scholar. He knows my Barnacle-book, and appreciates it
too highly. 1860. "May 22nd. HOOKER. Down, January 3rd [1860]. My dear Hooker,
I have finished your Essay. 2). By Jove, it would do harm to affix any idea to the long names of
outlandish orders. etc. ... There is nothing like one's own
hobby-horse. etc. ... My dear old friend, yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, [January 4th, 1860]. Thanks for note. You are very bold in this,
and I honour you. I cannot, yet at least, become a convert. from Whewell, merely as
showing that he is not horrified with us. C.D. Down, [January 4th? 1860]. ... ), but not worth sending you. ... R. Soc. Edin. 1860. The one referred to here is dated January 16, 1860. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. CARPENTER. Down, January 6th [1860]? It seems
to me to give an excellently clear account of Mr. Wallace's and my
views. With most cordial thanks and respect, believe me, my dear Carpenter,
yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. (Rev. L. Blomefield.) Down, January 7th,
1860. My dear Jenyns,
I am very much obliged for your letter. My dear Jenyns, yours most sincerely, C. DARWIN. Down, January 10th [1860]. ... etc. It is, in fact, impossible to doubt it. Psychologically, I
have done scarcely anything. Farewell, yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, January 14th [1860]. ... HOOKER. Down, 14th [January, 1860]. ... I heard from Lyell this morning, and he tells me a piece of news. Sir J.D. a very good one, and was so much struck with it that I sent it
to Lyell. Farewell, with hearty
thanks... Lyell is going at man with an audacity that frightens me. ASA GRAY TO J.D. HOOKER. Cambridge, Mass., January 5th, 1860. My dear Hooker,
Your last letter, which reached me just before Christmas, has got
mislaid during the upturnings in my study which take place at that
season, and has not yet been discovered. (entre nous). The fact [is] he is very much annoyed by
it,... and I do not wonder at it. I will write to him when I get a chance. And
really it is no easy job, as you may well imagine. Down, January 28th [1860]. Cambridge, January 23rd, 1860. etc. ), which tells just right. So there the matter
stands. All got is clear gain; but it will not be
very much, I suppose. ... Ever yours, ASA GRAY. 1860]. ... Now I will just run through some points in your letter. Farewell, you have laid me under a load of obligation--not that I feel
it a load. HOOKER. Down, [January 31st, 1860]. My dear Hooker,
I have resolved to publish a little sketch of the progress of opinion on
the change of species. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Please answer this. HOOKER. In the
fuller MS. My dear Hooker,
Your answer to Harvey seems to me ADMIRABLY good. Proh pudor to me. Farewell, my dear master in my own subject,
Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. cit. BRONN. Down, February 4 [1860]. BRONN. Down, February 14 [1860]. BRONN. Down, July 14 [1860]. Down, [February 12th, 1860]. ... HUXLEY. Ilkley, Yorks, November 27 [1859]. But my accursed handwriting would be fatal, I fear. About breeding, I know of no one book. But I am scribbling foolishly. Go to Shows is one
way. I sent him a copy. Rev. With
most hearty thanks,
Yours very tired, C. DARWIN. That depends upon how you, the public,
deal with science. Down [February 15th, 1860]. ... of Nat. Hist. third series, vol. 5,
page 132. --'Life,' volume ii. page 358.) work he ever read. Soc. Journ. 1860. ), and will go a very little way with us, but brings up
no real argument against going further. It is really curious (and perhaps is an argument in our favour) how
differently different opposers view the subject. Ever yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, February 18th [1860]. --'Darwiniana,'
page 14.) Every one now speaks of the undulatory THEORY of
light; yet the ether is itself hypothetical, and the undulations are
inferred only from explaining the phenomena of light. Rev. L. Jenyns, a very good
naturalist. Henslow will go a very little way with me, and is not
shocked with me. I am so poorly (in brain), that I fear I cannot read your book just now
as I ought. In that I care little. 2. J. Brodie Innes, of Milton Brodie, who
was for many years Vicar of Down, writes in the same spirit:
"We never attacked each other. I do not attack Moses, and I think Moses can take care of himself.' Down, February 23rd [1860]. To recur to the eye. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Wollaston misrepresents accidentally, to a wonderful extent, some
passages in my book. Down, February 25th [1860]. ... I declare to
heaven you seem to care as much about my book as I do myself. I have taken off my spit [i.e. Born in the United
States 1809, died 1866.) HOOKER. Down, Saturday, March 3rd, [1860]. My dear Hooker,
What a day's work you had on that Thursday! The outsiders, as you say, are
strong. (Dr. G.J.K. He writes in a
noble spirit of love of truth. Farewell, my dear Hooker, yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Botanists. Lyell. Huxley. Hooker. Ramsay. * J. Lubbock. Jukes. (to some extent). H.D. Rogers. Thwaites. Yours very sincerely, GEORGE BENTHAM. Down [March] 12th [1860]. Good-night. C. DARWIN. Down, March 12th [1860]. Down, April 3rd [1860]. ... ),
the palaeontologist, in the Bib. Well, you have helped to make me so and therefore you must
forgive me if you can. It is very unfair. Down, April 6th [1860]. Chirurg. Review.' (April 1860.) Down, April 10th [1860]. Review,' very good and well balanced, but not brilliant. ), with capital hits,
but I do not know that he much advances the subject. ), which without doubt is by --. Now for a curious thing about my book, and then I have done. Farewell, my dear Lyell,
Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, [April 13th, 1860]. My dear Hooker,
Questions of priority so often lead to odious quarrels, that I should
esteem it a great favour if you would read the enclosed. My dear Hooker, it is a
great thing for me to have so good, true, and old a friend as you. ... Down, April [1860]. etc. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, [April 18th, 1860]. My dear Hooker,
I return --'s letter... '), because the reviewer speaks
so very highly of --. "By Professor Bowen," is written on my
father's copy. ... I
wish you would look. Down, April 25th [1860]. This review is not really useful, but somehow is impressive. Down, [May 8th, 1860]. ... It is most important, as
you say, to see living forms of plants going back so far in time. HOOKER. Down, [May 13th, 1860]. My dear Hooker,
I return Henslow, which I was very glad to see. I will write and thank him. 1855.) opinion, I send his kind letter. HOOKER. Down, [May 15th, 1860]. ... How paltry it is in such men as X, Y and Co. not reading your essay. It is incredibly paltry. See below.) But if we all stick to
it, we shall surely gain the day. Down, May 18th [1860]. WALLACE. Down, May 18th, 1860. My dear Mr. Wallace,
I received this morning your letter from Amboyna, dated February 16th,
containing some remarks and your too high approval of my book. Verhandl. d. Naturhist. Vereins, Bonn, 1853. Down, May 22nd 1860. I hear there is a VERY severe review on me
in the 'North British,' by a Rev. ), a Free Kirk
minister, and dabbler in Natural History. He writes capitally, and understands well his subject. Soc. HOOKER. Down, May 30th [1860]. My dear Hooker,
I return Harvey's letter, I have been very glad to see the reason why he
has not read your Essay. Down, Friday night [June 1st, 1860]. the public will, I should think, find it heavy. ('Fraser's Magazine,' June 1860. ... ), which so far
strikes me as clever. I hear, however,
that the great Buckle highly approves of my book. of Bengal, where the greater part of his
working life was spent. HOOKER. Down, June 5th [1860]. My dear Hooker,
It is a pleasure to me to write to you, as I have no one to talk about
such matters as we write on. Those who
do not understand, it seems, cannot be made to understand. variability from all
unknown causes) is "an active handmaid, influencing its mistress most
materially." variability from
Climate, etc. Well, time will show, and
nothing but time. Down, June 6th [1860]. ... some
time... Probably sometimes
instinct, sometimes structure. Thanks for your letter of the 2nd, chiefly
about Murray. (N.B. ... Farewell, shall you be at Oxford? If H. gets quite well,
perhaps I shall go there. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. He admits statements rather rashly, as I dare say I do. However, the subject was not allowed
to drop. Huxley, 1863, page 114. ), a pledge which he amply fulfilled. (See the 'Nat. Hist. Review,' 1861.) Darwin.' (Lyell's 'Letters,' vol. ii. page 335.) HOOKER. Sudbrook Park, Monday night [July 2nd,
1860]. My dear Hooker,
I have just received your letter. HUXLEY. Sudbrook Park, Richmond, July 3rd [1860]. ... (How to make that sentence good English, I know not.) HOOKER. [July 1860]. ... ('Quarterly Review,' July 1860. By Jove, if he sticks to us, he will be a real hero. Good-night. Your wel-quizzed, but not sorrowful, and affectionate friend. C.D. (April 10, 1860. [J.A.] Lowell, Prof. Bowen and Prof. Agassiz." It was reprinted in the
"Athenaeum", August 4, 1860. I declare that you know my book as well as I do
myself; and bring to the question new lines of illustration and argument
in a manner which excites my astonishment and almost my envy! ... It makes
me say many things which I do not say. The only other review worth mentioning, which I can
think of, is in the third No. It is very ably done, and I should like
much to know who is the author. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. (See Volume I.) Down, July 30th, [1860?]. Farewell, my old friend. Believe me, yours most sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. T.H. August 6th, 1860. (See Vol. I.) Ever yours faithfully, T.H. HUXLEY. HUXLEY. Down, August 8 [1860]. iii. of 'Contributions to the Nat. Hist. etc. As he goes thus far he will, nolens volens, have to go
further. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. Down, August 11th [1860]. ... It is
full of errors, and Hooker is thinking of answering it. --British Association Report, 1860. ), very
liberal and candid, but scientifically weak. I believe Hooker is going
nowhere this summer; he is excessively busy... He has written me many,
most nice letters. Down, August 11 [1860]. The whole article seems to me poor; it
seems to me hardly worth a detailed answer (even if I could do it, and
I much doubt whether I possess your skill in picking out salient points
and driving a nail into them), and indeed you have already answered
several points. Agassiz's name, no doubt, is a heavy weight against
us... is written. Monsters are apt to be sterile, or NOT to transmit
monstrous peculiarities. (Parson's, loc. cit. Yours most truly, C. DARWIN. Down, September 1st [1860]. I will run through them, and make a few pleadings
such as occur to me. What its nature was, it is
impossible to speculate. Moreover, seals wander much; I searched in
vain, and could not find ONE case of any species of seal confined to
any islands. Farewell. My dear old master, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, September 2nd [1860]. My dear Hooker,
I am astounded at your news received this morning. Bless my soul, I think you must be a little insane. ... How I shall miss you, my best and kindest of friends. Yours ever affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, September 10 [1860]. I quite agree with you on the strange and inexplicable fact of
Ornithorhynchus having been preserved, and Australian Trigonia, or the
Silurian Lingula. Remember, if you admit this, you give up the embryological
argument (THE WEIGHTIEST OF ALL TO ME), and the morphological or
homological argument. You cut my throat, and your own throat; and I
believe will live to be sorry for it. So much for species. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. etc.). etc., was not put in rashly,
for I went carefully into every case. Diagram I. A - Mammals, not true Marsupials nor true Placentals. Diagram II. A - True Marsupials, lowly developed. - True Marsupials, highly
developed. Most truly yours, C. DARWIN. Down, September 26 [1860]. ... ... I quite agree with what Hooker says, that whatever variation is possible
under culture, is POSSIBLE under nature; not that the same form would
ever be accumulated and arrived at by selection for man's pleasure, and
by natural selection for the organism's own good. Yours ever affectionately, C. DARWIN. Bree,
1860. ), and will lend it to you, if you like, and if it turns out good. ... RODWELL. (Rev. J.M. ): yet I spoke on what seemed to me, good authority. The Rev. W.D. Having a vilely bad
head for languages, I feel an awful respect for linguists. DARWIN. ... 'American Academy of Arts and
Sciences,' vol. viii.) Thirdly, when any
special fact has been attacked, I should like to defend it. I would show
no sort of anger. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. HUXLEY. Down, November 22 [1860]. Hist. If it succeeds it may really
do much, very much good... For I mean
to correct as far as I can, but not enlarge. Adios. Down, November 24th [1860]. Hist. Review,' 1861, page 57.) Down, November 26th, 1860. review. viii.) Memoir. HUXLEY. Down, December 2nd [1860]. ... Another thing gives me confidence, viz. And this makes me feel a little
disappointed that you are not inclined to think the general view in
some slight degree more probable than you did at first. Ever yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, December 11th [1860]. ... I heard from A. HOOKER. Down, January 15 [1861]. My dear Hooker,
The sight of your handwriting always rejoices the very cockles of my
heart... ),
and the power of writing... The whole review seems to me excellent. I quite agree that Phillips ('Life on the Earth' (1860), by Prof.
Phillips, containing the substance of the Rede Lecture (May 1860).) February 2, 1861. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, February 4 [1861]. My dear Hooker,
I was delighted to get your long chatty letter, and to hear that you are
thawing towards science. The word holiday is written in a dead language for me, and much
I grieve at it. HOOKER. Down, 27th [March 1861]. My dear Hooker,
I had intended to have sent you Bates's article this very day. _I_ am, MY dear Hooker, ever yours, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, [April] 23? [1861]. ... I quite agree with what you say on Lieutenant Hutton's Review (In the
'Geologist,' 1861, page 132, by Lieutenant Frederick Wollaston Hutton,
now Professor of Biology and Geology at Canterbury College, New
Zealand.) (who he is I know not); it struck me as very original. It is really curious how few judge it in
this way, which is clearly the right way. in the N.H.R., but it would not, of
course, from familiarity strike you as it did me. He made no answer,
but his manner made me think he might do so if urged; so do you attack
him. Every one was speaking with affection and anxiety of Henslow. I dined with Bell at the
Linnean Club, and liked my dinner... For the 'Canons,' see 'Nat. Hist. Review,' 1861,
page 206.)... Down, April 12 [1861]. It is grand. It is grand. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. (I.e. 4to. (Cooper, 'Men
of the Time,' 1884.)) Down, April 26, 1861. Darwin to R.
Chambers (April 30, 1861).) Down, April 30, 1861. (Professor Sedgwick treated this part of the
'Origin of Species' very differently, as might have been expected from
his vehement objection to Evolution in general. DARWIN. When I say 'me,' I only mean CHANGE OF SPECIES
BY DESCENT. Down, April 11 [1861]. It is an ugly affair, and I fear the
fault does not lie with the photographer... Poor dear
Henslow, to whom I owe much, is dying, and Hooker is with him. Down, June 5 [1861]. ('Life on the
Earth,' 1860.) Farewell. Farewell. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. Yours affectionately and gratefully, CH. DARWIN. HOOKER. 2 Hesketh Crescent, Torquay, July 13
[1861]. ... 2, Hesketh Crescent, Torquay, July 20
[1861]. "), evidently a thoughtful
man, as I thought you might like to have it, as you have so many... the other day, and was pleased at his
enthusiasm. Down, September 17 [1861?]. But enough of this. Farewell, my dear Gray, with many thanks for your interesting letter. C. DARWIN. BATES. Down, December 3 [1861]. For my father's opinion of it when published, see below. ), but
yours seemed to me very clear and good. Believe me that I estimate its
value most highly. etc., far
more than do the regular naturalists. It is, I think,
good to read one's MS. aloud. if so, about
their expression. "), he is an admirably good man in every sense. and struck out or left in
accordingly. BATES. Down, April 18, 1863. It is a grand book, and whether or not
it sells quickly, it will last. The cut on the back is most tasteful. Hooker.)) Down, December 11 [1861]. Time will show, and it is no use
writing or thinking about it. I like to try and ask you a
puzzling question, but when you return the compliment I have great
doubts whether it is a fair way of arguing. Yours most cordially, C. DARWIN. 1862. There is no end of trouble in this weary world. I shall
not feel safe till we are all at home together, and when that will be I
know not. Here is a
triumph. HUXLEY. Down, [January?] Journal,' for it leads me to suspect that sterility will hereafter have
to be largely viewed as an acquired or SELECTED character--a view which
I wish I had had facts to maintain in the 'Origin.' HOOKER. Down, January 25 [1862]. My dear Hooker,
Many thanks for your last Sunday's letter, which was one of the
pleasantest I ever received in my life. We are all pretty well
redivivus, and I am at work again. Down, February 26 [1862]. With many thanks to you for sending me your
article, pray believe me,
My dear Sir, yours sincerely, C. DARWIN. [In the spring of this year (1862) my father read the second volume of
Buckle's 'History of Civilisation." Down, March 15 [1862]. It is really almost a pleasure to
receive stabs from so smooth, polished, and sharp a dagger as your
pen. Think of me,
if you will as a poor blinded fool. I believe that your pamphlet has done my book GREAT good; and I thank
you from my heart for myself; and believing that the views are in large
part true, I must think that you have done natural science a good turn. Royer, who must be one
of the cleverest and oddest women in Europe: is an ardent Deist, and
hates Christianity, and declares that natural selection and the struggle
for life will explain all morality, nature of man, politics, etc. etc.! Madlle. ... Again I say, do not hate me. Ever yours most truly, C. DARWIN. ), August 22, [1862]. ... Your P.S. touches on, as it seems to me, very difficult points. Placental animals, e.g. It seems
to me a bold statement. Looking to the 'Origin,' I see that I state that the productions of the
land seem to change quicker than those of the sea (Chapter X., page 339,
3d edition), and I add there is some reason to believe that organisms
considered high in the scale change quicker than those that are low. Down, October 1 [1862]. ... Hist. Review,' 1863, page 81. With him," etc. etc.) This is capital. Down, November 6 [1862]. ), and had intended recommending
you to read it. I quite agree that it is extremely interesting, but
the latter part about the FIRST origin of language much the least
satisfactory. ), who, judging from extracts, smashes most of the
Old testament. Ask her whether they are not
more honest, downright good sort of weeds. BATES. Down, November 20 [1862]. Soc. Trans.' You will find, I should
think, that Wallace will fully appreciate it. A book is no light labour. Believe me, dear Bates,
Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. vol. iii. xix), on the "Thickness of the Pampaean Formation
near Buenos Ayres." So that, for instance, Charles Kingsley could write to F.D. Maurice (Kingsley's 'Life,' ii, page 171. I can't help liking it, which makes me rather ashamed of
myself." HUXLEY. I answered, "he has just written a great book on
the skull." I believe such a book might have a brilliant success, but I did
not intend to scribble so much about it. DARWIN. At the time I felt it would be almost a sin for you to do it, as
it would of course destroy some original work. HOOKER. Down, January 3 [1863]. My dear Hooker,
I am burning with indignation and must exhale... But, by Jove, I can hardly stomach
a grown man collecting stamps. but that is wholly different, like engravings
or pictures. ... Good-night. Ever yours. C. DARWIN. Down, January 22 [1863]. etc. Believe me, dear Sir, With the most cordial respect and thanks, Yours
very faithfully, CHARLES DARWIN. (Professor Dareste is a well-known
worker in Animal Teratology. Down, February 16 [1863]. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, February 24 [1863]. My dear Hooker,
I am astonished at your note, I have not seen the "Athenaeum" (In the
'Antiquity of Man,' first edition, page 480, Lyell criticised somewhat
severely Owen's account of the difference between the Human and Simian
brains. but I have
sent for it, and may get it to-morrow; and will then say what I think. the brain. I have taken you
at your word, and scribbled at great length. ... 'Linn. Soc. Journal,' ii, 1858. (Do not repeat this.) Farewell, my dear old friend,
C. DARWIN. Down, February 23 [1863]. ... Cairns, 'The Slave Power,
etc. 1862. ), which shows so well how your quarrel arose from
Slavery. Farewell, my dear Gray,
Yours most truly, C. DARWIN. Down, March 6, [1863]. ... I am tired,
so no more. Farewell, with
kindest remembrance to Lady Lyell. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. Down, 12 [March, 1863]. I believe this way
of putting the case is very injurious to its acceptance, as it implies
necessary progression, and closely connects Wallace's and my views with
what I consider, after two deliberate readings, as a wretched book, and
one from which (I well remember my surprise) I gained nothing. But enough, and more than enough. ii. page 364.) I hate the
very word, and have a sincere affection for him. especially. Your
OBJECT to make man old, and Huxley's OBJECT to degrade him. HOOKER. Down [March 13, 1863]. It is cruel to think of it, but we must go to Malvern in the middle of
April; it is ruin to me. Down, March 17 [1863]. He seems perfectly
satisfied, and must be a very amiable man. De Candolle,
in a very good paper on "Oaks," goes, in Asa Gray's opinion, as far as
he himself does; but De Candolle, in writing to me, says WE, "we think
this and that;" so that I infer he really goes to the full extent
with me, and tells me of a French good botanical palaeontologist (name
forgotten) (The Marquis de Saporta. Ever yours, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down [March 29, 1863]. ... HOOKER. Down, Friday night [April 17, 1863]. My dear Hooker,
I have heard from Oliver that you will be now at Kew, and so I am going
to amuse myself by scribbling a bit. Lyell's reply was published in the "Athenaeum", April
18, 1863. Down, April 18 [1863]. My
letter is short, and no great things. You did me a world of
good. HOOKER. My dear Hooker,
You give good advice about not writing in newspapers; I have been
gnashing my teeth at my own folly; and this not caused by --'s sneers,
which were so good that I almost enjoyed them. "); it is capital;
if there is more, and you have a copy, do lend it. Down, May 22 [1863]. DARWIN. Down, June 19 [1863]. 9 vols. Believe me, dear Bentham,
Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. 1864. [In my father's diary for 1864 is the entry, "Ill all January, February,
March." To Sir J.D. he surely
ought to have it, as ought John Lubbock. Such notes as this of yours, and a few
others, are the real medal to me, and not the round bit of gold. ii. I believe I am right in saying that no little dissatisfaction at the
President's manner of allusion to the 'Origin' was felt by some Fellows
of the Society. ii. HUXLEY. Down, October 3 [1864]. Hist. Review,' 1864. on Kolliker, I shall explode. by Jove, how well you have done it. 8vo. Paris, 1864.) Darwin.'" 1865. my gracious, it is tough reading, and I wish it were done." ii. Down, January 22, [1865]. --(Lyell's
'Life,' vol. ii. The duke may think this
insufficient, but that is another question. --"Scotsman", December 6, 1864.) Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, February 21 [1865]. The whole strikes me as something quite
grand. Believe me, my dear Lyell, Yours most sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. He wrote
to the "Athenaeum" on the subject, February 5, 1867, pointing out how
that a book cut, even carefully, with a paper knife collects dust on its
edges far more than a machine-cut book. Down, June 11 [1865]. oh,
dear! Yours affectionately, CH. DARWIN. Down, August 10 [1865]. ii., pages 138, 187.) observations. Believe me, dear Sir, with sincere respect, Yours very faithfully, CH. DARWIN. I should much like to
possess one. HOOKER. My dear Hooker,
I had intended writing this morning to thank Mrs. Hooker most sincerely
for her last and several notes about you, and now your own note in your
hand has rejoiced me. called here, and I was able to
see him for ten minutes. Tylor. 1865.) Lecky. 1865. Darwin." Yours affectionately, CH. DARWIN. FARRAR. Down, November 2
[1865?]. 1866. Entomolog. Soc., vol. v. (N.S.). HUXLEY. Down, May 27, [1865?]. ... You may keep the MS. for a month
or two. If you can say this much, and you do not think it
absolutely ridiculous, I shall publish it in my concluding chapter. July 12, [1865?]. The whole affair is much too speculative; yet I think
some such view will have to be adopted, when I call to mind such facts
as the inherited effects of use and disuse, etc. WALLACE. Down, July 5 [1866]. Extract from Mr. Wallace's
letter above quoted.) With many thanks for your interesting letter. Believe me, my dear Wallace, yours sincerely, CH. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, August 30 [1866]. My dear Hooker,
I was very glad to get your note and the Notts. See
"Gardeners' Chronicle", 1866.) went off. Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, November 10, 1866. ), would be worth
noticing, as one of the most able pamphlets on the subject. ... (Professor of Botany at Munich.) Down, June
12 [1866]. DARWIN. TO DR. FALCONER. TO DR. ASA GRAY. May 11 [1861]. TO DR. ASA GRAY. [May 31, 1863?]. J. Brodie Innes:--
"Allied to the extreme carefulness of observation was his most
remarkable truthfulness in all matters. I believe that if on any day some
certain fact had come to his knowledge which contradicted his most
cherished theories, he would have placed the fact on record for
publication before he slept." HOOKER. Down, December 10 [1866]. ... ('Principles of
Biology.') ... of
organic chemical change, at different periods. Yours affectionately, CH. DARWIN. Down, December 28 [1866?]. DARWIN. JANUARY 1867, TO JUNE 1868. An. and Cult. The volumes will have to be full-sized octavo, so I have
written to Murray to suggest details to be printed in small type. I am, however, VERY GLAD that you have consulted any one
on whom you can rely. Faraday, Herschel, and Thomas Moore, have
belonged to it in this way. I was made "Eques" some months ago,
but did not think much about it. Now, by Jove, we all do; but you, in
fact, have knighted me." HOOKER. Down, February 8 [1867]. My dear Hooker,
I am heartily glad that you have been offered the Presidentship of the
British Association, for it is a great honour, and as you have so
much work to do, I am equally glad that you have declined it. Written by my cousin, Mr.
Henry Parker.) In short, God is a man, rather
cleverer than us... "), that I thought it shabby to evade
the question... Down, June 1 [1867]. ... Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, February 17 [1867]. DARWIN. Down, May 21, 1867. Moreover, I do not at all like that you, towards whom I feel so much
friendship, should unnecessarily make enemies, and there is pain and
vexation enough in the world without more being caused. "), even amongst those
who can give no reason for their belief. Believe me, my dear Haeckel, Yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, July 31 [1867]. Down, July 18 [1867]. '); I well know that feeling, but am now getting out of the
lower depths. There is nothing about Man in my book which can
interfere with you, so I will order all the completed clean sheets to be
sent (and others as soon as ready) to you, but please observe you will
not care for the first volume, which is a mere record of the amount
of variation; but I hope the second will be somewhat more interesting. Down, August 22 [1867]. ), and you gave me fresh heart. (Of the 'Origin.' Royer, who translated the book.) Once again many thanks for the renewed courage with which I shall attack
the horrid proof-sheets. Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, October 16 [1867]. In Volume II. HOOKER. Down, November 17 [1867]. My dear Hooker,
Congratulate me, for I have finished the last revise of the last sheet
of my book. Can you pay us a visit, early in
December?... 1868. HOOKER. February 3 [1868]. ... It is really a great evil that from
habit I have pleasure in hardly anything except Natural History, for
nothing else makes me forget my eve-recurrent uncomfortable sensations. HOOKER. Down, February 10 [1868]. My dear Hooker,
What is the good of having a friend, if one may not boast to him? This has done me a world
of good, for I had got into a sort of dogged hatred of my book. Your cock-a-hoop friend, C.D. Lewes.] HOOKER. Down, February 23 [1868]. My dear Hooker,
I have had almost as many letters to write of late as you can have, viz. Did you look at the review in the "Athenaeum"
("Athenaeum", February 15, 1868. "A few summary words. On the 'Origin of Species' Mr. Darwin has
nothing, and is never likely to have anything, to say; but on the vastly
important subject of inheritance, the transmission of peculiarities
once acquired through successive generations, this work is a valuable
store-house of facts for curious students and practical breeders. "),
showing profound contempt of me?... You see I
die hard, and stick up for my poor child. This letter is written for my own satisfaction, and not for yours. So
bear it. Yours affectionately, CH. DARWIN. Down,
February 9 [1870]. The volume for 1868,
published December 1869.) DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, February 27 [1868]. I wish you could be
induced to make it clear with your admirable powers of elucidation in
one of the scientific journals...
CHARLES DARWIN TO J.D. HOOKER. Down, February 28 [1868]. My dear Hooker,
I have been deeply interested by your letter, and we had a good laugh
over Huxley's remark, which was so deuced clever that you could not
recollect it. Remember, we always fight tooth and
nail. Down, March 6 [1868]. The whole case is a good illustration of
how rarely anything is new. ... Down, March 21 [1868]. ... I am delighted that you
approve of my book, for I value your opinion more than that of almost
any one. Down, May 8 [1868]. ... (The
"Daily Review", April 27, 1868. Believe me, my dear Gray, Your ungrateful but sincere friend, CHARLES
DARWIN. Down, June 23, 1868. My dear Mr. Bentham,
As your address (Presidential Address to the Linnean Society.) I am delighted at what you say about
my book. DARWIN. Down, March 16 [1868]. "), that I have ventured
to arrange for a translation. Down, January 21 [1868]. Mag.,' 1868, page 372. ), and for your very obliging letter. March 31, 1868. ... I am delighted to hear that you uphold the doctrine of the
Modification of Species, and defend my views. -- WORK ON 'MAN.' WALLACE. Down, [May?] ), received on the 11th. etc., in the "Reader". ('"Reader",
April 16, 1864. "On the Phenomena of Variation," etc. It is really admirable; but you ought not in the Man
paper to speak of the theory as mine; it is just as much yours as mine. But now for your Man paper, about which I should like to
write more than I can. I have collected a few notes on man, but I do not suppose
that I shall ever use them. Believe me, dear Wallace, yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, February 22, [1867?]. i.e. WALLACE. Down, February 23 [1867]. Believe me, yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, February 26 [1867]. Soc. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, March [1867]. 'Animals and
Plants,' volume ii. I should much like
to give (or quote if published) this idea of yours, if in any way
supported, as suggested by you. With many thanks,
Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. Down, February 22 [1867]. ... I believe he is to be trusted, and, if so, the
apparatus is of astonishing antiquity. With most cordial thanks for all your kindness, my dear Sir,
Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. DE CANDOLLE. Down, July 6, 1868. Down, August 19, 1868. HOOKER. Down, Sunday, August 23 [1868]. My dear old Friend,
I have received your note. ), and of the
whole meeting. The "Times" reported
miserably, i.e. with the utmost mildness. "), is capital. Tell me, was Lyell pleased? Yours ever affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, September 18, 1868. Down, November 19 [1868]. ), about which I heard from Huxley last
Sunday. 'Life of Sir C. Lyell,' ii. Believe me, my dear Haeckel, your sincere friend, CHARLES DARWIN. 1869. until February 10th, 1869. I believe I was mainly deceived
by single variations offering such simple illustrations, as when man
selects." Matthew." Down, May 4, 1869. ... In March he received, from the
author, a copy of a lecture by Rev. T.R.R. Down, February 22 [1869?]. ... Down, February 25, 1869. by Dr. H. Thiel, then of the Agricultural Station
at Poppelsdorf. With much respect, I beg leave to remain, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully and obliged, CHARLES DARWIN. HUXLEY. Down, March 19 [1869]. Geol. Soc., Glasgow,' volume iii.) There is no one
who writes like you... Ever yours, C. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, March 22 [1869]. WALLACE. Down, April 14, 1869. I declare if I had been editor, and
had the power of directing you, I should have selected for discussion
the very points which you have chosen. As you expected, I differ grievously from you, and I am very
sorry for it. Believe me my dear Wallace,
Yours ever sincerely, CH. DARWIN. Down, May 4 [1869]. DE QUATREFAGES. Down, May 28 [1869 or 1870]. ), and am much obliged for your present. The whole strikes me as a
wonderfully clear and able discussion, and I was much interested by it
to the last page. Believe me, dear Sir, with sincere respect,
Yours very faithfully, CHARLES DARWIN. HUXLEY. Down, October 14 [1869]. The "Academy", 1869. ), and as usual you pile honours
high on my head. --('Critiques and Addresses,' page 308.) --('Critiques and Addresses,' page
309.) It won't take you five minutes, so do look at these
passages. Went to Press August 30, 1870." Down, March 15 [1870]. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, April 20 [1870]. I believe that I can say this of myself with truth, and I am absolutely
sure that it is true of you. Believe me, my dear Wallace, to remain, Yours very cordially, CH. DARWIN. (Dr. Gunther, Keeper of Zoology in the
British Museum.) March 23, [1870?]. Once again accept my very sincere thanks
for all your kindness. Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. 21.) Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, September 23 [undated]. Believe me, my dear Wallace, Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, May 25 [1870]. His affection and kindness charmed
us all. SULIVAN. Down, June 30 [1870]. It is most wonderful, and shames me, as
I always prophesied utter failure. It is a grand success. DARWIN. On January 3rd, 1880: 'Your extracts' [from a journal]
'about the Fuegians are extremely curious, and have interested me much. Down, July 17, 1870. Believe me, Yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. By George Darwin. And, as time has slipped by, a happy
change has come over Mr. Darwin's critics. ), shortly after the
publication of the 'Descent of Man.' WALLACE. Down, January 30 [1871]. Yours ever, very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. I am delighted that you approve of my
book, as far as you have read it. WALLACE. Down, March 16, 1871. ("Academy", March 15, 1871.) I believe you admit
this, and if so I do not see how your argument applies in other cases. I like to see all
that is written, and it is of some real use. --(from a letter to Mr. Murray, January
31, 1867.) as yet, but I suppose I shall not escape. On the whole, the
reviews have been highly favourable." ("Times", April 7 and 8, 1871. ('Nature' April 6, 1871. (Rev. J. Brodie Innes, of Milton
Brodie, formerly Vicar of Down.) Down, May 29 [1871]. Down, March 12 [1871]. The arrest of a murderer,
as witnessed by Dr. Ogle in a hospital.) Trans. liii. ); is the paging right, namely,
1, 2, 3? In haste. Yours very sincerely, C. DARWIN. Down, March 25 [1871]. If so, perhaps the platysma could be observed
in such cases. Help me if you can, and forgive me. Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. Down, April 29 [1871]. Mivart.) Down, July 14, 1871. ... Now I am going to beg a favour. And this makes
me doubtful. The title ought, I think, to have Mr. Mivart's name on it. ... DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, July 12 [1871]. ... Farewell. ... );
I have only read a few pages. ), in a
dozen big folios. HUXLEY. Down, September 21 [1871]. HUXLEY. Down, September 30 [1871]. "),--that never can be transcended... "When I read Huxley, I feel
quite infantile in intellect." What a man you are. First, let me say that I have been much
pleased by what you say about my book. TYLOR. Down, [September 24, 1871]. DARWIN. 1872. (Zoolog. Soc. Proc. This has vexed me
much. DE QUATREFAGES. Down, January 15, 1872. for
me, for I have long honoured his name. With much respect and esteem, I remain, dear Sir,
Yours truly obliged, CHARLES DARWIN. (Professor of Zoology in Freiburg.) Down, April 5, 1872. Leipzig, 1872.) Monatsbericht of the Berlin Academy, 1866. Down, October 13, 1876. I believe that all
the individuals of a species can be slowly modified within the same
district, in nearly the same manner as man effects by what I have called
the process of unconscious selection... Down, November 26, 1878. DARWIN. Down, November 30, 1878. Believe me, yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. Down, April 8, 1872. Down, June 3, 1872. Every one with eyes
to see and ears to hear (the number, I fear, are not many) ought to bow
their knee to you, and I for one do. Believe me, yours most sincerely, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, July 12 [1872]. My dear Hooker,
I must exhale and express my joy at the way in which the newspapers have
taken up your case. On my soul, it is enough to make
one turn into an old honest Tory... If you answer this, I shall be sorry that I have relieved my feelings by
writing. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, August 3 [1872]. 'Nature,' August 8, 1872. August 3.) to 'Nature,' that is if you in the
least desire it. If you do not AT ALL wish
it, I should rather prefer not sending it, and in this case please to
tear it up. DARWIN. WALLACE. Down, August 28, 1872. H.C. Bastian, 1872.) You wished to hear my impression, but it is not worth
sending. DE CANDOLLE. Down, December 11, 1872. 1873.) The whole was quite new to me, and most
curious. Once again allow me to thank you for having sent me your work, and for
the very unusual amount of pleasure which I have received in reading it. With much respect, I remain, my dear Sir,
Yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. Among the reviews of the 'Expression of the Emotions' may be mentioned
the unfavourable notices in the "Athenaeum", November 9, 1872, and the
"Times", December 13, 1872. Down, October 9, 1873. I felt it so at the time, and even more
of late. (Professor Bain expounded his theory of Spontaneity in the essay here
alluded to. DARWIN. Down, November 1
[1872]. My dear Mrs. Haliburton,
I dare say you will be surprised to hear from me. Down, November 6 [1872]. How kind you all were
to me as a boy, and you especially, and how much happiness I owe to you. Believe me your affectionate and obliged friend,
CHARLES DARWIN. 1873. Down, February 27th [1873]. Believe me, my dear sir, with sincere admiration, Yours very faithfully,
CH. DARWIN. Yes. RELIGION. No. SCIENTIFIC TASTES. NATURE. (C.D. = CHARLES DARWIN, R.D. = ROBERT DARWIN, his father.) R.D.--Liberal. R.D.--Good throughout
life, except from gout. HEIGHT, ETC? C.D.--6ft. Figure, etc. ?--Spare, whilst young rather stout. R.D.--6ft. 2 in. Figure, etc?--Very broad
and corpulent. --Brown. ENERGY OF BODY, ETC.? ENERGY OF MIND, ETC.? Liberal, with rather a tendency
to Toryism. Curious
as to facts. Great foresight. Down, September 25, 1873. ), and I am heartily glad to see its great success. Down, October 2, 1879. I believe that I understand all, excepting one or two
sentences, where my imperfect knowledge of German has interfered. There is nothing about
M. Wagner, as I expected to find. Down, May 5, 1881. Down,
July 8, 1876. My dear Mr. Gurney,
I have read your article ("Some disputed Points in Music." --'Fortnightly
Review,' July, 1876.) Believe me, yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. The Lord have mercy on us all, if we have to believe in such rubbish. HUXLEY. Down, January 29 [1874]. Yours affectionately, CH. DARWIN. [In the spring of this year (1874) he read a book which gave him great
pleasure and of which he often spoke with admiration:--'The Naturalist
in Nicaragua,' by the late Thomas Belt. The book is direct and vivid
in style and is full of description and suggestive discussions. Down, May 30, 1874. I
observe that M. A. De Candolle has lately quoted you on this head versus
Heer. DARWIN. Down, June 5 [1874]. Yours gratefully and affectionately, CH. DARWIN. Down, September 23, 1874. );
and, I hope, reinvigorated by your outing. Now I have eased my mind; and so
farewell, with both E.D. 's and C.D. Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, October 15, 1874. If this little observation should
ever prove of any use to you, you are quite at liberty to use it. DARWIN. Down, December 8, 1874. ('Outlines of Cosmic
Philosophy,' 2 volumes, 8vo. 1874.) I believe the cause to
lie in the frequency with which I have found first-formed theories [to
be] erroneous. I remain,
My dear Sir, yours very faithfully, CH. DARWIN. 1875. The picture is in the possession of the family, and is known
to many through M. Rajon's etching. Down, February 23, 1875. Believe me, my dear Miss Buckley, Yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, February 25 [1875]. My dear Hooker,
Your letter so full of feeling has interested me greatly. Well, he is gone, and I feel as if we were all soon to go... ), the possibility of which had not occurred to me
when I wrote before. Down, [1875?]. Down, December 6, 1875. With much respect, Yours sincerely, CH. DARWIN. (See volume i.) I quite agree that it is
justifiable for real investigations on physiology; but not for mere
damnable and detestable curiosity. (His daughter.) January 4, 1875. I am tired and so no more. Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, April 14 [1875]. My dear Hooker,
I worked all the time in London on the vivisection question; and we now
think it advisable to go further than a mere petition. Litchfield
(Mr. R.B. Litchfield, his son-in-law.) Yours affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. (Professor of Physiology at
Upsala.) Down, April 14, 1881. Dear Sir, yours faithfully, CHARLES DARWIN. To this
my father replied in the "Times" of April 22, 1881. 1. 2. April 21. ROMANES. Down, April 25, 1881. My dear Romanes,
I was very glad to read your last note with much news interesting to
me. (April 25, 1881.--Mr. Ever yours, very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. ROMANES. Down, September 2, 1881. My dear Romanes,
Your letter has perplexed me beyond all measure. For Heaven's sake, do think of this. page 778.) "Beagle".' and ix. Down, November 16, 1876. It seems
to me admirably done, and most clear. DARWIN. P.S.... Christiania, 1876. (By Mr. Archibald Geikie.) He
wrote to Sir J.D. Hooker, "I am glad that you approve of the 'Worms.' Sir J.D. FABRE. Down, January 31, 1880. C.D. It is most superb. When I die, the album will be a most precious bequest to my
children. DARWIN." Down, February 11 [1876]. DARWIN. WALLACE. ), June 5, 1876. I differ on one other point, viz. January 12, 1877. ... ), VIENNA. Down, Beckenham, Kent, March 9, 1877. 4to, 1875.) MORSE. Down, April 23, 1877. Volume xxv. which you have been so kind as to send me, and which I had
much wished to read. I believe that I had read all, or very nearly all,
the papers by your countrymen to which you refer, but I have been fairly
astonished at their number and importance when seeing them thus put
together. I quite agree about the high value of Mr. Allen's works
(Mr. J.A. Proc. Nat. Hist. volume xv. DARWIN. Down,
April 27, 1877. If you do not think it fit, as
is very likely, will you please to return it to me. (1877, page 252. If my MS. is printed, I think that I had
better see a proof. DARWIN. Mag. xxi. 1842.) Down, November 28, 1878. I
remain, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully, CH. DARWIN. MOSELEY. (Professor of Zoology at Oxford. Down, January 20, 1879. Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. MOSELEY. Down, February 4, 1879. Believe me, yours sincerely, CH. DARWIN. The picture is quite washed out. 1. Moderate, but my solitary breakfast was early, and the
morning dark. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rather small. 6. PRINTED PAGES. 7. 8. 9. 10. No. 11. No. 12. 13. 14. When I think of any number, printed figures arise before
my mind. 15. Have not played for many years, but I am sure should
not remember. 16. It is given in
'Nature,' February 24, 1881. HUXLEY. (Odontornithes. 1880. By O.C. Marsh.) ROMANES. Down, April 16, 1881. My dear Romanes,
My MS. on 'Worms' has been sent to the printers, so I am going to amuse
myself by scribbling to you on a few points; but you must not waste your
time in answering at any length this scribble. I believe that G.H. Now if you would like to read this book,
I would sent it... Whilst reading this latter book, I speculated a little on the subject. My dear Romanes, yours, very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. C.D. HOOKER. Down, August 6, 1881. My dear Hooker,
For Heaven's sake never speak of boring me, as it would be the greatest
pleasure to aid you in the slightest degree and your letter has
interested me exceedingly. 1. 2. I believe that you are fully right in calling Humboldt the greatest
scientific traveller who ever lived, I have lately read two or three
volumes again. 3. 4. 5. It might do good. 6. De Candolle's great book, for
though it (like almost everything else) is washed out of my mind, yet I
remember most distinctly thinking it a very valuable work. This seemed to me, a very important essay. Ever yours, affectionately, CHARLES DARWIN. on all our minds. Ever yours, CH. DARWIN. HUXLEY. Down, January 12, 1882. Ever yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, February 22, 1882. Believe me, my dear Dr. Ogle,
Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. ('Nature,' April 6, 1882.) VAN DYCK. Down, April 3, 1882. If it does, I
will send you copies of your essay, but these will not be ready for some
months. Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, CH. DARWIN. Berlin, 1793.) The book impressed him as being
"full of truth," although "with some little nonsense." Moreover, it
was not a permanent bond. It is really
pretty to watch the action of a Humble-bee on the scarlet kidney bean,
and in this genus (and in Lathyrus grandiflorus) the honey is so placed
that the bee invariably alights on that ONE side of the flower towards
which the spiral pistil is protruded (bringing out with it pollen), and
by the depression of the wing-petal is forced against the bee's side all
dusted with pollen. Darwin.]) ), which at first
puzzled him, but was ultimately made out. I wish you had time to take up the group. ... Down, September 24 [1861]. I was almost mad at the wealth of
Orchids." I owe very much to you." Tome vii. 481, 1882
(May).) He wrote
to Sir J.D. Will you correct and answer, and return
enclosed. '"), and I like much to know the family." The Rev. Hooker, who added, 'I
thought it very well done indeed. Well, my Orchis-book is a success (but I do
not know whether it sells.)" Down, June 10 [1862]. Down, July 28 [1862]. IN ORDER TO
attract," "the nectar is PURPOSELY lodged." Down, October 13 [1865]. of the Bee-orchis. With many thanks, my dear sir, Yours sincerely, CH. DARWIN. FARRER. Down, September 15, 1868. My dear Mr. Farrer,
I grieve to say that the MAIN features of your case are known. I send my notes, but I must beg for their return, as I have NO
OTHER COPY. I quite agree, the facts are most striking, especially
as you put them. If sure, make the point more prominent, or if not
sure, erase it. Believe me, yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. Science Review,' 1869. etc. Looking to your note, I think
that this is perhaps the plan which you suggest. etc.' Internat. Hort. (Professor of Botany at Freiburg.) Down, May 16 [1866]. DARWIN. Down, May 5, 1873. Down, August 29 [1878]. der K. Gewerbschule zu Elberfeld, 1877,
1878. ), and which has interested me much. It has put some things in a
new light, and has told me other things which I did not know. Down, June 3 [1874]. Down, August 7, 1876. ... DARWIN. Down, December 24, 1877. Your insane friend, CH. DARWIN. Down, December 16 [1878]. ... Yours very
sincerely,
CH. DARWIN. 1876. The book is also valuable in another respect, because it throws light on
the difficult problems of the origin of sexuality. ... Believe me, my
dear Gray,
Ever yours most truly, and with cordial thanks, CH. DARWIN. April 22, 1868. ... Down, September 16, 1876. Down, September 27, 1876. The whole is now in type, though I have
corrected finally only half the volume. The book is very dull. I hope so. DARWIN. Down, October 28, 1876. ... Down, February 16, 1877. 1877. 2. Polygamous, Dioecious, and Gynodioecious Plants. 3. (See 'Autobiography,' volume i.) But in his later publications, e.g. (See 'Forms of Flowers,' page 243.) Linn. Soc. Journal, 1862.) Linn. Soc. Journal,
1863. "On the Sexual Relations of the Three Forms of Lythrum salicaria," Ibid. 1864. Ibid. 1869. "On the Specific Differences between Primula veris, Brit. Fl. (var. Officinalis, Linn. ), P. vulgaris, Brit. Fl. (var. acaulis, Linn.) and
P. elatior, Jacq. Ibid. 1869. HOOKER. Down, May 7 [1860]. ... ... HOOKER. Down, December 17 [1860?]. ... ... Soc. Soc., but by Jove the Linn. Soc. He
wrote to Sir J.D. Down, August 9 [1862]. Echium vulgare, a humbug,
merely a case like Thymus. But oh, Lythrum! Your utterly mad friend, C. DARWIN. Down, November 26 [1862]. ... Gray, in 'Silliman's Journal. But to
return to our point, does not Alph. With most cordial thanks, my good and kind friend, Farewell, C. DARWIN. ... (In this prediction
he was right. See 'Forms of Flowers,' page 307.) HOOKER. Down, November 26 [1864]. ... Farewell, my best of old friends, C. DARWIN. ... Down, November 16, 1868. HOOKER. Down, May 30 [1862]. if so, I am smashed without some fearful "wriggling." "... Down, April 5, 1878. My dear Dyer,
I have just read in 'Nature' the review of 'Forms of Flowers,' and I am
sure that it is by you. C. DARWIN. ('Proc. Amer. Acad. of
Arts and Sciences,' 1858.) HOOKER. My dear Hooker,
I have been observing pretty carefully a little fact which has surprised
me; and I want to know from you and Oliver whether it seems new or odd
to you, so just tell me whenever you write; it is a very trifling fact,
so do not answer on purpose. I believe the above is the explanation, viz. The tendrils have some sense, for
they do not grasp each other when young. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, July 14 [1863]. My dear Hooker,
I am getting very much amused by my tendrils, it is just the sort of
niggling work which suits me, and takes up no time and rather rests me
whilst writing. It is really curious the diversification of
irritability (I do not mean the spontaneous movement, about which I
wrote before and correctly, as further observation shows): for instance,
I find a slight pinch between the thumb and finger at the end of the
tendril of the Cucurbitaceae causes prompt movement, but a pinch excites
no movement in Cissus. Down, August 4 [1863]. My present hobby-horse I owe to you, viz. May 28, 1864. See 'Climbing Plants,' page 103.) HOOKER. Down, June 10 [1864]. ... (He was much out of
health at this time.) On January 19, 1865, he wrote to Sir J.D. (August 15, 1865.) etc. I declare it is
a certain fact, that one organ is so sensitive to touch, that a weight
seventy-eight times less than that, viz., 1/1000 of a grain, which
will move the best chemical balance, suffices to cause a conspicuous
movement. HOOKER. Cliff Cottage, Bournemouth. My dear Hooker,
Do not read this till you have leisure. substances,
such as sugar, gum, starch, etc., and they produced no effect. My dear Hooker, Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. ... Down, July 25, 1873. 1. It is really beautiful how quickly and well Drosera and Dionaea
dissolve little cubes of albumen and gelatine. 2. 3. If you can inform me, I should very much
like to hear at what temperature cold-blooded and invertebrate animals
are killed. 4. 5. If you can persuade your friend to try the effects of carbonate of
ammonia on the aggregation of the white blood corpuscles, I should very
much like to hear the result. Believe me, yours very sincerely, CHARLES DARWIN. Down, 24 [December 1873?]. My dear Mr. Dyer,
I fear that you will think me a great bore, but I cannot resist telling
you that I have just found out that the leaves of Pinguicula possess
a beautifully adapted power of movement. Yours most sincerely,
CH. DARWIN. Down, June 3 [1874]. ... ... DONDERS. (Professor Donders, the well-known
physiologist of Utrecht.) Down, July 7, 1874. The structure is MOST
complex. The bladders catch a multitude of Entomostraca, and larvae of
insects. that it cannot digest, but absorbs
decaying matter." Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill,
I am so much obliged to you. Your ladyship's very gratefully, CH. DARWIN. HOOKER. Down, September 30, 1874. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. 1880. Down, June 2, 1878. My dear Dyer,
I remember saying that I should die a disgraced man if I did not observe
a seedling Cactus and Cycas, and you have saved me from this horrible
fate, as they move splendidly and normally. It was named only Cycas. Your ever troublesome friend, CH. DARWIN. My dear Dyer,
I must thank you for all the wonderful trouble which you have taken
about the seeds of Impatiens, and on scores of other occasions. We are here for a week for a little rest,
which I needed. Yours very sincerely, CH. DARWIN. [In the spring of the following year, 1879. DE CANDOLLE. May 28, 1880. Down, November
22, 1880. It was very good of you to write. Darwin." Darwin. "), for it
has sometimes pitched into me ferociously. Believe me, my dear Sarah, Yours gratefully and affectionately, CHARLES
DARWIN. Down, October 25th, 1881. Vienna, 1881. BLOOM ON LEAVES AND FRUIT. It is really a pretty sight to put a pod of the
common pea, or a raspberry into water. As
he is so acute a man, I should very much like to hear his opinion. Down, June 4 [1877]. ... If you can illuminate me, as you so often have done, pray do
so; but otherwise do not bother yourself by answering. Yours affectionately, C. DARWIN. Down, September 5 [1877]. My dear Dyer,
One word to thank you. I declare had it not been for your kindness, we
should have broken down. Down, July 4 [1881]. VARIABILITY. GILBERT. Down, February 16, 1876. Down, July 19, 1881. But, as I said, it is a most perplexing problem. GALLS. AGGREGATION. ('Journal of the Linnean Society.' VINES. Down, November 1, 1881. My dear Mr. Vines,
As I know how busy you are, it is a great shame to trouble you. What am I to think of this.?... If you can aid me, pray do so, and anyhow forgive me. Yours very
sincerely, CH. DARWIN. FARRER. Down, March 2, 1878. In fact, the affair is, in my opinion, a compliment
to you." (Kew Gardens Report, 1881, page 62.) ('Journal of Botany,'
loc. cit.) -- CONCLUSION. Hooker of June 15,
1881. Dr. Clark's kindness is unbounded to me, but he is
too busy to come here. Once again, accept my cordial thanks, my dear old
friend. in the world like you. Ever yours, CH. DARWIN." Very Rev. MUNDELLA, G.O. Believe me, yours most sincerely,
JOHN LUBBOCK. W.E. DARWIN, ESQ. HOOKER,
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284. By W. Van Dyck. [Read April 18, 1882.] PORTRAITS. by W. Ouless, R.A., etched by P. Rajon, in
the possession of The Family. Darwin, Esq., Southampton.) by the Hon. Bust by Chr. Lehr, Junr. : By O.J. Rejlander, engraved on steel by C.H. Frontispiece, volume i. HONOURS, DEGREES, SOCIETIES, ETC. ORDER.--Prussian Order, 'Pour le Merite.' 1867. 1857. DEGREES. Hon. LL.D. 1877. Breslau: Hon. 1862. Bonn: Hon. 1868. M.D. 1875. Corresponding Member. Entomological. 1833, Original Member. Geological. 1836. Wollaston Medal, 1859. Royal Geographical. 1838. Royal. Royal
Medal, 1853. Copley Medal, 1864. Linnean. 1854. Ethnological. 1861. Hon. Member. 1868. Hon. Member, 1861. Hon. Member, 1866. Hon. Member, 1868. Hon. Member, 1877. Hon. Member, 1871. Hon. Member, 1879. Hon. Member, 1863. Hon. Member, 1872. Hon. Member, 1877. Academia Nacional
de Ciencias, Argentine Republic. Hon. Member, 1878. Hon. Member, 1874. Hon. Member, 1873. Foreign
Hon. Member, 1874. Hon. Member, 1872. Corresponding Member, 1877. Franklin Literary Society, Indiana. Hon. Member, 1878. Hon. Member, 1860. Hon. Member, 1879. Corresponding Member, 1879. Correspondent, 1860. Member, 1869. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Foreign Member, 1875. Hon. Member, 1872. Member, 1867. Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia, Pest, 1872. BELGIUM. Hon. Member, 1878. 'Membre
Associe,' 1881. 1870. Fellow, 1879. FRANCE. Foreign Member, 1871. Hon. Member, 1874. GERMANY. Corresponding Member,
1863; Fellow, 1878. Berliner Gesellschaft fur Anthropologie, etc. Corresponding Member, 1877. Hon. 1857. Corresponding
Member, 1873. Hon. Member, 1877. Hon. Member, 1878. Foreign Member, 1878. HOLLAND. Corresponding Member, 1880. Foreign Member, 1877. Foreign Member, 1877. ITALY. 1870. Hon. Member, 1872. Hon. Member, 1875. Foreign Member, 1875. Societa (Rome). 1873. "Bressa" Prize, 1879. PORTUGAL. Corresponding Member, 1877. RUSSIA. Hon. Member,
1875. Hon. Member, 1870. Corresponding Member,
1867. SPAIN. Hon. Professor, 1877. Foreign Member, 1865. Fellow, 1860. Corresponding Member,
1863. INDEX. ABBOT, F.E., letter to. AGASSIZ, Alexander, letter to. AGASSIZ, Louis, Darwin's estimate of. Letters to. AGGREGATION, studied by Darwin. ANDES, Darwin crosses the. ANTS, observations on. APPLETON, D., & CO., publish 'Origin of Species' in America. ARGYLL, Duke of, criticises the 'Origin of Species.' ARISTOTLE, Darwin's estimate of. 'ATHENAEUM,' Darwin on its review of the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin's letters to, in his own defence. AUSTRALIA, development of animals in. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, extracts from. AVELING, Dr., on Darwin's religious views. Note. BAIN, Alexander, letter to. BALFOUR, Francis M., Darwin's estimate of. BAER, K.E. von, agrees with Darwin. BASTIAN, H.C., Darwin on his 'Beginnings of Life.' Letters to. BATS. "BEAGLE", voyage of. Her equipments. Her crew. BEETLES, collecting. BEHRENS, W., letter to. BELL, T., describes Darwin's reptiles. BEMMELEN, A. van, letter to. BENTHAM, George, his silence on natural selection. Letters to. BERKELEY, Rev. M.J., reviews the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.' BLOMEFIELD (JENYNS), Rev. Leonard, Darwin becomes acquainted with. Letters to. BLOOM on leaves and fruit, Darwin's work on. BLYTH, Edward, mentioned. Letter to. BOOTT, Francis, mentioned. BOTANY, Darwin's work on, and its relation to natural selection. BOWEN, Francis, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' BRACE, C.L., and wife, Darwin on their philanthropic work. BRAZIL, Emperor of, wishes to meet Darwin. BREE, C.R., his work 'Species not Transmutable.' BREEDING, sources of information on. Oxford meeting of, allegorized. Belfast meeting. BRONN, H.G., edits the 'Origin of Species' in German. Letters to. BROWN, Robert, mentioned. BRUNTON, T. Lauder, letter to. BUCKLE, his system of collecting facts. BUCKLEY, Miss A.B., letters to. BUFFON, Darwin on. BUNBURY, Sir C., mentioned. BUTLER, Samuel, charges Darwin of falsehood. BUTLER, Dr., his school at Shrewsbury. BUTTON, Jemmy, a visit to. CAIRNS, J.E., his lecture on 'The Slave Power.' CAM BRIDGE, University of, makes Darwin LL.D. CAMERON, Mrs., makes a photograph of Darwin. CANARY ISLANDS, projected trip to. CANDOLLE, Alphonse de, letters to. CARLYLE, Thomas, on Erasmus A. Darwin. CARPENTER, W.B., letters to. His work on 'Foraminifera.' CARUS, J. Victor, letters to. CATON, John D., letter to. CHAMBERS, R., Darwin on his geological views. CHANCE, not implied in evolution. CHIMNEY-SWEEPS, Darwin's efforts for. CIRRIPEDIA, monograph of the. Nomenclature of. Work on. Darwin on. CLARK, William, mentioned. CLARK, Sir Andrew, is Darwin's physician. 'CLIMBING PLANTS,' written and published. Work on. COAL, discussion on submarine. COHN, Prof., describes a visit to Darwin. COLENSO, Bishop, his 'Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua.' COLLECTING, Darwin on. Butterflies. COLLIER, John, paints Darwin's portrait. COLOURS OF INSECTS. CONTINENTS, permanence of. COPE, E.D., Darwin on his theory of acceleration. 'CORAL REEFS,' at work upon. Opinions on. Second edition. CRAWFORD, John, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' 'CREED OF SCIENCE,' read by Darwin. CRESY, E., letter to. CUTTING EDGES OF BOOKS, Darwin on. DANA, Prof., sends Darwin 'Geology of U.S. DARESTE, Camille, letter to. DARWIN FAMILY. DARWIN, Annie, Darwin's account of. Death of. DARWIN, Miss C., letter to. DARWIN, Catherine, letters to. Ancestors. His affection for his brother Erasmus. Autobiography. Mother dies. Taste for natural history. Goes to Dr. Butler's school at Shrewsbury. Taste for long, solitary walks. Fondness for poetry in early life. Fondness for shooting. Studies chemistry. Meets Sir J. Mackintosh. Meets Dr. Whewell. Begins the study of geology. Voyage of the "Beagle". Sails in the "Beagle". Takes lodgings in London. Marries. His absorption in science. His publications. Work on the 'Origin of Species.' First child born. Methods of work. A good observer. Ill health. Fondness for dogs. Correspondence. Scientific reading. Holidays. As a host. Modesty. Theorizing power. Books used only as tools. His character. Appointment to the "Beagle". The voyage. Life at sea. Views on slavery. Meets Sir J. Herschel. Reaches home. At work on 'Coral Reefs.' Life at Down, 1842-1854. Theory of coral islands. His children. Growth of views on 'Origin of Species.' Sits for a bust. Studies aggregation. Death. List of works. DARWIN, Edward, author of 'Gamekeeper's Manual.' DARWIN, Mrs. Emma (Wedgwood), letter to. Character of. Character of. Letter from. His death. Settles in Shrewsbury. Letters to. DARWIN, Susan, letters to. DARWIN, William, of Marton, first known ancestor of Charles. DARWIN, William, son of Richard, appointed yeoman of the Royal Armoury. DARWIN, William (1655). Letter to. On British brachiopoda. DE CANDOLLE, A., see Candolle, A. De. DESCENT, doctrine of. 'DESCENT OF MAN,' published. Work on. Reviews of. Reception in Germany. Second edition. DESIGN IN NATURE, doctrine of. 'DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS,' published. DIGESTION OF PLANTS, Darwin's work on. DIVERGENCE OF CHARACTER, principle of. DOGS, multiple origin of. DOHRN, Anton, letter to. DONDERS, F.C., letters to. DOWN, description of. DRIFT near Southampton, stones standing on end in. DYCK, W.T. van, letter to. Letters to. EAR, human, infolded point of. Earthquakes, paper read on. EATON, J., extract from his book on 'Pigeons.' EDUCATION, Darwin on. 'EFFECTS OF CROSS And SELF-FERTILISATION,' published. Work on. EVOLUTION, doctrine of, objections to, answered. And teleology. Mental. EXPRESSION, facial, origin of. 'EXPRESSION OF The EMOTIONS,' published. Work on. Reviews of. EYRE, Gov., Darwin's views on the prosecution of. FABRE, J.H., letter to. FALCONER, Hugh, letters to. Mentioned. FARRER, F.W., letter to. Letters to. FAWCETT, Henry, defends Darwin's reasoning. 'FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS,' published. FISKE, John, letter to. FISHER, Mrs., letters to. FITTON, W.H., mentioned. FITZ-ROY, R.,captain of the "Beagle". His character. Meets Darwin. Letters to. FLINT instruments. FLOURENS, P.,on the 'Origin of Species.' FLOWERS, fertilisation of. FORBES, David, praises Darwin's work on Chile. FORBES, Edward, his theory of change of level. FORDYCE, J.,letter to. FOREL, Aug., letter to. Published. Work on. Its reception. FOX, William Darwin, Darwin's friendship with. Letters to. FRANCE, Institute of, elects Darwin corresponding member. FRAUDS, scientific. FREE-WILL, doctrine of. FREKE, Dr., his 'Origin of Species by Means of Organic Affinity.' FEUGIANS, Darwin's impressions of. GALLS, production of, studied by Darwin. GALTON, Francis, mentioned. His questions on nature and nurture, and Darwin's answers. His questions on the faculty of visualising, and Darwin's answers. GAUDRY, A., letter to. GEIKIE, Archibald, his opinion of Darwin's geological works. GEIKIE, James, letter to. GENERA, varying of large. GENERATION, spontaneous. Opinions on. Second edition. GEOLOGICAL RECORD, imperfection of. Succession in. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Darwin wishes to become a member. GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS secured during voyage. Disposed of. GEOLOGICAL, importance of. Of St. Jago. Article on, in 'Admiralty Manual.' GERMANY, progress of natural selection in. GERMINATION, experiments in. GILBERT, J.H., letter to. GLACIAL period, its effect on species. GLACIERS, paper on ancient, in Wales. GLEN ROY, Darwin visits. 'Observations' on, published. GRAHAM, W., letter to. GRAY, Asa, his papers on natural selection and natural theology. Letters to. On the 'Origin of Species.' GRAY, J.E., mentioned. GUNTHER, A., letters to. GURNEY, E., letter to. HAAST, Sir Julius von, letter to. HAECKEL, E., his views on the 'Origin of Species.' Letters to. HALIBURTON, Mrs., letters to. HARVEY, W.H., criticises the 'Origin of Species.' HAUGHTON, Rev. HENSLOW, J.S., his friendship with Darwin. His character. Letter from. Letters to. His death. Letters to. HERSCHEL, Sir J., Darwin's opinion of. Meets Darwin. HETEROGENY, Darwin on. HIGGINSON, T.W., letter to. HILDEBRAND, F., letters to. HOLMGREN, Frithiof, letter to. HOLLAND, Royal Society of, elects Darwin a member. HOLLAND, Sir Henry, his view of the 'Origin of Species.' HOMOEOPATHY, Darwin's estimate of. HONOURS conferred on Darwin, list of. HOOKER, Sir Joseph D., Darwin's friendship for. Letters to. Letter from. On the 'Origin of Species.' Answers Harvey. HOOKER, Sir William, mentioned. HOPKINS, William, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' HUDSON, Darwin's reply to. HUMBOLDT, Darwin's estimate of. HUTTON, F.W., reviews the 'Origin of Species.' HUXLEY, Thomas Henry, mentioned. On the 'Vestiges of Creation.' On the reception of the 'Origin of Species.' Letters to. On the 'Origin of Species.' Letter from. HYATT, Alpheus, letter to, on his theory of acceleration. HYBRID GEESE, fertility of. HYBRIDISM. IMMORTALITY, Darwin's views upon. 'INFANT, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AN.' INNES, Rev. On the 'Origin of Species' and the Bible. Letter to. 'INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS,' published. Work on. INSECTS, instinct of. INSTINCT, Darwin on. ISLANDS, animals of. ISOLATION, effect of, on the origin of species. JARDINE, Sir W., mentioned. JEFFREYS, Gwyn, mentioned. JENKINS, Fleeming, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' JENYNS (BLOMEFIELD), Rev. Leonard, mentioned. Letters to. Letter from. JONES, Dr. Bence, is Darwin's physician. 'JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES,' work on. Lyell's opinion of. Second edition published. Dedication of. JUKES, Joseph B., mentioned. KEW, 'Index of Plant Names.' KINGSLEY, Rev C., letter from, on the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on. KOLLIKER, Prof., is reviewed by Huxley. KROHN, Aug., finds mistakes in the 'Origin of Species.' LAMARCK's discussion of the species question, its insufficiency. Darwin on. LANE, Dr., his recollections of Darwin. LANKESTER, E. Ray, letter to. LANSDOWNE, Marquis of, anecdote of. LEE, Samuel, mentioned. LINDLEY, John, mentioned. LITCHFIELD, Mrs., on Darwin's style. Letter to. LIZARDS. LONSDALE, William, mentioned. LOWELL, J.A., reviews the 'Origin of Species.' LUBBOCK, Sir John, letters to. On the burial of Darwin. Letters to. Letters from. His death. Darwin's opinion of. MCDONNELL, R., his study of electrical organs in fish. MACKINTOSH, D., his work on erratic blocks. MACLEAY, W.S., mentioned. MAMMALS, descent of, from a single type. MAN, all races of, descended from one type. Antiquity of. Origin of. Relationship to apes. MARRIAGES, consanguineous. MARSH, O.C., letter to. MASTERS, Maxwell, letter to. MAW, George, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' MESMERISM, Darwin's estimate of. MILNE, D., criticises Glen Roy paper. MIVART, St. G., Darwin on his 'Genesis of Species.' MODIFICATION. MODIFICATIONS, absence of. MOGGRIDGE, J.T., letter to. MOJSISOVIC, E. von, Darwin on 'Dolomit Riffe.' MONADS, persistence of. MONSTERS. MORSE, E.S., letter to. MOSELEY, H.N., letters to. MULLER, Fritz, letters to. MULLER, Hermann, letters to. MULLER, Max, his 'Lectures on the Science of Language.' MURRAY, Andrew, quoted on the 'Origin of Species.' MURRAY, John, letters to. MUSIC OF INSECTS. MUTABILITY OF SPECIES. Letter to. NATURAL HISTORY, Darwin's passion for. NATURAL SELECTION, see Selection, natural. NAUDIN, Darwin on. NEUMAYR, Melchior, letter to. NEVILL, Lady Dorothy, letter to. NEWTON, A., letter to. NEW ZEALAND, animals of. Plants of. NOBILITY, natural selection among. NOMENCLATURE of species, discussion on. NORMAN, E., Darwin's secretary. Extract from. OGLE, William, letter to. 'ORCHIDS, FERTILISATION OF,' work on. Published. Reviews of. Second edition published. ORGANS, rudimentary. 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES,' first note-book of, opened. Growth of the. Published. Its success. Second edition. The writing of. Abstract book. Unorthodoxy of. Faults of style. Lyell on. Huxley on. Answer to Lyell on. H.C. Watson on. Jos. D. Hooker on. Asa Gray on. Kingsley on. And the Bible. Rev. J. Brodie Innes on. Bronn's criticisms of. Third edition. De Candolle's view of. Haeckel's view of. Gen. Sabine on. Flourens on. Fifth edition. 'Coming of age of.' OSTRICH, Darwin discovers a new species of. OULESS, W., paints Darwin's portrait. OWEN, Sir R., criticises Darwin's theory. PAMPAEAN FORMATION, Darwin on. PANGENESIS, hypothesis of. Opinions on. PARKER, Henry, defends the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.' PARSONS, Theophilus, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' Letter from, appointing Darwin to "Beagle". PENGELLY, William, mentioned. PERTHES, Boucher de, Darwin on. PHILLIPS, John, mentioned. PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB, its nature. 'PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE,' Huxley on. PICTET, Francois Jules, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' PIGEONS, Darwin's interest in. PLANTS, fossil. sexuality of. PLATYSMA, contraction of, from shuddering. PORTRAITS OF DARWIN, list of. POUR LE MERITE, Darwin admitted to order. POUTER PIGEON, variation in. 'POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS,' published. Work on. PRESTWICH, J., letter to. PREYER, W., letter to. PRIMOGENITURE, law of, Darwin on. 'PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY,' Huxley on. PRIORITY, nomenclature of species by. PROGRESSION, necessary. PROTECTION, modification for. QUATREFAGES, J.L.A. de, letters to. REVELATION, Darwin's disbelief in. REVERSION, Darwin on. REYMOND, Du Bois-, letter to. RICHMOND, W.B., paints Darwin's portrait. RIDLEY, C., letter to. RIVERS, T., letter to. ROBERTSON, G. Croom, letter to. ROBERTSON, John, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' RODWELL, Rev. J.M., letter to. ROLLESTON, George, his 'Canons.' ROMANES, G.J., on Darwin's conscientiousness. Letters to. ROYER, Mlle. Clemence, translates the 'Origin of Species.' RUDIMENTARY organs. SABINE, Gen., on the 'Origin of Species.' SALTER, J.W., his diagram of spirifers. SANDERSON, J. Burdon, letter to. SAPORTA, Marquis de, letter to. SCOTT, John, Darwin's estimate of. SEDGWICK, Rev. Adam, mentioned. On the 'Origin of Species.' SEEDS, vitality of. SELECTION, NATURAL, doctrine of, clearly conceived by Darwin about 1839. Effect of, on the scientific mind. And religion. Small effects of, in changing species. Among the nobility. Progress of. Use of the term. Effect on sterility. Progress among the clergy. Progress of, in Germany. Progress of, in France. SELECTION, SEXUAL, instance of, in the dogs of Beyrout. SEMPER, K., letters to. SHELBURNE, Lord, anecdote of. SLAVERY, Darwin's opinion of. In the United States. SMITH, Sydney, inexplicably amusing. SPECIES, mutability of. Origin of, effect of isolation on. SPENCER, Herbert, letters to. Darwin on. SPIRITISM, Darwin on. SPONTANEITY, Bain's theory of. SPRENGEL, C.C., his work on the fertilisation of flowers. STEBBING, Rev. T.R.R., letter to. STERILITY, effect of natural selection on. Of moths. STOKES, Admiral, Lord, extract from letter of. STRICKLAND, Hugh, letters to. Letter from. STRIPED HORSES. STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. STYLE of Darwin. SUBLIMITY, where felt most by Darwin. SULIVAN, B.J., letter to. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, use of the term. TEGETMEIER, W.B., extract from letter to. TELEOLOGY, evolution and. TENERIFFE, projected trip to. THIEL, H., letter to. THOMSON, Thomas, mentioned. THOMSON, Sir Wyville, on abyssal fauna. THORLEY, Miss, botanical work with. THWAITES, G.J.K., mentioned. TIERRA DEL FUEGO MISSION, Darwin's connection with. "TIMES", its review of the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on. TORBITT, James, his work on the potato disease. TYLOR, E.B., letter to. TYNDALL, John, praises the 'Origin of Species.' USBORNE, A.B., extract from a letter of. VAN DYCK, W.T., letter to. VARIATIONS IN SPECIES, Wallace's essay on. Sudden. Cause of. Mimetic, of butterflies. Mimetic, of plants. In colours of insects. Transmission of. Analogical. Publication of. Second edition. VARIETIES, production of. And species, collecting facts about. Huxley on. VINES, S.H., letter to. VISUALISING, questions and answers on the faculty of. WAGNER, Moritz, criticised by A. Weismann. Letters to. WAGNER, R., mentioned. WALLACE, A.R., sends essay to Darwin. Letters to. Essay on variation. WATKINS, Archdeacon, reminiscence of Darwin. Letter to. WATSON, H.C., mentioned. On the 'Origin of Species.' WEDGWOOD, Josiah, his character. Mentioned. Letter from. WEDGWOOD, Miss Julia, on Erasmus Darwin, in "Spectator". Letter to. WEISMANN, August, letters to. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, Darwin buried in. WHEWELL, Dr., mentioned. On the succession of species. WHITLEY, C., letter to. WIESNER, Julius, letter to. WILBERFORCE, Bishop, criticises the 'Origin of Species.' WILLIAM IV, coronation of. WOODPECKER, Pampas, Darwin on. WOOLNER, T., makes a bust of Darwin. WORKS BY DARWIN, list of. WRIGHT, Chauncey, letter from. Letters to. YARRELL, William, mentioned. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Darwin visits. Reads a paper at. "BEAGLE",' arrangement for publication.