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DCP-LETT-7742

From:
George Hookham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 May [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 166: 266
Summary:

A fact on expression: sheep do use hoofs in fighting.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8907

From:
Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 May 1873
Source of text:
DAR 76: B181–2, DAR 77: 139
Summary:

Praises Expression.

Reports on Fritz Müller’s observations of cross- and self-fertilisation. HM will cultivate the two forms [i.e., mainly self-fertilised and mainly cross-fertilised] in the way CD has described.

He continues his observation of wild flowers. Encloses drawing of Viola tricolor with notes on its self-fertility.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9015

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
18 [Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1
Summary:

Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9072

From:
William Williams Keen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Sept 1873
Source of text:
DAR 89: 24–5, DAR 169: 2, and Expression 2d ed., p. 169 n. 19
Summary:

Sends corrections of Descent and Expression.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-10156F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[15–18 Sept 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 5
Summary:

FD has asked J. B. Sanderson about Mucin.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11041

From:
Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 175: 11
Summary:

CD’s nomination to French Academy fails again.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13794

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[before 26 June 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 5
Summary:

Sends FD £5 for the loan of his microscope.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13819

From:
Henry Jackson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 53.2: 91–5
Summary:

Notes referring to passages in Expression [annotated in places by Francis Darwin, presumably when preparing 2d ed.].

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DCP-LETT-13841

From:
Cecil Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 187
Summary:

Describes some behaviour in herring gulls similar to that of sheldrakes as described by CD in Expression [pp. 47–8].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8185

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
27 Jan [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 253–6
Summary:

Drosophyllum arrived; none of his observations turned out as he expected, but nevertheless he understands its habits better than he did. The secreting hairs that he observed may be explained as a mere chemical reaction.

Comments on various articles he has read.

Asks for Thiselton-Dyer’s notes.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8287

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Ray Lankester
Date:
15 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 31
Summary:

Discusses error in CD’s calculation of natural increase of elephants.

Includes extract from Origin.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8304

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin
Date:
30 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 27
Summary:

HCFJ’s review of the Origin was the wittiest and in some respects the best written.

Thanks him for his Electricity and magnetism [1873].

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DCP-LETT-8552F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[9 Apr 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 327
Summary:

Hopes that Charles Lyell has enjoyed his excursion.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8702

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Oct 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 29
Summary:

Discusses his health following a visit to Dr C[lark?]. Has made an appointment for CD.

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DCP-LETT-8703

From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Mar 1873
Source of text:
DAR 88: 105
Summary:

Praise for and detailed comments on Expression.

Two cases of coloration in animals – one from sexual selection, the other helping to procure prey [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 542–3].

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DCP-LETT-8704

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bromley Rural Sanitary Authority
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 165
Summary:

Gives opinion on the merits of Mr [Stephen P. J.] Eng[leheart (Darwin family doctor)]. Believes he would make an excellent county officer if elected to the district office of health.

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DCP-LETT-8705

From:
William Ogle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 5 May 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 7
Summary:

Thanks for reference to Hermann Müller’s book on fertilisation [Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8706

From:
Unidentified
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 138
Summary:

Notes on CD’s Expression.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8708

From:
Stanley Haynes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 166: 125
Summary:

Notes headed "Observations on the expression of the emotions".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8710

From:
Felix Choice
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 145
Summary:

Has read Expression, and assures CD some people cry when happy.

Contributor:
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