From:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 165: 254
Summary:
Apologises for having given CD some unreliable information.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[30 Sept 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 27
Summary:
He is travelling overnight by train from London to Pantlludw and will wake A. R. Ruck with a morningade on his flute.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Hinton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 166: 222
Summary:
Observations on expression.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Federico Delpino
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 77: 152–3
Summary:
Sends information on Lathyrus odoratus, Phaseolus multiflorus and Pisum sativum.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Frédéric Martins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 61
Summary:
CM and Henri Sicard have given what CM thinks is the first zoology course in France based on descent of species.
In Rome he was struck by ancient Greek statues of mythical figures which use the idea of environmental influence. Ascribes these ideas to both CD and Lamarck.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 116–19
Summary:
Informs CD of the effects of certain salts and other chemicals on animals.
Comments on CD’s results with Drosera. Suggests some experiments.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Charles Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 177: 183
Summary:
Wonders whether CD has any idea how the cuckoo manages to match its eggs to those of its host; believes it possible that the diet of the nestling cuckoo, which varies with its host, may affect its behaviour and the colour of its eggs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Winwood Reade
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 176: 68
Summary:
Is tired of inaction and so is leaving for Egypt and the East.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Duncan Hague
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1873
Source of text:
Nature , 24 July 1873, p. 244
Summary:
Confirms previous observations on ants [see 8788].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Frederick Cheeseman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 161: 137
Summary:
Sends his paper on fertilisation of the New Zealand species of the orchid Pterostylis [Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 4 (1871): 270–84].
Contributor:
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From:
Friedrich Max Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 284
Summary:
Sends three lectures on the origin of human language [see 8962].
Although a "sincere admirer", he differs with CD on the relation of human to so-called animal language.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 June 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 157–8
Summary:
Leaves Wednesday with Huxley for holiday.
Family news.
He too thinks well of Bentham’s address.
Asa Gray elected Foreign F.R.S.
G. J. Allman is being proposed for Royal Medal by JDH and Huxley.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 12 July 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 169: 114
Summary:
JLGK’s public advocacy of Darwinism brings him into numerous arguments.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 76: B184
Summary:
Sends a note on R. Caspary’s observations of Corydalis self-fertilisation [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 331].
Has begun his experiments on the self- and cross-fertilised flowers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 235
Summary:
Reports cases from his family of inheritance of turning in sleep, sleep-walking at full moon, and eyes giving out red light at early age.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Harrison Blackley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 192
Summary:
Thanks for copy of Wyman’s book.
His own recent researches [on pollen] at high altitudes were inspired by CD’s account in Journal of researches of distances dust may travel.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Farr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 164: 27
Summary:
Would like a photograph of CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 55: 160–1
Summary:
Corrects chemical concentrations CD has been using [in insectivorous plant experimentation].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Bushell Anningson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 159: 73
Summary:
Comments on the form and function of a muscle in the rectal region of animals.
Discusses the scratching action of dogs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Farr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1873
Source of text:
DAR 164: 28
Summary:
Thanks for photograph.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
