From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 13 June 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 19
Summary:
Discusses his position at Cambridge, which is apparently under threat.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lewis Henry Morgan
Date:
14 June [1871]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:
Thanks LHM for his introductions for CD’s sons and for his instructions about their route [for their U. S. visit].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 89: 91–3; DAR 142: 58
Summary:
Discussion of mimicry and sexual selection among butterflies, occasioned by reading Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 229
Summary:
Replies to CD’s queries on movement of the eyes in meditation, and changes in the iris in rage and terror [see Expression, pp. 229, 304].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Ernest Wuth
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
17 June 1871
Source of text:
RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Ignatius Jackowski
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 168: 41
Summary:
Has read of Descent in Polish newspapers. Writes against the Bible view, but believes in the Almighty.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders
Date:
19 June 1871
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Thanks FCD for information about eyes [for Expression].
Must interrupt work on the subject to prepare new edition of Origin [6th].
Comments on gift of a new work by FCD [possibly "Die Projection der Gesichtserscheinung nach der Richtungslinien", Arch. Opthalmol. 17 (1871) Abt. 2: 1–68].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 69–70
Summary:
Observations on orchids. Ophrys apifera; confirms CD’s observation on pollinia. The nesting of ducks in trees is an example of change of instinct and habit.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Ernst Hugo Heinrich (Ernst) Pfitzer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 174: 41
Summary:
Sends publication [unspecified].
Notes adaptive mechanism in epiphytes.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
21 June [1871]
Source of text:
Trinity College Library, Cambridge (Cullum M411)
Summary:
Confesses to intense hatred of the bee [orchid] for its anomalous perpetual self-fertilisation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Ferdinand Stoliczka
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 230: 26
Summary:
CD elected an honorary member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Chauncey Wright
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 181: 164
Summary:
Sends his review of St George Mivart’s book [Genesis of species] [North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 64–103] in which CW defends natural selection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Traherne Moggridge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 22] June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 215
Summary:
At Wallace’s suggestion he offers CD his observations on the seed-gathering habits of ants. Suggests their role in seed dispersal.
At work on the last part of his book [Contributions to the flora of Mentone (1867–71)].
Has found that Ophrys insectifera can reproduce asexually.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Traherne Moggridge
Date:
22 June [1871]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.399)
Summary:
Thanks JTM for information on ants.
Mentions letter "from a Texas gentleman" Gideon Lincecum describing ants that plant seeds [see 3082].
Notes that fly orchid is unattractive to insects. Asks JTM to attempt fertilisation experiment with this plant.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[23 June 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 242
Summary:
Observations on expression of her dog for CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
23 June 1871
Source of text:
JDH/2/16 f.4, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
JDH informs William Thiselton-Dyer that he has had a letter from Sir Henry Barkly [Governor of Cape Colony] urging the completion of FLORA CAPENSIS & suggesting that Peter MacOwan, an experienced Cape botanist, be sent to England for a year to accomplish this. JDH passes on MacOwan's feelings on the subject & asks for Thiselton-Dyer's opinion. He also asks if Thiselton-Dyer will be able to describe any families for a flora of India.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Edmund FitzGibbon
Date:
24 June 1871
Source of text:
No. 1041, unit 419, VPRS 3181/P Town clerk's file series 1, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Henry Barkly
Date:
24 June 1871
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.185-188, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Lionel Robert (Lionel) Ashburner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 159: 115
Summary:
Gives examples of animal species in which adult males castrate or kill younger males.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Michael Foster
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 163
Summary:
Regrets he cannot get to Queen Anne Street, but intends to come to Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
