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DCP-LETT-9849

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
10 Feb 1875
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-21)
Summary:

Has been experimenting with phosphates on Drosera and wonders whether animals digest a particular one.

Asks whether Huxley has approached him regarding the introduction of a vivisection act.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9851

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
10 [Feb 1875]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 44
Summary:

J. T. Knowles [editor of Contemp. Rev.] hopes W. D. Whitney’s article will be a long one.

CD is sorry about GHD’s account of his low spirits. "I know well the feeling of life being objectless & all being vanity of vanities."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9850

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
10 Feb [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 374–6
Summary:

Is provoked by trouble he is having writing Insectivorous plants.

Curious case of an unknown form of Glaucium in earth covered with slag for 1400 years.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-9853

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Feb 1875
Source of text:
DAR 178: 177
Summary:

Structure of Utricularia; its resemblance to an animal vascular system.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9853B

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1875
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-39)
Summary:

Discusses the experiments with phosphates on Drosera and animals.

Considers the question of preparing a petition on the question of animal experiments, with the aim of promoting rather than hindering science. [Response to 9849.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-75-02-12

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Henry Archer
Date:
12 February 1875
Source of text:
2/137/10, Archer papers, University of Melbourne Archives
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-9853A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Magnus Gustaf (Gustaf) Retzius
Date:
12 Feb 1875
Source of text:
Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (Gustaf Retzius arkiv, Inbundna serien, Engelsmän I, s 33)
Summary:

His thanks for MGR’s valuable Anatomische Untersuchungen (1872).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-1219

From:
Darwin, W. E.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
[13 February 1875]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 1519
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-9853F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gustavus Fritsche
Date:
13 Feb 1875
Source of text:
Skinner, Inc. (dealers) (15 November 2009)
Summary:

Suggests that Fritsche comes to lunch on Tuesday 16 February.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9855

From:
John Christie Douglas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Feb 1875
Source of text:
DAR 162: 239
Summary:

Sends observations inspired by reading CD’s works.

Animal showing teeth an indication of pleasure, connected with sexual instinct.

Infant feet will curl around an object placed on the sole, indicating a primitive prehensile function.

Effects of climate on man’s physical countenance evidenced in similarity of N. American Indians and Yankees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-75-02-14a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Edward Ramsay
Date:
14 February 1875
Source of text:
ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-75-02-14

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Agnew
Date:
14 February 1875
Source of text:
RSA/B.13(7), Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-9854

From:
Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 [Feb 1875]
Source of text:
DAR 172: 30
Summary:

Understands from Lady Hawkshaw that CD generally visits London [in February]. Requests meeting with CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4036

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
14 February 1875
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/99
Summary:

Discusses the outline for his book The Geographical Distribution of Animals.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9854F

From:
John William Draper
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Feb 1875
Source of text:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division (John William Draper Family Papers (Mss18986), Box 3)
Summary:

Asks to introduce Mr. N. Jovanovich of Belgrade, Serbia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9856

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill
Date:
15 Feb 1875
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.463)
Summary:

Cannot visit now because of work on Insectivorous plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000962

From:
James Joseph Sylvester
To:
Arthur Cayley
Date:
15 February 1875
Source of text:
MM/15/19, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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FL-1385

From:
Darwin, G. H.
To:
Darwin, Horace
Date:
16 February [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 841
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-9857

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
16 Feb [1875]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 314–15)
Summary:

Asks whether JM thinks another edition of Variation worth while. Asks because a Polish translation is planned and he would undertake corrections for a 2d edition, but not just for a Polish edition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC163

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
16 February 1875
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/1/1 f.50, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH informs Asa Gray that he is very busy & feeling the weight of his responsibilities. Hs main concern is [his daughter] Harriet Hooker's health. She will be sent to the South of France, probably to stay with friends in Cannes, later JDH will join her & they will travel to Algiers to visit Colonel Playfair. JDH & Playfair will make a tour of Algiers from April to May [1875]. JDH's Aunt, Mrs Dawson Turner of Liverpool, will keep the house whilst JDH is away. Her children have been guests of JDH as they have no house, their father Dawson William Turner is in confinement but will soon be out & JDH hopes to send him on a long voyage 'to secure his health'. JDH has found that Elliottia is synonymous with Tripetaleia of Japan. He continues to work on GENERA PLANTARUM, currently struggling with Sapotaceae. Mentions that Miguel has made omissions of [Richard] Spruce & [George] Gardner in the FLORA BRASILIENSIS. Asks Gray for specimens of Shortia, he has kept it distinct from Schizocodon following [Carl Johann] Maximovicz, whose work he admires. By contrast he does not like the way Baillon works.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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