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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Has forwarded JDH’s memorial to T. H. Farrer to take up with Sir Stafford Northcote and to ask him to consider the case of Kew personally. Has told Farrer that JDH was thinking of resigning if Government would not give him an assistant secretary.
Farrer has taken the case to Northcote. JDH’s letter will show how overworked he is.
Thanks JDH for his and Huxley’s countering of the false attack on George [Darwin] by Mivart. Encloses a note to Mivart on which he asks JDH’s opinion.
Asks JDH to help G. J. Romanes, who wishes to try Pangenesis experiment.
Expresses his gratitude to JDH and Huxley in the Mivart affair. Thinks he should write directly to Mivart, if Mivart does not retract.
Would be glad to have another Drosophyllum.
Encloses note from Huxley and copy of Huxley’s answer to Mivart – a tremendous reproof. On Huxley’s advice, CD will not write to Mivart. Thinks Mivart’s private apology to Huxley makes the case even worse.
Has not heard from Mivart. He is not so good a Christian as JDH and cannot forgive a man for malicious lying merely because he says he is sorry. Does not think Mivart will apologise. Still thinks the simple, most manly thing, is to write to Mivart directly and tell him what he thinks of him.
Has not heard from Mivart; CD is convinced he is a hypocrite.
Is not inclined to restrain himself from expressing his opinion of Mivart. Huxley’s article in Academy.
JDH would be rash not to follow advice of his friends. [CD’s] wife and George oppose his writing to Mivart.
Hopes JDH will beat Sir Douglas Galton.
Continues to work on insectivorous plants.
Astonished at JDH’s success versus Galton
and his attack on Murray is superb. Has written a formal letter to Mivart enumerating his offences.
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.
Mourns death of Lyell. Wonders whether enough men of science were attached to him to raise a fitting testimonial.
CD on his memory of Lyell. Deeply rejoices that he is to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
Has at last finished Insectivorous plants
and is rewriting Climbing plants.
W. W. Ouless has finished his picture of CD for Academy.
CD and others now think it advisable to go further than a petition on vivisection, and a bill has been drafted.
F. Delpino’s pamphlet on pitchers ["Sulle pianti a bicchieri", Nuovo G. Bot. Ital. 3 (1871): 174–6].
Has come to Abinger Hall for a rest after Insectivorous plants, soon to appear. Is sick of the accursed subject.
Rejoices at [Thiselton-Dyer’s] appointment.
Solicits JDH and others at Kew for signatures to nomination of Francis Darwin for membership of Linnean Society.
