From:
Émile Alglave
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1877
Source of text:
DAR 210.11: 36
Summary:
Concerning the publication of a French edition of Coral Reefs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Edward Alison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Mar – July 1835]
Source of text:
DAR 36: 425–6
Summary:
Sends some historical data to illustrate the elevation of the coast at Valparaiso in recent times.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Edward Alison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1835
Source of text:
DAR 36: 427–427a
Summary:
Gives details of his observations which lend support to the view that Chile is rising with respect to the sea. Reports some observations and opinions with regard to earthquakes and volcanic action in the area.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Joseph Allen (Bishop of Ely)
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 April 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 1
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
19 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 7
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
8 January [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 10
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
8 December [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 24
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
20 December [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 219.11: 12
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
15 July [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 25
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
3 November [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 26
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
10 November [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.11: 13
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
8 December [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 28
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
23 January [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 31
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 41
Summary:
Sends MS of his paper, "On the coloration of flowers and fruits", filling a gap in CD’s theory relating to these structures, and asks for CD’s comments.
Plans a book on colour sense.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 42
Summary:
Thanks for comments on paper and references to related works. Clarifies points on colour distinction between energy-absorbing (green) and energy-expending (bright-hued) portions of plants and on the influence of flower colour in modifying the insect organism.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1879
Source of text:
DAR 159: 43
Summary:
Has sent copy of his new book, Colour-sense [1879]; in anticipation of criticism, he justifies his reliance on recorded observations rather than experiments, by the heavy demands of his career as a journalist.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Feb [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 44
Summary:
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 159: 45
Summary:
Thanks for postcard informing him of Delboeuf’s review of his book; he had already seen review.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
28 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 159: A46
Summary:
Is recuperating well in France.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Feb [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 47
Summary:
Thanks for compliments on Evolutionist at large.
Reports on his improving health.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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