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The following list is in the order of the entries in the Calendar of the correspondence of
Charles Darwin. It includes all those letters that are listed in the Calendar for the year
1871, and those that have been redated into 1871. Alongside the Calendar numbers are
the corrected dates of each letter. A date or comment printed in italic type indicates
that the letter has been omitted from this volume.
Letters acquired after the publication of the first edition of the Calendar, in 1985,
have been given numbers corresponding to the chronological ordering of the original
Calendar listing with the addition of an alphabetical marker. Many of these letters are
summarised in a ‘Supplement’ to a new edition of the Calendar (Cambridge Univer-
sity Press, 1994). The markers ‘f ’, ‘g’, and ‘h’ denote letters acquired after the second
edition of the Calendar went to press in 1994.
5767. [1871?]5926. 24 Feb [1871]6102a. 7 Apr [1871]6508. 18 Dec [1871]6523. [1871]6695. 12 Apr [1871]7048. [Apr 1871?]7057. [1871 or later]7063. [ Jan 1871]7151. 30 Mar [1871]7155. 31 Mar [1871]7377. 20 Nov [1871]7404. [Nov–Dec 1871?]7405. [after 4 Mar 1871]7406. [21 Mar 1871]7407. [after 24 Feb 1871?]7408. [after 15 Apr 1871]7409. [after 29 Apr 1869?]. Published in supplement to
vol. 18.7410. [before 17 Sept 1871]7411. [before 26 Apr 1871]7412. [16 Dec 1871]7413. [after 22? Apr 1868]7414. [1871?]7415. [before 1 June 1871]7416. Cancel: enclosure to 7415.7417. Cancel: enclosure to 7968.7418. [1871]
7419. [after 24 Feb 1871]7420. [before 22 Apr 1871?]7421. Cancel: not a letter.7422. [before 11 Mar 1873]7423. Cancel: partial translation of 7695.7424. [1872–4]7425. [after 21 Jan 1871]7426. [before 4 Jan 1871]7427. 4 Jan [1871]7428. 4 Jan 18717429. 6 Jan [1871]7429a. 6 Jan [1873–4]7430. 7 Jan 18717431. 8 Jan 18717432. 9 Jan 18717433. 9 Jan 18717434. 10 Jan [1870 or 1871]7435. 10 Jan 18717436. 11 Jan 18717437. 11 Jan 18717438. 12 Jan [1871]7439. 13 Jan 18717440. 13 Jan 18717441. 14 Jan [1871]7442. 15 Jan [1871]7442a. 15 Jan [1872–4]7443. 16 Jan 18717444. 17 Jan [1871]
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7445. 18 Jan [1871]7446. 18 Jan [1871]7447. 19 Jan 18717448. 21 Jan [1871]7449. 21 Jan 18717450. 21 Jan [1871]7450a. 21 Jan [1871]7451. 22 Jan 18717452. [before 26] Jan [1871]7453. [23 Jan 1871]7453a. 23 Jan [1871]7454. 24 Jan 18717455. 26 Jan [1871]7456. 26 Jan 18717457. 26 Jan 18717458. 26 Jan 18717459. [26 Jan – 3 Feb 1871]7459a. 26 Jan [1871]7460. 27 Jan 18717461. 27 Jan [1871]7461a. 27 Jan [1871]7462. 28 Jan [1871]7462a. 28 Jan [1871]7463. 29 Jan 18717464. 30 Jan [1871]7465. 30 Jan 18717466. 30 Jan [1871]7467. 31 Jan 18717468. 31 Jan 18717469. [29 Feb 1872]7470. [before 3 Mar 1871]7471. 1 Feb [1871]7472. 1 Feb 18717473. 1 Feb 18717474. 3 Feb 18717475. 3 Feb 18717476. 5 Feb [1871]7477. 8 Feb 18717478. 8 Feb 18717478a. 9 Feb 18717479. 10 Feb 18717480. 10 Feb [1871]7481. 14 Feb [1871]7482. 15 Feb [1871]7483. 15 Feb 18717484. 16 Feb 18717484a. 16 Feb 18717485. 17 Feb 18717486. 18 Feb [1871]7487. 18 Feb 18717488. 18 Feb 18717489. 19 Feb [1871]7490. 19 Feb [1871]7491. 19 [Feb 1871]
7492. 19 Feb 18717493. 20 Feb [1871]7494. 20 Feb 18717495. 20 Feb 18717496. 20 Feb [1871]7497. 20 Feb 18717498. 20 Feb 18717499. 20 Feb [1871]7500. 21 Feb 18717501. 21 Feb 18717502. 21 Feb 18717503. 21 Feb 18717504. 21 Feb [1871]7505. 21 Feb [1871]7506. 22 Feb 18717507. 23 Feb [1871]7508. 23 Feb [1871]7509. 23 Feb 18717509a. 23 Feb 18717510. 24 Feb 18717511. [24 Feb 1871]7512. 24 Feb 18717512f. [23 Nov 1866?]. To be published in next supplement.7513. 25 Feb [1871]7514. 25 Feb [1871]7515. 25 Feb 18717516. 26 Feb 18717516f. [25 Feb 1871]7517. 26 Feb [1871]7518. [27 Feb 1871]7519. 27 Feb [1871]7520. 28 Feb 18717520a. [28 Feb 1871]7521. [after 22 Feb 1871]7522. [before 25 Apr 1871]7523. [after 25 Apr 1871]7524. 1 Mar [1871]7525. 1 Mar [1871]7526. 1 Mar 18717527. 1 Mar [1871]7528. 1 Mar 18717529. [before 21 Feb 1871]7530. 2 [Mar 1871]7531. 2 Mar 18717532. 2 Mar [1871?]7533. 2 Mar 18717534. 3 Mar 18717535. 3 Mar 18717536. 3 Mar 18717537. 3 Mar [1871]7538. 3 Mar 18717539. 3 Mar [1871]7540. 3 Mar 18717541. 3 Mar 1871
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7542. [3–9 Mar 1871]7543. 4 Mar [1871]7544. 4 Mar [1871]7545. 4 Mar 18717546. 4 Mar 18717546f. [after 4 Mar 1871]7547. 5 Mar 18717548. 5 Mar [1871]7549. 6 Mar 18717550. 7 Mar [1871]7551. 7 Mar [1871]7552. 7 Mar [1871]7553. 7 Mar 18717554. 8 Mar [1871]7555. 8 Mar [1871]7556. 8 Mar [1871]7557. 8 Mar 18717558. 9 Mar 18717559. 9 Mar [1871]7560. 9 Mar 18717561. [3–9 Mar 1871]7562. [after 9 Mar 1871]7563. 10 Mar 18717564. 10 Mar 18717565. 10 Mar [1871]7566. about 10 Mar [1871]7567. 10 and 14 Mar [1871]7568. 11 Mar 18717569. 11 Mar 18717570. 11 Mar 18717571. 11 Mar 18717572. 11 Mar 18717573. 11 Mar 18717574. 12 Mar [1871]7575. 12 Mar [1871]7576. 12 Mar 18717577. 13 Mar 18717578. 13 Mar 18717579. 13 Mar [1871]7579a. 13 Mar [1871]7580. 14 Mar 18717581. 14 Mar [1871]7582. 14 Mar 18717583. 14 Mar 18717584. Cancel: draft of 7609.7585. 15 Mar [1871]7586. 15 Mar 18717587. [15 Mar 1871]7588. [before 16 Mar 1871]7589. 16 Mar 18717590. 16 Mar 18717591. 16 Mar 18717592. 17 Mar 18717593. 17 Mar 1871
7594. 18 Mar [1871]7595. 18 Mar 18717596. 18 Mar [1871]7597. 18 Mar [1871]7598. 18 Mar [1871]7599. 18 Mar 18717600. 19 Mar 18717601. 19 Mar 18717602. 19 Mar 18717603. 20 Mar 18717604. 20 Mar [1871]7605. 20 Mar 18717606. 21 Mar 18717607. 21 Mar [1871]7608. 21 Mar 18717609. 21 Mar [1871]7610. 22 Mar [1871]7611. 22 Mar 18717612. 22 Mar [1871]7613. 23 Mar 18717614. 23 Mar 18717615. 24 Mar [1871]7616. 24 Mar [1871]7617. Cancel: enclosure to 7621.7617f. 24 Mar 18717618. 24 Mar 18717619. Cancel: draft of 7617.7620. 24 Mar 18717621. 24 Mar [1871]7622. 25 Mar [1871]7623. 25 Mar 18717624. 25 Mar [1871]7625. 25 Mar 18717626. 25 Mar [1871]7627. 26 Mar 18717628. 26 Mar 18717629. [27 Mar 1871]7630. 28 Mar [1871]7631. 28 [Mar 1871]7632. 28 Mar [1871]7633. 28 Mar 18717634. 28 Mar 18717635. 28 Mar [1871]7636. Cancel: published version of 7605.7637. [after 28 Mar 1871]7638. 29 Mar [1871]7639. 29 Mar [1871]7640. 29 Mar [1871]7641. 29 Mar 18717642. 29 Mar 18717643. 29 Mar 18717644. 30 Mar 18717645. 30 Mar 18717646. 31 Mar [1871]
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7739. 4 May [1871]7740. 6 May 18717741. 6 May 18717742. 6 May [1873]7743. 7 May 18717744. 8 May 18717745. 8 May 18717746. 9 May [1871]7747. 10 May [1871]7748. 10 May 18717749. 10 May [1871]7750. 10 May 18717751. 10 May 18717752. 10 May 18717753. 11 May 18717754. 12 May 18717755. 12 May [1871]7756. 13 May 18717757. [14 May 1871]7758. 14 May 18717759. 16 May [1871]7760. 16 May 18717761. 16 May [1871]7761f. [after 16 May 1871]7761g. [after 22 May 1871]7762. 17 May [1871]7763. 19 May [1871]7764. 19 May 18717765. 21 May [1871]7765g. [after 22 May 1871]7766. 23 May [1871]7767. 25 May 18717768. 26 May 18717769. 26 May [1871]7770. 26 May 18717771. 27 May [1871]7772. 27 May [1871]7773. 28 May [1871]7774. 28 May 18717775. 28 May [1871]7776. 29 May [1871]7777. 29 May 18717778. 29 May 18717778f. 29 May 18717779. Cancel: part of 7777.7780. 30 May 18717781. 30 May [1871]7782. 30 May 18717783. 30 May 18717784. 31 May [1871]7785. [23 June 1871]7786. [2–5 June 1871]7787. [after 20 May 1871?]7788. [before 22] June 1871
7789. [19 Nov 1870]. To be published in next supplement.7790. [1–4 April 1871]7791. [after 13 June 1871]7792. 1 June [1871]7792f. 2 June [1871]7793. 1 June [1871]7794. 1 June [1871]7795. 1 June 18717796. 2 June [1871]7797. 2 June 18717798. 3 June [1871]7799. 3 June 18717800. 4 June [1871]7801. 5 June 18717802. 5 June 18717803. 6 June [1871]7804. 6 June [1871]7805. 6 June 18717806. 6 June [1871]7807. 7 June 18717808. 7 June 18717809. 8 June [1871]7810. 8 June 18717811. 8 June 18717812. 8 June 18717813. 9 June [1871]7814. 10 June 18717815. 11 June [1858]7816. 12 June 18717817. 12 June 18717818. [13 June 1871]7819. 14 June [1871]7820. 14 June 18717821. 16 June 18717822. 17 [ July] 18717823. 18 June 18717824. 19 June 18717825. 19 June 18717826. 19 June 18717827. Cancel: postscript to 7826.7828. 21 June [1871]7829. 21 June 18717829a. 21 June 18717830. 22 June [1871]7831. 25 June 18717832. 26 June [1871]7833. 26 June 18717834. [26 June 1871]7835. 27 June [1871]7836. 28 June [1871]7836f. 28 June [1871]7837. 29 [ June 1871]7838. 29 [ June 1871]7839. 29 June 1871
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7839a. Cancel: part of 7520a.7840. Cancel: enclosure to 10699.7841. [17 July 1871]7842. July 18717843. 1 July [1871]7844. 1 July 18717845. 1 July [1871]7846. 1 July [1871]7846f. 1 July [1871]7847. 2 July 18717848. 3 July 18717849. 4 July [1871]7850. 5 July [1871]7851. 6 July 18717852. 6 July [1871]7853. 7 July 18717854. [5–8 July 1871]7854f. 8 July [1871]7855. 9 July [1871]7856. 9 July [1871]7857. 11 July 18717858. 12 July [1871]7859. 12 July [1871]7860. 12 July [1871]7861. 12 July 18717862. 12 July 18717863. 13 July [1871]7864. 13 July 18717865. 13–14 July [1871]7866. 15 July 18717867. 16 July [1871]7868. 16 July 18717868a. 16 July 18717869. 17 July [1871]7870. 17 July [1871]7871. 18 July [1871]7872. 18 July 18717873. 18 July 18717874. 19 July [1871]7875. 20 July 18717876. 21 July 18717877. 22 July 18717878. 23 July [1871]7879. 23 July 18717880. 24 May [1871]7880f. 24 July [1871]7881. 26 July [1871]7882. 26 July 18717883. 26 July 18717884. 27 July 18717885. 28 July 18717886. 29 July [1871?]7887. [after 29 July 1871?]7888. 30 July 1871
7889. 1 Aug [1871]7890. 1 Aug 18717891. 1 Aug 18717891f. [1 Aug 1871]7892. 2 Aug [1871]7893. 2 Aug [1871]7893a. [2 Aug 1871]7894. 3 Aug 18717895. 4 Aug [1871]7896. 5 Aug 18717897. 5 Aug 18717898. 6 Aug [1871]7899. 7 Aug 18717900. 8 Aug [1871]7901. 5 Aug 18717902. 10 Aug [1871]7903. 11 Aug 18717904. 12 Aug [1871]7905. 15 Aug 18717906. 17 Aug 18717907. 17 Aug [1871]7908. 17 Aug 18717909. 18 Aug 18717910. 18 Aug 18717911. 19 Aug [1871]7912. 20 Aug 18717913. 21 Aug 18717914. 21 Aug [1871]7915. [21] Aug [1871]7916. [22 Aug 1871]7917. 23 Aug 18717918. 27 Aug 18717918f. 29 Aug 18717919. 31 Aug 18717920. Cancel: third-party letter.7921. 2 Sept [1871]7922. 4 Sept [1871]7923. 4 Sept 18717924. 6 Sept [1871]7925. 7 Sept 18717926. 8 Sept 18717926f. 8 Sept [1871]7927. [before 9 Sept 1871]7928. 9 Sept 18717929. 9 Sept 18717929a. 9 Sept [1871]7930. 10 Sept 18717931. 10 Sept [1871]7932. 10 Sept [1871 or 1873]7932a. 10 Sept [1871]7933. 12 Sept 18717934. 12 Sept [1871]7935. 12 [Sept 1871]7936. 12 Sept 1871
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7990. 6 Oct 18717991. 7 Oct 18717992. 7 Oct [1871]7993. 8 Oct 18717994. 8 Oct [1871]7995. 9 Oct [1871]7996. 9 Oct 18717997. 9 Oct 18717998. 9 Oct 18717999. 10 Oct [1871]8000. 10 Oct 18718001. 10 Oct 18718002. 11 Oct 18718003. 12 Oct [1871]8004. 12 Oct 18718005. 12 Oct 18718005a. 12 Oct [1871]8006. 13 Oct 18718007. 13 Oct [1871]8008. 13 Oct [1871]8009. 14 Oct 18718010. 15 Oct [1871]8011. 16 Oct 18718012. 16 Oct 18718013. 16 Oct 18718014. 16 Oct [1871]8015. 18 Oct 18718016. 18 Oct 18718017. 18 Oct 18718018. 19 Oct 18718019. 19 Oct 18718019a. 19 Oct [1871]8020. 20 Oct 18718021. 20 Oct 18718022. [20 Oct 1871]8023. 20 [Oct 1871]8024. 20 Oct 18718025. [20 Oct 1871]8026. 20 Oct 18718027. 22 Oct 18718028. 22 Oct 18718029. 22 Oct 18718030. 23 Oct 18718031. 24 Oct 18718031a. 25 Oct [1871]8032. 27 Oct 18718032f. [after 31 Oct? 1871]8033. 28 Oct 18718034. 30 Oct 18718035. 30 Oct 18718036. 31 Oct 18718037. 31 Oct 18718038. 31 Oct 18718038f. 31 [Oct 1871]
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8039. [after 11 Nov 1871]8040. [after 5] Nov 18718041. [after 5 Nov 1871]8042. [Nov 1871]8043. 1 Nov 18718044. 1 Nov 18718045. 1 Nov 18718045a. 1 Nov [1871]8046. 2 Nov 18718047. 2 Nov [1871]8048. 3 [Nov 1871]8049. 3 Nov 18718049f. 3 Nov [1872]8050. 4 Nov 18718051. [4 Nov 1871]8052. 4 Nov 18718053. 4 Nov 18718053f. [5 Nov 1871]8054. [6 Nov 1871]8055. 7 Nov 18718055a. 7 Nov [1871]8056. 8 Nov 18718057. 8 Nov 18718058. 9 Nov 18718059. Cancel: same as 74328060. 10 [Dec] 18718061. 11 Nov 18718062. 11 Nov 18718063. 11 Nov 18718064. 13 Nov [1871]8065. 13 Nov 18718066. 14 Nov [1871]8067. 14 Nov 18718068. 15 Nov 18718069. 15 Nov 18718070. 16 Nov [1871]8071. 16 Nov 18718072. 17 Nov 18718073. 17 Nov 18718074. 17 Nov 18718074f. 17 Nov 18718075. 18 Nov [1871?]8076. 20 Nov [1871]8077. 20 Nov 18718078. 20 Nov 18718079. 20 Nov [1871]8080. 21 Nov 18718081. 22 Nov [1871]8082. 22 Nov 18718083. 23 Nov [1871]8084. 24 Nov 18718085. 24 Nov 18718086. 25 Nov 18718086a. 26 Nov 1871
8087. 28 Nov [1871]8088. 29 Nov 18718089. 2 Dec [1871]8090. 2 Dec 18718091. 3 Dec [1871]8092. 3 Dec 18718093. 3 Dec 18718094. 4 Dec 18718094a. 4 Dec 18718095. 5 Dec 18718096. 5 Dec 18718097. 5 Dec 18718098. 5 Dec 18718099. 7 Dec [1871]8100. 8 Dec 18718101. 9 Dec 18718102. 9 Dec 18718103. [after 9 Dec 1871]8104. 10 Dec 18718105. 12 Dec 18718106. 15 [Dec 1871]8107. [15 Dec 1871]8107a. 15 Dec 18718108. [17 Dec 1871]8108a. 17 Dec [1871]8109. [18 Dec 1871]8110. 19 Dec [1871]8111. 19 Dec [1871]8112. 20 Dec [1871]8113. 20 Dec 18718114. 21 Dec 18718115. 21 Dec [1871]8116. 21 Dec [1871]8117. 22 Dec 18718118. 22 Dec 18718118a. 23 Dec 18718118b. 23 Dec [1871]8119. 24 Dec 18718120. 25 Dec 18718121. 27 Dec 18718122. 27 Dec 18718122f. 27 Dec [1871]8123. 29 Dec 18718124. 30 Dec 18718125. 30 Dec 18718125f. 30 Dec 18718126. [after 22 Dec 1871]8127. [Mar 1871?]8129. [before 2 Dec 1871]8134. [before 2 Dec 1871]8205. 9 Feb [1871]8208. 11 Feb [1871]8253. 26 Mar [1871]9998. 28 May 1871
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distinguished males from females of the same species, as well as the physical features
of different human races. The material on this subject became so extensive that it
filled nearly two-thirds of the book. Indeed the number of pages devoted exclusively
to human evolution was comparatively small, reflecting Darwin’s aim of showing
kinship with animals at every level of structure and behaviour.
Descent was published on 24 February, and all 2500 copies were sold in a week.
‘Murray says he is “torn to pieces” by people wanting copies’, Darwin wrote to his
son Francis on 28 February. Demand continued throughout the year, and Murray
produced three more printings, 2000 in March, 2000 in April, and a further 1000 in
December. The level of interest in the book overseas was shown by the number of for-
eign editions and translations, and the speed at which they appeared. Arrangements
for a US edition had been in place since December 1869, while German, Russian,
French, and Dutch translations were being prepared from the proof-sheets, rather
than waiting for the bound copies. Hooker suggested one of the reasons behind the
book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it delightful reading, but that it does
not do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale’ (letter from J. D. Hooker,
26 March 1871). The profits for Darwin were considerable. After receiving sums to-
talling £1470 for the first two printings, Darwin wrote to Murray on 20 March 1871,
‘It is quite a grand trade to be a scientific man.’
As usual, Darwin did his best to obtain a wide and favourable reception. He
suggested various journals for review, and ordered a large number of presentation
copies, sending around eighty books to leading men of science and collaborators
who had assisted him, as well as to his extended family and friends (see Appendix
IV). Four of Darwin’s five sons received a copy, and his daughter Henrietta, who had
contributed substantially as a critic and commentator, received a special acknowl-
edgment in the form of a gift. Darwin credited her for whatever he had been able
to achieve in ‘lucid vigorous style’, as well as for the book’s ‘arrangement, not to
mention still more important aids in the reasoning’. He decided to give her around
£25 so that she might buy something to her liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’
(letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871).
Recipients of his presentation copies began to write in February, usually send-
ing their compliments and praise. The asylum director James Crichton-Browne
described the book as ‘strong as iron and clear as crystal’, and had forsaken his
lunch and dinner in order to read it (letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 Febru-
ary 1871). The African explorer and writer William Winwood Reade thought the
publication of so bold a theory would ‘encourage many in their writings to tell what
they believe to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21February 1871). The geologist William Boyd Dawkins remarked on Darwin’s books’
reception amongst ‘artisans and mill-hands of Manchester and Oldham . . . They
club together to buy them’ (letter from W. B. Dawkins, 23 February 1871). Thomas
Henry Huxley marvelled that Darwin had been able to link the periodicity of certain
bodily phenomena with the lunar cycle: ‘Fancy lunacy & menstruation coming out
of the primary fact that one’s nth. ancestor lived between tide-marks!’ (letter from
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