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CUL-DAR80.B148 Note: [Undated] Mind & Moral Sense [index of references] Text Image

How hatred of Incest grew into abhorrence Put under sexual selection man p 40 - morals rising higher (Selection) than necessary (p. 42) Tait Law of N. Selection p 5. If all men equal, none wd progress [Descent 1: 138, n60: Quoted by Mr. Lawson Tait in his Law of Natural Selection, —'Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869. Dr. Keller is likewise quoted to the same effect. ] (8vo. Pamph) p. 6, 8 division of labour in primeval times p 7 Struggle with other men (Fuegians, Esquimaux

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CUL-DAR242 Note: 1824--1896 Emma Darwin's diary Text

April 1875 Sunday, 11 April 1875 Monday, 12 April 1875 came home bitter cold Lady L. Miss Haig Tuesday, 13 April 1875 Julia Smith fine Wednesday, 14 April 1875 Thursday, 15 April 1875 Friday, 16 April 1875 delightful weather Saturday, 17 April 1875 Litches Huxleys Romanes Lawson Tait [George John Romanes, 1848-1894; Robert Lawson Tait, 1845-1899] April 1875 Sunday, 18 April 1875 Lovely hot day. Monday, 19 April 1875 Do. walked to Green Hill w Wm Hen_ Tuesday, 20 April 1875 Wednesday, 21 April

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F2540 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [15 letters, 1838-80]. In G. de Beer ed., The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image PDF

(Letter 12) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down, Beckenham, Kent July 19th 1880 My dear Sir I have much pleasure in enclosing 25 £ for your Scientific Fund in Birmingham. Yours very faithfully Ch. Darwin. (Letter 13) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down, Beckenham, Kent Feb. 13th 1882 My dear Sir I must write one line to thank you and Mrs Tait for your very kind note on my birthday. I feel a very old man, my course is nearly run. I remain Yours very sincerely Ch. Darwin. August

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F2540 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [15 letters, 1838-80]. In G. de Beer ed., The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image PDF

(Letter 6) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down, Beckenham, Kent Oct 8 1871 Dear Sir, I do not know anything about a supra-condyloid process in the humerus, yet I have a vague remembrance of having heard of it. But my knowledge of anatomy is quite insufficient to be trusted. If you publish on this subject I shd be grateful for a copy of your paper. Dear Sir Yours very faithfully Ch. Darwin, [signature only in Darwin's handwriting] (Letter 7) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down

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F2540 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [15 letters, 1838-80]. In G. de Beer ed., The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image PDF

the solution of this supreme question I shall ever feel my very great indebtedness. Robert Lawson Tait Robert Lawson Tait (1845-1899), surgeon and gynaecologist, had wide interests in biology, as the following letters show, with regard to comparative anatomy, insectivorous plants, animals' care of their young, and ferments. The devastating report of the referee on Tait's work in Letter 9 must have given Darwin much distress to communicate to him; nor is it known what body the referee worked for

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F2540 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [15 letters, 1838-80]. In G. de Beer ed., The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image PDF

(Letter 10) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down, Beckenham, Kent Jan 13 1880 My dear Sir The honour which you propose to do me is a great one. But would it not be better to wait until I am in my grave? Nevertheless, if you friends remain of the same opinion, I can express only my gratitude the wish that I were more worthy of the honour. I know of no other biographical notices published in England so full as the two to which you allude.1 A good sketch by Professor Preyer appeared in the

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F2540 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [15 letters, 1838-80]. In G. de Beer ed., The Darwin letters at Shrewsbury School. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 23 (1) (June): 68-85. Text Image PDF

even star-fishes do the same for their eggs, as everyone must have read of spiders. I rather think that I have referred to star-fishes in 2nd edition of Descent of Man. Other fish, besides stickle-backs, take charge of their young, of which 1 give fresh instances in 2nd edit, of Descent.1 Yours sincerely Ch. Darwin. 1 Descent of Man, 2nd edition, 1874, p. 162. (Letter 9) [Charles Darwin to Robert Lawson Tait] Down, Beckenham, Kent May 5 [18] 76 My dear Sir I have at last heard about the

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CUL-DAR252.5 Draft: [1870s--1890s?] Catalogue of Charles Robert Darwin's pamphlet collection: Quarto Text

77 1436 Tait, Lawson. Spiral growth of Umbilical -Chord Tait {Deaf White Cats 1601 1396 Tait (Lawson) Structure of Pitcher Plant 1356 Tait (Lawson) Digestive Principle in Plants 1256 Taton – Parasitic Diptera on Frog 1595 Taugl Pea protoplasm 1554 Taugl E Communication between cells 1583 Taugl Microschemie 1118 TEUSCHER ECHINODERMEN 1688 Taugl Spiroyra cells 1679 Taugl Protoplasm (Erboe) [109

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CUL-DAR252.5 Draft: [1870s--1890s?] Catalogue of Charles Robert Darwin's pamphlet collection: Quarto Text

78 142 Targioni Review of Bentham Hist: Notes on Plants 973 ---- TAIT, LAWSON---- DISEASES OF THE OVERIES 693 Taylor J. E. Geog. Distrib of animals plants Rev West 347 Tegetmeier mimetic analogy 116 Teschemacher – On Maize Thomas-Liver Fluke 1621 1136 THOME SELBST BEFRUCHTUNG 22 Thompson – Report on Fauna of Ireland 615 William Thompson Geological Dynamics 80 Thompson – Sketch of Climate and Vegetation of Himalaya 1723 w Thompson Prescriptions 107 Thompson – Report on Fauna of Ireland 1522

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F937.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 1. Text Image PDF

chase. Arch ologists are convinced that an enormous interval of time natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin, although, as is well known, he struck out the idea independently, and published it, though not with the same elaboration, at the same time. 60 Quoted by Mr. Lawson Tait in his Law of Natural Selection, 'Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869. Dr. Keller is likewise quoted to the same effect. [page] 13

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F937.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 1. Text Image PDF

discussed in the 'Q. Journal of Science,' 1869, p. 152, and by Mr. Lawson Tait in the 'Dublin Q. Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869, and by Mr. E. Ray Lankester in his 'Comparative Longevity,' 1870, p. 128. Similar views appeared previously in the 'Australasian,' July 13, 1867. I have borrowed ideas from several of these writers. 11 For Mr. Wallace, see 'Anthropolog. Review,' as before cited. Mr. Galton in 'Macmillan's Magazine,' Aug. 1865, p. 318; also his great work, 'Hereditary Genius,' 1870

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F937.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

. TAHITIANS, i. 183; compression of the nose by the, ii. 352. TAIL, rudimentary, occurrence of, in man, i. 29; convoluted body in the extremity of the, i. 30; absence of, in man and the higher apes, i. 150, 194; variability of, in species of Macacus and in baboons, i. 150; presence of, in the early progenitors of man, i. 206; length of, in pheasants, ii. 156, 164, 166; difference of length of the, in the two sexes of birds, ii. 164. TAIT, Lawson, on the effects of natural selection on civilised

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F944 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed.; tenth thousand. Text Image PDF

Mr. Wallace, with characteristic unselfishness, ascribes it (i. e. the idea of natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin, although, as is well known, he struck out the idea independently, and published it, though not with the same elaboration, at the same time. 68 Quoted by Mr. Lawson Tait in his 'Law of Natural Selection,' 'Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869. Dr. Keller is likewise quoted to the same effect. D [page] 5

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F944 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed.; tenth thousand. Text Image PDF

Animals and Plants under Domestication,' vol. i. p. 309. 9 'Fraser's Magazine,' Sept. 1868, p. 353. This article seems to have struck many persons, and has given rise to two remarkable essays and a rejoinder in the 'Spectator,' Oct. 3rd and 17th, 1868. It has also been discussed in the 'Q. Journal of Science,' 1869, p. 152, and by Mr. Lawson Tait in the 'Dublin Q. Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869, and by Mr. E. Ray Lankester in his 'Comparative Longevity,' 1870, p. 128. Similar views

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F944 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed.; tenth thousand. Text Image PDF

of, 208. Tadorna variegata, sexes and young of, 479. vulpanser, 414. Tahitians, 145; compression of the nose by the, 583. Tail, rudimentary, occurrence of, in man, 22; convoluted body in the extremity of the, 23; absence of, in man and the higher apes, 58; variability of, in species of Macacus and in baboons, 58; presence of, in the early progenitors of man, 160; length of, in pheasants, 445, 451, 452; difference of length of the, in the two sexes of birds, 451. Tait, Lawson, on the effects of

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CUL-DAR242[.39] Note: 1875 [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1875] Text Image

Sunday, 11 April 1875 Monday, 12 April 1875 came home bitter cold Lady L. Miss Haig Tuesday, 13 April 1875 Julia Smith fine Wednesday, 14 April 1875 Thursday, 15 April 1875 Friday, 16 April 1875 delightful weather Saturday, 17 April 1875 Litches Huxleys Romanes Lawson Tait April 187

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F2111 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1896. [Recollections of Darwin and correspondence with Romanes, 1875-1881]. In E. D. Romanes ed., The life and letters of George John Romanes. 6th impression. London: Longmans, 1908. Text

granting the existence of force-carriers, call them gemmules, or physiological units, or what we please. Lawson Tait says (p. 60) 'The process of growth of the ovum after impregnation can be followed only after the assumption either expressed or unconsciously accepted of such a hypothesis as is contained in Mr. Darwin's Pangenesis; ' and it is interesting, as showing the truth of the remark, to compare, for ex [page] 2

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A2572 Review: Anon. 1875. [Review of Climbing plants and Insectivorous plants]. Harper's Weekly, 19 (25 December): 1042. Text

and Drosera, as is also the case with two independent series of observations carried on in England by Dr. LAWSON TAIT and Mr. J. W. CLARK. The former gentleman claims to have established the absorptive power of the leaves on Drosera by planting in perfectly pure silver sand plants from which the roots had been entirely removed, and feeding them with extract of beef and phosphate of ammonia; the latter by feeding the leaves with bodies of flies soaked in a solution of citrate of lithium, and then

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F880.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

Dr. P. Lucas, 'L'Héréd. Nat.,' tom. i. p. 428, on the inheritance of deafness in cats. Mr. Lawson Tait states ('Nature,' 1873, p. 323) that only male cats are thus affected; but this must be a hasty generalisation. The first case recorded in England by Mr. Bree related to a female, and Mr. Fox informs me that he has bred kittens from a white female with blue eyes, which was completely deaf; he has also observed other females in the same condition. [page] 32

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F880.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

. 19. 37 See Prof. Mantegazza's interesting work, 'Degli innesti Animali,' c., Milano, 1865, p. 51, tab. 3. 38 'De la Production Artificielle des Os,' p. 8. 39 Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 'Hist. des Anomalies,' tom. ii. pp. 549, 560, 562; Virchow, ibid., p. 484. Lawson Tait, 'The Pathology of Diseases of the Ovaries,' 1874, pp. 61, 62. [page] 36

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F880.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

Mr. Lawson Tait refers to a tumour in which over 300 teeth were found, resembling in many respects milk-teeth; and to another tumour, full of hair which had grown and been shed from one little spot of skin not bigger than the tip of my little finger. The amount of hair in the sac, had it grown from a similarly sized area of the scalp, would have taken almost a lifetime to grow and be shed. Whether each of the innumerable autonomous elements of the body is a cell or the modified product of a

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F880.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

. 270; curled, in Anas boschas, and tame drakes, i. 295. TAIT, LAWSON, presence of hairs and teeth in ovarian tumours, ii. 365. TALENT, hereditary, i. 451. TANKERVILLE, Earl of, on Chillingham cattle, i. 88, ii. 97. TANNER, Prof., effects of disuse of parts in cattle, ii. 289. TAPIR, sterility of the, in captivity, ii. 133. TARGIONI-TOZZETTI, on cultivated plants, i. 323; on the vine, i. 352; varieties of the peach, i. 363; origin and varieties of the plum, i. 367; origin of the cherry, i. 368

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A1138 Review: [Tait, Lawson]. 1875. [Review of] Insectivorous plants. The Spectator (14 August): 1036-7. Text PDF

secretion changes very materially. It becomes much increased in quantity, and it becomes acid. It kills the insect and then digests it, that is to say, it dissolves out of it everything that is soluble, and then it finally absorbs at least some part of what has been dissolved. The acid which is secreted has been investigated by Professor Frankland, who finds that it is probably propionic acid; and the peculiar ferment which takes part in the digestion has been separated by Mr. Lawson Tait from the

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A1053 Periodical contribution: Tait, L. 1875. Insectivorous plants. Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science (29 July): 251-2. (Forwarded to Nature by Darwin.) Text

their gastric juice. In some the lid does not cover the orifice; probably there is something special in their habits. The glands which line the pitchers differ considerably from the Dionæa, and they are placed in curious little pockets of epithelial cells, the meaning of which is not evident. Lawson Tai

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F3473 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1875. [Letter on animal tails]. In Lawson Tait, The uses of tails in animals. Birmingham Daily Post (8 April): 6. Text Image PDF

letter 13-15 March 1875 in response to a letter of 12 March [1875] by Lawson Tait [born Robert Lawson Tait] (1845-1899) Birmingham surgeon, gynaecologist and anti-vivisectionist. On 16 March [1875] Tait wrote to thank Darwin for his reply. See Correspondence vol. 23. Much further information on the connections between Lawson Tait and Darwin can be found by searching the texts in Darwin Online, here. See also the printed items in Darwin's papers by Lawson Tait here. 3 Belt 1874. In CUL-DAR88.94

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F2126 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1875. [Letter on animal tails]. in R. L. Tait, The uses of tails in animals. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 11, no. 126 (1 June): 126-127, p. 127. Text Image

March [1875] Tait wrote to thank Darwin for his reply. See Correspondence vol. 23. Much further information on the connections between Lawson Tait and Darwin can be found by searching the texts in Darwin Online, here. See also the printed items in Darwin's papers by Lawson Tait here. 3 Belt 1874. In CUL-DAR88.94 Darwin noted Belt p 250 Skunk signal of Danger — Tail . In Descent 2s ed., p. 543, Darwin wrote: Colour seems to be advantageous to another animal, the skunk, in a manner of which we

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F2126 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1875. [Letter on animal tails]. in R. L. Tait, The uses of tails in animals. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip 11, no. 126 (1 June): 126-127, p. 127. Text Image

Darwin, C. R. 1875. [Letter on animal tails.] in R. L. Tait, The uses of tails in animals. Hardwicke's Science Gossip 11, no. 126 (1 June): 126-127, p. 127. [page] 126 THE USES OF TAILS IN ANIMALS. MR. LAWSON TAIT recently delivered a lecture on this important subject, before the Birmingham Natural History Society. We give a summary of the Lecturer's remarks:— It is not difficult to imagine how the prehensile tails of monkeys, opossums, and other animals, or the fly-switches of the horse or

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F948 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1877. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. Twelfth thousand, revised and augmented. (final text). London: John Murray. Text PDF

Mr. Wallace, with characteristic unselfishness, ascribes it (i. e. the idea of natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin, although, as is well known, he struck out the idea independently, and published it, though not with the same elaboration, at the same time. 68 Quoted by Mr. Lawson Tait in his 'Law of Natural Selection,'—'Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869. Dr. Keller is likewise quoted to the same effect. [page] 5

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F948 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1877. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. Twelfth thousand, revised and augmented. (final text). London: John Murray. Text PDF

Animals and Plants under Domestication,' vol. i. p. 309. 9 'Fraser's Magazine,' Sept. 1868, p. 353. This article seems to have struck many persons, and has given rise to two remarkable essays and a rejoinder in the 'Spectator,' Oct. 3rd and 17th, 1868. It has also been discussed in the 'Q. Journal of Science,' 1869, p. 152, and by Mr. Lawson Tait in the 'Dublin Q. Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869, and by Mr. E. Ray Lankester in his 'Comparative Longevity,' 1870, p. 128. Similar views

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F948 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1877. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. Twelfth thousand, revised and augmented. (final text). London: John Murray. Text PDF

birds, 451. Tait, Lawson, on the effects of natural selection on civilised nations, 133. Tanager, scarlet, variation in the male, 424. Tanager æstiva, age of mature plumage in, 483. — rubra, 424; young of, 487. Tanais, absence of mouth in the males of some species of, 208; relations of the sexes in, 255; dimorphic males of a species of, 265. Tankerville, Earl, on the battles of wild bulls, 501. Tanysiptera, races of, determined from adult males, 468. — sylvia, long tail-feathers of, 451. Taphroderes

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A2785 Periodical contribution: Watson, H. W. et al. 1880. [Address from the Birmingham Philosophical Society to Darwin in commemoration of his 71st birthday]. Midland Naturalist 3: 71. Text PDF

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [page] 71 BIRMINGHAM PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. – At a general meeting of the members of this Society, on February 12th, (Dr. Darwins 71st birthday,) on the motion of the Rev. H. W. Watson, M. A., (Vicar of Berkswell,) seconded by the Rev. H. W. Crosskey, Dr. Darwin was elected an honorary member; and, on the motion of the President (Dr. Heslop,) seconded by Mr. Lawson Tait, the following address was unanimously adopted: To Charles Darwin, M. A., LL.D., F

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F3426b Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Letter to H. W. Crosskey and the Birmingham Philosophical Society, 1880]. Death of Charles Darwin, F.R.S. Birmingham Daily Post, (21 April): 4. Text

following reply was received from Mr. Darwin:— Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear sir, I have this day received, through Mr. Lawson Tait, the address from the Birmingham Philosophical Society congratulating me on my birthday, and communicating to me the fact of my election as honorary member. The society has thus conferred on me an honour which I believe to be unprecedented. Both the address and my election have gratiﬁed me deeply, more especially as coming from Birmingham, the birthplace or residence of

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F1416 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. Text Image PDF

milk; and Mr. Lawson Tait tells me that one of his cats of course without tuition has gone a step further, in that she places her paws upon the bell as a still more emphatic sign that she desires it pulled. But Dr. Creighton Browne tells me of a cat which he has that goes a step further than this, and herself rings the bell. This is corroborative of Archbishop Whately's anecdote. 'This cat lived many years in my mother's family, and its feats of sagacity were witnessed by her, my sisters, and

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F1416 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. Text Image PDF

Sylvia, 293 Sympathy, of ants, 46-9; of bees, 155-6; of fish, 242; of birds, 270-6; of horse, 331-2; of ruminants, 334; of elephants, 387-92, and 397, 398; of cat, 416; of monkeys, 471-5 TAIT, LAWSON, on cat signing to have bell pulled, 423 Talegallus, nidification of, 294 Taylor, the Rev. Mr., cunning of his dog, 451 Tegetmeier, on amount of sugar required by bees to make honey, 176 Telescope-fish, 246 Tennent, Sir B., on apparent intelligence of land-leeches, 24; intelligence of tree-ants

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F955 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand. Text Image PDF

Mr. Wallace, with characteristic unselfishness, ascribes it (i. e. the idea of natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin, although, as is well known, he struck out the idea independently, and published it, though not with the same elaboration, at the same time. 68 Quoted by Mr. Lawson Tait in his 'Law of Natural Selection,'—'Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869. Dr. Keller is likewise quoted to the same effect. E [page] 5

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F955 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand. Text Image PDF

Animals and Plants under Domestication,' vol. i. p. 309. 9 'Fraser's Magazine,' Sept. 1868, p. 353. This article seems to have struck many persons, and has given rise to two remarkable essays and a rejoinder in the 'Spectator,' Oct. 3rd and 17th, 1868. It has also been discussed in the 'Q. Journal of Science,' 1869, p. 152, and by Mr. Lawson Tait in the 'Dublin Q. Journal of Medical Science,' Feb. 1869, and by Mr. E. Ray Lankester in his 'Comparative Longevity,' 1870, p. 128. Similar views

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F955 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand. Text Image PDF

birds, 451. Tait, Lawson, on the effects of natural selection on civilised nations, 133. Tanager, scarlet, variation in the male, 424. Tanager æstiva, age of mature plumage in, 483. — rubra, 424; young of, 487. Tanais, absence of mouth in the males of some species of, 208; relations of the sexes in, 255; dimorphic males of a species of, 265. Tankerville, Earl, on the battles of wild bulls, 501. Tanysiptera, races of, determined from adult males, 468. — sylvia, long tail-feathers of, 451. Taphroderes

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CUL-DAR215.12a Correspondence: (Birmingham Philosophical Society) to Darwin Francis (Sir [1913]) 1882.04.21 (Birmingham Philosophical Society) to Darwin Francis (Sir [1913]) Text Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [12a] POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. [Handed in at the] Bham P O [Office at] 12.3 [Received here at] 12.42 [Dated stamp of delivering office FARNBORO A KENT AP21 82] [From] Tait Lawson Birmingham [To] Francis Darwin Down Beckenham Am desirous of attending the Funeral to Represent our Philosophical Socy. Please let me know if I may also time [Francis Darwin:] answere

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CUL-DAR215.4a Miscellaneous: 1882.04.26 List of persons forming procession, funeral of Darwin Charles Robert Text Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [4a] List of Persons invited to the funeral of Charles Darwin in Westminster Abbey Ap. 26. '82 (Chapter House) The ambassadors of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia. Ministers who are F.R.S (invited by the P.R.S) Lawson Tait H. W. Bates Jowett Sir W. Thomson Dallas W. White Prichard Master of Xts Master of Schrewb. Sch. Kennedy Sir H Maine Max Müller Hirst Ralston Smith Ouless Richmond Babington V. C of Oxford Ld. Salsbury Ld. Aberdare Sir J

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CUL-DAR262.15.137 Correspondence: Tait, Lawson to [Bonney T G and Dove P E] 1885.05.26 Tait, Lawson to [Bonney T G and Dove P E] Text Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [1] May 26th 1885 Dear Sir, I should be glad if would kindly forward me a ticket of admission to the ceremony of unveiling the Statue of Charles Darwin on the 9th June next. Yours truly Lawson Tai

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A1015 Book: Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co. Text

tails round the branches of a bush placed in the cage, and thus aided themselves in climbing; while Dr. G nther has actually seen a mouse suspend itself by the tail (Origin, P. 189). Again, Mr. Lawson Tait has called attention to the use of the tail in the cat, squirrel, yak, and many other animals as a means of preserving the heat of the body during the nocturnal and the winter sleep. He says, that in cold weather animals with long or bushy tails will be found lying curled up, with their tails

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A1015 Book: Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co. Text

Law of relation of colour and nest, 278, 279 Laws of animal coloration, 296 Lawson Tait, on uses of tails, 136 Leaf-butterflies, 207 Leguminos , rare in oceanic islands, 368 Lemuria, an unsound hypothesis, 354 Lepidoptera, variation of, 44 Leyden Museum, diagram showing variability of birds in, 61 Life, Weismann on duration of, 437 (note) Limenitis misippus mimics Danais archippus, 248 ursula mimics Papilio philenor, 248 Linn us, on rapid increase of the flesh-fly, 25 Livingstone, his sensations

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F1548.1 Book: Darwin, Francis & Seward, A. C. eds. 1903. More letters of Charles Darwin. A record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters. London: John Murray. Volume 1 Text Image PDF

so thoroughly satisfied my mind that I have now given up making them. Letter 269. TO LAWSON TAIT. [The late Mr. Lawson Tait wrote to Mr. Darwin (June 2nd, 1875): I am watching a lot of my mice from whom I removed the tails at birth, and I am coming to the conclusion that the essential use of the tail there is as a recording organ-that is, they record in their memories the corners they turn and the height of the holes they pass through by touching them with their tails. Mr. Darwin was interested

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F1548.1 Book: Darwin, Francis & Seward, A. C. eds. 1903. More letters of Charles Darwin. A record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters. London: John Murray. Volume 1 Text Image PDF

Letter 274. TO LAWSON TAIT. March 25th, 1876. [The reference is to the theory put forward in the first edition of Variation of Animals and Plants, II., page 15, that the asserted tendency to regeneration after the amputation of supernumerary digits in man is a return to the recuperative powers characteristic of a lowly organised progenitor provided with more than five digits. Darwin's recantation is at Volume I., page 459 of the second edition.] Since reading your first article,1 Dr. Rüdinger

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