RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1878. CUL-DAR242[.42]. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua, corrections by John van Wyhe 4.2019. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of Richard Darwin Keynes. See the introduction to Emma Darwin's diaries here. All of the diaries are also available in a single file here, which has the latest corrections.

Introduction by Christine Chua:

Apart from a rheumatic complaint and a short bout of feeling poorly in August, Darwin appeared to be well enough to receive a number of people throughout 1878. Most notably Lord and Lady Arthur Russell. The last known correspondence between them was 19 May 1873 when Lord Russell sent Darwin a note on distinct races of carp etc. in the hope that Darwin would use it in future edition of Variation. [He did, see Variation, 2d ed. vol. 2, p. 222. JvW]


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Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1878

January 1878

Tuesday, 1 January 1878

Wednesday, 2 January 1878

Thursday, 3 January 1878

Friday, 4 January 1878

Rose went

Saturday, 5 January 1878

I. & M. Huxley & Cooksons [Marian Huxley, later Collier]

January 1878

Sunday, 6 January 1878

Monday, 7 January 1878

all went

Tuesday, 8 January 1878

Wednesday, 9 January 1878

Thursday, 10 January 1878

Friday, 11 January 1878

Saturday, 12 January 1878

January 1878

Sunday, 13 January 1878

Monday, 14 January 1878

Tuesday, 15 January 1878

Wednesday, 16 January 1878

Thursday, 17 January 1878

came to 6. Q. A

5/. Mina

5/. Pearce for Dr

Friday, 18 January 1878

Saturday, 19 January 1878

wrote G H D

January 1878

Sunday, 20 January 1878

Monday, 21 January 1878

Tuesday, 22 January 1878

Wednesday, 23 January 1878

Came home

Thursday, 24 January 1878

wr. F. W. & Laura

Friday, 25 January 1878

Saturday, 26 January 1878

Dyers & F. Balfour

January 1878

Sunday, 27 January 1878

Monday, 28 January 1878

Dyers & F. Balfour went

Tuesday, 29 January 1878

Wednesday, 30 January 1878

January – February 1878

Thursday, 31 January 1878

called on Mrs Lovegrove

Friday, 1 February 1878

Lecture

Saturday, 2 February 1878

B. went to Basset

February 1878

Sunday, 3 February 1878

Monday, 4 February 1878

Tuesday, 5 February 1878

Wednesday, 6 February 1878

Thursday, 7 February 1878

Car. W came

Friday, 8 February 1878

Hooker to dinner

Leo came

Saturday, 9 February 1878

C. W. went

Sir J Hooker came

February 1878

Sunday, 10 February 1878

Monday, 11 February 1878

Bessy returned

Tuesday, 12 February 1878

Hookers went

Wednesday, 13 February 1878

Thursday, 14 February 1878

Caroline W came [line erased]

wr. G.

rain

Friday, 15 February 1878

Hooker to dinner

Leo came [2 lines erased]

Saturday, 16 February 1878

Caroline went [line erased]

February 1878

Sunday, 17 February 1878

!!

Monday, 18 February 1878

wr. G.

beaut w –

!!

Tuesday, 19 February 1878

!!

Wednesday, 20 February 1878

Thursday, 21 February 1878

Friday, 22 February 1878

Saturday, 23 February 1878

February 1878

Sunday, 24 February 1878

Monday, 25 February 1878

Tuesday, 26 February 1878

Wednesday, 27 February 1878

came to London

February - March 1878

Thursday, 28 February 1878

Friday, 1 March 1878

ch. Maple 3 – 0. 9

Saturday, 2 March 1878

March 1878

Sunday, 3 March 1878

Monday, 4 March 1878

went to Bry Sq

Tuesday, 5 March 1878  

came home

Wednesday, 6 March 1878

Thursday, 7 March 1878

Friday, 8 March 1878

Saturday, 9 March 1878

March 1878

Sunday, 10 March 1878 

Monday, 11 March 1878

Tuesday, 12 March 1878

Wednesday, 13 March 1878

Thursday, 14 March 1878

Friday, 15 March 1878

W. & Sara came

Saturday, 16 March 1878

Geo [crossed]

March 1878

Sunday, 17 March 1878 

Geo came home

Monday, 18 March 1878

Tuesday, 19 March 1878

Wednesday, 20 March 1878

W. & Sara went

Thursday, 21 March 1878

Friday, 22 March 1878

Litches went

Geo. unwell & feverish

Frost began

Saturday, 23 March 1878

Therm 22

March 1878

Sunday, 24 March 1878

Monday, 25 March 1878

Bessy went to Bry St.

Tuesday, 26 March 1878

Wednesday, 27 March 1878

Thursday, 28 March 1878

B. came home

Friday, 29 March 1878

deep snow

wrote Caroline

Saturday, 30 March 1878

April 1878

[1 April – 13 April 1878 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 14 April 1878

Monday, 15 April 1878

Tuesday, 16 April 1878

Wednesday, 17 April 1878

Thursday, 18 April 1878

Litches came. & Leo -

Friday, 19 April 1878

Saturday, 20 April 1878

April 1878

Sunday, 21 April 1878

Monday, 22 April 1878

Camilla came

Tuesday, 23 April 1878

Litches went

Wednesday, 24 April 1878

Innes' & Hoole dined

Thursday, 25 April 1878

Camilla went

House book shd have £1 – 9 – 9 -

Friday, 26 April 1878

In hand 16.5 - 3

Saturday, 27 April 1878

came to Basset

!!!

w. George

April - May 1878

Sunday, 28 April 1878

drove on Common

!!

Monday, 29 April 1878

rain

Tuesday, 30 April 1878

Wednesday, 1 May 1878

G. went

fine

Theo came

Thursday, 2 May 1878

!!

Friday, 3 May 1878

Saturday, 4 May 1878

headache

Leo & Ho came

May 1878

Sunday, 5 May 1878

went to Church

!!!

Monday, 6 May 1878

Tuesday, 7 May 1878

Wednesday, 8 May 1878

Thursday, 9 May 1878

went to New Foust

!!

Friday, 10 May 1878

Horace came

!!

Saturday, 11 May 1878

Rheum –

!!

May 1878

Sunday, 12 May 1878

!!

Monday, 13 May 1878

came home

Tuesday, 14 May 1878

windy

Wednesday, 15 May 1878

Storm rain

Jos & Sophy came

Thursday, 16 May 1878

Friday, 17 May 1878

Saturday, 18 May 1878

Romanes came

May 1878

Sunday, 19 May 1878

Monday, 20 May 1878

Tuesday, 21 May 1878

Wednesday, 22 May 1878

Thursday, 23 May 1878

Friday, 24 May 1878

B went to L. H. P

Saturday, 25 May 1878

cold rain but sun

May 1878

Sunday, 26 May 1878

Monday, 27 May 1878

Fr returned from Wales

Tuesday, 28 May 1878

Wednesday, 29 May 1878

B went to Dilhorne

May - June 1878

Thursday, 30 May 1878

Friday, 31 May 1878

rain & cold

Saturday, 1 June 1878

Romanes came

June 1878

Sunday, 2 June 1878

Monday, 3 June 1878

Fr went to Germany

Tuesday, 4 June 1878

Wednesday, 5 June 1878

Thursday, 6 June 1878

Friday, 7 June 1878

Saturday, 8 June 1878

June 1878

Sunday, 9 June 1878

Monday, 10 June 1878

showers wind

Tuesday, 11 June 1878

rain

Wednesday, 12 June 1878

Thursday, 13 June 1878

Friday, 14 June 1878

Saturday, 15 June 1878

Litches & Theo & Carry

Tol. day

June 1878

Sunday, 16 June 1878

Tol

Monday, 17 June 1878

rain

cold

Litches went

Tuesday, 18 June 1878

Wednesday, 19 June 1878

!!

G. came

Thursday, 20 June 1878

!!

hay begun

Friday, 21 June 1878

!!

Saturday, 22 June 1878

!!

Leo & Ho -

June 1878

Sunday, 23 June 1878

great hail storm

Monday, 24 June 1878

!!

Leo & Ho went

Flowers Mrs Tees.

Tuesday, 25 June 1878

Wednesday, 26 June 1878

!!

Thursday, 27 June 1878

!!

Band of Hope

Friday, 28 June 1878

!!

Saturday, 29 June 1878

!!

Leo came

June – July 1878

Sunday, 30 June 1878

cold

Monday, 1 July 1878

Mary D. came

black weather

Tuesday, 2 July 1878

Mary D. went

Bessy to Bry. St

black weather

Wednesday, 3 July 1878

Kempsons & Harry went

Thursday, 4 July 1878

Friday, 5 July 1878

Wm & Sara

Saturday, 6 July 1878

July 1878

Sunday, 7 July 1878

Monday, 8 July 1878

Alice Hutch came

!!

Tuesday, 9 July 1878

Wm went

Wednesday, 10 July 1878

Sara went

Thursday, 11 July 1878

Louisa Lud & little Ethel

Friday, 12 July 1878

Saturday, 13 July 1878

Alice Hutch & Louisa Lud went

!!

July 1878

Sunday, 14 July 1878

Fine

Church

!

Monday, 15 July 1878

Hen came from R.bourne

!

Tuesday, 16 July 1878

Hen went

!

Wednesday, 17 July 1878

Hen went

!

Thursday, 18 July 1878

Friday, 19 July 1878

Saturday, 20 July 1878

Hookers came

!!

July 1878

Sunday, 21 July 1878

!!!

Monday, 22 July 1878

Lena & C. L – at Eliz

Hookers went

!!

Tuesday, 23 July 1878

Wednesday, 24 July 1878

weather changed

Thursday, 25 July 1878

rain & colder

Friday, 26 July 1878

Litches came

Saturday, 27 July 1878

W. E. D. came

July 1878

Sunday, 28 July 1878

!!!

Monday, 29 July 1878

Tuesday, 30 July 1878

Wednesday, 31 July 1878

August 1878

Thursday, 1 August 1878

Friday, 2 August 1878

Litches came

Saturday, 3 August 1878

W. E Ds came

August 1878

Sunday, 4 August 1878

!!!

Monday, 5 August 1878

Litches went

!!

Tuesday, 6 August 1878

W. E Ds went

Wednesday, 7 August 1878

came to L. H. P

fine.

Thursday, 8 August 1878

Mr Bowman & Sir R. Alcock

!!

Friday, 9 August 1878

Lord & Lady A Russell -

Saturday, 10 August 1878

Mrs Pennington

August 1878

Sunday, 11 August 1878

Rowland Wms

windy cold

Monday, 12 August 1878

came to Abinger

Fr & B home

rain

Tuesday, 13 August 1878

rain & wind

Mrs Grote & Trevelyan

Wednesday, 14 August 1878

wind pleasant

Mr de Vries

Thursday, 15 August 1878

came to Barlaston

Friday, 16 August 1878

bitter cold

Saturday, 17 August 1878

Hope & Godfrey came

August 1878

Sunday, 18 August 1878

!!

Monday, 19 August 1878

!!

Leo came

Tuesday, 20 August 1878

!!

Wednesday, 21 August 1878

Thursday, 22 August 1878

came home

C. poorly all but one day

Friday, 23 August 1878

came home

Fanny H v. poorly.

Saturday, 24 August 1878

better

Bessy from Margt Shaen –

[25 August – 31 August 1878 not microfilmed]

September 1878

Sunday, 1 September 1878

Monday, 2 September 1878

Tuesday, 3 September 1878

beaut weather for a fortnight

Wednesday, 4 September 1878

Thursday, 5 September 1878

Friday, 6 September 1878

Bessy went to Basset

Saturday, 7 September 1878

Wm came

September 1878

Sunday, 8 September 1878

Monday, 9 September 1878

Tuesday, 10 September 1878

Wednesday, 11 September 1878

Thursday, 12 September 1878

Friday, 13 September 1878

Saturday, 14 September 1878

Wm & Sara sailed

weather changed

September 1878

Sunday, 15 September 1878

storm

Monday, 16 September 1878

Tuesday, 17 September 1878

Wednesday, 18 September 1878

Thursday, 19 September 1878

Litches came

Friday, 20 September 1878

B. 11st 2 lb

Saturday, 21 September 1878

Laura came

September 1878

Sunday, 22 September 1878

Monday, 23 September 1878

Tuesday, 24 September 1878

fine

Wednesday, 25 September 1878

Thursday, 26 September 1878

Friday, 27 September 1878

Saturday, 28 September 1878

Salurd [crossed]

Laura went.

September – October 1878

Sunday, 29 September 1878

Monday, 30 September 1878

Ida & Tom.

Tuesday, 1 October 1878

Wednesday, 2 October 1878

Thursday, 3 October 1878

Drive to Addington

!!

Friday, 4 October 1878

Party to Moat

!!!

Saturday, 5 October 1878

Tom went

!!

F. Balfour came

October 1878

Sunday, 6 October 1878

Monday, 7 October 1878

Tuesday, 8 October 1878

Wednesday, 9 October 1878

Ida went

Thursday, 10 October 1878

B. went to Wales

Friday, 11 October 1878

Lil.

!!

Saturday, 12 October 1878

!!!

Fanny went to Q. A

October 1878

Sunday, 13 October 1878

Monday, 14 October 1878

Tuesday, 15 October 1878

Wednesday, 16 October 1878

Thursday, 17 October 1878

Friday, 18 October 1878

Litches came

Saturday, 19 October 1878

fine

October 1878

Sunday, 20 October 1878

Monday, 21 October 1878

Litches went

Tuesday, 22 October 1878

Wednesday, 23 October 1878

Drove to Burt [illeg]

Thursday, 24 October 1878

storm

Friday, 25 October 1878

Saturday, 26 October 1878

Litches

October 1878

Sunday, 27 October 1878

Monday, 28 October 1878

called on Mrs Reed & R-bourne_

Tuesday, 29 October 1878

Wednesday, 30 October 1878

October - November 1878

Thursday, 31 October 1878

Friday, 1 November 1878

Saturday, 2 November 1878

November 1878

[3 November – 16 November 1878 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 17 November 1878

Monday, 18 November 1878

Tuesday, 19 November 1878

came to Bry St

concert at Bry Sq

Wednesday, 20 November 1878

called at Q. A.

Thursday, 21 November 1878

headache

Friday, 22 November 1878

Q. A.

Saturday, 23 November 1878

called on L. Croft

November 1878

Sunday, 24 November 1878

Huxleys in mg.

Monday, 25 November 1878

Leslie Stephen to lunch

Cac. H Cheque 2.6.5 & 4.9.6

Tuesday, 26 November 1878

Gordon £5 – 10

fly 7.6

choc 6 – 6

Dulin by H E L 1.0

Wednesday, 27 November 1878

Eyland £2 -3

Thursday, 28 November 1878

Friday, 29 November 1878

Saturday, 30 November 1878

December 1878

Sunday, 1 December 1878

Monday, 2 December 1878

Tuesday, 3 December 1878

Wednesday, 4 December 1878

came home

Thursday, 5 December 1878

Jenny's death

Friday, 6 December 1878

Saturday, 7 December 1878

Huxleys & Tyndalls

December 1878

Sunday, 8 December 1878

Monday, 9 December 1878

Frost

Tuesday, 10 December 1878

Wednesday, 11 December 1878

Thursday, 12 December 1878

Friday, 13 December 1878

Saturday, 14 December 1878

December 1878

Sunday, 15 December 1878

Monday, 16 December 1878

Tuesday, 17 December 1878

Wednesday, 18 December 1878

Thursday, 19 December 1878

me 10 st 6

Bessy 11 - 6

Friday, 20 December 1878

Saturday, 21 December 1878

December 1878

Sunday, 22 December 1878

Monday, 23 December 1878

Tuesday, 24 December 1878

meet Sara for 3.12.

Wednesday, 25 December 1878

Thursday, 26 December 1878

Frost went

Friday, 27 December 1878

Saturday, 28 December 1878

fine

walked out

[29 December – 31 December 1878 not microfilmed]


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