From Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg 20 September 1875
address: Grand Hotel Les Petites Dalles par Sassetot Dpt. Seine infr. France
20 Sept 1875.
Dear and honoured Sir,
One of my German papers, the “Pionier” of Leipzig asked me, to write an article of about two “Times”—columnes on your life.
As the articles in the mentioned paper serve as sources for the German Encyclopedias and other Lexica, I thought it right, to adress my request for nearer dates of your life directly to you, because the hitherto known descriptions are generally wanting of truth and correctness.
I therefore take the liberty, to ask you for lending me for a few days any description of your illustruouss life and your working (in any language), as well as a fotograf of yours, to bring a large picture.1
Not only the circumstance, that here in the little watering place is no library,2 but more the desire, to bring correct statements and an similar picture caused me, to produce my request, and I hope in consideration of the importance of the paper, that you kindly will fullfil my request.
As I (after a short stay here) go soon to Italy, I expect your kind answer as soon as possible, and remain, with the assurance of my high respect | most obediently yours | Ernest von Hesse Wartegg | [illeg].—
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Recollections’: Recollections of the development of my mind and character. By Charles Darwin. In Evolutionary writings, edited by James A. Secord. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2008.
Summary
Writing article for a German newspaper on CD’s life. Requests autobiographical information.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10162
- From
- Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Sassetot
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 194
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10162,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10162.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
