To G. H. Darwin 7 [July 1879]
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
Frank wants you to get & send by Post to Bot. Int. Würzburg “Shakespeare’s C. Merry Tales”. He says that he is not sure of the proper Title.1 He wants to give book to some German friend. If you know title, perhaps Williams & Norgate could send it by Post there.—2
C. D.
7th.—
Footnotes
See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and n. 1. The book Francis wanted was Shakespeare’s jest book. A hundred mery talys, from the only perfect copy known (Oesterley ed. 1866). Francis had been working at the Botanical Institute, Würzburg, since late May 1879 (letter from Francis Darwin, 29 May 1879).
Francis’s friend has not been identified. The publishers and booksellers Williams & Norgate specialised in foreign scientific literature.
Bibliography
Oesterley, Herman, ed. 1866. Shakespeare’s jest book. A hundred mery talys, from the only perfect copy known. London: John Russell Smith.
Summary
Francis wants a copy of a book on "Shakespeare’s merry tales" to present to a friend in Würzburg.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12135
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- JY 7 79
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 85
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12135,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12135.xml
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