From Ernst Krause 15 May 1881
Summary
Sends his review of Movement in plants from Die Gartenlaube.
Comments on the future prospects of Kosmos.
Comments on review of Samuel Butler’s Unconscious memory by Romanes in Nature [23 (1880–1): 285–7] and Romanes’ reply to Butler [pp. 335–6].
Asks whether he might have a chapter of Earthworms to print in Kosmos.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13158 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sterne, Carus, pseud. (Ernst Krause. ) …
- … Francis Darwin ’s lecture on climbing plants had appeared in Popular Science Review in 1880 ( F. Darwin 1880c ); the German translation was published in the May 1881 issue of Kosmos ( F. Darwin 1881a ). CD had sent Krause a copy of Nature , 27 January 1881 (see letter to Ernst …
- … Krause had approved of the tone of the review (see letter from Ernst Krause, 10 February 1881 ). Butler replied to Romanes’s review in a letter published in Nature , 3 February 1881, pp. 312–13, causing Romanes to write a letter defending his review (see Nature , 10 February 1881, pp. 335–6). The ultramontanists were Catholics who wanted to integrate church and state, with ultimate authority resting with the church. Earthworms had gone to press on 1 May 1881 ( Freeman 1977 ); CD and Francis had started correcting proof-sheets (see letter from Francis Darwin, …
From Ernst Krause 10 February 1881
Summary
Birthday greetings.
Thinks it best not to reply further to Butler. Has read G. J. Romanes’ article with great pleasure. Romanes is right to ridicule Butler. Quotes passages about Butler from CD letters. Has received letter from F. M. Balfour urging him not to reply to Butler.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13048 |
From Ernst Krause 4 October 1880
Summary
Has sent 2d ed. of his book, Werden und Vergehen [1880]. Notes that book was attacked in Prussian House of Deputies by ultramontane critics of Hermann Müller who had recommended it to his pupils.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12737 |
From Ernst Krause 11 March 1877
Summary
As editor of the new journal, Kosmos, thanks CD for the permission he has granted Ernst Haeckel to publish with CD’s approval.
Cites his long support for evolution as exemplified by his book [Die botanische Systematik in ihrem Verhältniss zur Morphologie (1866)].
CD has many German supporters.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10888 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Ernst Haeckel ). The editors were Krause , Otto Caspari , and Gustav Jäger . Otto Zacharias had served as editor in the planning stages but Haeckel did not want him to be part of the editorial board (see letter from Otto Zacharias, 23 February 1877 ); for more on the founding of the journal, see Daum 1998 , pp. 359–69. CD’s sons George Howard and Francis Darwin …
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