From W. S. Dallas 13 September 1879
Summary
Acknowledges proofs of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12228 |
From W. S. Dallas 28 August 1879
Summary
He has no cause to complain at CD’s suppression of parts of his translation. Will do his best to correct and improve the proofs.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 120–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12202 |
From W. S. Dallas 14 November 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 131–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12319 |
From W. S. Dallas 18 October 1879
Summary
Suggests £20 as a fair payment for his work on Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 129–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12263 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Ernst Krause, 5 May 1879 ), but CD later decided not to use some of the revised essay ( letter to Ernst Krause, 3 September [1879] ). …
- … Ernst Krause that formed the second part of the book Erasmus Darwin . Krause had originally published his essay on Erasmus Darwin in the German journal Kosmos , but had added to it for publication in Erasmus Darwin . Dallas had estimated £10 for the translation of the original article ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 14 March 1879 ). …
From W. S. Dallas 15 March 1879
Summary
Repeats his willingness to translate E. Krause’s "Erasmus Darwin".
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11937 |
From W. S. Dallas 16 June 1879
Summary
Has just received concluding portion of Krause’s MS.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12110 |
From W. S. Dallas 7 May 1879
Summary
Has received the enlarged MS for Erasmus Darwin from E. Krause.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 102–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12037 |
From W. S. Dallas 5 October 1879
Summary
E. Krause has sent his corrected proofs with suggestions and questions.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 127–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12249 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Ernst Krause had been checking Dallas’s translation from German of his portion of a book on Erasmus Darwin that he co-authored with CD ( Erasmus Darwin ; see letter from Ernst Krause, 2 October 1879 ). …
- … Krause referred to Georges Louis Leclerc , comte de Buffon, several times in his section of Erasmus Darwin . See also letter from W. S. Dallas, 29 July 1879 . CD had sent Dallas Krause’s letter of 2 October; see letter from Ernst Krause, 2 October 1879 …
From W. S. Dallas 5 February 1880
Summary
Since CD has decided not to answer S. Butler’s charge, WSD will not reply either.
Will look over Francis Darwin’s lecture ["Climbing plants"] with a view to publishing it in Popular Science Review [19 (1880): 213–29].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 133–134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12462 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Krause’s revised essay for Erasmus Darwin was deleted because it covered subjects already discussed by CD in his preliminary notice (see Correspondence vol 27, letter to Ernst Krause, 13 August 1879 ). …
- … letter to the Athenæum , Butler compared the original essay by Ernst Krause ( Krause 1879a ) with the version in Erasmus Darwin , and suggested that some of the new material made critical reference to Butler 1879 …
From W. S. Dallas 19 September 1879
Summary
Final decisions about the printing of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 125–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12235 |
From W. S. Dallas 15 and 16 September 1879
Summary
Sends his corrected proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] for CD’s approval, with questions and final arrangements.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 and 16 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 123–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12232 |
From W. S. Dallas 15 July 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for sending volumes of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s works. Hopes to finish Krause’s MS in a fortnight.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 110–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12161 |
From W. S. Dallas 18 August 1879
Summary
WSD sent MS of his translation of Erasmus Darwin on 6 August. Hopes CD received all of it.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 118–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12197 |
From W. S. Dallas 14 March 1879
Summary
Offers to translate [E. Krause’s] "Erasmus Darwin" for £10.
Thanks CD for signing his certificate for the Royal Society.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 99–100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11935 |
From W. S. Dallas 6 August 1879
Summary
Last minute checking of some quotations has delayed his translation [of Erasmus Darwin].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 114–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12184 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
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