From Antonio Mendola 29 December 1879
Summary
Reports from an Italian baron that a calf’s horn that was buried in a field set roots; mule’s hairs incubated in water come alive.
| Author: | Antonio Mendola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 150 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12375 |
From John Denny 16 August 1879
Summary
JD communicates, after seven years, news of a new "sport" of Pelargonium, sterile both with other varieties and with the mother plant, thus indicating that it is possibly a new species.
| Author: | John Denny |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12195 |
From Leonard Darwin [before 12 July] 1879
Summary
Suggests revisions in proofs of Erasmus Darwin.
[Letter wrongly dated Nov by LD.]
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 12 July] 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B7–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12160 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … DAR 92: B7–10 Leonard Darwin Brompton Barracks, Chatham [before 12 July] 1879 Charles …
- … 12 July [1879] . The date written by Leonard was most likely a slip of the pen, although the ‘11’ is probably correct for the day. Leonard was reading proof-sheets of CD’s essay for Erasmus Darwin . Ernst Krause had suggested lengthening his own section of the book rather than having CD cut anything ( letter from Ernst Krause, 10 …
From W. D. Fox 3 March [1879]
Summary
Sends family news;
describes what remains of his "menagerie" and tells of his interest in the framework of his son’s German badger-hound.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 172–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11913 |
From Charles Moore 15 May 1879
Summary
Sends an ammonite from the Upper Lias, which has Balanus-like bodies on surface. He wants CD’s interpretation. Discusses possible function of aptychi, siphuncular tube, and operculum in ammonites.
| Author: | Charles Moore |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 233 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12055 |
From Ernst Krause 16 July 1879
Summary
Rejects proposal that CD’s sketch appear as a supplement or appendix to his own. Offers alternative suggestions. Proposes title-page for German edition of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B33–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12162 |
From E. A. Wheler 25 March 1879
Summary
Regrets she has none of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s letters. Relates some anecdotes concerning her grandfather.
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11953 |
From Ernst Krause 20 October 1879
Summary
Sends corrections. Printing of German edition has not yet begun.
Charles Reinwald wishes to print only CD’s sketch. French hostility to Germans the reason.
Gustav Jäger and Robert Caspary no longer on title-page of Kosmos.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B41–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12264 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 10. II. 20 October 1879. Most esteemed Sir! With my best thanks I herewith return under wrapper the corrections. Regarding errors I noticed only p. 138 l. 8 offsprings for offspring p. 170. l. 12 …
- … 10. II. den 20 October 1879. Hochverehrter Herr! Mit bestem Danke sende ich Ihnen hierbei unter Kreuzband die Correc
〈 tionen〉 zurück. Von Fehlern habe ich nur noch bemerkt p. 138 l. 8 offsprings for offspring p. 170. l. 12 …
From Ernst Krause 7 June 1879
Summary
Hopes to send last part of his work soon. CD may lay it aside or print only parts of it. Wants to add account of evolutionists before Erasmus Darwin. Superficial account by Samuel Butler makes this necessary.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12092 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 10. II. den 7.6.79. Hochverehrter Herr! Ich bitte Sie tausendmal um Entschuldigung, nicht früher über den Fortgang meiner Arbeit berichtet zu haben; ich glaubte nämlich den zweiten Theil bald schicken zu können; allein unvorhergesene Hindernisse haben dies bis heute verhindert. Jedenfalls hoffe ich den Schluss der Arbeit bis zum 12 …
- … 10. II. 7.6.79. Most esteemed Sir! I beg your forgiveness a thousand times for not having reported sooner about the progress of my work; you see, I believed I would be able to send the second part soon; however, unexpected obstacles prevented this until today. In any case I hope to be able to send you the concluding part of the piece by 12 …
From Ernst Krause 14 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for English edition [of Erasmus Darwin]. John Murray has not answered letters of German publisher. Questions CD about persons mentioned in book, in order to annotate German edition.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B49–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12316 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 10. Wer war Mr. Cradock (p. 89)? 11. Soll “Darwinian snowdrops” (p. 90) nur von Dr. Darwin gepflanzte Schneeglöckchen bedeuten, oder handelt es sich um eine nach ihm benannte Art? 12. …
- … 10. Who was Mr Cradock (p. 89)? 11. Does “Darwinian snowdrops” (p. 90) just mean snowdrops that were planted by Dr. Darwin, or are they a species named after him? 12. …
From Arthur Mellersh 13 February 1879
Summary
Birthday wishes.
| Author: | Arthur Mellersh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11880 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 12 February 1879. Mellersh had sailed on HMS Beagle with CD in the 1830s; his wife, Henrietta Frances Mellersh , was baptised on 13 February 1814 ( England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 29 November 2017)). The last known meeting between Mellersh and CD was at Down on 21 October 1862; see Correspondence vol. 10, …
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 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 10 for the translation on CD’s initial request to translate only Krause’s Kosmos article ‘ Erasmus Darwin , der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie’ ( Erasmus Darwin , Charles Darwin’s grandfather and forerunner: a contribution to the history of descent theory; Krause 1879a ); see letter to W. S. Dallas, 12 …
From Ernst Krause 16 August 1879
Summary
Regards his part only as material from which CD can select for English edition of Erasmus Darwin.
Regrets dropping comment on Erasmus Darwin’s evolutionary theory.
Asks for translation of British plant names.
Asks CD not to mention in introduction that EK’s part has been reduced.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B35–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12194 |
From E. A. Darwin 13 March [1879]
Summary
Sends suggestions for CD’s preface to Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11931 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 12 March 1879 . George Howard Darwin had written on consanguineous marriages and was interested in genealogy ( G. H. Darwin 1873 , 1875a, and 1875b). Francis Galton , CD’s half-cousin, was the son of Erasmus Darwin ’s daughter Violetta Galton . Francis Galton was interested in heredity and had written Hereditary genius , in which the Darwins were included in the chapter on men of science (see Galton 1869 , pp. 209–10). …
| letter | (14) |
| Krause, Ernst | (5) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Denny, John | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Krause, Ernst | (5) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
