To G. H. Darwin 5 May [1879]
Summary
Asks GHD to look for a life of Sir Henry Rayburn [Raeburn] "who is spoken of as famous and who painted Charles Darwin [1758–1778] when dead". Asks why he painted the corpse.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 May [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12033 |
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 |
To Wilhelm Behrens 10 November 1879
Summary
Thanks GWJB for work on nectaries ["Anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen der Blüthen-Nectarien", Flora (1878): 454–60].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Georg Wilhelm Julius (Wilhelm) Behrens |
Date: | 10 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv – Standort Wolfenbüttel (VI Hs 11 nr. 12) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12305 |
From Leonard Darwin [before 12 July] 1879
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 12 July] 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B7–10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12160 |
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- … 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 …
To Ernst Krause 12 July [1879]
Summary
Relieved to hear that EK approves of his notice [preface for Erasmus Darwin]. Is reflecting on idea that it might appear after EK’s article as "an additional or supplementary notice".
Grieved to hear that Grant Allen has been accused of plagiarism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 12 July [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36189) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12150 |
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- … See letter from Ernst Krause, 10 July 1879 and nn. 11 and 12. Krause’s article, claiming …
- … 10 July 1879 ; CD refers to his preliminary notice for Erasmus Darwin . Henrietta Emma Litchfield and Erasmus Alvey Darwin (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 …
- … 12 July] 1879 ). The Darwins were planning a vacation in the Lake District; they stayed in Coniston from 2 to 27 August 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). William Sweetland Dallas was translating Krause’s section of Erasmus Darwin . Krause had asked whether he could keep the proof-sheets; see letter from Ernst Krause, 10 …
To John Fiske 17 August [1879]
Summary
Thanks JF again for his Essays, which he has now read.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Fiske |
Date: | 17 Aug [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 8268) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12196 |
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 |
To Francis Galton 14 November [1879]
Summary
Returns completed questionnaire concerning visualising faculty [see LL 3: 177–9]. Thinks age important. Recalls faces of school friends but cannot remember those of people recently met.
Comments on his part [of Erasmus Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 14 Nov [1879] |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12317 |
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- … gives me pleasure. 10. Geography No 11. Military movements No 12. Mechanism Never tried …
- … 10. Geography. — Do you readily follow the geographical descriptions in ordinary newspaper letters from foreign correspondents. 11. Military movements. — Can you realise the changing position of troops, as though you actually saw them on the march, when reading the description of battles or of manœuvres? 12. …
To G. H. Darwin [11 May 1879]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [11 May 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12049 |
To E. A. Wheler 12 April 1879
Summary
Thanks EAW for assistance. Describes plans for writing preliminary sketch [for Ernst Krause’s Erasmus Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
Date: | 12 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/1/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11990 |
To Ernst Krause 17 November 1879
Summary
Answers EK’s questions. Sorry to report Erasmus Darwin sold only 600 copies at advance sale.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 17 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36197) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12324 |
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 |
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- … 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 |
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- … 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 |
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- … 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 …
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Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Krause, Ernst | (5) |
Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
Fiske, John | (2) |
Krause, Ernst | (2) |
Behrens, Wilhelm | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
Krause, Ernst | (7) |
Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
Darwin, Leonard | (2) |
Fiske, John | (2) |