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To G. C. Robertson   13 July [1877]

Summary

Thanks for offprints [of "Sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200]. Several Germans have asked permission to translate it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  13 July [1877]
Classmark:  DAR 147: 327
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11052

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  • … To G.  C.  Robertson   13 July [1877] …
  • … Alglave. See letter to G. C. Robertson, 24 June [1877] . See letter from Ernst Krause, 9 …
  • … to CD; see letter to G. C. Robertson, 22 June [1877] , and letter from Max Schlesinger, 4 …

To G. C. Robertson   22 June [1877]

Summary

Has no objection to the flattering wish of the Cologne Gazette [to publish a translation of "Sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200], but wishes the editor had first read the article. Still doubts it was worthy of admission to Mind.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  22 June [1877]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11011

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To G. C. Robertson   22 May 1877

Summary

CD is gratified that GCR thinks "Sketch of an infant" [Collected papers 2: 191–200] worth publishing. Returns corrected proofs. Assures GCR he took pains to observe carefully.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  22 May 1877
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10968

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To G. C. Robertson   24 June [1877]

Summary

Asks permission for French translation [of "Biographical sketch of an infant"].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  24 June [1877]
Classmark:  DAR 147: 326
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11013

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  • … To G.  C.  Robertson   24 June [1877] …
  • 1877 . CD’s article had been submitted to Mind in April 1877, but was not yet published (see letter to G. C. Robertson, …

To G. C. Robertson   27 April 1877

Summary

CD submits his paper ["A biographical sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200] for possible publication.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  27 Apr 1877
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10943

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To G. C. Robertson   19 February [1875]

Summary

The plan of the new journal [Mind] seems excellent. CD regrets that he has so much work to do in natural history that it is improbable he can be a contributor.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Croom Robertson
Date:  19 Feb [1875]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (Croom Robertson: MS ADD 88/9–15/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9863

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  • G.  C.  Robertson, 17 February 1875  and n.  2). CD published an article in the July 1877  …

From A. H. Sayce   27 July 1877

Summary

Having read CD’s article in Mind ["Biographical sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200], AHS questions CD about the child’s first attempts at speech, hoping to throw light on the origin of language.

Author:  Archibald Henry Sayce
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 177: 45
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11074

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  • … reprinted in Mind in April 1877 (see letter to G. C. Robertson, 27 April 1877 and n. 2). …

From Emile Alglave   21 June 1877

Summary

Concerning the publication of a French edition of Coral Reefs.

Author:  Émile Alglave
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 June 1877
Classmark:  DAR 210.11: 36
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11010

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  • … to Mind in April 1877 and was published in July (see letter to G. C. Robertson, 24 June [ …

From Herman Semmig   27 August 1877

Summary

Sends a published diary [Das Kind, 2d ed. (1876)] in which he recorded the early growth of his first child. Hopes it may find an English translator.

Author:  Friedrich Herman (Herman) Semmig
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 Aug 1877
Classmark:  DAR 177: 134
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11115

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  • 1877); CD’s ‘Biographical sketch of an infant’ was published in the July issue (see letter to G. C. Robertson, …
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