From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … 4 February 1880 (DAR 219.1: 134), Emma Darwin wrote to her son William Erasmus Darwin , ‘ …
- … Emma Litchfield Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 [1 Feb 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
- … Emma Litchfield had been sent one or two draft letters from CD to the Athenæum , along with a copy of the Athenæum containing the letter from Samuel Butler (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] and three enclosures). In his first draft response, CD had stated that text had inadvertently been left out of the preface to Erasmus Darwin …
From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
From H. W. Crosskey 28 February 1880
Summary
Forwards, on behalf of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, an address offering CD the first honorary membership of the Society. Encloses formal record of this meeting.
| Author: | Henry William Crosskey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12502 |
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1880
Summary
Sends birthday wishes.
Discusses work on Medusae.
Recalls visit to Down.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12467 |
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 |
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Crosskey, H. W. | (1) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Crosskey, H. W. | (1) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
