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To Francis Darwin 16 and 17 May 1881
Summary
Some papers have arrived for FD.
Comments on the work of Phillipe van Tieghem who evidently knows nothing of insectivorous plants.
Leslie Stephen’s visit to Down went off well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 16 and 17 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13159 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … was a pet name for Francis’s son Bernard Darwin . Emma Darwin visited Ellen Harriet Tollet …
- … on 17 May 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Darwin and Leonard Darwin is recorded ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Stephen was a …
- … They visited Down on 8 January 1882 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Bernard Darwin was …
- … sinking has not been identified. Augusta Dickson , Emma Darwin 's maid, had been taken ill …
- … at the beginning of May ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [3 May 1881] ; DAR …
To Francis Darwin 25 May [1881]
Summary
Sends further chapters of Earthworms for correction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 25 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13174 |
To Francis Darwin 27 May 1881
Summary
Dispatches chapters six and seven [of Earthworms].
Asks for any opinions on V. Hensen and his book, Physiologie der Zeugung [1881], which seems interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 27 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13179 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … University Press). Healey, Edna. 2001. Emma Darwin: the inspirational wife of a genius. …
- … District from 2 June to 5 July 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis often sent …
- … Emma Litchfield . Richter, a noted conductor, was in London for the Richter Concerts, a series started by Franke ( Musical World 58 (1880): 279). Richter could play on every musical instrument except the harp, as well as sing ( Grove 2002 ). Leonard Darwin …
To Francis Darwin 22–3 May 1881
Summary
Is sending chapter [of Earthworms] for FD to look over.
Comments on FD’s work on movements of mould.
Is glad to hear about Julius von Sachs and the circumnutation theory.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 22–3 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170 |
To Francis Darwin [after 27 May 1881]
Summary
Thanks FD for corrections [for Earthworms].
Discusses experiments on absorption in Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [after 27 May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13181 |
