To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 January [1880]
Summary
Asa Gray wants seeds of a variety of cotton known as vine cotton.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 27 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 203–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12440 |
To G. H. Darwin 29 January [1880]
Summary
Sorry to hear of his illness.
On his visit to J. F. McLennan, GHD might tell him that CD thinks A. R. Wallace would work up McLennan’s materials conscientiously.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12441 |
To Hermann Welcker 30 January 1880
Summary
Thanks for letter of 18th January 1880 and for present of Essays. Interested in Welcker’s investigation of the 'ligamentum teres', and his comment on the feet of the Chinese.
Will esteem it an honour if Welcker dedicates his next book to him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hermann Welcker |
Date: | 30 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitätsarchiv (Rep. 29, Nr. 715) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12442G |
To J.-H. Fabre 31 January 1880
Summary
Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Date: | 31 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12443 |
To Wallis Nash 1 February 1880
Summary
Can well understand WN’s new life. WN’s departure a heavy loss.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12446 |
To T. H. Huxley 2 February 1880
Summary
Asks THH to advise him about a response to Samuel Butler’s attack accusing CD of dishonesty. Quotes the advice of others but will do what THH advises.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 336) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12451 |
To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880
Summary
Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12453 |
To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880
Summary
Says it is not likely he will be able to criticise GJR’s work.
Recommends Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [12350 and 12356].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.570) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12454 |
To T. H. Huxley 4 February [1880]
Summary
Greatly relieved by THH’s letter [advising against a reply to Samuel Butler].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 4 Feb [1880] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 338) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12458 |
To Ernst Krause 4 February 1880
Summary
Samuel Butler’s fierce attack on CD and EK in Athenæum. CD’s sentence saying that EK had altered his Kosmos article was accidentally omitted from second proofs. Butler insinuates that EK’s attack on his book was suggested by CD or interpolated by him in EK’s text.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36200) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12459 |
To W. Z. Seddon 4 February 1880
Summary
Comments on colours of races of man. Wishes WZS "or anybody else" could account for them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 461 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12460 |
To G. J. Romanes 5 February 1880
Summary
On GJR’s work on mental evolution in animals. Emphasises "love" among animals.
Comments on stimulation of plants.
On pleasure and pain.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.571) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12461 |
To Ernst Krause [12 December 1880]
Summary
CD is pleased that EK will answer Butler. Thinks Butler is half insane.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | [12 Dec 1880] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36203) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12465 |
To Ernst Krause 9 February 1880
Summary
CD advises EK on his proposed letter answering Butler.
Considering the favourable reviews, sale of Erasmus Darwin has been poor.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36201) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12468 |
To Hermann Müller 18 July 1880
Summary
Enjoyed HM’s castigation of Gaston Bonnier ["Gaston Bonniers angebliche Widerlegung der modernen Blumentheorie", Kosmos 7 (1880): 219–36].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
Date: | 18 July 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 441 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12473 |
To Ernst Haeckel 12 February 1880
Summary
Thanks for his very kind letter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Date: | 12 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/51 [A 9905]) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12474F |
To Lawson Tait 13 February 1880
Summary
CD thanks RLT for his two notes, a newspaper article, and a copy of RLT’s address honouring him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Date: | 13 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12475 |
To Ernst Krause 13 February 1880
Summary
Thanks EK for kind letter.
CD’s date on epitaph is a dreadful mistake. CD often overlooks errata.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 13 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36202) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12476 |
To Wilhelm Breitenbach 13 February 1880
Summary
Thanks society of students at Jena for birthday congratulations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Wilhelm Breitenbach |
Date: | 13 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 143 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12477 |
To A. S. Wilson 13 February 1880
Summary
Thanks for articles by ASW in Gardeners’ Chronicle [see 12404]. Agrees with him.
Asks about growth of rootlets from knobs caused by fungus on roots of Cruciferae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
Date: | 13 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 370 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12478 |
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Torbitt, James | (17) |
Darwin, G. H. | (14) |
Huxley, T. H. | (14) |
Darwin, W. E. | (13) |
Krause, Ernst | (13) |