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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]

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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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