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From Francis Darwin   [after 2 June 1879]

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Geotropism.

Experimenting on Porlieria in damp and dry earth.

Hermann Müller has been ridiculed for teaching children "in the beginning was Carbon".

Will ask about Ernst Krause.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 2 June 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 209.5: 230–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12075

From Nicolai Mengden   3 June 1879

Summary

Thanks for reply to query. Asked E. Haeckel same question and his answer agreed with CD’s. Haeckel disbelieves in the supernatural. What does CD think?

Author:  Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 152
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12079

From John Murray   3 June [1879]

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Is well disposed toward publishing Krause’s essay on Dr Erasmus Darwin, particularly if CD undertakes to fill up its gaps. He thinks ED’s reputation is increasing.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 June [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12080

From Raphael Meldola   4 June 1879

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Wants to republish Fritz Müller’s paper ["Ituna and Thyridia", Kosmos 5 (1879): 100–8] in Proceedings of the Entomological Society. [Thyridita!?]

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 137
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12082

From W. S. Dallas   4 June 1879

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Has finished the first part of Krause’s MS [of Erasmus Darwin]. Expects to receive the concluding portion soon.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 107–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12083

From V. H. Darwin   5 June [1879]

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Sends her drawing of Elston Hall as it was in 1754.

Author:  Violetta Harriot Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 June [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 99: 171
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12085

From Ernst Krause   7 June 1879

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Hopes to send last part of his work soon. CD may lay it aside or print only parts of it. Wants to add account of evolutionists before Erasmus Darwin. Superficial account by Samuel Butler makes this necessary.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B27
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12092

From Francis Galton   7 June 1879

Summary

Conveys some information about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s second wife and discusses photos of him and his wife.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.9: 14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12094

From B. J. Sulivan   9 June 1879

Summary

Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 177: 309
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12097

From Francis Galton   9 June 1879

Summary

Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12097F

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   10 June 1879

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Sleep in Crotalaria.

Report of John Ball’s lecture to Geographical Society: Alpine flora is direct descendant of Palaeozoic flora ["On the origin of the flora of the European Alps", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1: 564–88].

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 209.10: 85
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12099

From F. B. White   11 June 1879

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Is applying for the Chair in Zoology at Owens College and asks CD for a testimonial.

Author:  Francis Buchanan White (Francis) (Buchanan) White
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 202: 129
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12103

From Ernst Krause   13 June 1879

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Has completed his MS and sent it to Dallas.

Has ignored Butler’s criticism of natural selection and corrected only his views of Buffon and Goethe.

It would be best to drop EK’s text from book and quote only certain portions of it.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B29–30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12105

From Paul Aussant-Carà   13 June 1879

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Expresses great admiration for CD and requests a picture of him with his signature.

Author:  Paul (Paolo) Aussant-Carà
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 159: 128
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12106

From Hermann Otto   15 June 1879

Summary

Thanks for copy of Descent.

Author:  Hermann Otto
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 173: 41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12107

From Thomas Comber   15 June 1879

Summary

Sends specimens showing gynodioecism in Plantago lanceolata.

Author:  Thomas Radcliffe (Thomas) Comber
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 161: 215
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12108

From W. S. Dallas   16 June 1879

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Has just received concluding portion of Krause’s MS.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12110

From Francis Darwin   [after 16 June 1879]

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Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 16 June 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 53
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12111F

From Raphael Meldola   18 June 1879

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Discusses Fritz Müller’s paper on the mutual protection of certain mimics ["Ituna and Thyridita", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1879): xx–xxviii]. [Thyridia!?]

Author:  Raphael Meldola
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 138
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12113

From G. H. Darwin   24 June 1879

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Sends results of his researches on the Darwin family at the Record Office.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 77
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12116
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