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From Ernst Krause   1 September 1879

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Acquaintances say principal contents of Seward book should be recounted in German edition of Erasmus Darwin.

Will CD check MS for errors?

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B37–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12208

From F. B. Goodacre   1 September 1879

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Would like CD to write a paper on the results of geese experiments; hopes CD will not object to his doing the same despite the variance of their conclusions [see F. B. Goodacre, "Question of identity of Chinese and domestic goose", Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1879): 710–12 and CD’s "Fertility of hybrids from the Chinese and common goose", Collected papers 2: 219–20].

Author:  Francis Burges Goodacre
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 165: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12210

From Otto Hahn   1 September 1879

Summary

Sends copy of Die Urzelle [1879].

Clerical party in Germany rejoicing because science cannot explain all facts at once.

Author:  Otto Hahn
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 166: 82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12211

From Hugo de Vries   2 September 1879

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Force of turgor is true cause of movement in plants. HdeV hopes to identify the substance which increases the cell’s water-absorbing power.

Author:  Hugo de Vries
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 180: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12213

From Ernst Haeckel    3 September 1879

Summary

Arranges to visit Down.

Author:  Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 166: 74
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12215

From John Murray   3 September [1879]

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Likes CD’s memoir of his grandfather and offers to publish 1000 copies at his own risk, giving half the profits to CD.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B12–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12217

From Victor Marshall   7 September 1879

Summary

VAEGM pleased CD enjoyed his stay at Coniston.

Reports some rude remarks about CD made by John Ruskin.

Author:  Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12220

From F. B. Goodacre   8 September 1879

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Can dispose of CD’s geese if he wishes.

Author:  Francis Burges Goodacre
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 165: 68
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12221

From Hugo de Vries   10 September 1879

Summary

Movement of tentacles of Drosera.

Author:  Hugo de Vries
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 180: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12223

From Ernst Krause   12 September 1879

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Thanks for printed sheets and MS. Intends that German version should follow the English, but will add notes to clarify unfamiliar material for German readers.

Thanks for list of plant names.

Author:  Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B39–40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12227

From W. S. Dallas   13 September 1879

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Acknowledges proofs of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12228

From W. S. Dallas   15 and 16 September 1879

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Sends his corrected proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] for CD’s approval, with questions and final arrangements.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 and 16 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 123–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12232

From James Torbitt   18 September 1879

Summary

Illness of his wife.

Potato crossing experiments; believes he has increased yield considerably.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 154
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12233

From Melchior Neumayr   19 September 1879

Summary

Sends new publication [see 11838].

Plans major study of evolutionary palaeontology.

Comments on form series discovered by Joachim Barrande.

Has not heard from Leopold Würtenberger.

Author:  Melchior Neumayr
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 172: 17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12234

From W. S. Dallas   19 September 1879

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Final decisions about the printing of Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 125–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12235

From Henry Johnson   22 September [1879]

Summary

Requests autograph for a friend.

Has retired to Ludlow because of angina pectoris.

He and his daughter, Mary, were present in the cave near Tenby when George Rolleston found so many antediluvial bones.

Author:  Henry Johnson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12236

From Henry Johnson   26 September [1879]

Summary

Thanks CD for his autograph.

Author:  Henry Johnson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Sept [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12238

From E. Desrousseaux   30 September 1879

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ED is at work on a book to be called "Les grands phénomènes de la nature", which will furnish additional proof of CD’s doctrine.

Expounds his theory that all phenomena originate in movement.

Author:  E. Desrousseaux
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 162: 173
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12239

From R. F. Cooke   6 September 1879

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Murray’s offer to publish Erasmus Darwin. RC states terms and preliminary arrangements.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 92: B5–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12219

From R. F. Cooke   11 September 1879

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On cost of the portrait of Dr Darwin, for Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 171: 502
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12226