To W. E. Darwin 23 [November 1880]
Summary
Asks WED to observe whether worms consistently draw acacia leaves into their burrows with a particular end first.
Will soon know whether he will need worm-castings from Beaulieu.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Nov 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12848 |
To W. E. Darwin 30 November [1880]
Summary
Asks whether WED can collect some worm-castings from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12876 |
To W. E. Darwin 2 December [1880]
Summary
Gives instructions to WED about looking for earthworm activity at Brading.
Mentions James Geikie’s excellent book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 164 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12882 |
To W. E. Darwin 17 December [1880]
Summary
Worm-castings from [Roman] ruins at Brading contained bits of tiles or bricks. Obliged for WED’s trouble about Brading castings.
Movement in plants well received in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss B.D25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12920 |
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for some earthworm observations.
Discusses investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12973 |
To W. E. Darwin 14 January [1881]
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity
and animal grazing on slopes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 171 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13013 |
To W. E. Darwin 25 January 1881
Summary
Writes of WED’s certificate for the Geological Society
and discusses various instances of earthworm activity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13027 |
To W. E. Darwin 31 January [1881]
Summary
Discusses investments,
earthworms,
and an article by Romanes [see 13029].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 173 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13034 |
To W. E. Darwin [27 February 1881]
Summary
Discusses some business matters
and E. A. Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035 |
To W. E. Darwin 4 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses earthworms and their ability to perceive narrowest points of leaves to draw them into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13036 |
To W. E. Darwin 5 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses investments.
The action of worms when drawing leaves into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13037 |
To W. E. Darwin 8 February [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for sending leaves and making observations on how earthworms drag them into their burrows.
Doubts justice of fierce review against J. Geikie’s book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)] in Nature [by W. B. Dawkins, 23 (1881): 309–10], but if reindeer and hippopotamus have really been found in close contact in same bed – "it tells horribly against interglacial periods".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13042 |
To W. E. Darwin 19 February [1881]
Summary
Uncle Erasmus is ill.
Thanks WED for his trouble about the cottages.
He has signed the note to Higgins.
CD has used WED’s Rhododendron case in Earthworms [p. 69].
Is using paper triangles in experiments on intelligence of worms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13058 |
To W. E. Darwin 4 May [1881]
Summary
Discusses his investments.
P.S. on earthworms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 179 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13144 |
To W. E. Darwin 20 May [1881]
Summary
Discusses his investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.590) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13167 |
To W. E. Darwin 4 August [1881]
Summary
Reports on a luncheon of scientific savants at which the Crown Prince of Germany [and Prince of Wales?] were present.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13274 |
To W. E. Darwin 13 September [1881]
Summary
Discusses financial affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13334 |
To W. E. Darwin 8 October 1881
Summary
[Empty cover.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 184 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340F |
To W. E. Darwin 9 February 1882
Summary
Writes about WED’s purchasing a house.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13672 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 February [1863 or later]
Summary
Seeks investment advice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1863 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13799 |
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