To Ernst Krause 12 February 1879
Summary
Thanks for honour of latest number of Kosmos.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (John Robert Crouse autograph collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11871 |
To Ernst Krause 9 March 1879
Summary
CD and his brother Erasmus have read EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. Asks whether EK would object to a translation by W. Dallas, to be offered to Fortnightly Review or to be published at CD’s expense as a book.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36175) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11920 |
To Ernst Krause 14 March 1879
Summary
Pleased to hear that EK agrees to CD’s request to have article on Erasmus Darwin translated. Will wait for EK’s enlargement. Has decided submission to Fortnightly Review would be useless.
Warns against Anna Seward’s biography of Dr Darwin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 14 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36176) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11932 |
To Ernst Krause 19 March 1879
Summary
Sends copy of a lecture [by John Dowson, see 11949] published in 1861.
Has not yet found a copy of Anna Seward’s biography for EK. It is a wretched, inaccurate book. To contradict Anna Seward’s version, CD intends to write a short preface to the translation of EK’s essay. Doubts that it will be worth translating into German.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 19 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36177) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11944 |
To Ernst Krause 27 March 1879
Summary
CD has written to members of the family for Dr Erasmus Darwin materials and letters. Is apprehensive lest his preface and EK’s essay interfere with one another. Will confine himself to ED’s character and letters;
has begun investigating the influence he had on medical practice.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 27 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36178) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11958 |
To Ernst Krause 2 April 1879
Summary
CD agrees entirely with EK’s proposal. Has collected a good deal of material. Useless to hunt for correspondence between Dr Darwin and Samuel Johnson. They met only once and hated one another. Dr Darwin is said to have taken Henry Brooke, who published a poem entitled "Universal beauty", as a model.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 2 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36179) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11969 |
To Ernst Krause 5 [May] 1879
Summary
Thinks it better to send proofs of his preface [to Erasmus Darwin] rather than MS – he always corrects proofs heavily. Doubts that it is worth translating into German – it is written for the English public. Supposes EK will not object to a French translation and an American edition of the little book. Has written a dozen pages during a break
in his experimental work [on movement of plants].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 5 [May] 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36180) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11978 |
To Ernst Krause 2 May 1879
Summary
CD is leaving home for three weeks’ rest. If EK finishes his life of Dr Darwin while CD is away, asks him to send the MS to W. S. Dallas for translation. CD will begin his preface, but needs rest and will not do much until he returns.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 2 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36181) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12024 |
To Ernst Krause 9 May [1879]
Summary
Answers EK’s queries about Erasmus Darwin’s friends and relations. Will rectify Anna Seward’s false account of Dr Darwin’s conduct. Advises EK to leave to him the account of the Darwin family. Declines EK’s offer to allow CD to alter his MS. Fears repetition in the two essays. They can judge how best to present the material when they have seen each other’s manuscripts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 May [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36182) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12042 |
To Ernst Krause 13 May 1879
Summary
Assures EK he will lose no time in writing his essay [on Erasmus Darwin].
A book by Samuel Butler on Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck has been announced [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 13 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36183) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12051 |
To Ernst Krause 14 May 1879
Summary
Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.
Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.
EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 14 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36184) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12052 |
To Ernst Krause 27 May 1879
Summary
CD’s preface [for Erasmus Darwin] is delayed by his sitting for a portrait.
Explains to EK why he feels unable to contribute articles to Kosmos.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 27 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36185) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12063 |
To Ernst Krause 5 June 1879
Summary
Has read Dallas’ translation of first part of EK’s essay [on Erasmus Darwin]. Has sent his MS to printer. Is perplexed by duplication. Thinks EK’s essay is better than his. Wishes he had sent all his material to him for a single biography. Best plan may be for EK to incorporate whatever he thinks useful in CD’s material.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 5 June 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36186) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12087 |
To Ernst Krause 9 June [1879]
Summary
CD is glad to hear that EK plans a short historical discussion on evolution [in Erasmus Darwin],
but hopes he will not spend much powder and shot on Butler – his ephemeral work is not worth it. Sends a review [of Evolution, old and new].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 June [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36187) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12096 |
To Ernst Krause 16 June [1879]
Summary
CD will attend to ELK’s suggestions, but there is plenty of time, because Dallas translates slowly and Murray will not publish the book before November.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 16 June [1879] |
Classmark: | New York Medical College |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111G |
To Ernst Krause 7 July 1879
Summary
Sends proofs of his preface [to EK’s Erasmus Darwin], with which he is disappointed. Suggests additions and improvements he would like to make.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 7 July 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36188) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12136 |
To Ernst Krause 12 July [1879]
Summary
Relieved to hear that EK approves of his notice [preface for Erasmus Darwin]. Is reflecting on idea that it might appear after EK’s article as "an additional or supplementary notice".
Grieved to hear that Grant Allen has been accused of plagiarism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 12 July [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36189) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12150 |
To Ernst Krause 18 July [1879]
Summary
Is inclined to publish his "notice" after EK’s text in Erasmus Darwin. May condense and alter it, so EK should not translate yet. As soon as Dallas finishes translating EK’s text, CD will set to work. Thinks EK’s article more interesting than what he has written.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 18 July [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36190) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12164 |
To Ernst Krause 13 August 1879
Summary
CD regrets that he feels large parts of Krause’s essay [on Erasmus Darwin] must be omitted. Gives his criticisms and his plan for condensed publication of his own article, with only parts of EK’s. If EK is unwilling to change, CD will publish his article privately. It is manifest that EK can publish his essay in its extended form in Germany if he wishes to do so.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 13 Aug 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36191) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12192 |
To Ernst Krause 19 August [1879]
Summary
CD is relieved by EK’s response to his criticisms. Will attend to all his instructions and will not print his preface until EK has seen it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 19 Aug [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36192) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12198 |