To Nature 9 April [1880]
Summary
Forwards a letter from E. S. Morse on Omori shell mounds refuting F. V. Dickins’ review [Nature 21 (1880): 350] of Morse’s memoir ["The shell mounds of Omori", Mem. Sci. Dep. Univ. Tokyo 1 (1879) pt 1].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1880] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 15 April 1880, p. 561 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12571 |
To ? 27 April 1880
Summary
Thanks correspondent for writing, "but such malconformations, as you mention, are not very rare & therefore do not possess much novelty".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (July 1986) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12591 |
From Asa Gray [1 April 1880]
Summary
Germination and root of Ipomoea.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12556 |
From James Torbitt 1 April 1880
Summary
Is keeping down his expenditure; has some landowners growing potatoes for him.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 164 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12557 |
From Jules Rouquette 2 April 1880
Summary
Sends a poem he has composed in honour of CD.
| Author: | Jules (Saint Geniez) Rouquette |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 201: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12558 |
From G. H. Schneider 2 April 1880
Summary
Describes studies with Ernst Haeckel
and research on psychology of lower animals.
Sends book [Der thierische Wille (1880)] and describes his views on the subject.
| Author: | Georg Heinrich Schneider |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12559 |
From S. M. Herzfeld 2 April 1880
Summary
Impoverished German doctor asks for money.
| Author: | S. M. Herzfeld |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12560 |
To G. H. Schneider 3 April 1880
Summary
CD thanks the author for the copy of Der thierische Wille.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Georg Heinrich Schneider |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | Alfred S. Posamentier (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12560F |
To Adolf Ernst 4 April 1880
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter; is sure it would be worth while to test fertility of illegitimate offspring of heterostyled plants.
Would welcome any information on occurrence of bloom-covered leaves on dry plains.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adolf Ernst |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | State Darwin Museum, Moscow (GDM KP OF 8973) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12561 |
From Asa Gray 4 April 1880
Summary
Encloses a letter from Volney Rattan of California.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 204–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12562 |
From S. M. Herzfeld 4 April 1880
Summary
Thanks for cheque.
Wants to see CD.
| Author: | S. M. Herzfeld |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 192 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12563 |
To W. E. Darwin 5 [April 1880]
Summary
Discusses a book
and the "splendid news about the elections".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Apr 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 156 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12564 |
To Henry Faulds 7 April 1880
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Faulds |
| Date: | 7 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | Faulds [1912?], pp. 22–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12564F |
From W. E. Darwin 6 April [1880]
Summary
Is beginning Geikie’s Ice age. Describes flints found on the common. Comments on exciting election.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 81) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12564G |
To Francis Galton 7 April 1880
Summary
Encloses letter [see 12488] and circular from Henry Faulds [regarding thumb impressions]. Anthropology Institute may care about it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 7 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12565 |
From Valentine Ball 8 April 1880
Summary
Has received CD’s acknowledgment, through Ernest De La Rue, for the copy he sent of Jungle life [in India (1880)].
Offers to collect material for CD on his return to India.
| Author: | Valentine Ball |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12566 |
From Francis Galton 8 April 1880
Summary
Will see what can be done about getting thumb impressions, to see if the markings are persistent.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12567 |
From Henry Woodward 8 April 1880
Summary
Seeks testimonial, as he is applying for the Keepership of Geology at the British Museum.
| Author: | Henry Woodward |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12568 |
From C. W. Fox 8 April 1880
Summary
W. D. Fox’s sufferings have ended; he died that morning.
| Author: | Charles Woodd Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12569 |
To E. S. Morse 9 [April] 1880
Summary
[Copy erroneously dated March.]
Has forwarded ESM’s letter to Nature ["Omori shell mounds", Collected papers 2: 222–3].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Sylvester Morse |
| Date: | 9 [Apr] 1880 |
| Classmark: | Peabody Essex Museum: Phillips Library (E. S. Morse Papers, E 2, Box 3, Folder 11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12570 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Herzfeld, S. M. | (2) |
| Rouquette, Jules | (2) |
| Woodward, Henry | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (47) |
| Gray, Asa | (3) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Fox, C. W. | (2) |
