From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
From B. J. Sulivan 2 January [1880]
Summary
Repeats extracts of a letter received from Bishop Stirling’s daughter containing anecdotes and observations of the Fuegian natives.
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 308 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11818 |
From Francis Darwin [before 15 December 1880]
Summary
Will stay until London until after the Linnean Society meeting unless CD wants anything. Asks to send abstracts of papers. Has made short abstracts of papers for Nature.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 15 Dec 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12379F |
From William Clowes & Sons [before 8 November 1880]
Summary
Explains delay in printing proofs [of Movement in plants?].
Author: | William Clowes & Sons |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 8 Nov 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 180 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12380 |
From James Torbitt [18 March 1880]
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [18 Mar 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 52: E15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12381 |
From O. A. Ainslie 2[5] November 188[0]
Author: | Oliver Alexander Ainslie |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2[5] Nov 188[0] |
Classmark: | DAR 159: 11b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12388 |
From C. H. Tindal 1 January 1880
Summary
Encloses extracts from the correspondence of [the Ven. Robert] Clive concerning Erasmus Darwin.
Author: | Charles Harrison Tindal |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 227.7: 11–13, 16, 18, 25, 128 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12392F |
From Samuel Butler 2 January 1880
Summary
Asks CD for reference to the edition of Kosmos that contains the original of Ernst Krause’s article on Dr Erasmus Darwin. There are serious differences between the translation by W. S. Dallas and the Feb [1879] article by Krause on which CD, in the preface to Erasmus Darwin, says it was based. SB notes in particular that the concluding sentence of the translation, which is clearly aimed at [SB’s] Evolution, old and new, is not in the original. Since readers will assume the text of Erasmus Darwin was written before his book appeared, SB asks for an explanation.
Author: | Samuel Butler |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B65–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12393 |
From Joseph Prestwich 2 January 1880
Summary
Having reviewed the history of the Glen Roy debate ["On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber, and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 170 (1880): 663–776], JP wishes to know whether it is accurate to say CD has abandoned the marine theory.
Author: | Joseph Prestwich |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12394 |
From J.-H. Fabre 3 January 1880
Author: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12398 |
From Wallis Nash 4 January 1880
Summary
Reports on the comfortable life of an immigrant in Oregon.
Author: | Wallis Nash |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12400 |
From A. S. Wilson 5 January 1880
Summary
Results of his second year of experiments with Russian wheat varieties will be published in Gardeners’ Chronicle [n.s. 13 (1880): 108, 172–3].
Observations on germination of wheat.
Author: | Alexander Stephen Wilson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12404 |
From W. E. Darwin 6 January [1880]
Summary
Delighted by honour CD has received from Turin. Agrees with Horace that the money ought to be given to the Zoological Station at Naples.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 79) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12404F |
From Ernst Krause 7 January 1880
Summary
Pleased by favourable English newspaper reviews of Erasmus Darwin. Charles Reinwald has not yet said whether he wants to use annotations intended for German readers.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B51 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12409 |
From F. B. Goodacre 7 January 1880
Summary
FBG greatly interested in CD’s article ["Fertility of hybrids from the Chinese and common goose"] but has not altered his opinion on the matter.
Author: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12410 |
From A. R. Wallace 9 January 1880
Summary
Gratified by CD’s praise.
Describes plan of his new book [Island life (1880)].
Efforts to secure a post.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B142–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12412 |
From Asa Gray 12 January 1880
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 201 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12416 |
From Lawson Tait 12 January 1880
Summary
Plans a "Darwin Festival" to celebrate CD’s birthday.
Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12418 |
From J. I. Rogers 13 January 1880
Summary
Responds to article in Nature on the sexual colours of butterflies [Collected papers 2: 220–2].
Author: | John Innes Rogers |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 200 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12422 |
From W. C. Williamson 13 January 1880
Summary
Sends a seedling Drosera capensis.
Author: | William Crawford Williamson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 107 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12423 |
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