To G. H. Darwin 7 [July 1879]
Summary
Francis wants a copy of a book on "Shakespeare’s merry tales" to present to a friend in Würzburg.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 7 [July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12135 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 [July 1879]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 8 [July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12137 |
To G. H. Darwin 12 July 1879
Summary
CD thinks nothing had better be done about the deeds at present.
Henrietta thinks Erasmus Darwin almost too dull to publish.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 12 July 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 87; unknown |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12149 |
To G. H. Darwin [31 July 1879]
Summary
Asks GHD to send name and address of tailor from whom he got the [LL.D.] gown to W. B. Richmond.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [31 July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 88 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12206 |
To G. H. Darwin 29 January [1880]
Summary
Sorry to hear of his illness.
On his visit to J. F. McLennan, GHD might tell him that CD thinks A. R. Wallace would work up McLennan’s materials conscientiously.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12441 |
To G. H. Darwin 21 [February 1880]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 21 [Feb 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 91 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12496 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1880]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Mar [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12514 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 30 May [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
To G. H. Darwin 11 June [1880?]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 11 June [1880?] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12628 |
To G. H. Darwin 28 July [1880]
Summary
Advises GHD on what to write if he is asked for a reference for Alfred Wrigley.
Thanks GHD for information about trypsin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 28 July [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12669 |
To G. H. Darwin 23 [August 1880]
Summary
Asks GHD to decipher a letter [in German] he has received with a book: The Bible in science.
Enjoyed his stay in Cambridge extremely.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 23 [Aug 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12697 |
To G. H. Darwin [before 9 October 1880]
Summary
Discusses how fruits of lime-trees arranged themselves in a ripple-like way on a flooded walk.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [before 9 Oct 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 97 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12746 |
To G. H. Darwin 20 November [1880]
Summary
Glad GHD goes on with ripple-marks; if he makes out a theory of ripples, they might give important information about the most ancient deposits.
CD has been wonderfully glorified in the Times [review of Movement in plants, 20 Nov 1880].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 98 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12830 |
To G. H. Darwin 23 November [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s ripple theory. Asks him how they are formed.
Delighted to hear that light is dawning in GHD’s eyes on the planetary system.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 23 Nov [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12844 |
To G. H. Darwin [27 November 1880]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [27 Nov 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 100 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12865 |
To G. H. Darwin 9 December [1880]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 9 Dec [1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12902 |
To G. H. Darwin [before 25 October 1881]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [before 25 Oct 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12961 |
To G. H. Darwin 20 January [1881]
Summary
[Ernst Krause’s] letter to Nature ["Unconscious memory – Mr Samuel Butler", 23 (1881): 288] has been dispatched.
Gladstone has dated Wallace’s pension from last July, "which is splendid".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13019 |
To G. H. Darwin 27–8 February [1881]
Summary
Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.
Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.
Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.
Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 27–8 Feb [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13068 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 June [1881]
Summary
Discusses a letter [not found] from R. S. Ball that has quite delighted him.
Describes events at Patterdale.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 8 June [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13197 |
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