From:
Frederic Harrison
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
15 June [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 1915
Summary:
Had no intention of pressing CD over Madame Michelet’s fundraising for her husband’s tomb.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
18 [Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 61–2
Summary:
Sends a query he would like GHD to put to Clerk Maxwell: why does a sponged leaf dry more rapidly, although sponging cannot remove the waxy bloom from the minute pores through which it is secreted?
Is very glad to hear about tides in the earth.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederic Harrison
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
27 June [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 1916
Summary:
Thanks for CD’s £5 contribution towards Jules Michelet’s tomb.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[after 28 Oct 1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 60
Summary:
Has given dates [for the Cambridge University honorary degree] to the Vice-Chancellor.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
21 Nov [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 64
Summary:
Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
24 Nov [1877]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 65
Summary:
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
3 Feb [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 67
Summary:
CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
9 May [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 68
Summary:
CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
26 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 13
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
10 [July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 69
Summary:
Asks for sketches of [Thalia] pistil, in which he is much interested.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
11 [July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 70
Summary:
Rejoices that "Lagrange’s case does not seem very bad".
CD is working hard at dissecting Thalia. Has recovered some handiness with microscope.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
13 [July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 71
Summary:
Thanks GHD for his drawings [of Thalia]. Some parts need attention.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
14 [July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 72
Summary:
Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
17 [Aug 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 73
Summary:
He and Emma rejoice that GHD’s mathematical troubles are at an end. It is miraculous that he unconsciously followed the right course – like composing a sonata by a fluke.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
29 Oct [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 74
Summary:
Rejoices that he should have "staggered" William Thomson so quickly and that the latter should speak of GHD’s "discovery". The internal heat [of the earth] will please geologists and evolutionists.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
2 Nov [1878]
Source of text:
Institute of Astronomy Library, University of Cambridge (Jules Carret 1878: R.c.1473)
Summary:
Forwards pamphlet (Jules Carret 1878) to GHD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
8 Nov [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 75
Summary:
Delighted with [William Thomson’s] report. "There can be no doubt now about the value of your work." CD has "not been so much pleased for a long time".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
15 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 99: 175–6
Summary:
Fears he cannot give much information for CD’s book [Erasmus Darwin]. Recounts how his mother’s health was improved by Erasmus Darwin’s treatment. Remembers being attacked as a boy by an angry lady whose beautiful teeth were extracted by Dr Darwin "to cure some nervous spasms".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
19 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 77
Summary:
Thanks him for his efforts. CD cared most about the letter to Thomas Okes [see Erasmus Darwin, pp. 14–15]. "Cannot think who the calumnious article cd have been about [in?] 1802."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
21 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 99: 177–8
Summary:
Has no letters or papers [of Erasmus Darwin].
Suggests CD cite some of Erasmus Darwin’s poems to answer the charge of atheism [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 44].
Recounts a story of a remarkable cure by Dr Darwin, showing his sagacity and daring.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
