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DCP-LETT-12045

From:
William Sweetland Dallas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 99: 106
Summary:

Has CD seen Samuel Butler’s Evolution, old and new [1879], which contains a biography of Erasmus Darwin and exposition of his philosophy? "Does not this rather take the wind out of our sails?"

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0834

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[9 May 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 195
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-12046

From:
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (Константин Петрович фон Кауфман)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 169: 1
Summary:

Sends a collection of wheat varieties from Turkestan in response to a newspaper notice of CD’s interest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12042

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:
9 May [1879]
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (HM 36182)
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12043

From:
Henry Alfred Pitman
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 174: 46
Summary:

CD awarded the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12044

From:
Robert Tachau
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 178: 1
Summary:

Are modifications in human form and intellect due solely to natural selection or do altered external conditions also play a role?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1586

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
[Samuel] [Butler]
Date:
9 May 1879
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP6/5/5(40)
Summary:

With thanks for and criticism of Butler's books Life and Habit (1878) and Evolution Old and New (1879).

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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