From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 210.2: 76
Summary:
Sends abstracts of more articles [on Dr Erasmus Darwin] from Monthly Magazine.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[11 May 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 81
Summary:
CD is particularly obliged for the copy of Maria Edgeworth’s letter.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Cogleton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
12 May 1879
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 ff. 22-23
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Edward Ramsay
Date:
12 May 1879
Source of text:
ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
13 May 1879
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-23)
Summary:
CD astonished at receiving the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:
13 May 1879
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (HM 36183)
Summary:
Assures EK he will lose no time in writing his essay [on Erasmus Darwin].
A book by Samuel Butler on Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck has been announced [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Alfred Pitman
Date:
[13 May 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 174: 46
Summary:
Appreciates award of the Baly Medal and hopes to attend ceremony on 26 June.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1879
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-41)
Summary:
Has received CD’s letter [see 12050]. Gives CD the history of the Baly Medal and names previous recipients. It is not necessary for CD to be present for the award, but if he chooses to attend, arrangements could be made for him to arrive just before the presentation. CD will not be required to make an acceptance speech.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:
14 May 1879
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (HM 36184)
Summary:
Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.
Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.
EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
15 May [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 82
Summary:
Sends some queries connected with his writing of the biographical preface to Erasmus Darwin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 92: B26
Summary:
Thanks for answers to questions [in 12032].
Has ordered the new book by Butler [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. It may make EK’s own essay superfluous.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Moore
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 171: 233
Summary:
Sends an ammonite from the Upper Lias, which has Balanus-like bodies on surface. He wants CD’s interpretation. Discusses possible function of aptychi, siphuncular tube, and operculum in ammonites.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
15 May 1879
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46436 ff. 24-25
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
William Thomas Winn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 131
Summary:
Sends newspaper cutting referring to CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[17 May 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 197
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Bryan O'Loghlen
Date:
18 May 1879
Source of text:
P79/4536, unit 153, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
C. Harris
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 201: 13
Summary:
Wants some Sunday tickets for the Zoological Garden.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward James Collings
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 201: 8
Summary:
Wants information on the use of reason by animals.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Samuel Butler
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 May 1879
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: Alfred Russel Wallace Collection MSS.B.W15a
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
William Mackmurdo Hacon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 166: 20
Summary:
Has searched to no avail for 17th- and 18th-century wills to learn how Elston Hall was acquired by Robert Darwin rather than by William Darwin, even though Robert was the younger son.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project