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DCP-LETT-12393

From:
Samuel Butler
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 92: B65–6
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.

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DCP-LETT-12396

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Samuel Butler
Date:
3 Jan 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 34486 D ff. 84–5)
Summary:

Krause altered the MS [of his essay on Erasmus Darwin] considerably before sending it to be translated. This is a common practice, but CD now regrets he did not state in his preface that the article had been modified. The translation had been arranged before SB’s book [Evolution, old and new] was announced.

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DCP-LETT-12401

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 Jan 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434 ff. 286–8)
Summary:

Admiration of ARW’s ["The origin of species and genera", Nineteenth Century (Jan 1880)]. Good use of Allen’s "admirable researches".

Disappointment about the Epping Forest appointment.

Farrer’s article in Fortnightly Review.

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DCP-LETT-12419A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Krakauer
Date:
12 Jan 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Surrogate RP 4481/3)
Summary:

"I am much obliged for your note. I have heard of the other analogous cases, but there remains a doubt whether they may not be accidental coincidences, for such cases certainly occur in non-Jewish families.––"

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12619F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Williams & Norgate
Date:
16 June [1880]
Source of text:
The British Library (Surrogate RP 9897)
Summary:

Ordering a copy of a book for his research on vegetable mould [presumably Werner Hoffmeister 1845 (Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer: als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie.].

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DCP-LETT-12641

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Burnett Tylor
Date:
19 June [1880]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 50254: 96–8)
Summary:

Discusses animals’ ability to learn to recognise danger, especially poisonous herbs.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12791

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
3 Nov 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434 ff. 292–3); Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Wallace Papers WP/6/4/1)
Summary:

High praise for Island life; ARW’s "best book". Encloses notes of comments and criticism. Hooker pleased by dedication.

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DCP-LETT-12919

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Walter Raleigh Browne
Date:
18 Dec 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Surrogate RP 7385)
Summary:

Will not be able to attend the proposed conference and feels no benefit will arise from it.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12931

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Walter Raleigh Browne
Date:
22 Dec 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Surrogate RP 7385)
Summary:

Believes the conference will be of no value because individuals can only decide for themselves on the truths of science and religion.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12968

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
2 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

On land migration of plants. The case in Nature is striking but CD doubts that seeds of plants could be blown from mountains of Abyssinia to mountains of Madagascar.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12977

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
4 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434); DAR 143: 185
Summary:

Memorial for Wallace pension dispatched to W. E. Gladstone.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12987

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
7 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44468: 11)
Summary:

CD expresses his great pleasure at WEG’s letter informing him that Wallace has been granted a pension.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12985

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 Jan [1881]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Informs ARW of favourable reception by Gladstone of memorial respecting ARW’s services to science, and the establishment of a pension for him.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12997

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

On the proprieties of thanking Gladstone and the signers of the memorial.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13064

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
23 Feb 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 49)
Summary:

CD interested by FM’s facts on movement of plants; has sent some to Nature ["Movement of leaves", Collected papers 2: 228–9]. Greatly admires FM’s work. Suggests an experiment to investigate movement in Phyllanthus.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13091

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
20 Mar 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 50)
Summary:

FM’s view on meaning of two-coloured stamens in many flowers; CD has been looking through his old notes on dimorphism for supporting evidence. Intends to send extract of FM’s letter to Nature or to Linnean Society.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13101

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Burnett Tylor
Date:
29 Mar 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 50254 f. 104)
Summary:

Thanks EBT for gift of Anthropology [1881].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13113

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
12 Apr 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 51)
Summary:

Earthworm book with printer.

Has sent FM’s observations on paraheliotropism to Nature ["Movement of leaves", Collected papers 2: 228–9].

Plants with differently coloured anthers.

Intends gathering together his notes on "bloom".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13119

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
16 Apr [1881?]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 49645: 97-8)
Summary:

Suggests that the pappus of Compositae, when lying on ground, may absorb water which may function in seed germination.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13141A

From:
William Ewart Gladstone
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Apr 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44544: 165)
Summary:

CD is invited to allow his name to be suggested for the vacancy in the Trust of the British Museum caused by the death of Lord Beaconsfield. [See 13142.]

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