From W. D. Fox to G. H. Darwin 21 April [1879]

Letter and/or further information available at https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12006.xml.

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 27.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12006,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12006

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.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-12006
From: William Darwin Fox
To: George Howard Darwin
Date: 21 Apr [1879]
Sent from: Sandown
Source of text: DAR 99: 177–8
Physical description: 4pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 27.