To Francis Darwin [2 June 1879 or earlier]1
Try & find out something about Dr. Ernst Krause— what sort of man?— What has he written under the pseudonym of Carus Sterne? Is he well-known in Germany?—2
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this note and the letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879].
CD was working on a biographical sketch to introduce an English translation of Ernst Krause’s essay on Erasmus Darwin (Krause 1879a). Most of Krause’s longer publications were published under the pseudonym Carus Sterne.
Bibliography
Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424.
Summary
Wants FD to find out what sort of man Ernst Krause is.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12076
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 211: 51
- Physical description
- inc?
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12076,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12076.xml
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