To B. W. Richardson 14 March 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Mar 14. 79
My dear Sir,
Several years ago you told me that you had thought of writing a life of Eras Darwin.1 An interesting sketch of his life by E. Krause had just appeared in ‘Kosmos’; & the author tells me that he means to enlarge it a little & publish it separately.2 He wants more materials, & if you have any which are useless to yourself, do you feel inclined to lend them to me for Krause’s use?
I am more especially interested on this head, because my brother & I intend to have a translation published.3
Pray forgive me for troubling you & believe me | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
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
Remembers that BWR had planned to write a life of Erasmus Darwin. Ernst Krause now intends to enlarge his Erasmus Darwin; would welcome any information or material.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11934
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Benjamin Ward Richardson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal College of Physicians of London (ALS/D10)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11934,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11934.xml
