To Ernst Krause 13 May 1879
Bassett | Southampton
May 13. 79
My dear Sir,
I write a line to thank you for your extremely kind letter & to assure you that I will lose no time.1 Perhaps I may be able to send my rough MS to the printers which would greatly expedite matters.2 I see announced a book about Erasmus Darwin & Lamarck by Saml. Butler & I will write to the booksellers & tell them to send you a copy.3
my dear Sir, | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Butler, Samuel. 1879. Evolution, old and new: or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin. London: Hardwicke and Bogue.
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Krause, Ernst. 1880. Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie von Ernst Krause. Mit seinem Lebens- und Charakterbilde von Charles Darwin. Leipzig: Ernst Günther.
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.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12051
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36183)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12051,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12051.xml
