To Ernst Krause 7 February 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Feb. 7th 1881
My dear Sir
As Mr. Butlers last letter was almost wholly a renewed attack on me, & not on you, you probably will not think of answering it.1 But some of my friends have written to me today saying that they hope that you will not write again, as the letter which has been published contains everything which was necessary, & as Mr. Butler is utterly unscrupulous in what he writes.2 If you have preserved the letter in which I asked your permission for a translation, I shd. like to hear the date to keep as a record for my private satisfaction;3 & of a second letter in which I told you (if I remember rightly) that Mr Dallas had just informed me of the advertisement of Mr. Butlers book, for this was the first time I ever heard of it.—4
My dear Sir | Yours ever sincerely obliged | 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.
Summary
Butler’s reply to EK is a renewed attack on CD. Urges EK not to answer it. His last letter contains everything necessary. Asks EK for dates of CD’s letter asking EK’s permission to publish a translation of his article [on Erasmus Darwin] and of the letter in which he told EK that Butler’s book had been advertised.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13041
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36214)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13041,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13041.xml