From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880]
Summary
Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12445 |
To Wallis Nash 1 February 1880
Summary
Can well understand WN’s new life. WN’s departure a heavy loss.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Wallis Nash |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12446 |
From Richard Litchfield 1 February 1880
Summary
Advises against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12447 |
From R. B. Litchfield 1 February 1880
Summary
Has shown S. Butler’s Athenæum letter to Frederick Pollock, who confirms RBL’s advice that it needs no answer. Sends an imaginary response by Butler.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B75–8, 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12448 |
To Athenæum 1 February 1880
Summary
[A revised version (but also not sent) of the draft letter 12439.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12449 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
To T. H. Huxley 2 February 1880
Summary
Asks THH to advise him about a response to Samuel Butler’s attack accusing CD of dishonesty. Quotes the advice of others but will do what THH advises.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 336) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12451 |
From W. Z. Seddon 2 February 1880
Summary
WZS, 12-year-old pupil, asks where he can find answer to question of what causes different shades of colour in inhabitants of earth.
| Author: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12452 |
To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880
Summary
Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12453 |
To G. J. Romanes 3 February 1880
Summary
Says it is not likely he will be able to criticise GJR’s work.
Recommends Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Encloses letters from J. F. Moulton [12350 and 12356].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.570) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12454 |
From Asa Gray 3 February 1880
Summary
Germination of Megarrhiza. AG’s observations at variance with CD’s.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12455 |
From R. B. Litchfield 3 February 1880
Summary
Thinks Huxley’s judgment on answering S. Butler’s charges would be trustworthy, though THH is horribly pugnacious and would naturally be for fighting.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B79–80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12456 |
From T. H. Huxley 3 February 1880
Summary
Has read Butler’s letter and CD’s draft reply and Litchfield’s letter. Has no hesitation in saying CD should take no notice. Litchfield’s advice is judicious.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B82–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12457 |
To T. H. Huxley 4 February [1880]
Summary
Greatly relieved by THH’s letter [advising against a reply to Samuel Butler].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 338) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12458 |
To Ernst Krause 4 February 1880
Summary
Samuel Butler’s fierce attack on CD and EK in Athenæum. CD’s sentence saying that EK had altered his Kosmos article was accidentally omitted from second proofs. Butler insinuates that EK’s attack on his book was suggested by CD or interpolated by him in EK’s text.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36200) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12459 |
To W. Z. Seddon 4 February 1880
Summary
Comments on colours of races of man. Wishes WZS "or anybody else" could account for them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Zaccheus Seddon |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 461 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12460 |
To G. J. Romanes 5 February 1880
Summary
On GJR’s work on mental evolution in animals. Emphasises "love" among animals.
Comments on stimulation of plants.
On pleasure and pain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.571) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12461 |
From W. S. Dallas 5 February 1880
Summary
Since CD has decided not to answer S. Butler’s charge, WSD will not reply either.
Will look over Francis Darwin’s lecture ["Climbing plants"] with a view to publishing it in Popular Science Review [19 (1880): 213–29].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 133–134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12462 |
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| Cole, William | (1) |
| Crosskey, H. W. | (1) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (30) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
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| Dohrn, Anton | (2) |
| Ernst, Adolf | (1) |
| Fabre, Jean-Henri | (1) |
| Faulds, Henry | (1) |
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| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Krause, Ernst | (4) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, R. B. | (4) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
| Salt, G. M. | (1) |
| Seddon, W. Z. | (1) |
| Skertchly, S. B. J. | (1) |
| Tait, Lawson | (1) |
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| Wilson, A. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (29) |
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| Dohrn, Anton | (2) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (59) |
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| Litchfield, R. B. | (5) |
| Dohrn, Anton | (4) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
