To Leonard Darwin 12 July [1879]1
July 12
My dear old Lenny
…
I am quite ready to shorten or leave out many parts, but at present I cannot agree that it is not worth while to say something about the family—2 I know that I myself, and some others, always wish to hear this, and Krause wrote to beg for some information as to family before he knew that I intended to say anything on the subject3
…4
Footnotes
Bibliography
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
Will shorten or leave out many parts [of Erasmus Darwin] but cannot agree that it is not worth while to say something about the family.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12153
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 93
- Physical description
- C 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12153,” accessed on 17 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12153.xml