To Ernst Krause 5 [May] 1879
Summary
Thinks it better to send proofs of his preface [to Erasmus Darwin] rather than MS – he always corrects proofs heavily. Doubts that it is worth translating into German – it is written for the English public. Supposes EK will not object to a French translation and an American edition of the little book. Has written a dozen pages during a break
in his experimental work [on movement of plants].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 5 [May] 1879 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36180) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11978 |
From Ernst Krause 5 May 1879
Summary
Sends first part of MS of Erasmus Darwin.
Has found useful criticism of Anna Seward in J. G. Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott.
CD should regard MS as a draft and correct anything that seems incorrect or questionable. Asks biographical questions about Dr Darwin. Can CD give information about origin of family name?
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B22–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12032 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 May [1879]
Summary
Asks GHD to look for a life of Sir Henry Rayburn [Raeburn] "who is spoken of as famous and who painted Charles Darwin [1758–1778] when dead". Asks why he painted the corpse.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12033 |
From G. H. Darwin 5 May 1879
Summary
Sends CD an article on Dr Erasmus Darwin [from Monthly Magazine, see 12028].
Tells of a "discovery" he has made about taking observations of the sun. Does not know yet whether it is new.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12034 |
From G. J. Goschen and Edward Enfield [before 6 May 1879]
Summary
Invitation to the University College Hospital festival and dinner
| Author: | George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen; Edward Enfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 6 May 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.1: 48v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12034F |
| letter | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Enfield, Edward | (1) |
| Goschen, G. J. | (1) |
| Krause, Ernst | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Krause, Ernst | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Krause, Ernst | (2) |
| Enfield, Edward | (1) |
| Goschen, G. J. | (1) |
