From M. C. Stanley 14 September 1875
Summary
Thanks CD for telling her "such exact truth". She saw Thomas Carlyle at Keston – the country air has done him good – "he is half sorry to have been so unsociable on his first arrival".
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Sept 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 167 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10157 |
From M. C. Stanley 16 July 1873
Summary
Sends a bottle containing fish which Lord Arthur Russell had promised to send.
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8980 |
From M. C. Stanley 4 June 1872
Summary
Sackville Cecil would like to be present with Francis Galton at one of William Crookes’s séances. Can CD arrange it?
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8369 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Sackville-West, M. C. Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. Stanley, M. C. Darwin, C. R. …
- … Darwin Sackville would be extremely pleased to be allowed to be present with M r Galton at a Séance of M r Crookes’. —tho’ he doubts being able to form any opinion without going thoroughly into the Evidence, & this,—with the work he has in hand would not be possible. But the truth is I am very eager Sackville should be at one of M r Crooke’s séances, & if you think it likely M r C. …
From M. C. Stanley 22 December 1875
Summary
Lord Derby was pleased by CD’s warm and genuine expression of approval [of his support of Vivisection Bill? see 9933].
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 168 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10318 |
From M. C. Stanley 16 October 1881
Summary
Has read Earthworms with great interest. Remembers CD once said, laughing, that he was finding that "worms could revolutionise the world". CD has succeeded in proving greatness of their power.
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 171 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13406 |
From M. C. Stanley [16 November 1871]
Summary
W. Crookes’s article ["Enquiry into phenomena called spiritual", Q. J. Sci. n.s. 4 (1874): 77–97] "staggers" her. Would like to know CD’s opinion.
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [16 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9208 |
From M. C. Stanley 19 September 1877
Summary
Count Schouvaloff asserts that CD’s works are prohibited in Russia. Is he not mistaken?
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Sackville-West, M. C. Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. Stanley, M. C. Darwin, C. R. …
- … Darwin Count Schouvaloff has been asserting today that your works are still prohibited in Russia. I told him your story as you told it to me, but he thinks I have made a mistake. If you would not mind dictating a letter to me stating what you believe to be true, I sh d . be much interested to be able to tell him that he was mistaken. Still if you prefer to let the matter alone take no notice of my request. Y r very sincerely | M C …
From M. C. Stanley 24 May 1878
Summary
Sends fragment of bone from the head of a fish called "Corbin", brought from River Plate by her brother.
| Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11528 |
To M. C. Stanley [18 November 1871]
Summary
Much perplexed by W. Crookes’s article. He can neither disbelieve nor believe. Article has removed some of his difficulty in that the supposed power is not an anomaly. Hopes men such as G. G. Stokes will be induced to witness Crookes’s experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Date: | [18 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 384 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9209 |
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| Sackville-West, M. C. | (8) |
| Stanley, M. C. | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (1) |
| Sackville-West, M. C. | (1) |
| Stanley, M. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (9) |
| Sackville-West, M. C. | (9) |
| Stanley, M. C. |
