From W. S. Dallas 23 January 1879
Summary
Suggests references that might answer CD’s [unidentified] request for information about coral islands.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11843 |
From W. S. Dallas 14 March 1879
Summary
Offers to translate [E. Krause’s] "Erasmus Darwin" for £10.
Thanks CD for signing his certificate for the Royal Society.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 99–100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11935 |
From W. S. Dallas 15 March 1879
Summary
Repeats his willingness to translate E. Krause’s "Erasmus Darwin".
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11937 |
From W. S. Dallas 7 May 1879
Summary
Has received the enlarged MS for Erasmus Darwin from E. Krause.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 102–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12037 |
From W. S. Dallas 8 May 1879
Summary
Has difficulty with E. Krause’s orthography and quotations.
Asks CD to lend him Anna Seward’s biography [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 104–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12039 |
From W. S. Dallas 9 May 1879
Summary
Has CD seen Samuel Butler’s Evolution, old and new [1879], which contains a biography of Erasmus Darwin and exposition of his philosophy? "Does not this rather take the wind out of our sails?"
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12045 |
From W. S. Dallas 4 June 1879
Summary
Has finished the first part of Krause’s MS [of Erasmus Darwin]. Expects to receive the concluding portion soon.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 107–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12083 |
From W. S. Dallas 16 June 1879
Summary
Has just received concluding portion of Krause’s MS.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12110 |
From W. S. Dallas 15 July 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for sending volumes of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s works. Hopes to finish Krause’s MS in a fortnight.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 110–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12161 |
From W. S. Dallas 29 July 1879
Summary
Difficulties with Krause’s handwriting and the time required to correct his sources have delayed the translation [of Erasmus Darwin].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 112–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12177 |
From W. S. Dallas 6 August 1879
Summary
Last minute checking of some quotations has delayed his translation [of Erasmus Darwin].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 114–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12184 |
From W. S. Dallas 18 August 1879
Summary
WSD sent MS of his translation of Erasmus Darwin on 6 August. Hopes CD received all of it.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 118–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12197 |
From W. S. Dallas 28 August 1879
Summary
He has no cause to complain at CD’s suppression of parts of his translation. Will do his best to correct and improve the proofs.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 120–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12202 |
From W. S. Dallas 13 September 1879
Summary
Acknowledges proofs of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12228 |
From W. S. Dallas 15 and 16 September 1879
Summary
Sends his corrected proofs [of Erasmus Darwin] for CD’s approval, with questions and final arrangements.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 and 16 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 123–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12232 |
From W. S. Dallas 19 September 1879
Summary
Final decisions about the printing of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 125–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12235 |
From W. S. Dallas 5 October 1879
Summary
E. Krause has sent his corrected proofs with suggestions and questions.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 127–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12249 |
From W. S. Dallas 18 October 1879
Summary
Suggests £20 as a fair payment for his work on Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 129–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12263 |
From W. S. Dallas 14 November 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 131–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12319 |
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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