From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause 23 October 1879
Summary
CD thanks Krause for the errata.
CD is sorry to hear that Krause’s part will not appear in the French edition, and cannot believe that C.-F. Reinwald would be influenced by antagonism to the Germans. Reinwald always gives CD a small percentage on sales, and CD had intended to pass it on to EK.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 23 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36217) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12268H |
From Ernst Krause to Francis Darwin 26 October 1879
Summary
Problem with Charles Reinwald could be solved if CD would ask that French edition [of Erasmus Darwin] follow English. EK willing to co-operate with Reinwald.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B44–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12271 |
From Francis Darwin to Ernst Krause [29 October 1879]
Summary
Encloses a letter from CD to C.-F. Reinwald for EK to read, and if he approves, to send on.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | [29 Oct 1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36218) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12275F |
From Ernst Krause 10 February 1879
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11868 |
To Ernst Krause 12 February 1879
Summary
Thanks for honour of latest number of Kosmos.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library (John Robert Crouse autograph collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11871 |
To Ernst Krause 9 March 1879
Summary
CD and his brother Erasmus have read EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. Asks whether EK would object to a translation by W. Dallas, to be offered to Fortnightly Review or to be published at CD’s expense as a book.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36175) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11920 |
From Ernst Krause 12 March 1879
Summary
Glad CD is pleased by his "Erasmus Darwin". Was not able to obtain book by Anna Seward [Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)]. Could CD check relevant passages for errors? Would be great honour if CD could arrange English translation. Wants to enlarge essay into book.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B15–16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11925 |
To Ernst Krause 14 March 1879
Summary
Pleased to hear that EK agrees to CD’s request to have article on Erasmus Darwin translated. Will wait for EK’s enlargement. Has decided submission to Fortnightly Review would be useless.
Warns against Anna Seward’s biography of Dr Darwin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 14 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36176) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11932 |
From Ernst Krause 17 March 1879
Summary
Had doubts about excerpt from Anna Seward’s book [Life of Dr Darwin]. Sends slightly enlarged version of his "Erasmus Darwin". Includes footnote denouncing Seward’s book.
Finds that part 2 of ED’s Botanic garden, 2d ed. (1790), appeared before part 1 (1791).
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B17–18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11942 |
To Ernst Krause 19 March 1879
Summary
Sends copy of a lecture [by John Dowson, see 11949] published in 1861.
Has not yet found a copy of Anna Seward’s biography for EK. It is a wretched, inaccurate book. To contradict Anna Seward’s version, CD intends to write a short preface to the translation of EK’s essay. Doubts that it will be worth translating into German.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 19 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36177) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11944 |
From Ernst Krause 24 March 1879
Summary
Thanks for sketch of Erasmus Darwin by John Dowson [see Erasmus Darwin, p. iv]; would like to incorporate this information into MS. Previous biographers of Erasmus Darwin had insufficient knowledge of what appeared in his works.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B19–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11949 |
To Ernst Krause 27 March 1879
Summary
CD has written to members of the family for Dr Erasmus Darwin materials and letters. Is apprehensive lest his preface and EK’s essay interfere with one another. Will confine himself to ED’s character and letters;
has begun investigating the influence he had on medical practice.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 27 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36178) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11958 |
From Ernst Krause 30 March 1879
Summary
Wants to finish revision of MS on Erasmus Darwin before Dallas begins translation. Has discussed possible German edition with Carl Alberts.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11961 |
To Ernst Krause 2 April 1879
Summary
CD agrees entirely with EK’s proposal. Has collected a good deal of material. Useless to hunt for correspondence between Dr Darwin and Samuel Johnson. They met only once and hated one another. Dr Darwin is said to have taken Henry Brooke, who published a poem entitled "Universal beauty", as a model.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 2 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36179) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11969 |
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 |
To Ernst Krause 2 May 1879
Summary
CD is leaving home for three weeks’ rest. If EK finishes his life of Dr Darwin while CD is away, asks him to send the MS to W. S. Dallas for translation. CD will begin his preface, but needs rest and will not do much until he returns.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 2 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36181) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12024 |
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 |
From Ernst Krause 8 May 1879
Summary
Will wait for CD’s preliminary essay before proceeding with German edition [of Erasmus Darwin]. Regards CD’s essay as the principal attraction. Would like to finish German edition by end of July.
Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 May 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 92: B24–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12038 |
To Ernst Krause 9 May [1879]
Summary
Answers EK’s queries about Erasmus Darwin’s friends and relations. Will rectify Anna Seward’s false account of Dr Darwin’s conduct. Advises EK to leave to him the account of the Darwin family. Declines EK’s offer to allow CD to alter his MS. Fears repetition in the two essays. They can judge how best to present the material when they have seen each other’s manuscripts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 9 May [1879] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36182) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12042 |
To Ernst Krause 13 May 1879
Summary
Assures EK he will lose no time in writing his essay [on Erasmus Darwin].
A book by Samuel Butler on Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck has been announced [Evolution, old and new (1879)]. Will have a copy sent to EK.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
Date: | 13 May 1879 |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36183) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12051 |
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