To H. E. Darwin 20 March 1871
Summary
Reports on sales and reception of his book [Descent]. Thanks HED for her help.
Wallace’s article in the Academy [2 (1870–1): 177–82] shows CD has had no influence on him; the review has had hardly any influence on CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 20 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605 |
From F. J. Wedgwood to H. E. Darwin 1 April 1871
Summary
Writes to HED for fear of tiring CD and to pass on, if she deems suitable, her view that there is no distinction to be made between self-regarding and other-regarding virtues.
| Author: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 68–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7651 |
DCP-LETT-7920
| Author: | Margaret Emily Gaskell |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7920 |
To H. E. Litchfield 4 September [1871]
Summary
An affectionate letter to HL on her honeymoon. Urges her to keep her mother as an example.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 58373) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7922 |
To H. E. Litchfield [after 5] November 1871
Summary
CD is "more than pleased" by what R. B. Litchfield said of him. Congratulates HEL on having "so noble a husband".
All were "profoundly" interested by HEL’s account [of their welcome at the Working Men’s College].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [after 5] Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 251–2; DAR 153: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8040 |
To H. E. Litchfield 2 December [1871]
Summary
Sends MS chapter on voice from Expression to HL for examination.
Agrees with R. B. Litchfield about Herbert Spencer’s views on speech and music.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 2 Dec [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8089 |
To H. E. Litchfield [before 2 December 1871]
Summary
Sends MS of section on voice as a means of expression [Expression, pp. 86–93]. CD is dissatisfied with it – wishes he could avoid the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [before 2 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 58373) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8134 |
From E. M. Bonham-Carter to H. E. Darwin [23 June 1871]
Summary
Observations on expression of her dog for CD.
| Author: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [23 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 242 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7785 |
From S. R. S. Norton and C. E. Norton to H. E. Darwin 21 August [1871]
Summary
Chauncey Wright’s title is "Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences".
| Author: | Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton; Charles Eliot Norton |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7914 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Bonham-Carter, E. M. | (1) |
| Dicey, E. M. | (1) |
| Gaskell, M. E. | (1) |
| Norton, C. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (9) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (9) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (9) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Bonham-Carter, E. M. | (1) |
| Dicey, E. M. | (1) |
