RECORD: Axon, William E. A. 1882.05.30. [Letter to Francis Darwin]. CUL-DAR198.7. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.
The 'Anecdote of the late Charles Darwin' by Geldart can be found here: A498
The two letters referred to are:
1. 'Mr. Charles Darwin on infant development', including a letter to Emily Talbot. Field Naturalist (June, 1882), no. 1: 5-7.
2. 'Darwin's handwriting', with a letter from Darwin to Otto Zacharias. Field Naturalist (September, 1882), no. 4: 78-79.
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Office of "The Field Naturalist & Scientific Student,"
56 & 58, OLDHAM STREET, MANCHESTER,
30 May 1882
Dear Sir,
I see from the Times that you desire the correspondents of your father to send to you the letters they may have received from the late lamented Dr Darwin. I enclose you a copy of the last communication I had from him. The essay to which he refers is entitled "Sunday in Lancashire & Cheshire," and the journal whose place he commends is the Field Naturalist of which I send you by bookpost the first number. You will find marked in it two letters from Dr Darwin and a reference to a third which you would no doubt obtain from the Rev. M Geldart M. A. of Croydon.
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I am
Yours faithfully
William E. A. Axon.
Francis Darwin Esq
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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