RECORD: Axon, William E. A. 1882.05.30. [Letter to Francis Darwin]. CUL-DAR198.7. Edited by John van Wyhe (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.

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.

Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library.

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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.

[…]

I am

Yours faithfully

William E. A. Axon.

 

Francis Darwin Esq

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