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Source, Notes and Corrections to the Hardback for Emma Darwin by Edna Healey MSS and published sources are named in the bibliography. Prologue p.1 line 1 13 November from Georgina Tollet to Emma Wedgwood, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, 1905 p. 2, line 4 Correction: should read 'Present or absent, all were delighted - especially their parents / Jos Wedgwood and Dr Darwin who had been close friends since…' p.3 para 1 1 February 1839, Elizabeth to Fanny Allen, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i
p.5-6 Preface, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen 1795-1815 p.7-13, para 1 All the quotations are taken from Eliza Meteyard, vol.ii p. 9, lines 11-12 Correction: should read 'In this circle Josiah met again Dr Erasmus Darwin of Lichfield and so began a lifelong friendship and a dynasty…' p. 14, line 1 Correction: should read 'Elston Hall near Newark' p. 14, line 5 Correction: should read 'Over six feet tall' (delete 'Well) p. 14, line 9 Correction: should read 'his second wife, Elizabeth Pole' p.15, lines 7-12 Anna Seward, Memoirs of the Life of Dr Darwin p.16 Erasmus Darwin to son, Robert in Desmond King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin p. 16, line 4 Correction: should read 'pain on the right side' p.17, para 1 King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin, p.91 p. 18, line 2 Correction: should read 'a wealthy and beautiful widow, Elizabeth Pole' p. 18, lines 4-6 Correction: should read ' Lichfield lived at her house, Radburn Hall, then for nine years in Derby, finally taking Breadsall Priory nearby. p.18, para 3, line 3 King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin p.19, para 2 Julia Wedgwood, The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood I p.20, para 1, lines 5-7 Meteyard, vol.ii, p.602 p.21, para 2, 4 up Julia Wedgwood, The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood
I p.22, para 2 Meteyard, vol.ii p.23, para 3 Wedgwood to Bentley, 23 November 1779, Meteyard, vol.ii p.25 Ibid, pp.351-2 p.27, para 2, 8 up to end Julia Wedgwood, The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood I, pp.349 and 351 p.28, para 2, lines 10-11 King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin, p.213 (DAR 227.5.140) p.29, para 1, lines 3-6 Julia Wedgwood, The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood
I, p.353 p.30, lines 1-7 Ibid, p.360 p.31, para 2, last 6 lines Erasmus to Edgeworth, 15 March 1795. King-Hele p.32 The information on pp.32 and 33 comes from Allen family papers p.33, para 2 Richard Fenton, Cresselly House, Tour of Pembrokeshire, 1810 p.34, 5 up Julia Wedgwood, p.325 p.35, para 1 Patrick O'Leary, Sir James Mackintosh, The Whig Cicero p. 37, line 23 Correction: should read 'other works in his "Economy of Vegetation, Part I of The Botanic Garden"' p. 37, line 31 Correction: should read 'In the same poem, "The Botanic Garden"' p.38, para 3, 2-6 up Meteyard, Eliza, vol.ii p.39, para 2 Josiah II to Josiah I, 1792, A Century of Family Letters,
vol.i p.40, para 3, lines 3-4 Ibid p.40, para 4, 6 up King-Hele, p.294
p. 43, line 6 Correction: should read 'In his last illness she had helped' p.44, line 1 Correction: should read 'Blandford in Dorset' p.44, 2 up James Mackintosh to Josiah Wedgwood II, 16 September 1805 p.46, para 1 H.R. Fletcher, The Story of the R.H.S. 1804-1818 p.47, paras 2 and 3 Josiah Wedgwood II to Coleridge, in R.B. Litchfield, Tom Wedgwood p.50, para 2, lines 9-18 Wedgwood MS at Keele University Library p.51, para 1, lines 4-7 King-Hele p. 52, line 3 Correction: should read 'And all should cry, Beware! Beware!/ His flashing eyes, his floating hair/… and drunk the milk of Paradise.' p.52, para 2 Earl Griggs, Ed., Unpublished Letters of S. T. Coleridge, p.22 p.53, para 1 Ibid, p.230 p.54, para 2 R.B. Litchfield, Wordsworth and Tom Wedgwood, p.127 p.55, para 2 Tom to Josiah Wedgwood II, R.B. Litchfield, Tom Wedgwood,
p.128 p.56, para 1 Coleridge to Tom Wedgwood, 28 January 1804, R.B. Litchfield,
Tom Wedgwood p.58 Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen 1795-1815 p.59, paras 1 and 2 Ibid p.59, para 3 Wedgwood Circle, p.168 p.60, para 4 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p.62, para 1 Ibid p.62 Fanny Allen on Sir James Mackintosh, 29 December 1836, Allen papers
p.65, para 2 MS Wedgwood Museum Trust p.66, para 2 Ibid p.66, para 3 Elizabeth's and Charlotte's diaries, Wedgwood MS, Keele University Library p. 67, line 30 Correction: should read 'and their daughters Marianne and Caroline nursed.' p.68, para 2 Elizabeth to brother Harry, 18 April 1818, from Hotel du Mont Blanc, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p. 68, line 27 Correction: should read 'reminded her aunts of Byron's Countess Guiccioli' p.69, para 3 Charlotte to brother Harry, 9 March 1818, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p.69 Emma to brother Frank, A Century of Family Letters, vol i, p.151 p. 70, line 30 Correction: should read 'praise of Bernadotte' pp.72 and 73 Aunt Emma Allen to Elizabeth, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, pp.72-3 p.74, para 2 Etty on London School, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.182 p.75 Emma Caldwell on Life at Maer Hall, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p.77, para 3 Bessy to Mme Sismondi, from Scarborough, 30 August 1823, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p.78 Fanny Wedgwood on Paley, Keele University Library, Wedgwood Museum
Trust MS, W/M1151 p.79 Bessy to Elizabeth, June 1824, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.211 p.79 Bessy to Fanny Allen, 6 October 1824, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.210
Unless otherwise stated all the quotations in this chapter come from the diaries of Emma, Fanny, Charlotte and Elizabeth Wedgwood p.88 Elizabeth to her mother, 14 April 1825, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, pp.225-6 p.90 Charlotte to her mother, 29 April 1825, Rome. A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.227-8 p.92 Jos Wedgwood II to wife Bessy from Sorrento, 24 May 1825
p.101, para 1 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.251 p.102, para 2 Jessie to Bessy, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i p.103, para 1 Emma's Journal, Wedgwood MS 1151, Keele University Library Information on pp.100-104 from A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, unless otherwise stated p.106 Journals of Fanny and Emma from Wedgwood Trust, Keele University p.111 Emma to Jessie, A Century of Family Letters, p.289 Chapter Six: The Crucial Years p.115, line 4 1 Spring 1829 Correction: should read 'overdose of "syrup of poppies"' Typically Etty avoided using the word 'opium' p.115 Journals of Fanny and Emma 1830, Keele University Library, Wedgwood
Trust W/M1151. p.121 and Fanny's Diary, 25 April 1832, Wedgwood Trust, Keele, W/M 1157 p.125 Fanny's letter to brother Frank from Dulwich, 11 January 1832, A Century of Family Letters, p.333-6 pp.129-31 Emma on death of Fanny. Wedgwood Trust, Keele W/M 1171 p.132, para 3 from Caroline to Charles, 12 September 1832, Cambridge University, Darwin Project (DAR.2046.1) p.135 from Charlotte Langton to Charles, 27 September 1832, from Darwin
Letters p.135 Catherine to Charles, 16 April 1832, Darwin Correspondence (ALS 4pp, DAR 204.6.2) p.139, para 4 Emma to Aunt Jessie, 29 November 1835, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, pp.376-7 Chapter Seven: 'Better than A Dog' p.141, para 2 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.385 pp.144-5 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i pp.146-7 Marry? (DAR.210.10) p.150, para 2 Charles's brother Erasmus to Charles, Calendar 2 (DAR.204.14) p.150-151 Charles from Shrewsbury, 14 November 1838 (DAR.210.19) p.151 Emma Wedgwood to Catherine Darwin, 13 November 1839, Maer (ALS 2pp, DAR.204.14) p.152, para 1 Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood, 14 November 1838 (DAR.210.19) p.153 Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood, 21 November 1838 (ALS 4pp, DAR.20.19) p.154, para 1 Emma Wedgwood to Charles Darwin, 30 November 1838 (ALS 4pp, DAR 204.13) p.155, para 3 Emma Wedgwood to Charles Darwin, 23 December 1838 from Maer, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i (DAR.204.13) p.155-6, last para Emma Wedgwood to Charles Darwin, 23 December 1838 (DAR.13) p.156, line16 Correction: should read: 'Charles, excited as a child, longed to move into Macaw Cottage. On Sunday 30 December 1838, proudly he addressed his letter …' p.157, para 1 Charles Darwin to Emma Wedgwood, 2 January 1839, Athenaeum (ALS 4pp DAR210.19) p. 157, line 33 Correction: should read 'had not yet fully understood the strength' p.158 last para and p.159-60 Emma Wedgwood to Charles Darwin, 23 January 1839, Maer (DAR.204.13) Chapter Eight: Gower Street p.162, para 1 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.441 p.164 Emma Darwin to Charles Darwin, 1839, A Century of Family Letters, vol ii, p.173 (DAR.210.10) p.167, para 1 Emma to sister Elizabeth, 2 April 1839, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.460-2 p.168, para 3 Fanny Allen to Anne Caldwell, 5 March 1839. A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.456 p.167 N.B. Robert Brown (1773-1858) Botanist-Librarian to Sir Joseph
Banks; p. 171, line 12 Correction: should read 'Triatoma infestans' p.171 Dr Ralph Colp, To Be An Invalid p.172, para 2, line 7 Correction: should read 'most desolate. I do long
to be…' p.173, 6 lines up Correction: should read 'Among them were Cambridge professors, John Henslow and Adam Sedgwick, geologist Charles Lyell, and mathematician Charles Babbage.' In this chapter, as elsewhere, letters from and to Emma's aunts are from A Century of Family Letters p.175 Aunt Jessie to Emma, 26 June 1840 from Tenby, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.34 p.176, para 2 Charles to Emma, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.58 (DAR.210.19)
p.179 Henrietta on Emma, A Century of Family Letters, vol.i, p.468 p.182, last para Gwen Raverat, A Period Piece p.184, last para Fanny Allen to Sarah Wedgwood (sister of Josiah II) 6 April 1846, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.101 p.185-6 Charles Darwin to Susan Darwin, 5 September 1845, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.96 (DAR 153) p.188 Charles Darwin to Emma at Tenby, June 1846, A Century of Family
Letters, vol.ii, p.104 p.194-5 Letter to James Wright Dana. Calendar p.196, para 1 Charles to his cousin William Fox, 17 January 1850 (ALS 4pp. CCLC Fox 75) pp.196-7 Jane Hume, Clapperton Letters in E. Healey Wives of Fame p.199, para 2 Downe Friendly Society. See Desmond and Moore, Darwin, pp.398, 525, 619, 625 p.200 E. Healey, Wives of Fame
p.202-217 Letters to and from Charles and Emma during Annie's illness
are in DAR.210.13 and 210.19, 13-24, and in A Century of Family Letters,
vol.ii, pp.132-40 p. 203, line 14 Correction: should read 'containing spirits of wine' p.210 Fanny Wedgwood to Emma Darwin, 25 April 1851, DAR.210.13 p. 212, line 9 Correction: should read 'wrote of her grandmother Emma's' Chapter Eleven: The Wider World p.221 Desmond and Moore, p.399 p.223 Down House Archives, record of his treatment p.228 Charles to William and George - Aunt Sarah's funeral - 13 November 1856. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.161 p. 228, last line Correction: should read 'Basil Montague, the son of Lord Sandwich and the actress Martha Ray'
p.235, para 2 A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.163 p.238 Charles Waring Memoir (DAR.210.13) p.240, para 3 Francis Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin p.244 Henrietta to William, March 1859 p.246, para 2, 2-5 up Charles Darwin to J.D. Hooker in Desmond and Moore p.247 Charles Darwin to William at Cambridge, October-November 1859 from Ilkley (ALS pp. inc. DAR.210.6)
p.249, para 2 Erasmus to Charles Darwin, 23 November 1859 p.250, para 2 Owen-Charles Darwin correspondence on whales and bears, American Philosophical Society Calendar, 2552-2575 p.252-3 Hooker on Oxford battle, DAR.100.141.2, in Desmond and Moore, p.495 pp.258 and 259 Emma Darwin to Charles Darwin, June 1861 (DAR.210.10) pp.259-61 References to Wedgwood Pottery (DAR.115.210.212) p.262, last para Charles Darwin to Fox, 4 September 1863 (ALS. CCC. Fox.140) p.262 Emma to Fox, 8 December 1863 re RSPCA Campaign, Animal World, 1 January 1870 p.263 Fox to Charles Darwin, 7 September 1863 (ALS. 4pp. DAR.164 ) p. 265, line 32 Correction: should read 'My dear Miss Thackeray' p. 266, line 16 Correction: should read 'My dear Miss Thackeray'
p.270, para 1 Charles Darwin to Chapman in Desmond and Moore (Calendar 4834, 4837, 4846) p.271, 8 up typed copy of Etty's letter to George 1880. Family papers p.273, paras 3-4 Etty to George. Family papers p.274, paras 1-3 Etty to George. Family papers p.277 Etty to George. Ibid p.278, paras 2-3 Emma Darwin to Fanny Allen, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.190 p.279, para 1, 7 up A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.193 p.279 para 1 and p.281, paras 1-3 Emma to Miss Cobbe, CB390. Frances Cobb correspondence. The Hunting. James Moore kindly drew my attention to this correspondence p.281, last para p.283, para 1 Etty to George. Mommens family papers p.283, para 3, lines 3-4 A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.253 pp.284 and 285 Correspondence between Emma and Miss Meteyard, in Hensleigh and Barbara Wedgwood, The Wedgwood Circle p.285, para 4 Bernard Darwin, The World that Fred Made p.286-7 Etty to George. Family papers p.287, para 2 Ibid p.288 Ibid p.289, para 1, 5up Emma to Fanny Allen, 21 January 1873, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.211 p.289, para 2 Charles to Etty, 4 September 1871, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.205 p.289 last para
p.294 Fanny Allen to Emma. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.220 p.295 Emma to Fanny Allen, August 1870. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.198 p.296-8 Letters from Amy Ruck to Frank. Family papers p.299-300 But Etty omits 'by dint of opium'. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.230-31 p.301, para 3, 4-8 Charles Darwin to Leonard from Coniston, 12 August 1879 p.301, last para Emma's journal p.304-305 I owe these extracts from Emma's journal and Etty's memoir to the kindness of Randal Keynes p.306 Emma on Ruskin, A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.303 p.308, para 1 Charles to his sister, Caroline's children. Ursula Vaughan Williams, Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams p.309, para 2 A Century of Family Letters, vol.i. p.240 p.310 Charles Darwin to his children. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, p.239 p.310 para 2 Emma to Etty. A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii
p.313 extracts from Emma's journal, courtesy of Randal Keynes p.315, para 1 Charles Darwin to J.D. Hooker, 20 June 1881, Patterdale (ALS.3pp. DAR.95.516) p. 316, line 8 Correction: should read ' by the Revd Allen Wedgwood, the son of Emma's uncle John Wedgwood, who had married Charles and Emma.' p.317, para 3 T. Darwin, 27 September 1881. Moore and Desmond, p.656 p.319, para 2 Henrietta to George, 20 April 1882. Family papers p.321, para 3 Desmond and Moore p.323 A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii, pp. 254-5 p. 325, line 22 Correction: should read 'house on the Huntingdon Road'
p.334, para 2 A Century of Family Letters, vol.ii. p.264
pp.343, 344 , 346 and 351 Henrietta's letters are taken from Mommens family papers p. 347, line 25 Correction: should read 'He lived near them for a time: she often sat enthralled' p. 350, line 13 Correction: should read 'house near Gomshall in Surrey' p.352 Geoffrey Keynes, The Gates of Memory |