From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
3 May [1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.127)
Summary:
Discusses possibility of publishing a sketch of his views.
Comments on CL’s letter [1862].
Mentions various geological topics.
Asks to borrow publication by Heer.
Mentions flight of Colymbetes over ocean.
Recalls visit by Wollaston.
Notes views of Hooker and Huxley on species.
Mentions ability of ducks to transport plant seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project