From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
29 [Dec 1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.188)
Summary:
Encloses letter concerning Edward Blyth’s application for a position with the China expedition.
Mentions reviews of the Origin. Guesses that Huxley wrote the Times review.
Alludes to discussion of relations between fossil and modern types [in Principles of geology 3: 144].
Discusses destruction of tropical forms in the glacial period.
Mentions letter from Dana concerning Dana’s illness.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project