From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
10 Jan [1860]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.191)
Summary:
Comments on corrections [in Origin, 2d ed. (1860)], especially on use of Wallace’s name.
Discusses human evolution with respect to CL’s work. Cites expression as a source of evidence.
Andrew Murray’s criticisms of the Origin involving blind insects in caves [Edinburgh New Philos. J. n.s. 11 (1860): 141–51].
Humorously describes human ancestors.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project