From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 106: B73–4
Summary:
Dedication of Malay Archipelago to CD.
Comments on scientific papers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 Jan [1869]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 165–6)
Summary:
Response to letter about dedication of Malay Archipelago and several scientific papers.
Changes in 5th ed. of Origin.
Now feels individual differences of paramount importance. Fleeming Jenkin has convinced him about "single variations".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 106: B75–6
Summary:
Argues that [general variability] of species, not single variations or sports, is basis for modification and adaptation to new conditions.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
