From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Feb 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 101: 108–10
Summary:
Criticism of Antiquity of man; its public reception.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Criticism of Antiquity of man; its public reception.
Praise of Man’s place.
Owen’s muddling letter in Athenæum [21 Feb 1863, pp. 262–3].
Is disappointed in Lyell’s excessive caution on species and origin of man [in Antiquity of man].
Identifies flies sent to him by CD. [CD note states that these were found with orchid pollinia adhering to them.]
A diploma. CD is elected a corresponding member.
Comments on family health; asks AD if he has read James Challis on the topics of the ether and of zodiacal light.