From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
23 [June 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 196
Summary:
Herbert Spencer’s work disappointing – "all words & generalities".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Herbert Spencer’s work disappointing – "all words & generalities".
Sends his tranformist book [De la création: essai sur l’origine et la progression des êtres, 5 vols. (1838–41)]; his admiration for CD’s work.
No summary available.
Letter did not reach him as he had left town for Clifton. Hopes to reach town in time to see JH's son [John] before he leaves. Unable to meet him at Greenwich as he had to return with [Andrew S.] Waugh.