Search: 1860-1869::1868::02::24 in date 
letter in document-type 
Sorted by:

Showing 1–7 of 7 items

DCP-LETT-5921

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 165: 161
Summary:

AG is writing notice of American edition of Variation [Nation 6 (1868): 234–6].

Pangenesis is "as good an hypothesis as one can now make".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail

DCP-LETT-5922

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 106: B70–2, DAR 86: A10–11
Summary:

Responds to CD’s queries on polygamy in birds and orang.

Discusses sexual selection and secondary characters; colours and sexual preference.

Expresses his admiration for Pangenesis; it is superior to Herbert Spencer’s theory.

ARW differs somewhat with CD’s chapter on causes of variability [ch. 22 in Variation]. Thinks several of CD’s arguments are unsound.

Briefly discusses how natural selection might aid in producing sterility between allied species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail

DCP-LETT-5923

From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 356
Summary:

Second issue [of Variation] is ready.

Murray thinks that the Athenæum review was written by J. E. Gray [see 5931].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5924

From:
Robert McLachlan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A86–7
Summary:

Reports that when August Meyer confined several distinct species of Phryganeidae they coupled and produced fertile ova, indicating that some specific characters are not so important so far as reproduction is concerned [see Descent 1: 342 n. 2].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail

DCP-LETT-5925

From:
William Sweetland Dallas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 162: 16
Summary:

Has difficulty translating Piderit’s use of verbissen.

Will hold F. Müller’s book until CD decides about translating it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC1528

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Henry Bolus
Date:
24 February 1868
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.3-5, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
Text Online

WCP1887

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 February 1868
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B70-72 & DAR 86: A10-11
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 106-107
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 196-197]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Author
Addressee
Correspondent
Date
Document type
Repository
Contributor
Transcription available