The information correspondent hopes to get from M.-J.-P. Flourens will be valuable.
CD is keeping all varieties of pigeons, poultry, ducks, etc. for his work on variation.
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The information correspondent hopes to get from M.-J.-P. Flourens will be valuable.
CD is keeping all varieties of pigeons, poultry, ducks, etc. for his work on variation.
Mentions English scientists who support mutability of species.
Asks QdeB whether he could help locate a French translator and publisher.
Discusses P. T. A. Talandier as possible translator [of Origin].
Comments on reception of book in North America and opposition of Louis Agassiz.
Asks about reaction of Henri Milne-Edwards.
QdeB’s lectures on anthropology.
Comments on QdeB’s volume [Charles Darwin et ses précurseurs Français (1870)]. Mentions error concerning his views on Parus and nuthatch.
Discusses Canis magellanicus.
Discusses reception of his views in France and Germany.
Thanks QdeB for his continued support of CD’s election to French Academy.
Discusses views of Milne-Edwards on species.
Comments on views of Élie de Beaumont.
"I fear my next book [Descent] … will greatly displease you."
Thanks correspondent for his kind and generous exertions [to get CD elected to French Academy?].
Sends list of his publications.
Is grateful for interest QdeB has taken in his election [to Académie Française].