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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
PM’s letter and newspaper article [see 7576] show him to be still vigorous. CD doubts that he himself will be good for much more.
Agrees to have his or Emma Darwin’s name added to the General Committee for securing medical education to women.
Has no objection to LP’s replacing Loescher in publishing an Italian translation of Descent. Murray will give proper authorisation.
CD can provide leaves of Dionaea if JSBS wishes to investigate electric currents in them.
His experiments show that the digestive action of Drosera seems like that of true digestion.
Pleased they will publish a new edition of Coral reefs, and he will soon consider any addenda and write a short preface.
Will return the wood-blocks of Journal of Researches the following week.
Could his copy of Coral Reefs please be returned.
Heavily correcting sheets for Coral reefs, 2d ed. [1874]. Offers to pay extra printer’s charges.
Recommends PG for chair of natural history.
CD expresses his high opinion of TFJ’s scientific qualifications for lecturing on agriculture.
