From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
3 Oct [1856]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 100)
Summary:
Finds his grief over his daughter Anne’s death still strong.
Is following Lyell’s advice about publishing his species doctrine. It is not to be a sketch, however, but as perfect as his 19 years of work will allow. His work on pigeons has been invaluable on many points. "No subject gives me so much trouble as means of dispersal of terrestrial production in the oceanic islands."
Finds "most remarkable differences" in skeletons of rabbits.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project