From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:
6 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/16)
Summary:
Delighted to hear of success of EH’s lectures.
Ernest Faivre [La variabilité des espèces (1868)] sees no reason to favour common descent of allied species.
Asks EH to pass German edition of Variation on to Gegenbaur.
Comments on work of Miklucho[-Maclay], Dohrn, and Bleek.
Has begun work on Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project