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From:
D. Thomas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 11 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 108
Summary:

CD is "bent upon linking the monkey race to us"; DT finds it striking that CD should so resemble an ape.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frederick Currey
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (Report on J. P. Weale Society paper SP1250)
Summary:

Gives his opinion on four papers by J. P. M. Weale.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B98–9
Summary:

Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].

News of his new residence.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 172: 56
Summary:

His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.

His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 96–100, DAR 177: 296
Summary:

Recounts case of parrot whose talking seems to show "power of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas" [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 85 n.].

Has not seen CD’s daughter yet. Hopes the fine weather will continue while she is there [in Bournemouth].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jeremiah
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 101–2
Summary:

Case of cat transmitting a habit to her offspring.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 135
Summary:

In response to queries on expression, which WED had asked on CD’s behalf, reports on shrugging and pouting observed in his children.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood
Date:
[after 11 Mar 1871?]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570)
Summary:

A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.

CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0497; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will send B.A.A.S. grant for £40 directly to G. A. Erman for reduction of Gaussian constant unless WS hears differently from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 March 1871
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B98-99
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 215
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 259-260]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project