From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
30 Mar [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 121–2
Summary:
Interested in Barkly’s letter about Mauritius. Doubts non-volcanic origin. Urges collection of all forms of terrestrial life to determine whether they are of a former continent or "waifs and strays". He leans to latter view, as snakes and reptiles are different.
Huxley’s address wonderfully "brilliant", but it is a mistake to separate evolutionists from uniformitarians.
Bentham has come out "splendidly" on descent of species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project