Discusses ARW's view on European plants and effects of glaciers on Alpine plants.
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Discusses ARW's view on European plants and effects of glaciers on Alpine plants.
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About Miss Buckley's concerns for ARW's ill-health and his desire to obtain regular partially outdoor work, or indoor work that can be partially done from home. Darwin suggests to Hooker that they might advocate for ARW to receive a government pension given ARW's scientific achievements.
Darwin references a "capital" letter he has received from ARW following ARW's reading of On the Origin of Species.
Critical of ARW's understanding of the economy of nature.
Darwin responding to Hooker's request for papers. Darwin seems resigned to not to ARW usurping him regarding the explanation of how and why species change over time, "I daresay all is too late. I hardly care about it.—".
Conveys news of the death of Darwin's baby son. References letters received from Hooker regarding the suggestion that they present ARW's paper and Darwin's writings as a joint paper to the Linnaean Society.
References ARW's letter to Darwin of 2 Jan 1864 about Herbert Spencer.
Darwin compliments ARW's papers published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society on geographical distribution in the Malay Archipelago.
Darwin remarks that "As far as I know no one ever discussed the meaning of the relation between representative species before I did & as I suppose Wallace did in his paper before the Linn. Soc. [1858].".
Darwin remarks on his recommending ARW as a candidate for the Royal Society of London's Royal Medal.
Darwin agrees with Hooker's comments about ARW in Hooker's letter of 6 Oct 1865. Hooker's letter he describes ARW as: "... not a man of large sympathies, nor very charitable I think, & is certainly awfully cold & dry at times; yet he is essentially large minded, & very able".
Darwin states he hopes ARW's paper on sexual modifications and adaptive mimicry in butterflies will be published.
Darwin suggests that a Royal Medal might be bestowed on ARW before too long.
Island Life.
Darwin requests a clean proof (of his abstract?) for ARW.
Praises ARW.
Darwin encloses letters from ARW, and expresses admiration for the spirit in which they were written. Darwin thanks Hooker and Lyell for their intervention in the joint reading of ARW and Darwin’s papers at the Linnean Society in 1858. Darwin makes enquiries about the geology of the Himalayas.
Darwin mentions that ARW will soon return from the Malay Archipelago.
Darwin refers to ARW's "On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region".