From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
25 Mar [1865]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.307)
Summary:
Mentions Miss Buckley’s information on roosting in trees [see Variation 1: 181 n.].
Refers to Duke [of Argyll] and his Lamarckian view of change.
Roosting habits and behaviour of pigeons in Egypt.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s works.
Has finished Elements; comments on Laurentian stages.
Remarks on his health
and forthcoming work [Variation].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project