Search: Lyell, Charles in addressee 
1860-1869::1860::10::03 in date 
Sorted by:

Showing 11 of 1 item

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
3 Oct [1860]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.230)
Summary:

Comments on letter from Jeffries Wyman.

Discusses reprinting reviews by Asa Gray.

Mentions views of W. S. Symonds on the geological record.

Discusses descent of turtles and tortoises.

The universality of variation.

Notes only a few species leave modified descendants.

Discusses Apteryx.

Variation among pigeons.

Comments on fertility among hybrids.

Does not agree that he makes natural selection do too much work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project