From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
14 May [1868]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 148b)
Summary:
WDF’s letter gives CD the kind of facts he wants. His story about peacocks is so good that CD will quote it [Descent 2: 46].
Pleased WDF approves of his book [Variation]
– "beloved Pangenesis disagrees badly with many".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project