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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Asks CD if he can reconcile a passage in Mark Hopkins’ Outline study of man [1873] with the theory of development.
Prefaces Fritz Müller’s observations on termites and stingless bees [see 9281].
Birthday greetings.
On the decline of population of the Hawaiian Islands, before advent of Europeans; infanticide, polyandry.
Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.
Feels CD’s and Fritz Müller’s judgments on his "Anwendung" essay [see 8313] are of highest value. Mentions some of FM’s comments.
Looks forward to second English edition of Descent.
Asks HBT to sign certificate [for Royal Society] for Robert Swinhoe.
Offers information on pea-fowl for new edition of Variation.
Sends his observations on the fertilisation of Hedychium gardnerianum by sphinx moths. Did not look for pollen on the wing tips.
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
Criticises sexual selection theory. Supports natural selection.
Gives CD references on proportion of sexes in spiders.
Reports on a female black-winged pea-fowl at his home in Ireland.
General observations on the native Hawaiian population.
The Bishop of Falkland says the Fuegian natives’ health does not suffer through increased civilisation. Relates the Bishop’s observations on the state of Tierra del Fuego and its populace.
Thanks CD for presenting books to a gardeners’ society.
More details on pea-fowl.
Introduction of tropical fruits in Hawaiian Islands.
Comments on several points in Descent,
doubts facts about Monacanthus brushes
and the two Cyprinidae males attending the female when spawning.
The land CD wants to buy probably belongs to his marriage-settlement and would thus be difficult to sell.
Asks CD to allow his name to be put on a committee to establish a Scientific Societies Club for the fellows of the six societies that will have rooms in Burlington House.