From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
6 Dec [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 79
Summary:
Henry Fawcett’s article on Origin [Macmillan’s Mag. 3 (1860): 81–92] quotes JDH’s Oxford speech.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Henry Fawcett’s article on Origin [Macmillan’s Mag. 3 (1860): 81–92] quotes JDH’s Oxford speech.
Discusses Origin, suggesting confirmation might come from studying reproduction in microscopic organisms.
Gives anecdotal observations of blind rats and white cats.
Expresses his admiration for HF’s review of Origin in Macmillan’s Magazine (Fawcett 1860).
JDH’s page-by-page criticisms on Origin, first edition, as requested by CD for preparation of the third edition.