From:
James Lamont, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 110–11
Summary:
JL’s views on the sexual peculiarities of the bladder-nosed seal, Cystophora cristata.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Boyd Dawkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 127
Summary:
Describes the successful excavation of caves containing interred remains of Neolithic man.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Willis Clark
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 161: 153
Summary:
Thanks CD for Beagle specimens donated to the Museum.
Asks for a live Helix pomatia for dissection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 401
Summary:
RC is sure Murray would not object to printing the pamphlet [C. Wright’s Darwinism: being an examination of Mr. St. G. J. Mivart’s "Genesis of species"].
After a lull in sales of Descent, a fresh demand warrants keeping type set up. Has CD seen the review of Descent in the Guardian?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Correspondent
- Darwin, C. R.
- Hooker, J. D.3
- Morgan, L. H.2
- Abbot, F. E.1
- Alglave, Émile1
- Canfield, C. A.1
- Clark, J. W. (a)1
- Cooke, R. F.1
- Crichton-Browne, James1
- Croll, James1
- Darwin, W. E.1
- Dawkins, W. B.1
- Farrer, T. H.1
- Gray, Asa1
- John Murray1
- Kovalevsky, V. O.1
- Lamont, James1
- Lessona, Michele1
- Lubbock, John1
- McLennan, J. F.1
- Trimen, Roland1
- Wallace, A. R.1
- Wright, Chauncey1