From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 103: 63–4
Summary:
Describes plans for travel in Morocco with George Maw and John Ball.
Has not yet read Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Describes plans for travel in Morocco with George Maw and John Ball.
Has not yet read Descent.
Answers CD’s questions.
Reception of Descent. Evolution accepted everywhere; descent of man accepted calmly.
Morocco plans.
Fears for Huxley, who is overworked.
Asks name of an Abutilon from Fritz Müller.
Questions about Drosophyllum for experiments;
the meaning of "Sirdar".
Wonderful success of Descent. Astonished by liberality of public. No abuse yet.
Marvels at JDH’s plans for a trip to Morocco. Asks him to look for alpine insects.
Sends Hibiscus
and enclosure [Queries about expression?] on chance of "any point being observed" in Morocco.
Murray informs him edition of Descent will probably be 6500 copies.