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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
3 Aug [1860]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.74–75)
Summary:

Thanks JM for Quarterly Review [July 1860] in which he is "quizzed splendidly". The Bishop [Wilberforce] misrepresents him often, but clever men think they can write a review with very slight knowledge of the book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Goodman More
Date:
3 Aug [1860]
Source of text:
Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46)
Summary:

Thanks for Epipactis.

Has AGM looked at pollen masses of bee orchid? Discusses method of insect fertilisation. Asks for specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project