From:
David Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 11 Dec 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 150
Summary:
Glacial action in the Andes.
Origin of Chilean sheep.
Varieties of S. American horses.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Dec? 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 45: 1
Summary:
Gives an extract from L. von Buch on the flora of the Canaries [Physikalische Beschreibung der Canarische Inseln (1825)].
Natural selection does not explain why animals of different groups in the same place often resemble each other.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Medows Rodwell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Dec 1860
Source of text:
DAR 47: 169–70
Summary:
Discusses Origin, suggesting confirmation might come from studying reproduction in microscopic organisms.
Gives anecdotal observations of blind rats and white cats.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6–11 Dec 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 218
Summary:
JDH’s page-by-page criticisms on Origin, first edition, as requested by CD for preparation of the third edition.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Charles Wallich
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Dec [1860]
Source of text:
DAR Pamphlet collection (bound in Wallich 1860)
Summary:
Response to [3020]. CD has been misled by errors made in the Times notice [5 Dec 1860, p. 5]. GCW does not doubt that Foraminiferous matter as well as other deep sea deposits vary greatly in thickness, but positive results are difficult to establish. Some areas of the sea bed are bare but their extent has not been established. He now thinks that he was too hasty in the conclusion that deep currents produce abrasion and rounding of gravel.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Dec [1860?]
Source of text:
DAR 181
Summary:
Charlotte [Wedgwood Langton?] reports from Mr Wallis on time of day that sundew opens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Dec 1860
Source of text:
DAR 100: 143–4, 146–8
Summary:
CD’s article worth publishing in Gardeners’ Chronicle. JDH interprets CD’s observation in terms of selection. Has observed similar phenomenon in Cruciferae, where it can be taxonomically important.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
