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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Concerning German translation of Variation. Fears chapter 27 Pangenesis is very wild, but believes physiologists will some day be compelled to admit some such doctrine.
An absurd error ("Election" for "Selection") in the advertisement of Variation. Dallas is the best man for index.
Seeks to save CD’s soul.
Response to CD’s comments on "Creation by law" [see 5637].
The limits of variation discussed.
Thanks for German version of Origin [1867].
Dipterous insects are adapted to eating pollen rather than only to sucking nectar. He describes such adaptations in two dipteran species.
Asks CD for exact title of Variation for German advertisement.
Describes seeds transported in locust dung. Discusses other cases of transport and migration.
Wants information on Fuegian harpoons. Must prepare second edition of Prehistoric times.