From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Croll
Date:
4 Dec [1868]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Acknowledges receipt of book and manuscript.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Acknowledges receipt of book and manuscript.
Thanks WDF for information about sheep and cattle.
Mentions corrections for new edition of Origin [5th ed. (1869)].
Has received JBI’s two letters; agrees with him, but does not know what to do about [the alleged misconduct of] John Robinson. Reports in a long postscript on vain efforts to confirm rumours. Suggests JBI come to Down to see how affairs stand.
Discusses experiments in breeding fowls.
Comments on letter from S. O. Glenie [see 6440] concerning the eyes of trumpeting elephants.