From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 July 1869
Source of text:
DAR 85: A31, DAR 177: 119
Summary:
Observations on expression and colour of beard and hair in natives of India.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Observations on expression and colour of beard and hair in natives of India.
Comments on 5th edition of the Origin [1869];
preparation of second edition of Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [1870].
The reception of CD’s theory. Mentions support of Pieter Harting and Michael Sars.
EH’s research on calcareous sponges and plans to publish monograph on them.
Asks for reference to Louis Agassiz’s views on embryos indicating ancestral structures.
Thanks for [July 1869] issue of Quarterly Review.