- British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 29-32
- Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 19-21]
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Comments on a discussion of humming-birds by the Duke of Argyll [in The reign of law (1867)].
Encloses article by Henry Parker on the Duke’s book [Saturday Rev. 23 (1867): 82–4].
Discusses hybridisation in cowslip and primrose.
Mentions proposed visit.
CD probably advised omitting mention of experiments suggesting that oxlips, cowslips, and primroses could be produced from the seed of a single plant
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Curious to read what CD will say on man and his races.
Has CD seen Ludwig Rütimeyer’s Ueber die Herkunft unserer Thierwelt (Rütimeyer 1867c)?
Discusses J. F. W. Herschel’s theory of active volcanoes existing at the junction of continents and the sea.
Chapter 12 [of Variation] finished;
too late to include information on six-fingered men. Plans for book on man [Descent].
Mentions coral reefs of Tahiti.
Discusses volcanic islands; volcanoes of the Cordillera.
Comments on proof-sheets of Variation.
His revisions of Principles of geology, 10th ed.
Thanks CL for comments [on Variation].
Thinks Pangenesis would be important step in biology if admitted as probable.
Introduction to French edition [of Origin] has injured the book.
Replies to CL’s further comments [on Variation].
Discusses direct action of the environment as a cause of variation.
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Describes seeds transported in locust dung. Discusses other cases of transport and migration.
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Discusses transport of frog spawn and young molluscs by birds.