From:
Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[May 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 210.11: 35
Summary:
Writes about the Carl Vogt and J. J. Moulinié translation [of Variation].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 36–7
Summary:
Never imagined that the facts about sexual selection could be new to CD. Thought fact that brightly coloured females build concealed nests and almost all those in which sexes differ remarkably build exposed nests might be new to him. Some problems remain. Sends his notes for CD to use if he wants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 84.1: 36-7
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
John Maurice Herbert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 166: 184
Summary:
Asks whether CD will subscribe to a memorial for Richard Dawes [1793–1867].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Jean Jacques Moulinié
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 171: 266
Summary:
Through Carl Vogt, he has received the right to translate Variation into French [(1868), preface by Carl Vogt].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Nicolaus (Nicholas) Trübner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 178: 194
Summary:
Weisse of Stuttgart is keen to publish a translation of the book on which CD is working [Variation].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May – 2 June 1867
Source of text:
DAR 166: 11
Summary:
JvH will help with expression queries. Considers CD’s investigation highly important and original. Sends list of men to whom he is sending copies of the questions.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 166: 44
Summary:
Thanks CD for new edition of Origin [4th ed. (1866)].
Comments on CD’s criticism of the harsh tone of Generelle Morphologie. Thinks he may have harmed himself but not the cause. Believes a radical reform of the science necessary, and since most scientists take a prejudiced view of the matter, a vigorous attack is essential.
Describes his travels in Canaries, Spain, and France.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 169: 74
Summary:
The proofs CD sent seem to have been lost in the post. Asks him to send another set by ordinary letter post.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John William Salter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 177: 13
Summary:
Having tried all other sources for aid, JWS is forced to turn to CD’s generosity. His financial position is bad; frequent and serious illness prevents him from working properly.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 169: 75
Summary:
Lost proofs have arrived.
Proposes to append the woodcuts of dog and cat varieties from Brehm [Illustrirtes Thierleben (1864–7)], which he has also translated, to the Russian edition of Variation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 102: 163–4; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspoddence 188: 125)
Summary:
Cannot come to Down; John Smith is unwell.
Will go to Paris again at end of month.
Wallace and F. J. H. von Mueller of Victoria are most likely candidates for Royal Society Gold Medal for biology.
Encloses letter from Henry Barkly.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 May 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 102: 163-4
Summary:
Hooker states his favour for ARW to win the gold medal for biology.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 162: 43
Summary:
CD’s letter [3992] gave him encouragement in his work [on monstrosities], which, he regrets, is little understood or appreciated in France. Hopes to be able to produce anomalies at will as a result of his experiments. Sends a recent paper ["Rapport sur un veau monstrueux", Arch. Com. Agric. Arrondissement Lille (1867)].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 159: 68, 68a
Summary:
Offers to send Benoît de Maillet’s Telliamed [1750].
Encloses a letter [16 May 1867] from John Anderson, a nurseryman, giving information on budding of blotched ash at the nursery.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 165: 15
Summary:
Sends a notice on a reptile intermediate between true Triassic reptiles and Devonian fishes ["Sur le reptile (Actinodon)", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 63 (1866): 341–4].
Expresses his admiration for CD, and his growing sense that transformation of species is probable, though he does not share CD’s explanation of the cause. He avoids the question, since he lacks requisite knowledge and is convinced that there are causes of which God alone knows the secret.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 159: 69
Summary:
Has crossed pods of Arabis blepharophylla larger than normal ones.
Sends Telliamed as gift.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 102: 165–6
Summary:
Does not share CD’s objection to continental extension, i.e., that it must be extended to every island in every ocean.
Sends paper on domesticated animals by Brian Hodgson [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16 (1847): 1003–26].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 24? May 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 169: 69
Summary:
Repeats details of his previous letter [5537] as he was unsure whether CD received it.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 May 1867
Source of text:
DAR 159: 70
Summary:
Details of Arabis crosses. Seed-pods of A. blepharophylla and A. soyeri crosses are longer and wider than those of either species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
