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WCP6749

From:
Charles James Fox Bunbury
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
29 March 1869
Source of text:
Bunbury, F. H. & Lyell, K. H. (Eds.). (1891). In: Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart . Vol. 6. Midenhall, UK: Privately published. [pp. 33-34]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel7901

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.105
Summary:

Extensive discussion of comparative anatomy, taxonomy, and distribution of rodents. Encourages JH to use term Hystricidae for porcupines in JH's [Physical Geography (1861)].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6685

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
29 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 103: 12–13; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 188: 141–2)
Summary:

Pleased to come on 17th.

Is arranging the Aucuba experiment.

Sends some letters for CD’s perusal.

Asks what CD thinks of Huxley’s address [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 25 (1869): xxviii–liii].

Would be glad to have Drosophyllum plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6687

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Thierry (William) Preyer
Date:
29 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 147: 254–6
Summary:

Congratulates WP on the success of his lectures.

Discusses the phrase "struggle for existence".

Sends a list of his papers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6686

From:
Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 175: 5
Summary:

Comments on their differences regarding evolution. Acknowledges that CD alone has produced an evolutionary theory that is scientific and all-embracing. Appreciates grandeur of CD’s work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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