From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
Date:
2 July [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 272
Summary:
Thanks for [July 1869] issue of Quarterly Review.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Thanks for [July 1869] issue of Quarterly Review.
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.
Observations on expression and colour of beard and hair in natives of India.
Thanks for procuring eggs.
CD’s health has necessitated his leaving home.