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From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Sept – 3 Oct 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 205.1: 74
Summary:

Criticises CD’s letter to Nature ["Complemental males in certain cirripedes", Collected papers 2: 177–82].

On the elimination of useless parts.

GHD fails to see the point of CD’s use of the law of distribution about a mean.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Sept [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B90–1
Summary:

EAD sees advantages to Frank’s becoming CD’s assistant.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:
25 Sept 1873
Source of text:
Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1-52/30 [9883])
Summary:

Comments on EH’s Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [4th ed.].

Has written paper on rudimentary structures ["Complemental males of certain cirripedes", (1873) Collected papers 2: 177–82].

Edward Morse thinks brachiopods should be classed with annelids ["The systematic position of the Brachiopoda", Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 15 (1873): 315–73].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Sept [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 437, DAR 210.11: 1
Summary:

Acknowledges CD’s cheque.

Sends CD cheque for profits on Orchids and a statement of stock on hand of CD’s works [missing].

Origin and Expression sales are stagnant.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
25 Sept 1873
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 35)
Summary:

Seedling vigour resulting from crossing of parents.

CD to publish work on insectivorous plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Spruce
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 September 1873
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/111
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/111
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/111
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project