From:
Godfrey Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Nov 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 52
Summary:
Captive and tame birds inheriting the migratory instinct.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Nov 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 103: 178–80, DAR 209.12: 3
Summary:
Sends leaves and names by post.
Is writing everywhere for Drosophyllum.
Is deeply interested in Desmodium.
Had no intention of publishing on Nepenthes, the experiments were solely for CD’s "eating". Will continue with egg and raw meat experiments. Asks for advice on how to prove fluid is secreted by the glands.
Searles Wood’s letter is confused and would deny atavism if his principles were accepted.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 1 Nov 1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 169: 115
Summary:
Describes the behaviour of a pet donkey and pig.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 169: 121
Summary:
Many insects visit Eucalyptus flowers as long as there is pollen to be seen. Asking his colleague, George Masters, to gather insects and flowers at Long Bay for CD.
Observations on wild New Guinea pig in captivity.
Will take CD’s advice to write a book.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 166: 329
Summary:
W. H. Flower is ill and obliged to go off for six months. Wants to return the money Flower contributed to fund for his holiday, asks the amount.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Johann Louis Gerard (Gerard) Krefft
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 169: 122
Summary:
Letter of introduction for Mr Bradley, an expert on spiders.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 181
Summary:
Has time only to thank CD for the invaluable hints.
Encloses Lathyrus nissolia seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Traherne Moggridge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 223
Summary:
Formic acid kills seeds but only rarely makes them dormant – as he presumes ants do. He finds great variation in the vigour of individual seeds. Harvester ants, used in place of formic acid, do not affect germination.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Nov 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 103: 184–5
Summary:
Has had a week’s cessation of Nepenthes work.
Had to get out a paper for the Linnean Society on Thursday.
Has tried Mimosa albida in hothouse and found it wonderfully sensitive.
A military report from India praises his travel book.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Otto Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 250
Summary:
Has been studying Origin and other works. Has lectured on the subject and would like to send some of his conclusions if CD is willing.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Maitland Balfour
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 22
Summary:
Suggests raising money to help Anton Dohrn complete the Naples Zoological Station, which is in danger of remaining unfinished.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Downing
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 162: 241
Summary:
Is pleased that CD found the letters from Bell’s Weekly Messenger to the point.
Encloses extracts relating to benefits derived by animals from altered conditions of life.
Encloses notes on deterioration of short-horns from inbreeding. Breeders agree with him on benefits of introducing fresh blood into inbred stocks.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[13 Nov 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 166: 331
Summary:
Arrangements for meeting in London.
Glad CD has heard about Dohrn’s affairs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 88: 179–80
Summary:
Hybrid Motacilla.
Case of female duck leaving mate to pair with male of another species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Duppa Crotch
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 88: 127–8
Summary:
Sends information on shedding of reindeer horns in males and females.
Lemmings.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 89, 90
Summary:
Encloses A. R. Wallace’s reply [in which he says he will undertake revision of Descent if CD wishes]. HWB says this shows that Wallace is unaware of the scope of revision; suggests need for well-defined terms.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 November 1873
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 160: 89, 90
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 [Nov 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 133-4
Summary:
Is sending specimens of Eucalyptus;
goes tomorrow to receive LL.D. [Glasgow].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Karl Ludwig Valentin (Valentin) Salzmann
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 177: 26
Summary:
Discusses human reactions to pleasant and unpleasant tastes; considers that modifications of these reactions produce several identifiable expressions of general like and dislike.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: B118–19
Summary:
Discussion of his possible assistance on editorial work for revised edition of Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
