From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
4 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 313–16
Summary:
CD guessed Carruthers was stirred up by Owen. Disgraceful treatment of Bentham.
Work on Descent and Coral reefs stops his doing anything of real interest.
Asa Gray’s letter. CD has acknowledged the honour [honorary membership in the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.].
"What a demon on earth Owen is. I do hate him."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
