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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:
6 Jan 1880
Source of text:
Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32)
Summary:

Thanks JHF for copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:
31 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32)
Summary:

Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].

Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.

Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.

Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:
20 Feb 1880
Source of text:
Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32)
Summary:

Discusses sense of direction of cats and other animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
Date:
21 Jan 1881
Source of text:
Harmas Jean-Henri Fabre
Summary:

Discusses JHF’s investigations of animals’ sense of direction. Suggests experiment involving magnetism.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project