From:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 164: 1
Summary:
Sends a copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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:
Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Feb 1880
Source of text:
DAR 164: 2
Summary:
On instinct in insects. Intends to experiment as CD proposes.
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