- British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 96-100
- Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 189-192]
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Hopes JTM’s health will improve.
Asks for information about crosses of peas.
Informs CD of his reply to Argyll and the North British Review criticisms [in "Creation by law", Q. J. Sci. 4 (1867): 471–88]. Cites "the predicted Madagascar moth" and Angraecum sesquipedale.
Birth of Herbert Spencer Wallace.
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Replies to CL’s further comments [on Variation].
Discusses direct action of the environment as a cause of variation.
Asks CD’s help in translating names and descriptions of fowls [in Variation].
Some sheets of Variation have gone astray.
Admires his paper ["On the credibility of Darwinism", J. Trans. Victoria Inst. 2 (1867): 39–62, and discussion 63–125].
Ridicules William H. Ince and Admiral FitzRoy on their naive ideas about Noah’s ark.
CD provides explanations and advice on translating names and descriptions of breeds of fowls.
Forwards answers from Charles Walter to some of CD’s queries about expression.
Has CD ever considered that the colour of seeds of Amarantaceae would attract the attention of birds?
Describes case of a climbing Chamissoa of the local flora.
Müller’s observations on orchids excellent.
Sends a corrected revise to replace a sheet which has been lost in the mail.
Has received more Variation sheets; some are missing. In a few days the first six chapters of the French translation will be printed.
Thanks recipient for the pamphlet, but he had already procured the Transactions.
Does not think that his views on Origin bear in any way on the question whether some one organic being was originally created by God, or appeared spontaneously through the action of natural laws.
Thanks for Quarterly Journal of Science 4 (1867). Has just read Wallace’s admirable article in last number ["Creation by law", Q. J. Sci. 4 (1867): 471–88]. He is a master of clear argument.
Response to ARW’s "Creation by law", especially the Angraecum sesquipedale and the predicted Madagascar moth.
ARW’s argument on beauty strikes CD as good.
Wishes ARW had made more clear the assumption of the reviewer [in North Br. Rev.] that each variation is a strongly marked one.
The Duke of Argyll’s argument on beauty is not candid.
Anxious to read the second volume [of Variation].
Appreciates "the way in which you [CD] teach us all how to look on, and how to study, nature".
Sends sheets of first volume of Variation.
Transport of seeds in locust dung.
Pangenesis will be called "a mad dream".
Must cut short visit to Down because of domestic problems.