From:
Charles Robinson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 October 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.499
Summary:
Acknowledges JH's letter and thanks him for it. Praises JH profusely.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Acknowledges JH's letter and thanks him for it. Praises JH profusely.
Answers CD’s queries about seed lot he has just sent.
Darwin tells Hooker he has sent ARW 8 copies of the offprints of Darwin & Wallace (1858).
No summary available.
Abstract will run into a small volume.
Urges JDH not to reject natural selection until he has read abstract.
[Enclosed are CD’s comments on a ?JDH manuscript that perhaps belong elsewhere.]