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WCP1843

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 August 1859
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 15-17
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 137-139]
  • Darwin, F. (1909). Some letters from Charles Darwin to Alfred Russel Wallace. Christ's College Magazine: 23(70): 214-231 [pp. 224-225]
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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001479

From:
William Browne Folkes
To:
Benjamin Collins Brodie
Date:
9 August 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/78, Royal Society
Summary:

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Royal Society

Herschel9887

From:
John Gorham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 August 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.221
Summary:

Proposes to be at Collingwood on Tuesday next. Intends coming early so as to be able to carry out his experiments by daylight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP6632

From:
Samuel Stevens
To:
Abraham Dee Bartlett
Date:
9 August 1859
Source of text:
Bartlett, E. (Ed.). (1899). In: Wild Animals in Captivity; Being an Account of the Habits, Food, Management and Treatment of the Beasts and Birds at the "Zoo", With Reminiscences and Anecdotes . London: Chapman & Hall. [p. 347]
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2480

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 Aug 1859
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Will forward ARW’s "admirable" paper to Linnean Society ["On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 4 (1860): 172–84].

Discusses geographical distribution of animals in the Malay Archipelago; relation of distribution to depth of sea between islands.

Relation of Celebes to Africa almost passes belief.

Differs wholly from ARW on colonisation of oceanic islands; does not believe in Forbes’s great continental extensions.

Anticipates Owen’s opposition to their views, but "he is a poor reasoner & deeply considers the good opinion of the world, especially the aristocratic world".

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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