From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
25 Sept [1859]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.170)
Summary:
Discusses text of Origin.
Compares Eocene and modern climates.
Mentions Hooker’s view of his geographical [distribution] chapters.
Asks CL’s opinion of his statements on distribution during "glacial and preceding warmer periods".
Mentions chapters on geological record and embryology.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project