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DCP-LETT-2583

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
14 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 29
Summary:

CD’s great satisfaction with JDH’s approval of Origin. The book has been extremely successful. Reactions of Asa Gray, Lyell, Bentham, and J. E. Gray.

Not one friend has noticed his pet bit in Origin: embryology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-13822

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lovegrove
Date:
14 Dec [1859-71]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Acknowledges contribution to Down Coal and Clothing Club.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2584

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
14 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 15 (EH 88206464)
Summary:

Is preparing a reprint of Origin. Asks JL’s opinion on the book’s merits; values his judgment.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6443

From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.211
Summary:

Answer to JH's query concerning the drawings of S. B. Howlett. Thanks for his information regarding C. J. G. Pastorff.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10143

From:
Thomas Greenwood
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.30
Summary:

Circular letter informing him that the third volume of his Cathedra Petri will be published shortly.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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