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DCP-LETT-6036

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Julius Victor Carus
Date:
21 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 31–32)
Summary:

Corrections for German translation of Variation.

Discusses Pangenesis. CD not surprised at JVC’s unfavourable opinion. Huxley’s joke that it is more difficult to believe than Genesis. Lyell’s and Sir H. Holland’s opinions. For CD, it provides a bond for connecting many phenomena.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1893

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[21?] [March?] [1868?]
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 119-120
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B160-163
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 204-205]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6037

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
21 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 125
Summary:

Suggests possible arbitrators to act in a business transaction involving WED.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6032

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Maxwell Tylden Masters
Date:
21 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Sends his niece’s [Lucy Wedgwood] observations on worms, vouches for her accuracy, and suggests the piece be inserted in Gardeners’ Chronicle [see "Worms", Gard. Chron. (1868): 324].

Adds his thanks for a "very kind review" of his book [Variation, Gard. Chron. (1868): 124].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6034

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Jacques Moulinié
Date:
21 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, f. 7)
Summary:

Corrects error in spelling of name [in Variation].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6035

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
[21 Mar 1868]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 67)
Summary:

Arranges for RT to call.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6033

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[21 Mar 1868]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 119–20); DAR 106: B160–3
Summary:

On problem of sterility, CD cannot persuade himself that it has been gained by natural selection.

On sexual selection and minute variations, he tends to agree with ARW. Sends George Darwin’s notes on ARW’s argument.

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