Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
October 1868
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 27
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 223
Summary:
Gives CD a reference to one of his papers ["Remarks on the modes of variation of nearly affined species or races of birds", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 19 (1850): 221–9]
and discusses moulting in birds.
Quotes instance of an action by an elephant that apparently displays considerable intelligence.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
?? Oct 1868
Source of text:
183, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Robert Main
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.282
Summary:
Comments on the quality of some of the double star observations in print.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Robert Mushet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0388; Reel 1087
Summary:
Gratitude for JH's generous testimonial on RM's behalf.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[1 October 1868]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library 7656/RS678 (draft: RS:HS 15.288 & C: RS:HS 24.230
Summary:
Discusses Lord [Henry ] Brougham and his optical papers. Thanks ES for kind remarks regarding JH's son [John?]. Discusses polarization of corona.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Michael Jenkins
Date:
[after 1 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 50
Summary:
Feels there is little he could say as a testimonial for HMJ.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.270
Summary:
Thanks for proofed pages. Received Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn. Finished determining by electric means the different observational longitudes of Leiden and Brussels.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Dean Caton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 [Oct] 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 167–9, DAR 161: 125
Summary:
Observations on lateral spots on coats of two specimens of deer. PS on habits of wild and domestic turkeys.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Robert Crotch
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Oct [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 82: A98
Summary:
Bibliographical references on [stridulation in] Coleoptera. Finds no idea of sex has occurred to authors [i.e., they do not find the stridulating organs differing according to sex; cf. Descent 1: 378–85].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
2 October [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.314
Summary:
Thanks JH for information regarding Henry Brougham [see ES's 1868-9-29 & 1868-10-8]. Also for comment on polarization of aurora. Encloses Captain [John?] Hay's letter, but not plate.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
2 October 1868
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 102: 238–9
Summary:
Encloses copy of H. Barkly’s answer to JDH’s inquiry on the Seychelles Island crocodile.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 100–2
Summary:
Replies to CD’s questions on sexual differences in birds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 106: B68–69
Summary:
Sexual differences in coloration. Sexual selection versus natural selection as explanations. ARW continues to argue against sexual selection, saying that natural selection, in keeping the female dull for protection, would account for differences in sexual colouring more effectively than inheritance and partial transmission of sexually selected male colours. Colours of female birds of paradise. Protective coloration. Disagrees with CD on coincidence of hidden nests and bright colours of females.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 October 1868
Source of text:
- Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B68-69
- Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B83-84
- Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B85
- British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 160-161
- Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
- Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
- British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 157-159
- Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 229-231]
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
5 October 1868
Source of text:
VPRS 5831/PO/2, p. 169 miscellaneous inward correspondence, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Joseph Plimsoll
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 174: 55
Summary:
A sermon.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas P. Thompson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 October 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.349a
Summary:
Thanks JH for his pamphlet on musical scales.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Robert Crotch
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 5 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 81: 173
Summary:
Note identifying insects and remarking on stridulation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
