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DCP-LETT-9258

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
29 Jan [1874]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 377)
Summary:

Discusses THH’s account of the séance. CD convinced all are fraudulent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9376

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
28 Mar [1874]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 293)
Summary:

Asks for THH’s description of brain and skull [of man and apes] for 2d ed. of Descent [supplement to ch. 7].

Asks about Dohrn affair and contributions for Naples station. Doubts subscriptions will be successful.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9767F

From:
St George Jackson Mivart
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
20 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 145: 368
Summary:

Is writing confidentially not to justify the passage referred to [see 9759], which he much regrets, but to state facts. He never intended any personal hostility to [George] Darwin and seeks advice about how to make reparation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9769

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
22 Dec [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 145: 273
Summary:

Thanks THH and Hooker for defending George Darwin against Mivart’s libel.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9776

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
24 Dec [1874]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 311)
Summary:

THH’s letter to Mivart is "tremendous". CD’s feelings and intentions about the matter.

If THH has made out homology of the skull, it is grandest discovery in years.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9778F

From:
St George Jackson Mivart
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
24 Dec 1874
Source of text:
DAR 145: 369
Summary:

A confidential letter explaining in detail the extent to which he regrets his attack upon [George] Darwin’s article.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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