From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
3 Jan [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 363–4
Summary:
Has not heard from Mivart; CD is convinced he is a hypocrite.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
6 Jan [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 365–6
Summary:
Is not inclined to restrain himself from expressing his opinion of Mivart. Huxley’s article in Academy.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
8 Jan [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 367–8
Summary:
JDH would be rash not to follow advice of his friends. [CD’s] wife and George oppose his writing to Mivart.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 Jan [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 369–71
Summary:
Hopes JDH will beat Sir Douglas Galton.
Continues to work on insectivorous plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
17 Jan [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 372–3
Summary:
Astonished at JDH’s success versus Galton
and his attack on Murray is superb. Has written a formal letter to Mivart enumerating his offences.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
