From:
Louis Charles Joseph Gaston (Gaston) de Saporta, comte de Saporta
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 177: 37
Summary:
Sends his photograph; asks for CD’s.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[17 January 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 190
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Karl Höchberg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 166: 226
Summary:
Points out comment by Grant Allen supporting his theory of the origin of colour sense. Is English translation of his essay possible?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Kitchen Parker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 174: 21
Summary:
Sends CD a book on science and scriptures written by a clergyman friend [unidentified].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[20 Jan 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 260
Summary:
H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Nottidge Moseley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 171: 257
Summary:
Thanks CD for accepting dedication.
Asks CD to support his candidacy for position as Registrar of the University of London by talking to Sir John Lubbock, one of the most influential members of the Senate.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Melchior Neumayr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 172: 16
Summary:
Respects Leopold Würtenberger’s work. Will initiate inquiry if CD wishes. LW’s work suffers from his limited circumstances. Will assist him if he asks.
Mentions his own forthcoming work ["Zur Kenntniss der Fauna des untersten Lias in den Nordalpen", Abh. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 7 (1874–82), vol. 5].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Sweetland Dallas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 162: 28
Summary:
Suggests references that might answer CD’s [unidentified] request for information about coral islands.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Melchior Neumayr
Date:
24 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 147: 184
Summary:
Has offered Leopold Würtenberger money to aid in his work.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 160: 94
Summary:
F. Galton and others suggest that he go in for Fellowship [of Royal Society]. Asks that CD propose him. If he is unable to do so HWB will not be hurt to wait another year.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 259, DAR 209.6: 207
Summary:
Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alexander Fedorovich Batalin (Александр Федорович Баталин)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 209.14: 178
Summary:
Thanks for CD’s interest in his paper on plant movements ["Über die Ursachen der periodischer Bewegungen der Blumen und Laubblätter", Flora 56 (1873): 433–41, 449–55]. AFB concentrated on clear cases, though he knows there are others.
Experiments on function of movement: Mimosa leaves, held so they cannot move, die.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár
Date:
29 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 146: 384
Summary:
Comments on EM’s work in Dolomites [Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol (1879)]. Had wondered whether ancient corals formed reefs.
Obliged for EM’s photograph. Sends his own.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leopold Würtenberger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 181: 185
Summary:
Thanks CD for gift to support his research.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project