From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Lubbock
Date:
[26 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.355 & 24.112
Summary:
Cannot make up his mind to support either one or other of the two great political divisions at the moment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
27 May [1865]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 214)
Summary:
Thanks for Catalogue.
Has had a bad month. Somewhat improved as a result of John Chapman’s ice-bag cures.
Asks THH to read MS on his hypothesis Pangenesis. THH only man whose judgment on it would be final with him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Daily News]
Date:
27] May [1865
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0735; Reel 1089
Summary:
Responds to article by Mr. Yates in Daily News of the 18 May that misrepresented JH's views on standard units of measure.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry James
Date:
[27 May 1865]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0201; Reel 1054
Summary:
Concurs with HJ's proposal to assign Sinai survey party to H. S. Palmer. Cost of survey will be £1220. Encloses letter printed in Daily News in reply to Mr. Yates on British standards of measure, with calculations based on Capt. Clarke's results.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 166: 307
Summary:
Glad to read what CD sends. Any glimmer of light on those subjects is of utmost importance.
Quotes a letter from Haeckel on progress of Darwinism in Germany.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Allport Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 76: B95–6
Summary:
Describes the floral structure of the lupin and gives his observations on its pollination by bees.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 47: 179, 179a; DAR 207: 18
Summary:
Discusses several subjects, including examples of "Unity of coloration",
the origin of gall-producing poison,
Wagner’s theory of viviparous larvae,
and stridulation in insects.
Sends a reference supporting CD’s statement in Origin that flies check propagation of horses and cattle.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Cresy, Jr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 161: 243
Summary:
Impressed by Fritz Müller’s argument for natural selection in air-breathing apparatus of crustaceans ["The Darwinian hypothesis supported by observations on Crustacea", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 15 (1865): 410–16].
Plans to visit CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
30 May [1865]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 217)
Summary:
Thanks for THH’s willingness to read Pangenesis MS. Thinks some such view will have to be adopted but it overthrows, in an uncomfortable manner, ordinary development.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Todhunter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.356
Summary:
Thanks JH for compliments on his work [History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability]. Suggests changes in the Wilhelm Struve probability problem.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Kingsley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 169: 31
Summary:
Requests CD’s photograph.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
31st May 1864
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/233; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1388, RI
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
31 May 1865
Source of text:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138)
Summary:
Acknowledges receipt of £255 2s. 10d.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[31 May 1865]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/14 f.323); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen. 113/3650–3, 3813–20, 3821–4)
Summary:
Emcloses copies of correspondence concerning his dispute with John Lubbock.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
[31 May 1865]
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.22 (C: RS:HS 24.113)
Summary:
Writes to ask for clarification of HL's views on the dispersion of light.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May [1865]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 285
Summary:
Would like to call on CD for an hour or so before leaving London to settle in Bournemouth.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project