To J. D. Hooker 21 January [1867]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Jan 21st
My dear H.
Four lines from bottom of 2d column apparent bad misprint “commonest” for “rarest”1
Fourth column instead of “oceanic” fish, read “fresh-water” fish.—2
You give an excellent abstract of arguments in favour of occasional means of transport; even such a bigot, as I, could not possibly desire anything better, clearer or more favourable.3
Ever yours | C.D
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Williamson, M. 1984. Sir Joseph Hooker’s lecture on insular floras. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 22: 55–77.
Summary
On recent instalment of "Insular floras" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1867): 50]. Approves of JDH’s abstract of argument for transport of species [i.e., migration, as opposed to continental extension hypothesis].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5373
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 7
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5373,” accessed on 17 August 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5373.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15