To Lawson Tait 10 September [1875]
Basset. Southampton
Sept. 10th
My dear Sir
I can give you very little information on your subject.1 Earwigs are said, I believe—in Kirby & Spence, to take charge of their young,2 & I am sure that I have read that even Star-fishes do the same for their eggs, as everyone must have read of Spiders—3 I rather think that I have referred to star-fishes in 2d. Edit. of Descent of Man.— Other fish, besides Stickle-backs, take charge of their young; of which I give fresh instances in 2d. Edit. of Descent.—4
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Summary
CD gives a few instances of various animals (starfish, earwigs, spiders) that take charge of their young.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10154
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Postmark
- SP 11 75
- Source of text
- Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10154,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10154.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
