To J. V. Carus 19 October [1867]
Summary
Concerning German translation of Variation. Fears chapter 27 Pangenesis is very wild, but believes physiologists will some day be compelled to admit some such doctrine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 19 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 27–28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5653 |
To John Murray 19 October [1867]
Summary
An absurd error ("Election" for "Selection") in the advertisement of Variation. Dallas is the best man for index.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 19 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 174–175) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5654 |
From Joseph Plimsoll 21 October 1867
Summary
Seeks to save CD’s soul.
| Author: | Joseph Plimsoll |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5655 |
From A. R. Wallace 22 October [1867]
Summary
Response to CD’s comments on "Creation by law" [see 5637].
The limits of variation discussed.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B46–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5656 |
From Hermann Müller 23 October 1867
Summary
Thanks for German version of Origin [1867].
Dipterous insects are adapted to eating pollen rather than only to sucking nectar. He describes such adaptations in two dipteran species.
| Author: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 291 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5657 |
From J. V. Carus 30 October 1867
Summary
Asks CD for exact title of Variation for German advertisement.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5658 |
To Charles Lyell 31 October [1867]
Summary
Describes seeds transported in locust dung. Discusses other cases of transport and migration.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 31 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.336) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5659 |
From John Lubbock 27 October [1867]
Summary
Wants information on Fuegian harpoons. Must prepare second edition of Prehistoric times.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6433 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Carus, J. V. | (4) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (2) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Carus, J. V. | (3) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Warington, George | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
| Carus, J. V. | (7) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (3) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Müller, Hermann | (2) |
