From Arnold Dodel 13 December 1874
Summary
Describes his university lectures on evolution and their publication in a book [Die neuere Schöpfungsgeschichte (1875)].
Author: | Arnold Dodel-Port |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9756 |
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