To Charles Lyell 22 May [1872]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 22
My dear Lyell
Very many thanks for your letter. You will find at p. 332 & again at p. 348 of new Edit. of Origin some remarks on forms not changing when migrating in a body.—2 Some naturalists have been struck with probable truth of this view.— By the way if you care to read anything new on general subject, a pamphet by one of best zoologists in Europe, Prof. Weismann, viz “Ueber den Einfluss der Isolirung: Leipzig 1872”, is well worth in some respects, reading.—3
What a grand tour you have had & how young you are: I wish I was as youthful.—4
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Weismann, August. 1872. Ueber den Einfluss der Isolirung auf die Artbildung. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
Summary
Comments on migration as a factor in evolution. Suggests pamphlet by August Weismann on the subject [Über den Einfluss der Isolierung (1872)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8345
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.416)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8345,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8345.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20