From T. H. Huxley 8 December 1874
Summary
K. G. Semper’s article ["On the relationship of the Vertebrata and Annelida", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 (1875): 94–5] is ill-natured. Misinterprets facts already discovered by F. M. Balfour.
Has been working on Amphioxus. Puts his theory of vertebrate skulls on firm footing at last.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 234–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9748 |
From T. H. Huxley 23 December 1874
Summary
Entirely sympathises with CD about Mivart’s attack on George. THH has had a letter from Mivart in which he pleads guilty, but THH has decided there is no patching the matter up. Advises against doing anything unless Mivart takes initiative.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 356–7; DAR 166: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9773 |
From T. H. Huxley 18 January 1875
Summary
Agrees with CD on vivisection. Will communicate with Burdon Sanderson and see what can be done.
Mivart’s wriggle.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 338 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9823 |
From T. H. Huxley 22 January 1875
Summary
Writes on behalf of Royal Society Polar Committee for suggestions concerning instructions to naturalists on new expedition.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 342 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9827 |
From T. H. Huxley [4 April 1875]
Summary
Sends his thoughts on [vivisection] petition. Thinks they might make petition more talked about. Leaves it to J. Paget, Burdon Sanderson, and CD to deal with.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Apr 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9875 |
From T. H. Huxley 21 April 1875
Summary
Lord Cardwell thinks it unlikely that Parliament will take any action on a vivisection bill this session. Playfair should be consulted.
E. F. W. Pflüger’s important memoir on how carbonic acid is produced by living matter and his speculation about origin of living matter [see 9931].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 339 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9942 |
From T. H. Huxley 19 May 1875
Summary
Lyon Playfair’s bill [on vivisection] is unacceptable to all teachers of physiology. It prohibits dissections for demonstrations to students. He will have to repudiate it. Asks CD’s advice.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 340 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9985 |
From T. H. Huxley and H. A. Huxley 20 September 1871
Summary
Has received Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet [see 7940].
Has reviewed Quarterly Review article and 2d ed. of Genesis of species for the Contemporary Review [18 (1871): 443–76].
Mivart has hopelessly misunderstood Suarez [Disputiones (1630)] on evolution.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley; Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 39–42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7953 |
From H. A. Huxley and T. H. Huxley 17 October 1872
Summary
Appreciation of the "marriage gift"; their affection for CD.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley; Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8562 |
| letter | (89) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (89) |
| Heathorn, H. A. | (2) |
| Huxley, H. A. | (2) |
