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To J.-H. Fabre 6 January 1880
Summary
Thanks JHF for copy of his Souvenirs entomologiques [1879].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Date: | 6 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12406 |
To J.-H. Fabre 31 January 1880
Summary
Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Date: | 31 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12443 |
To J.-H. Fabre 20 February 1880
Summary
Discusses sense of direction of cats and other animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Date: | 20 Feb 1880 |
Classmark: | Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12494 |
To J.-H. Fabre 21 January 1881
Summary
Discusses JHF’s investigations of animals’ sense of direction. Suggests experiment involving magnetism.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
Date: | 21 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | Harmas Jean-Henri Fabre |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13022 |
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