From Francis Galton 9 December 1859
Summary
Congratulates CD on Origin; has been "initiated into an entirely new province of knowledge".
Notes error involving rhinoceros.
Encloses other notes.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B16 and DAR 106: D22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2573 |
From Henry Holland 10 December [1859]
Summary
Comments on the Origin. Outlines difficulties he finds in CD’s theory. Believes CD must define natural selection more accurately and mentions instances in which that principle is an insufficient cause to account for the form of certain structures.
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 47: 148–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2578 |
From J. D. Hooker [12 December 1859]
Summary
JDH half through Origin. High praise for facts and reasoning.
Lyell told JDH his criticisms: small matters JDH did not appreciate.
Reactions of G. Bentham, J. S. Henslow, and C. C. Babington.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 137–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2579 |
From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859]
Summary
Forwards letter from Asa Gray.
Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 180–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2589 |
From William Jardine 20 December 1859
Summary
Cannot agree with all of CD’s views [in Origin].
Thinks too much is made of the Galapagos. The peculiarity of their ornithology will break down.
Offers to answer any questions on ornithology.
| Author: | William Jardine |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 278 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2590 |
| letter | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Jardine, William | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Jardine, William | (1) |
