From J. D. Hooker 20 October 1871
Summary
JDH has no intention of resigning. Thinks W. E. Gladstone would rather see Ayrton turned out than himself. Gladstone knows JDH has friends who would be troublesome. Only moral and political cowardice of Cabinet keeps Ayrton in office.
Lyell is much altered since autumn.
Has CD read Charles Martins’ paper on the glacial origin of the tourbières of the Jura [Arch. Sci. Phys. & Nat. 42 (1871): 286–308]?
John Scott has an admirable series on horticulture in Bengal ["Notes on horticulture in Bengal", J. Agric. & Hortic. Soc. India 2 (1871) pt 1: 241–96; 3 (1872) pt 1: 1–82].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 87–92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8024 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Author
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
