From W. E. Darwin 22 November 1871
Summary
Sends back proofs. Praises CD for calm treatment of Mivart. Looks at duck’s mouth. Asks whether CD has seen Snow’s article in the Spectator.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8080F |
From David Forbes 22 November [1871]
Summary
Effect of turf covering on the disintegration of rocks. Weathering of rock; relative importance of different agents with different rocks.
| Author: | David Forbes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8081 |
To Federico Delpino 22 November 1871
Summary
Will send FD’s work [Studi sopra un lignaggio anemofilo delle composte (1871)] to Nature for review.
CD’s health has been poor all summer – he doubts that he will ever "have the strength to publish on Variability under a state of Nature".
Hopes to publish on cross- and self-fertilisation next summer.
Encloses his photo and asks for FD’s.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Federico Delpino |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | Anna Barone (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8082 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Forbes, David | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Delpino, Federico | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Delpino, Federico | (1) |
| Forbes, David | (1) |
Correspondence with women
Summary
We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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