To George Varenne Reed 8 September [1856]
Summary
George is not so low at school as CD anticipated. He keeps at the top of his class, thanks to GVR’s labours.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Varenne Reed |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1856] |
| Classmark: | Buckinghamshire Record Office (D 22/39/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2139 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 September [1856]
Summary
Whether or not there should be movement of particles according to Tyndall’s theory of glacial action ["Observations on glaciers", Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 2: 54–8, 441–3].
CD subscribes to H. C. Sorby’s view of gneiss [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 55 (1853): 137–50].
Seed-salting.
Pigeons.
Significant differences in skeletons of domesticated rabbits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1950 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Reed, G. V. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Reed, G. V. | (1) |
