To J. P. Taylor 16 November 1881
Summary
Elaborates on the theories propounded in his recently published work [Earthworms], describing the reproductive system of worms and the absorption of organic matter in the soil. [See 13483.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Pitt Taylor |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (28 March 1984) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13487A |
From J. D. Hooker [26 February 1863]
Summary
Criticism of Antiquity of man; its public reception.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 108–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4011 |
From John Michels 9 December 1877
Summary
Sends a drawing [missing] of alleged fossil man found in Colorado. JM is certain it is a hoax perpetrated by P. T. Barnum. It was designed to conform to CD’s well-known views of man’s ancestor.
| Author: | John Michels |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11272 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from J. P. Chesney, 28 October 1877 ). The figure had been unearthed near Beulah, Colorado, and although soon revealed not to be a petrified human, it was later thought to be an ancient work of art, before eventually being revealed as a hoax (see Tribble 2009 , pp. 199–219). The land where the figure was found was not owned by Phineas Taylor …
From J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
First part of "Galapagos flora" ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233] finished but not printed.
Details of distribution of Galapagos flora. Peculiarity of island floras.
Leaves for Edinburgh on Wednesday.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-862 |
Matches: 1 hit
From J. D. Hooker [15 March 1863]
Summary
JDH battling with Lyell over treatment of species question in Antiquity of man. Distressed by Lyell’s raising false priority issue between JDH and CD. Falconer involved in a priority squabble.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Mar 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 117–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4040 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Taylor eds. 1988), in which Captain Fluellen forces Ensign Pistol to eat a leek as a penance for his mockery of the symbol of Welsh nationality. In C. Lyell 1863a , p. 420, Lyell referred to Hooker’s assertion in J. D. Hooker 1859 , p. viii, that ‘species which have remained immutable for many generations under cultivation, do at length commence to vary, and having once begun, are thereafter peculiarly prone to vary further’. Thomas Henry Huxley . See letter …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Michels, John | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Taylor, J. P. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Michels, John | (1) |
| Taylor, J. P. | (1) |
