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To Charles Lyell   [7 May 1863]

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Falconer’s letter [attacking CL, Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] is most unjust.

Regrets his letter [to Athenæum, on heterogeny] now criticised by Owen.

Comments on article by Samuel Haughton [On the form of cells made by wasps – with an appendix on the origin of species (1863)].

Mentions forthcoming reviews by Asa Gray [in Am. J. Sci.].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [7 May 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4145

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  • Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwin family stayed at Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey, the home of Josiah Wedgwood
  • Wedgwood III was CD’s cousin, Emma Darwin’s brother, and the husband of CD’s sister Caroline Sarah ( Darwin pedigree ). See letter from George Maw, 25 April 1863 . According to Emma
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