From W. E. Darwin 12 March [1863]
Summary
Discusses partnership in bank and whether Atherley would like to retire.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4035F |
From W. D. Fox 12 March [1863]
Summary
Discusses crossed varieties of sheep and ducks.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4037 |
To Charles Lyell 12–13 March [1863]
Summary
[On Antiquity of man] CD is "convinced that at times … you have … given up immutability". "A clear expression from you, if you could have given it, would have been potent with the public."
Objects to CL’s description of CD’s view "as a modification of Lamarck’s doctrine". Quotes Henrietta [Darwin]’s observations on this description.
Comments on CL’s controversy with Owen concerning the human brain.
The controversy between Falconer and CL.
The "wretched" review of CL [Antiquity of man, Athenæum 14 Feb 1863, pp. 219–21] and Huxley [Man’s place in nature].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 12–13 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.290) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4038 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
