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To Thomas Meehan   19 March [1873]

Summary

Does not understand TM’s views on sex and vitality.

Agrees no real "essences" in genera, only broken groups of species.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Meehan
Date:  19 Mar [1873]
Classmark:  DAR 146: 352
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8816

To William Pengelly   19 March [1873]

Summary

Thanks WP for his accounts of sagacity of dogs. "I can believe almost anything about them."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Pengelly
Date:  19 Mar [1873]
Classmark:  Documenting History (dealers) (1995)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8817

From Arthur Nicols   [before 20 March 1873]

Summary

Compares sense of smell in dogs and cats.

Author:  Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 20 Mar 1873]
Classmark:  Nicols 1885, pp. 51–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8817F