To George Bentham 15 April [1863]
Summary
Sends GB a selection of reviews of the Origin from his collection of about 90, with his opinion of some of them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 15 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 700) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4100 |
To George Bentham 22 April [1863]
Summary
Disagrees with GB when he says he is not up to treating the whole subject [the present state of the species question]. He is especially equipped to handle the "great subject of affinities in relation to descent and independent creation".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 701) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4120 |
To George Bentham 22 May [1863]
Summary
Natural selection implies that a form remains unaltered unless an alteration is to its benefit. This is not inconsistent with some forms remaining stable for long periods. Natural selection must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations. Of details we are still greatly ignorant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 711–13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4176 |
To George Bentham 19 June [1863]
Summary
GB’s address [Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1863): xi–xxix] pleased him as much as Lyell’s book [Antiquity of man] disappointed him on species question. GB has done a "real good turn to the right side".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 19 June [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 709–10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4217 |
