From T. H. Huxley 17 March 1869
Summary
Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 318 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6665 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 March [1869]
Summary
Envies JDH’s Russian trip.
Thanks for information on Aucuba. Urges him to experiment – case "has highest physiological importance, not to mention Pangenesis".
Has heard that Huxley has been attacking views of Sir W. Thomson.
Has received 12 plants of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Oporto.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 118–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6666 |
From Louis Rérolle 17 March 1869
Summary
LR undertakes translation of Orchids [1870]. Awaits CD’s new footnotes and intends to look at every flower CD mentions.
Author: | Louis Rérolle |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 129 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6667 |
letter | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Rérolle, Louis | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Rérolle, Louis | (1) |