To H. K. Rusden [before 27 March 1875]
Summary
Thanks for copy of lecture (Rusden 1874: Selection, natural and artificial, a lecture delivered in the Wangaratta Athenaeum by Mr. H. K. Rusden on Monday, October 26th, 1874) and essay (Rusden 1872: The treatment of criminals in relation to science, an essay read before the Royal Society of Victoria).
Comments on the essay.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Keylock Rusden |
Date: | [before 27 Mar 1875] |
Classmark: | Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 27 March 1875, p. 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9705F |
From Lawson Tait 27 March [1875]
Summary
Is preparing a paper on the umbilical cord ["On the anatomy of the umbilical cord", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 23 (1875): 498–501; 24 (1876): 417–40] of which he sends a preliminary note [missing]. Believes spiral growth of the umbilical cord is important evidence of the descent of man; speculates on spiral growth in general.
Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Mar [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9904 |
letter | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Tait, Lawson | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Rusden, H. K. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Rusden, H. K. | (1) |
Tait, Lawson | (1) |