From G. J. Romanes 16 October 1881
Summary
Thinks CD guilty of mock modesty regarding GJR’s review of Earthworms.
Has been working on echinoderms again with J. C. Ewart.
Author: | George John Romanes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | E. D. Romanes 1896, pp. 127–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13405 |
From Francisco de Arruda Furtado 16 October 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for sending Wallace’s book [see 13313]
and for writing to Hooker about FdeAF’s plants. Has written to Hooker to tell him of the plants he is sending and discuss the subject of the cypress trunks.
Thanks CD for his detailed instructions for suggested experiments.
Author: | Francisco de Arruda Furtado |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | Historical Archive of the Museums of the University of Lisbon (PT/MUL/FAF/C/01/0032) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13407 |
From M. C. Stanley 16 October 1881
Summary
Has read Earthworms with great interest. Remembers CD once said, laughing, that he was finding that "worms could revolutionise the world". CD has succeeded in proving greatness of their power.
Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 171 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13406 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Arruda Furtado, Francisco de | (1) |
Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (1) |
Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
Sackville-West, M. C. | (1) |
Stanley, M. C. | (1) |