To T. H. Huxley 26 [February 1863]
Summary
Praise of Man’s place.
Owen’s muddling letter in Athenæum [21 Feb 1863, pp. 262–3].
Is disappointed in Lyell’s excessive caution on species and origin of man [in Antiquity of man].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 26 [Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 191) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4013 |
From Francis Walker 26 February 1863
Summary
Identifies flies sent to him by CD. [CD note states that these were found with orchid pollinia adhering to them.]
| Author: | Francis Walker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4014 |
From the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin 26 February 1863
Summary
A diploma. CD is elected a corresponding member.
| Author: | Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 229: 50a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4014F |
From Daniel Oliver 27 February 1863
Summary
Answers CD’s query on Primula longiflora and P. scotica.
Would like abstract of CD’s paper ["Two forms of Linum", Collected papers 2: 93–105] for Natural History Review.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4015 |
From Thomas Wright 27 February 1863
Summary
Regrets he did not make the statement [unspecified] referred to by CD.
Believes the Origin has been very valuable, even among those not disposed to agree with transmutation, in giving a great check to "species manufacture".
| Author: | Thomas Wright |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4016 |
From John Lubbock 28 February 1863
Summary
Will come to dine on Monday unless he hears to the contrary.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4017 |
To George Maw 28 February [1863]
Summary
Thanks GM for a curious lily.
Recommends some papers on coal.
Gives his opinion on the importance of forming theories if one is to be a good and original observer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4018 |
To Daniel Oliver 20 [February 1863]
Summary
Having trouble understanding laws of phyllotaxy in order to grasp Hugh Falconer’s objections.
L. C. Treviranus on Primula [see 3980] misses the "prettiness" of the adaptations.
John Scott says P. scotica is never dimorphic.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 20 [Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 41 (EH 88206024) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4052 |
To George Gabriel Stokes [12 February 1863?]
Summary
Thanks GGS for calculation [to determine the chances of the same peculiarity recurring in a family, see Variation 2: 5]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gabriel Stokes, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [12 Feb 1863?] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library Add 7656: D76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4085 |
From Daniel Oliver 17 February 1863
Summary
DO thinks an essay [Alexander Braun’s "Rejuvenescence", Ray Society (1853)] is not worth reading with respect to some difficulty concerning phyllotaxy.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8770 |
To Camilla Ludwig 21 February [1863 or later]
Summary
Asks her to translate passage of letter about treatment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Ludwig; Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Pattrick |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1863 or later] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.620) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13825 |
To Isaac Anderson-Henry 2 February [1863]
Summary
Suggests collecting seeds at different heights from British Columbia.
Describes experiment on seeds from short anthers.
C. V. Naudin writes he has discovered cause of hybrid sterility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3964 |
From Henrietta Grace Powell 11 February 1863
Summary
Invites CD to visit on Sunday afternoon, for a quiet discussion with Huxley, the Bishop of Natal [J. W. Colenso], and herself. Will not trouble him with any eating.
| Author: | Henrietta Grace Smyth; Henrietta Grace Powell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3977 |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 14 February 1863
Summary
On holiday; cannot answer CD’s questions.
| Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3985 |
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