From T. H. Huxley 11 March 1869
Summary
Nothing new in Lushington’s letter. Two paragraphs are offensive – that THH sought to stir up Scotch Presbyterian prejudices against Comte at Edinburgh and that he had not read Comte.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 317 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6654 |
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 |
From T. H. Huxley 7 May 1869
Summary
H. M. S. Nassau, surveying Magellan Straits, has found fossils at Gallegos River. They have been sent to THH by R. O. Cunningham [naturalist of H. M. S. Nassau]. Skull of entirely new ungulate mammal.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 319 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6732 |
From T. H. Huxley 16 July 1869
Summary
Has already referred Haeckel’s request to J. S. Bowerbank.
Has lost track of collectors and naturalists "by grace of the dredge" because of other work and ""the great question of "Darwinismus" which is such a worry to us all"".
Family health.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 320 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6830 |
From T. H. Huxley 28 September 1869
Summary
Will do his best on the tooth [sent by CD] but does not put much weight on conclusions based on a single tooth of a horse.
Darwin attacked by three clergymen at BAAS meeting [Exeter, 1869].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 321 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6914 |
