To Charles Boner [before 8 January 1870]
Summary
Has received [read?] CB’s two works [Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria (2d ed., 1860) and Forest creatures (1871)] and has made use of them in his present book [Descent].
CB’s descriptions of the Tyrol make CD long to be "strong and young again to ramble over the mountains".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Boner |
Date: | [before 8 Jan 1870] |
Classmark: | Kettle ed. 1871, p. 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7073 |
To Charles Boner 20 January [1870]
Summary
Thanks CB for Transylvania [1865].
CD’s health has declined steadily. He must now be content to read about nature as described by CB and others.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Boner |
Date: | 20 Jan [1870] |
Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 203–204) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7083 |
From Charles Boner 25 November [1869]
Summary
Gives account of inherited blindness in a family,
and observations contravening CD’s view in Variation that sheep and other domestic animals never run wild.
Author: | Charles Boner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Nov [1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 238 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7010 |
From Charles Boner [December 1869 – early January 1870]
Summary
In answer to CD’s queries, relates further details about feral sheep: they are sterile when wild, but can become tame again.
Author: | Charles Boner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [Dec 1869 – early Jan 1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 237 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7017 |
From Charles Boner 8 January 1870
Summary
Is glad CD liked Chamois hunting [in Bavaria (1853, 1860)].
Regrets CD’s poor health.
Sends his book, Transylvania [1865].
Author: | Charles Boner |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 239 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7074 |
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