To T. C. Eyton 4 August [1858]
Summary
Has finished arranging his pigeons’ skeletons. May consult TCE on them.
CD is at work on an abstract of his conclusions on species and varieties [Origin]. His "bigger book" [Natural selection] will take two or three more years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1858] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.156) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2319 |
To J. S. Henslow 4 August [1858]
Summary
CD and his family have come to the seashore, driven from home by scarlet fever at Down, death [of Charles Waring Darwin], and other family illness. Sorry to miss seeing JSH.
Would be grateful to hear his objections to CD’s species speculations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A53–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2320 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Eyton, T. C. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Eyton, T. C. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
