From T. H. Huxley 8 December 1874
Summary
K. G. Semper’s article ["On the relationship of the Vertebrata and Annelida", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 15 (1875): 94–5] is ill-natured. Misinterprets facts already discovered by F. M. Balfour.
Has been working on Amphioxus. Puts his theory of vertebrate skulls on firm footing at last.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 234–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9748 |
To John Fiske 8 December [1874]
Summary
Praises JF’s book [Cosmic philosophy (1874)].
Has long wished to understand H. Spencer but is not convinced by him and some others. CD cannot trust deduction from a starting principle, as his mind is so fixed by the inductive method.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Fiske |
Date: | 8 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (FK 1110–1112) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9749 |
From J. D. Hooker 8 December 1874
Summary
Delighted with Farrer’s assistance. A. Helps has also spoken to Sir S. Northcote.
JDH is getting on well but has periods of great depression.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 232–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9750 |
To F. C. Noll 8 December [1874]
Summary
Thanks for the essay on a curious new cirripede. He will not accept the offer of microscopical preparations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Carl Noll |
Date: | 8 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (Historische Sammlungen EH 112) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9750F |
letter | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Fiske, John | (1) |
Noll, F. C. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Fiske, John | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Noll, F. C. | (1) |