To John Lubbock 15 December [1874]
Summary
Asks JL to send ten shillings for the Down Friendly Club.
Has just read JL’s paper on bees and wasps [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 12 (1876): 110–39]. Is astonished by their stupidity. The experiments on colour are especially good. Suggests JL examine their retinas; sends enclosure [missing] on eyes of reptiles and birds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 15 Dec [1874] |
Classmark: | University of Liverpool Library (Rathbone XXI.12.3: 4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9760 |
From O. G. Rejlander 15 December 1874
Summary
Awakened by a mouse scratching at night, he mewed like a cat and the mouse disappeared.
Sending a group of stuffed sparrows.
Author: | Oscar Gustaf Rejlander |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9761 |
Document type
letter | (2) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Rejlander, O. G. | (1) |
Addressee
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Lubbock, John | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Lubbock, John | (1) |
Rejlander, O. G. | (1) |