To Asa Gray 31 October [1860]
Summary
Talks of getting copies of AG’s Atlantic Monthly articles for distribution in England.
Describes the pollinating mechanisms of Orchis pyramidalis and Spiranthes autumnalis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 31 Oct [1860] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (45 and 124a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2969 |
To Asa Gray 26 November [1860]
Summary
Has reread AG’s third Atlantic Monthly article. It is admirable, but CD cannot go as far as AG on design.
Mentions other opinions and reviews of Origin.
Relates some experiments on Drosera showing its extreme sensitivity; requests some observations on orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2998 |
To Asa Gray 11 December [1860]
Summary
The pamphlet of AG’s Origin reviews [Natural selection not inconsistent with natural theology (1861)]. CD will bear half the costs of publishing.
Will write to Huxley about Chauncey Wright’s review of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (38) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3017 |
To Asa Gray 14 December [1860]
Summary
Encloses note from Huxley [see 3022], who would be grateful for Chauncey Wright’s review.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 14 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (39) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3023 |
To Asa Gray 21 December [1860]
Summary
Asks AG to send his reviews [of Origin] as soon as he has definitely fixed on a title for the pamphlet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (J. L. Gray autograph collection 50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3028 |
