To Thomas Henry Huxley 4 July [1866]
Summary
Sends a draft of memorial to Admiralty [to be signed by geologists and palaeontologists] requesting that an expedition to survey Strait of Magellan collect fossils discovered by Admiral B. J. Sulivan [see 5142].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 4 July [1866] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 231) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5144 |
To T. H. Huxley 22 December [1866]
Summary
First impressions of Haeckel’s Generelle morphologie.
Has received THH’s [Lessons in elementary] Physiology [1866]
and reread Man’s place.
Asks THH to read revised "Hybridism" chapter in new edition of Origin. Hopes it will change THH’s view.
Convinced of P. S. Pallas’ view of loss of sterility under domestication.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 22 Dec [1866] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 196) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5315 |
