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To the Secretary, Royal Society   5 March 1858

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C. P. Smyth’s observations on geology and natural history of Tenerife are not precise enough to warrant publication in Philosophical Transactions. Suggests CPS draw up an abstract, for the Proceedings, of specific points actually observed, rather than conclusions arrived at on insufficient grounds.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Royal Society of London
Date:  5 Mar 1858
Classmark:  The Royal Society (RR3: 255)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2234

To the Secretary, Royal Society   22 March 1858

Summary

Recommends Leonard Horner’s "Account of some recent researches near Cairo" for publication in Philosophical Transactions [R. Soc. Lond. 148 (1858): 53–9]. Believes all the details and sections should be published in full because of importance of investigations leading to the conclusion that man has existed in Egypt for over 13000 years.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Royal Society of London
Date:  22 Mar 1858
Classmark:  The Royal Society (RR3: 147)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2244

To the Secretary, Royal Society   28 September 1858

Summary

Recommends W. B. Carpenter’s latest part of memoir on Foraminifera be published in Philosophical Transactions [R. Soc. Lond. 149 (1859): 1–41].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Royal Society of London
Date:  28 Sept 1858
Classmark:  The Royal Society (RR3: 41)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2330
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