To Edward Cresy [May 1848]
Summary
May go to Paris next summer about barnacles.
Unable to appreciate second volume of Alexander von Humboldt’s Cosmos [1848].
Recommends review by Sir John Herschel [Edinburgh Rev. 87 (1848): 170–229].
Recommends book by Mary Somerville [Physical geography (1848)].
Mentions article [on species] by M. E. Chevreul [Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) 3d ser. 6 (1846): 142–214].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
Date: | [May 1848] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 305 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1171 |
To Edward Cresy [before May 1848?]
Summary
Obliged for account of change in quality of wool. "Some authors will not admit that climate has any perceptible action."
Hopes his health is re-established.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
Date: | [before May 1848?] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 303 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1545 |
To Edward Cresy [before May 1848?]
Summary
Agrees that naval expeditions to the Arctic are a waste of money. Believes Sir J. Barrow responsible. "Dr [Richard?] King is quite right in the advantage of Land Expeditions".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
Date: | [before May 1848?] |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 304 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-805 |
Cresy, Edward, Jr | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. |