To Maxwell Tylden Masters 21 March [1868]
Summary
Sends his niece’s [Lucy Wedgwood] observations on worms, vouches for her accuracy, and suggests the piece be inserted in Gardeners’ Chronicle [see "Worms", Gard. Chron. (1868): 324].
Adds his thanks for a "very kind review" of his book [Variation, Gard. Chron. (1868): 124].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6032 |
To A. R. Wallace [21 March 1868]
Summary
On problem of sterility, CD cannot persuade himself that it has been gained by natural selection.
On sexual selection and minute variations, he tends to agree with ARW. Sends George Darwin’s notes on ARW’s argument.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 119–20); DAR 106: B160–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6033 |
To J. J. Moulinié 21 March [1868]
Summary
Corrects error in spelling of name [in Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, f. 7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6034 |
To Roland Trimen [21 March 1868]
Summary
Arranges for RT to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 67) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6035 |
To J. V. Carus 21 March [1868]
Summary
Corrections for German translation of Variation.
Discusses Pangenesis. CD not surprised at JVC’s unfavourable opinion. Huxley’s joke that it is more difficult to believe than Genesis. Lyell’s and Sir H. Holland’s opinions. For CD, it provides a bond for connecting many phenomena.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 31–32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6036 |
To W. E. Darwin 21 March [1868]
Summary
Suggests possible arbitrators to act in a business transaction involving WED.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 125 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6037 |
| letter | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Moulinié, J. J. | (1) |
| Trimen, Roland | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Moulinié, J. J. | (1) |
| Trimen, Roland | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
