To W. D. Fox 24 June [1858]
Summary
Gives his opinion of the charges against E. W. Lane.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 24 June [1858] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 114) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2293 |
To W. D. Fox 27 [June 1858]
Summary
Profoundly sorry for Lane.
Thanks WDF for facts about call ducks, pigs, and Leicester sheep.
Has been observing and experimenting on the construction of bees’ cells. Thinks he has a theory which simplifies the problem.
Scarlet fever in family; nurse ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 27 [June 1858] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 115) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2296 |
From W. D. Fox 11 June [1858]
Summary
Discusses instinct in ducks and turkeys.
Reports a case of the inheritance of an acquired characteristic in a pig.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 194 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7815 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
