To E. J. Pfeiffer 26 April [1871]
Summary
Thanks for EJP’s suggestion that it is fascination rather than aesthetic appreciation that drives sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Jane Davis; Emily Jane Pfeiffer |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Misc. 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7719F |
From E. J. Pfeiffer [before 26 April 1871]
Summary
Suggests aesthetic sense in animals is merely secondary to sexual selection.
| Author: | Emily Jane Davis; Emily Jane Pfeiffer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 26 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7411 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 October [1875]
Summary
Wants Imantophyllum for crossing experiments.
Is glad WTT-D thinks George King’s notes worth sending to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 26 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 37–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10227 |
From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1875
Summary
Comments on Hermann Müller’s article on the structure of Gunnera flowers.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10215 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Davis, E. J. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Pfeiffer, E. J. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Davis, E. J. | (1) |
| Pfeiffer, E. J. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Davis, E. J. | (2) |
| Pfeiffer, E. J. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
