To Francis Galton 2 November [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov. 2d
My dear Galton
I hear from George that you are going to write on inheritance & therefore I think it worth telling you that Huxley does not at all believe in Balbianis views & statements.2 He says he published some years ago some strange facts & then went right round & gave them all up.—3 I send you Wedderburns note & a pamphlet by him which will amuse you & which need not be returned4
Your’s very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Balbiani, Édouard-Gérard. 1866. On the reproduction and embryogeny of the Aphides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 18: 62–9, 106–9.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Fripp, H. E. 1866. Genesis, or parthenogenesis. Popular Science Review 5: 442–52.
Summary
Has heard that FG will write on inheritance. Huxley does not believe in E. G. Balbiani’s views on subject.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10237
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/17)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10237,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10237.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23