From J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865]
Summary
JDH on the Lyell–Lubbock plagiarism controversy. His view of the true cause of Lubbock’s behaviour.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 June 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 24–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4849 |
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- … Douglas Strutt Galton , who had not been with Lubbock and Busk in Denmark; Lyell corrected this error in the second and third editions after Lubbock had pointed it out to him ( letter from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 20 February 1863 , in BL MSS ADD 49640; the letter is reprinted in Hutchinson 1914 , 1: 62). On the advice of Hooker and Huxley (see letter from J. …
From Charles Lyell 16 January 1865
Summary
His view of Origin.
Belief of Duke of Argyll that substituting "variation" and "selection" for creation deifies them.
Thinks Argyll would accept evolution except for man.
A’s view of humming-birds.
Describes discussion with [Victoria,] Princess Royal of Prussia, about evolution.
New edition of Elements consistent with Origin.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 384–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4746 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
