From J. J. Weir 5 April 1868
Summary
George Rolleston’s son was born with a scar on his knee exactly where GR cut himself with a knife years before his marriage. Gives several other examples of inherited mutilation.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6093 |
From Edward Blyth 5 April 1868
Summary
Discusses the human foot and its abnormalities; notes an example of syndactylism.
Gives his observations on sexual differences in coloration of terns and ostriches.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 136, DAR 160: 213 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6094 |
From W. E. Darwin [5 and 8? April 1868]
Summary
Langstaff has seen no trace of blushing on the body.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 and 8 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 81; Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6149 |
| letter | (3) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … positive ([Brewster] 1838; see also Manier 1978, pp. 40–5) which Darwin read in August 1838 …
