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To T. H. Huxley 16 December [1857]
Summary
THH’s catalogue [THH and R. Etheridge, A catalogue of the collection of fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology (1865), part published in 1857] best résumé he has seen of science of natural history. On classification he is not quite sure that he wholly goes along with THH. Encloses a few criticisms of THH’s preface.[enclosure survives as copy only].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 16 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 151); DAR 145: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2185 |
From George Bentham [16 or 17 December 1857]
Summary
Returns CD’s lists [sent with 2184]. Confusion in genera of Silene is great in continental botanic gardens. One would have to know whether C. F. v. Gärtner had the right names for species in his experiments.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [16 or 17 Dec 1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 151 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2186 |
Author
Bentham, George | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Bentham, George | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |