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From J. D. Hooker 21 November 1869
Summary
Has corresponded with Macmillan about Nature.
Will get the Kerner book.
Mere guesses must determine which form to fix on as the type.
Raises questions about the genealogical tree.
Serves Mlle Royer right.
Lyell declines Royal Society Presidency; now look to W. R. Grove. Long postscript on JDH’s views about knighthood.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 39–41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7002 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 June [1869]
Summary
The house at Barmouth.
His poor health.
Bentham’s interesting Linnean Society Address ["On geographical biology", Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1869): lxv–c].
CD particularly wishes to know how botanists agreed with zoologists on distribution.
Still thinks isolation more important in preserving old forms than Bentham is inclined to believe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 June [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 134–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6793 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. |
