From Ernst Haeckel 11 November 1865
Summary
Has heard from Huxley that CD has been ill.
Progress on his book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)] has been slow.
Has been named "ordentlicher Professor". Has 150 listeners in his lectures on CD’s theory.
Thanks CD for copy [of "Climbing plants"].
Sends his book [Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Hydromedusen, 1. Heft: Die Familie der Rüsselquallen (Geryonidae) (1865)] and two articles.
Calls attention to a new rhizopod from Nice.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4934 |
To Ernst Haeckel 6 December [1865]
Summary
Not surprised at delay of his book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)].
P. M. Duncan taking side of evolution.
Has received paper on Geryonidae ["Über eine neue Form des Generationswechsels bei den Medusen", Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1865): 85–94]. Had often speculated on whether such a case ever occurred in nature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 6 Dec [1865] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4947 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (2) |
