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Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin   [29 August 1874]

Hooker, Joseph Dalton

Darwin-Hooker Letters

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Lady Dorothy Nevill is CD’s best chance for <i>Dionaea</i>.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Reports on Belfast meeting of BAAS. Lubbock’s lecture went off admirably. Huxley’s was the magnum opus.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Encloses letter from Mrs Barber on protective coloration of animals.</p>

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Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin   [29 August 1874] (MS DAR 103: 219–20)

Lady Dorothy Nevill is CD’s best chance for Dionaea.

Reports on Belfast meeting of BAAS. Lubbock’s lecture went off admirably. Huxley’s was the magnum opus.

Encloses letter from Mrs Barber on protective coloration of animals.

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  • Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
  • Classmark: MS DAR 103: 219–20
  • Letter Number: 9610
  • Origin Place: Kew
  • Date of Creation: [29 Aug 1874]
  • Language(s): English
  • Extent: 4pp †
  • Material: Paper
  • Data Source(s): Published in volume 22 of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Cambridge University Press
  • Author(s) of the Record: Darwin Correspondence Project

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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
    • Classmark: MS DAR 103: 219–20
    • Letter Number: 9610
    • Origin Place: Kew
    • Date of Creation: [29 Aug 1874]
    • Language(s): English
    • Extent: 4pp †
    • Material: Paper
    • Data Source(s): Published in volume 22 of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Cambridge University Press
    • Author(s) of the Record: Darwin Correspondence Project
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