| Identifier: |
UVa-Darwin-Evolution-3314-1.50 |
| Date: |
1868.01.23 |
| Name: |
Darwin Charles Robert, Sclater Philip Lutley |
| Attributed title: |
Ch[arles] Darwin to J.P. Mansel Weale, [1868] January 23. ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.; with envelope; postmarked London 1868 February 7. Congratulates Weale on his marriage, and claims there is "great charm in a settler's life." Darwin also suggests that were Weale to remain in England, he could assume the botanical chair at Oxford. Mentions information on human expression, and laments the lack of "progress of civilization in South Africa." Mentions a photograph of a Bushwoman from Huxley. Discourages Weale's continued work on glacial activity in the southern hemisphere. |
| Description: |
Ch[arles] Darwin to J.P. Mansel Weale, [1868] January 23. ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.; with envelope; postmarked London 1868 February 7. Congratulates Weale on his marriage, and claims there is "great charm in a settler's life." Darwin also suggests that were Weale to remain in England, he could assume the botanical chair at Oxford. Mentions information on human expression, and laments the lack of "progress of civilization in South Africa." Mentions a photograph of a Bushwoman from Huxley. Discourages Weale's continued work on glacial activity in the southern hemisphere.
The Paul Victorius Evolution Collection |
| Document type: |
Correspondence |
