65/354 The review in the "Annals" is, as I was convinced, by Wollaston, for I have had a very cordial letter from him this morning. A bibliographical Notice "On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection; or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." ("Annals and Mag." Volume V., pages 132-43, 1860). Referring to the article, in a letter to Lyell, February 15th, 1860, Darwin writes: "I am perfectly convinced...that the review in the "Annals" is by Wollaston; no one else in the world would have used so many parentheses" ("Life and Letters," II., page 284).) I send by this post an attack in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" by Harvey (a first-rate botanist, as you probably know). |