Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin [29 December 1861]
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Asks CD whether he hears from Asa Gray. JDH’s opinion of the crisis [<i>Trent</i> case, Nov 1861] and the American Civil War.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Julius von Haast alludes to glacial drift in Middle Island of New Zealand.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Backwardness of JDH’s son, Willy.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Encloses a reference from Daniel Oliver which may be useful.</p>