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DCP-LETT-5420

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
26 Feb [1867]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76)
Summary:

ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.

CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.

Sexual selection and the races of man.

Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].

Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5421

From:
Trübner & Co.
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Feb 1867
Source of text:
DAR 169: 70
Summary:

Vladimir Kovalevsky wishes to translate Variation into Russian. He offers £1 per advance sheet.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4418

From:
W[illiam] Cave Thomas
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.433
Summary:

Discusses matters of aesthetics; praises JH's ideas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1875

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
26 February [1867]
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 76-77
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 179-180]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [p. 229]
Summary:

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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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