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DCP-LETT-7218

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 [July 1870]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 204–5)
Summary:

CD sends a "curious drawing" [missing] relating to imitation and protection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7380

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 Nov [1870]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 207–8)
Summary:

Praise for ARW’s reply [Nature 3 (1870): 49–50] to a paper by A. W. Bennett ["Natural selection from a mathematical point of view", Nature 3 (1870): 30–3] holding that mind is a leading cause of variation.

Is reading proof of his "confounded book" [Descent].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7464

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
30 Jan [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Responds to ARW’s comments on CD’s argument about protection in Descent.

Comments on St G. Mivart’s criticism [Genesis of species (1871)]. "The pendulum will now swing against us."

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7589

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
16 Mar 1871
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Appreciative response to ARW’s "grand review" of Descent in the Academy [2 (1871–2): 177–82]. Comments in detail on ARW’s criticisms.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7616

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
24 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

On the flourishing sales of their respective books. Mentions reviews of Descent in Pall Mall Gazette [21 Mar 1871] and in the Spectator [11 Mar 1871, pp. 288–9; 18 Mar 1871, pp. 319–20].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7855

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
9 July [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Requests advice about Chauncey Wright’s article on Mivart’s Genesis of species [North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 64–103]. CD thinks of publishing it as a pamphlet to counter impact of Mivart’s criticism of natural selection.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7858

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
12 July [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

CD is allowing his family to decide whether Chauncey Wright’s paper on Mivart is dull.

Health and despondency.

Doubts his ability to answer Mivart successfully [in 6th ed. of Origin].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7889

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1 Aug [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

On a "remarkable" letter from Fritz Müller [see 7820] about mimicry, protection, and sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8429

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
27 July [1872]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

On ARW’s "crushing" review [Nature 6 (1872): 237–9] of C. R. Bree’s An exposition of fallacies in the hypothesis of Mr Darwin.

Comments on other reviews and exchanges.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8488

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
28 Aug [1872]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Detailed response to reading of Bastian’s Beginnings of life [1872]. On the whole, it seems probable to CD that spontaneous generation is true.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8504

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[2 Sept 1872]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Huxley’s report of Bastian’s having watched the development of the scale of Sphagnum. The importance of studies of possible causes of heterogenesis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8566

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
20 Oct [1872]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Remarks about an enclosed specimen,

and extract of letter from W. A. L. Marshall [8560].

ARW’s good review of J. C. Houzeau de Lehaie [Études sur les facultés mentales des animaux, in Nature 6 (1872): 469–71].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8581A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
27 Oct [1872]
Source of text:
The British Library (Surrogate RP 4481/3)
Summary:

Requests the address of F. F. Geach so that he may send him his book [Expression].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8735

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 Jan [1873]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Response to ARW’s criticisms in his review [of Expression, Q. J. Sci. n.s. 3 (1873): 113–18].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9154

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
19 Nov [1873]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Further discussion of ARW’s help on new [2d] edition of Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12791

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
3 Nov 1880
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434 ff. 292–3); Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Wallace Papers WP/6/4/1)
Summary:

High praise for Island life; ARW’s "best book". Encloses notes of comments and criticism. Hooker pleased by dedication.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6033

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
[21 Mar 1868]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 119–20); DAR 106: B160–3
Summary:

On problem of sterility, CD cannot persuade himself that it has been gained by natural selection.

On sexual selection and minute variations, he tends to agree with ARW. Sends George Darwin’s notes on ARW’s argument.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6706

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
14 Apr 1869
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 181–3)
Summary:

ARW’s review of 10th ed. of Lyell’s Principles [see 6684] is admirable.

But he differs "grievously" with ARW on man. CD sees no necessity for an additional and proximate cause.

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DCP-LETT-6802

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 June [1869]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 186–7); Natural History Museum (Entomology Manuscripts MSS WAL A 1:1 (127-128))
Summary:

On butterfly scales: there are many secondary characters which baffle conjecture.

Was forced to make additions to Origin as short as possible.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6951

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
21 Oct 1869
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434: 189–90); Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes Collection)
Summary:

Anticipates that all their differences are fated to find expression in projected book on man.

Offers his early MS with useful references related to the distribution of animals. Hopes ARW’s book will not be "little".

Contributor:
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