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DCP-LETT-11555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
16 June [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.537)
Summary:

Sends two pages from MS chapter on instinct. Presumes it is too late for chapter to be of use to GJR.

After train ride Baby [Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin] calls every vehicle "boo boo".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11557

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1878
Source of text:
E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 71
Summary:

Thanks for permission to use CD’s observations on instinct. Would like to use CD’s MS chapter in preparing forthcoming book [Mental evolution in animals (1883)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11560

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
19 June [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.538)
Summary:

GJR may have CD’s MS chapter on instinct. It was abstracted for Origin, but CD probably will not prepare it for publication.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11561

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1878
Source of text:
E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 73
Summary:

Thanks for permission to use CD’s MS chapter on instinct for forthcoming book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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