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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
3 June 1871
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/6/14)
Summary:

Acknowledges sum of £266 11s. 9d.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
3 June [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 246–7)
Summary:

Is disappointed at high price, 7s 6d, being considered for the cheap edition of the Origin [6th ed.]. Has been told that, in Lancashire, workmen club together to buy the Origin.

Little chance that Expression will be done this autumn.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 176: 80
Summary:

Observations on habits of caribou and deer in Newfoundland.

Suggests nightingale egg coloration evolved from white to olive for protection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project