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DCP-LETT-7446

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
18 Jan [1871]
Source of text:
Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives (Autograph Letters: Stanley Withers Collection: 925.7 18 Jan 1872)
Summary:

Sends ARW advance copy of vol. 1 [of Descent] for his review in Academy. Vol. 2 is delayed by index. "Do not swear at me more than you can help."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7460

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Jan 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B96–7
Summary:

Response to [vol. 1 of] CD’s Descent.

Not yet convinced on sexual selection and protection, though their differences are not so great as CD thinks.

On man, he does not think CD has accounted for every step of his development by "ascertained laws".

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:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7569

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B98–9
Summary:

Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].

News of his new residence.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7579A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150)
Summary:

Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7587

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[15 Mar 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 106: B102
Summary:

Although their language is different, the Bugis are typical Malays both physically and mentally.

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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:
Darwin Correspondence Project

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:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7758

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B100–1
Summary:

Recommends [W. M. Williams] The fuel of the sun [1870] as remarkably illuminating about physical astronomy. Williams solves the problem of duration of sun’s heat in "a most satisfactory manner".

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:
Darwin Correspondence Project

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:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7861

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 July 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B103–6
Summary:

Chauncey Wright’s article is sound, but so obscure ARW doubts utility of printing it separately.

Gives his own detailed analysis of Mivart’s attack.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7868

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 July 1871
Source of text:
DAR 106: B107–8
Summary:

Sorry CD allows criticisms of Darwinism to worry him.

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-7895

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
4 Aug [1871]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/3/5)
Summary:

Sends enclosure for ARW to read.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7899

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 89: 85–6
Summary:

Sends notes on Fritz Müller’s letter.

Contributor:
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