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From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 41
Summary:

Sends MS of his paper, "On the coloration of flowers and fruits", filling a gap in CD’s theory relating to these structures, and asks for CD’s comments.

Plans a book on colour sense.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 42
Summary:

Thanks for comments on paper and references to related works. Clarifies points on colour distinction between energy-absorbing (green) and energy-expending (bright-hued) portions of plants and on the influence of flower colour in modifying the insect organism.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1879
Source of text:
DAR 159: 43
Summary:

Has sent copy of his new book, Colour-sense [1879]; in anticipation of criticism, he justifies his reliance on recorded observations rather than experiments, by the heavy demands of his career as a journalist.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Feb [1879]
Source of text:
DAR 159: 44
Summary:

Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.

Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.

Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1879
Source of text:
DAR 159: 45
Summary:

Thanks for postcard informing him of Delboeuf’s review of his book; he had already seen review.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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