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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 June 1876
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Has finished Geographical distribution; sends his comments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
31 Aug 1877
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Response to Wallace’s article ["The colours of animals and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 Sept [1877]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Further discussion of evidence for sexual selection. Prefers "conscious" to "voluntary" action. Distinguishes features that serve as charms and those that serve as challenges.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
16 Sept 1878
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Supports Epping Forest appointment.

Continues work on vegetable physiology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project