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DCP-LETT-9208

From:
Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 163
Summary:

W. Crookes’s article ["Enquiry into phenomena called spiritual", Q. J. Sci. n.s. 4 (1874): 77–97] "staggers" her. Would like to know CD’s opinion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8073F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[17 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 38)
Summary:

Says has sent a copy of CD’s memorial to Captain Jones. Passes on Sir Geo. Grey’s comments on pasturage near Morpeth. Tells superstition about straight furrows and fairies.

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DCP-LETT-8041F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 37)
Summary:

Sends comments from himself and Erasmus Darwin on proofs of chapter 7 of Origin 6th ed.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8077

From:
Julius Victor Carus
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 117–118
Summary:

Horns of castrated merino rams remain almost undeveloped.

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DCP-LETT-8078

From:
Robert Owen Jones
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 119–20
Summary:

The horns of castrated male lambs compared with horns of ewes. [See Descent, 2d ed., p. 506.]

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DCP-LETT-8079

From:
Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 172: 78
Summary:

Sends CD a German pamphlet, "War Goethe ein Darwinianer?"

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7377

From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 62
Summary:

Displays in turkeys.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8080

From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 105: A35–6
Summary:

Asks that the rabbits CD has kept be sent to him; will continue [transfusion] experiments on rats, but using larger [surgical] connection.

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DCP-LETT-8080F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Nov 1871
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 47)
Summary:

Sends back proofs. Praises CD for calm treatment of Mivart. Looks at duck’s mouth. Asks whether CD has seen Snow’s article in the Spectator.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8081

From:
David Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 148
Summary:

Effect of turf covering on the disintegration of rocks. Weathering of rock; relative importance of different agents with different rocks.

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DCP-LETT-8084

From:
George Busk
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 160: 385
Summary:

Thanks for information on platycnemic tibiae found in America. Believes the condition is of two kinds as exemplified by Gibraltar and Cro-Magnon tibiae on one side and the Welsh form on the other. Would like to know which of the two forms the American bones are; their proportions suggest they are very like the Welsh tibiae.

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DCP-LETT-8085

From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 105: 37–8
Summary:

Going to Down to see the "most curious" results.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8086

From:
Edson Sowden C. Foster
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 161
Summary:

Offers to provide information on the habits of the animals of northern New York and Canada.

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DCP-LETT-13840

From:
Caroline Jemima (Caroline) Shuttleworth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Nov [1871-80]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 158
Summary:

Reports peculiar behaviour in a fantail pigeon, which persistently courted a ginger-beer bottle.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-8088

From:
Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 177: 159
Summary:

Thanks CD for copies of the Origin and Cirripedia;

sends his latest publication in return [Beiträge zur Parthenogenesis der Arthropoden (1871)]. Discusses his work on parthenogenesis which, he believes, is a case of atavism.

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