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DCP-LETT-8649

From:
Frances Power Cobbe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Nov 1872]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 188
Summary:

Acknowledges presentation copy [of Expression], which is not to be found in the market.

Interested in CD’s opinion of her article ["The consciousness of dogs", Q. Rev. 133 (1872): 419–51].

Hopes she may see CD at Queen Anne St [home of E. A. Darwin].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8652

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frances Power Cobbe
Date:
28 Nov 1872
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (CB 386)
Summary:

FPC’s article on consciousness of dogs is best analysis of an animal’s mind CD has read.

Regrets she quotes [Edward?] Jesse.

Since writing Descent, CD has come to believe dogs have a conscience.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8653

From:
Frances Power Cobbe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Nov [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 187
Summary:

More stories about dog behaviour.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8696

From:
Frances Power Cobbe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Dec [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 189
Summary:

Sends story of a dog’s suicide.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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