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DCP-LETT-7727

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Burnett Tylor
Date:
30 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 50254: 37–8)
Summary:

Thanks EBT for present of Primitive culture [1871]. Feels certain he will regret not having read it before writing Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7966

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Burnett Tylor
Date:
24 Sept [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 50254: 41–2)
Summary:

CD most interested by Primitive culture [1871]. Impressed by EBT’s account of development of religious beliefs and of the survival of old customs. Hopes EBT will treat morals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7982

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Burnett Tylor
Date:
2 Oct [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 50524: 44–6)
Summary:

CD advises publishing a short version of Primitive culture [1871] for the general reader.

Would like to see EBT, but his health has been bad and conversation is extremely tiring.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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