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DCP-LETT-9220

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henry Ford
Date:
[before 4 Apr 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 97: C41
Summary:

Regrets that a cut [for Descent] does not do justice to TWW’s original drawing and if it cannot be improved then CD will have to omit it. [Refers to fig. 60 in Descent (1874).]

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DCP-LETT-9388

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
4 Apr 1874
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 350–1)
Summary:

Has finished corrections for 2d edition of Descent – "as hard work as I have ever had in my life". Estimates it is 40 pages longer than 1st edition.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9387

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
4 Apr 1874
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 5–6)
Summary:

Wants some plants for observation and for experimentation on their powers of movement.

Asks WTT-D to make observations on plants with sensitive stamens or pistil.

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