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DCP-LETT-4939

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1865
Source of text:
DAR 177: 149
Summary:

Praises CD’s theory.

Comments on criticism of CD’s work by Duke of Argyll.

Beauty in nature as caused by sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5003F

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6–10 Feb 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 14–17
Summary:

Memorandum of a meeting of the Natural History & Antiquarian Society held in Dumfries on Tuesday 6 February 1866.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5005

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Feb 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 150
Summary:

Reports instances of birds admiring their images in mirrors or on pictures.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5060

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Apr 1866
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 10–13
Summary:

Anecdotes about appreciation of beauty by animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5270

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Nov 1866
Source of text:
DAR 177: 151
Summary:

Thanks CD for copy of the Origin [4th ed.]; makes some observations on beauty and ugliness in nature.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5884

From:
James Shaw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 152
Summary:

Mentions review [of Variation] in the Athenæum [15 Feb 1868, pp. 243–4].

Comments on adaptive utility of the right hand, an organ still undergoing specialisation.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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