To G. H. Darwin [25 October 1875]
Can you spare a copy of your Cousin paper?1 if so send one to
“Dr. Hermann Müller”
“Lippstadt”
“Prussia.”
He writes that he much wishes to see it.2 Send me a card to tell me.—
Mc.Lennan3 here yesterday to lunch, & expressed again great admiration at this paper “as a model.”—
C. D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
McLennan, John Ferguson. 1865. Primitive marriage: an inquiry into the origin of the form of capture in marriage ceremonies. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
Summary
Asks that a copy of GHD’s paper on cousin marriage be sent to Hermann Müller. J. F. McLennan admires it "as a model".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10223
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- OC 25 | 75
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 49
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10223,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10223.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
