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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?[a New Orleans newspaper]   [c. February 1873]

Cancelled: Same as 8858f.

Summary

CD responds to a poem, "Comus", and a New Orleans Mardi Gras editorial; he cannot tell from the "wonderful mistakes" whether the writer is "witty, ignorant, or blunders for the sake of fun".

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8753F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
New Orleans newspaper
Source of text
Benfey (1997):179

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8753F,” accessed on 15 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8753F.xml

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