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From Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald   [May 1867]

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Writes about the Carl Vogt and J. J. Moulinié translation [of Variation].

Author:  Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [May 1867]
Classmark:  DAR 210.11: 35
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5521

From A. R. Wallace   1 May 1867

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Never imagined that the facts about sexual selection could be new to CD. Thought fact that brightly coloured females build concealed nests and almost all those in which sexes differ remarkably build exposed nests might be new to him. Some problems remain. Sends his notes for CD to use if he wants.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 May 1867
Classmark:  DAR 84.1: 36–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5522
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4.1 Albert Way, comic drawings

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< Back to Introduction The earliest identifiable comic drawings of Darwin are these pen sketches by his Cambridge undergraduate friend Albert Way of Trinity College, which must date from c. 1828-30. They refer to his passion for beetle-collecting – a…

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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was …
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