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From J. B. Innes   26 May 1871

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Has finished Descent, which charmed but did not convert him.

Sends examples of dogs’ reasoning.

Has given up his farm.

Author:  John Brodie Innes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May 1871
Classmark:  DAR 167: 29
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7768

From John Murray   26 May [1871]

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Sends two bills [JM’s notes for payments due to CD] for £420 each for 3d issue of Descent.

Author:  John Murray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May [1871]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 399
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7769

From A. G. Butler   26 May 1871

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Several observations on protective coloration and sexual selection.

Author:  Arthur Gardiner Butler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May 1871
Classmark:  DAR 89: 104–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7770
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William Yarrell

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William Yarrell was a London businessman, a stationer and bookseller, who became an expert on British birds and fish, writing standard reference works on both.  He was a member of several science and natural history societies, including the Linnean Society…

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