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From W. E. Darwin [19 February 1872]
Summary
Received copy of Origin 6th ed. Has had trouble with worm measurements at Winchester.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8250F |
From Charles Nordhoff 27 February 1872
Summary
Reports the case of a cockerel raised in isolation from other cocks which repeatedly attempted, but failed, to crow properly.
Also discusses behaviour in horses; one male will "look after" 20–25 females.
| Author: | Charles Nordhoff |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8225 |
From W. W. Reade 16 February 1872
Summary
Defends Descent against CD’s self-disparagement. The parts on the moral sense seem to him the finest in the book.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8215 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Nordhoff, Charles | (1) |
| Reade, W. W. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Nordhoff, Charles | (1) |
| Reade, W. W. | (1) |
