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From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   24 September 1877

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Offers to send MS of part of his new book [Life and habit] which gently pokes fun at CD. His book will offer an alternative to Pangenesis.

Author:  Samuel Butler
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  24 Sept 1877
Classmark:  DAR 199.5: 100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11152

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  • … Butler, Samuel (b) Darwin, Francis
  • … From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   24 September 1877 …
  • … DAR 199.5: 100 Samuel Butler unstated 24 Sept 1877 Francis Darwin
  • … pp. 234–340, especially pp. 335–6). Francis Darwin lunched with Butler at Clifford’s Inn …
  • … 20, letter from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, [before 30 May 1872] , and Correspondence …
  • … See also letter from Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin, 25 November 1877 . The discussion is …
  • … and had become friendly with Francis and George Howard Darwin (see Correspondence vol. …

From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   [before 30 May 1872]

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Sends drawings of dogs in different attitudes, drawn by his friend A. May. FD should not trouble CD unless he thinks the drawings will please him. [See Expression, pp. 54–5.]

Author:  Samuel Butler
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  [before 30 May 1872]
Classmark:  DAR 106: A6–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8305

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  • … Butler, Samuel (b) Darwin, Francis
  • … From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   [before 30 May 1872] …
  • … DAR 106: A6–7 Samuel Butler London, Clifford’s Inn, 15 [before 30 May 1872] Francis Darwin

From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   25 November 1877

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SB’s book [Life and habit (1878)] will be bound shortly. He will send two copies, one of which can be given to CD. To SB’s surprise it has turned out to be an attack on CD’s views and a defence of Lamarck; describes how he was brought to the opinions expressed in it.

Author:  Samuel Butler
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  25 Nov 1877
Classmark:  DAR 160: 393
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11254

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  • … Butler, Samuel (b) Darwin, Francis
  • … From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin   25 November 1877 …
  • … DAR 160: 393 Samuel Butler London, Clifford’s Inn, 15 25 Nov 1877 Francis Darwin
  • … copy survives in the Darwin Libraries at Down or CUL. For Francis’s reply to this letter, …
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