From Alfred Newton 1 April 1879
Summary
Asks CD to join W. H. Flower and Huxley in signing a memorial in support of Dr Coues. He is a U.S. Army surgeon who has been working on an ornithological bibliography and needs support to complete his work in England.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11965 |
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- … has been working on an ornithological bibliography and needs support to complete his work …
- … Bibliography Allen, J. A. 1909. Biographical memoir of Elliott Coues 1842–1899. National …
- … Fourth installment of ornithological bibliography: being a list of faunal publications …
- … Coues to travel to England to complete his work on an ornithological bibliography. The …
- … first part of Coues’s universal bibliography of ornithology (‘List of faunal publications …
- … published four more instalments of his bibliography between 1878 and 1880, but much of his …
- … materials for a general Ornithological Bibliography’ but it is quite evident that he will …
- … cordially support it. The specimen of his bibliography that I enclose shews how thorough …
To Elliott Coues [after 2 April 1879]
Summary
Memorial in support of EC travelling to Europe to research his bibliography of ornithology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elliott Coues |
| Date: | [after 2 Apr 1879] |
| Classmark: | Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 4: 176–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11970F |
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- … in support of EC travelling to Europe to research his bibliography of ornithology. …
- … Bibliography ANB : American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. …
- … planned as a part of a larger projected bibliography of ornithology (see Coues 1878 , p. …
- … 567). Two further instalments of the bibliography covering North American ornithology were …
- … manner so as to include a complete Bibliography of Ornithology, this branch of science …
- … thoroughly conversant with the art of Bibliography. In addition to these requirements, in …
To Anton de Bary 5 August 1879
Summary
Thanks ADeB for sending specimens of Utricularia to Francis [Darwin]. Urges him to publish his observations, because Utricularia differs widely from Drosera. CD has been unable to detect any evidence of true digestion in Utricularia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anton Heinrich (Anton) de Bary |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A 45a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12182 |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
To Francis Darwin 2 July [1879]
Summary
FD’s experiment shows that caustic does not interfere with the bending of radicles. Believes that the apex is a kind of brain for certain movements, being specialised to receive certain irritations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 2 July [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12132 |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
To Hugo de Vries 6 September 1879
Summary
Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.
Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
| Date: | 6 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12219F |
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- … Bibliography Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
To Raphael Meldola 20 January 1879
Summary
Sends the Fritz Müller article from Kosmos.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11836 |
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- … Bibliography Müller, Fritz. 1879a. Epicalia Acontius . Ein ungleiches Ehepaar. Kosmos 4 ( …
To C. W. von Nägeli 21 June 1879
Summary
Thanks for a copy of Theorie der Gärung.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli |
| Date: | 21 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | On permanent loan to KULTURAMA Zurich (Inv. 5109_L) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12115F |
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- … Bibliography Nägeli, Carl von. 1879. Theorie der Gärung. Ein Beitrag zur …
From Reginald Darwin 12 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.
| Author: | Reginald Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 162–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12310 |
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- … Bibliography Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
From Anton de Bary 20 February 1879
Summary
Since he was innocent of sending the Botanische Zeitung to CD, he inquired of the editor, who informs him that it is sent every week by post by order of Williams and Norgate.
| Author: | Anton Heinrich (Anton) de Bary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 133 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11890 |
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- … Bibliography Chambers : The Chambers dictionary. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers. …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 10 March [1879]
Summary
Thanks for second edition of Duchartre.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 10 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 163) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11921 |
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- … Bibliography Duchartre, Pierre Etienne Simon. 1867. Éléments de botanique: comprenant l’ …
To Nicolai Mengden 5 June 1879
Summary
NvM’s questions cannot be answered fully. "Science has nothing to do with Christ, except in so far as the habit of scientific research makes a man cautious in admitting evidence. For myself, I do not believe that there has ever been any Revelation."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
| Date: | 5 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | David W. Bowerman (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12088 |
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- … Bibliography Secord, James Andrew, ed. 2008. Charles Darwin: evolutionary writings . …
From T. M. Coan 25 July 1879
Summary
Sends CD his article on causes of decline of Hawaiian population.
| Author: | Titus Munson Coan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12171 |
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- … Bibliography [Coan, Titus Munson. ] 1879. The decay of the Polynesian. Nation 29: 54–5. …
To Karl Alberts [after 9 February 1879]
Summary
Thanks KA and the other editors of Kosmos for the issue published in honour of his birthday. Sees there is much in it that will interest him greatly.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl Alberts |
| Date: | [after 9 Feb 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 95v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11867 |
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- … Bibliography Preyer, William. 1879. Charles Darwin. Eine biographische Skizze. Kosmos 4 ( …
To Ernst Haeckel 12 February 1879
Summary
Thanks for kind letter.
Has not yet read EH’s article in Kosmos ["Einstämmiger und vielstämmiger Ursprung", 4 (1878–9): 360–76].
Rudolf Virchow affair lamentable. Virchow’s conduct inexplicable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/46 [A 9900]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11872 |
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- … Bibliography Haeckel, Ernst. 1879c. Einstämmiger und vielstämmiger Ursprung. Kosmos 4: …
From W. S. Dallas 14 November 1879
Summary
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 131–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12319 |
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- … Bibliography Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]
Summary
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11815 |
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- … Bibliography Pfeffer, Wilhelm. 1875. Die periodische Bewegungen der Blattorgane . Leipzig: …
To T. H. Huxley 18 January 1879
Summary
Has read Hume with great pleasure, but found parts very stiff reading.
George Darwin has visited Anthony Rich.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 333) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11834 |
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- … Bibliography Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1879. Hume. London: Macmillan and Co. …
To Wilhelm Pfeffer 23 March 1879
Summary
Seeks clarification of statements on sleep movements on p. 29 of WFPP’s work [Die periodischen Bewegungen der Blattorgane (1875)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp (Wilhelm) Pfeffer |
| Date: | 23 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | Tenri Central Library, Tenri University, Nara |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11948 |
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- … Bibliography Pfeffer, Wilhelm. 1875. Die periodische Bewegungen der Blattorgane . Leipzig: …
From Hugo de Vries 10 September 1879
Summary
Movement of tentacles of Drosera.
| Author: | Hugo de Vries |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12223 |
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- … Bibliography Vries, Hugo de. 1880. Ueber die Kontraktion der Wurzeln. Landwirtschaftliche …
To T. L. Brunton 25 April 1879
Summary
Asks for information about influence of Dr Erasmus Darwin on English medicine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12013 |
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- … Bibliography Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life. 2 vols. …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (211) |
| Krause, Ernst | (20) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (17) |
| Darwin, Francis | (10) |
| Darwin, Reginald | (9) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (230) |
| Krause, Ernst | (23) |
| Darwin, Francis | (12) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (12) |
| Darwin, Reginald | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (441) |
| Krause, Ernst | (43) |
| Darwin, Francis | (22) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (20) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (18) |
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s cumulative bibliography. Where appropriate, …
- … 2009). ‘F’ numbers refer to R. B. Freeman’s standard bibliography of Darwin’s works. …
- … Cornell University Press. (See also Herbert’s exhaustive bibliography.) Rhodes, Frank H. T. …
Full notes on editorial policy
Summary
The first and chief objective of this edition is to provide complete and authoritative texts of Darwin’s correspondence. For every letter to or from Darwin, the text that is available to the editors is always given in full. The editors have occasionally…
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- … of manuscripts: the record of variants ’, Studies in Bibliography 29 (1976): 212–64. This …
- … ‘ The editing of historical documents ’, Studies in Bibliography 31 (1978): 1–56. The editors …
- … all books and papers referred to are given in the online Bibliography . References to archival …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … D. Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 8. last Bibliography Bartholomew, Michael …
4.24 'Daily Graphic', Nast satire
Summary
< Back to Introduction In 1874 the Harvard philosopher John Fiske published his magnum opus, Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, in which he set out to explain the far-reaching significance of Darwin’s and Herbert Spencer’s evolutionary theories. He…
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- … engraving from a drawing by Nast references and bibliography The Daily Graphic 5: …
4.16 Joseph Simms, physiognomy
Summary
< Back to Introduction In September 1874, the American doctor Joseph Simms, then on a three-year lecture tour of Britain, sent Darwin a copy of his book, Nature’s Revelations of Character; Or, Physiognomy Illustrated. He was seeking a public…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography James Paget, ‘Physiognomy of …
4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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- … typographic text references and bibliography Warren R. Dawson, The Huxley …
4.37 'Mosquito' satire
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< Back to Introduction The Buenos Aires satirical journal Mosquito published this cartoon in May 1882, shortly after Darwin’s death, with the title ‘El Homenage a Darwin en el Teatro Nacional’ (The tribute to Darwin in the National Theatre). A…
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- … medium and material lithograph references and bibliography Mosquito , year XIX, no. …
4.49 Alfred Bryan, caricature
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< Back to Introduction Among the portrayals of Darwin reproduced in Bridgeman Images is a caricature titled Natural History Repeating Itself, from an unnamed private collection. It is initialled by ‘A.B.’, i.e. Alfred Bryan, who worked as an…
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- … from a pen and ink drawing references and bibliography Interview with Bryan in ‘How …
4.36 Sem, Chistmas card
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< Back to Introduction An unattributed watercolour drawing of Darwin shows him dapperly dressed in a tail coat, but walking on all fours like an animal, his lean figure bent over in an arch and filling the space. It is inscribed ‘With Compliments of…
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- … drawing in mount references and bibliography …
- … , accessed March 2020. See also the bibliography for Sem’s caricature of Darwin in Queen Alexandra …
4.39 'Moonshine' magazine cartoon
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< Back to Introduction Moonshine, the self-styled ‘Best Topical Comic Paper’ published in London, featured Darwin in its series of ‘Days with Celebrities’ in 1881. The idea of the series was to picture the private lives of famous contemporaries.…
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- … and material wood engraving references and bibliography ‘Days with Celebrities (19) Mr …
4.32 Anis liqueur label
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< Back to Introduction Many late-nineteenth-century cartoons played on the popular association of Darwin with theories about humans’ simian ancestry: theories that challenged traditional religious beliefs. However, it is surprising to find an…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Juan Antonio Delgado and …
- … Science and Education 20 (2011), pp. 141-157, with a full bibliography of earlier relevant …
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … watercolour and ink on paper references and bibliography Henrietta Litchfield’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. Bibliography Abernethy, John. 1819a. …
- … Johnson. Desmond, Adrian, and Sarah Parker. 2006. The bibliography of Robert Edmond Grant …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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- … prints and Woodburytypes etc. references and bibliography letters from Darwin to A.B. …
4.47 'Puck' cartoon 4
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.59 'Simplicissimus' cartoon
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< Back to Introduction In 1909 the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus celebrated the centenary of Darwin’s birth with a whimsical cartoon by its resident artist Thomas Theodor Heine, titled ‘Zu Darwins hundertstem Geburtstag’ (‘On Darwin’s…
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- … material colour lithography references and bibliography Simplicissimus 46 (15 Feb. …
4.48 'Puck', cartoon 5
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< Back to Introduction Following on from Reason Against Unreason and The Sun of the Nineteenth Century, another cartoon in the American humorous magazine Puck depicted Darwin as the epitome of philosophical enlightenment. The Universal Church of the…
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- … and material chromolithography references and bibliography Puck 12:305 (10 Jan. …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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- … right, ‘Yves & Barret sc.’ references and bibliography La Lune Rousse , 2:89 (18 …
4.42 'Punch' Sambourne cartoon 3
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s last caricature of Darwin, ‘Man is But a Worm’, was published in Punch’s Almanac for 1882 on 6 December 1881, only four months before Darwin’s death. Like Sambourne’s ‘Punch’s Fancy Portraits. No. 54. Charles…
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- … from Sambourne’s drawing references and bibliography Punch’s Almanac for 1882 , …
3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … albumen photographic prints references and bibliography O.G. Rejlander, An Apology for …
