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From W. W. Reade 28 June [1869]
Summary
Horned rams of Guinea sheep.
CD’s queries about expression are too difficult for him to answer.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A32–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6260 |
From William Winwood Reade 17 January 1869
Summary
Expressions of emotions in Gold Coast tribes.
Differences between males and females in sexual characteristics.
Castrated rams lose horns and manes.
Female members of tribes have no difficulty getting the husbands they want.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 165–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6558 |
From W. W. Reade 26 December 1869
Summary
Has seen some natives who express surprise by clapping the hand to mouth.
Reports on a tribe that sells its ugliest slaves in order to maintain its uniformly fine appearance.
In America in 1867 Darwinism was a fait accompli. Asa Gray’s religious defence unnecessary after Theodore Parker and Emerson.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Dec 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7036 |
