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From Gilbert William Child 26 January [1870]
Summary
Sends 2d ed. of his Essays on physiological subjects (1869).
| Author: | Gilbert William Child |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6579 |
From G. W. Child 16 February [1870]
Summary
Criticises chapter on good effect of crossing in Variation: (1) does not accept that inbreeding alone results in degeneracy; (2) good effects of crossing exaggerated; (3) denies deleterious effects of close marriage in humans.
| Author: | Gilbert William Child |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6617 |
