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To A. R. Wallace   26 February [1867]

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ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.

CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.

Sexual selection and the races of man.

Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].

Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:  26 Feb [1867]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5420

From Trübner & Co   26 February 1867

Summary

Vladimir Kovalevsky wishes to translate Variation into Russian. He offers £1 per advance sheet.

Author:  Trübner & Co.
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Feb 1867
Classmark:  DAR 169: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5421