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To William Waring   13 April 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Ap. 13. 1874

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged to you for your valuable note. Your information accords very nearly which what I have lately received from two other quarters; & it shews me that I had formed an erroneous opinion on this subject.1

With many thanks | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
See letter from William Waring, 13 April 1874 and n. 3. CD received extensive information on the proportion of males and females reared by dog breeders from George Cupples and some of his contacts (see letter from George Cupples, 21 February 1874). CD added this note to Descent 2d ed., p. 258: ‘Now from enquiries made from many breeders, it seems that the females are in some respects more esteemed … and it does not appear that the female puppies of the best-bred dogs are systematically destroyed more than the males’.

Bibliography

Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.

Summary

WW’s information accords with other accounts lately received. CD had formed an erroneous opinion on the subject.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9408
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Waring
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Kent History and Library Centre (CKS-U1906/Z/1)
Physical description
LS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9408,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9408.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22

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