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To E. K. Blyth   26 February [1879]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb 26th

Dear Sir

My son’s paper is in the Journal of Statistical Socy. June 1875 p 153.— He published shortly afterwards in (I am almost sure) the Contemporary R, (though possibly it was the Fortnightly R.) a popular account & more intelligible of his conclusions.— He is abroad so I cannot ask him2

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the sales catalogue’s statement that the envelope was postmarked 1879, and by George Howard Darwin’s being abroad (see n. 2, below). The recipient is established by the address on the envelope.
George’s paper ‘Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects’ was published in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London; a shorter version appeared in the Fortnightly Review (G. H. Darwin 1875a and 1875b). George was in Algeria (letter from G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879).

Bibliography

Darwin, George Howard. 1875a. Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects. [Read 16 March 1875.] Journal of the Statistical Society of London 38: 153–84.

Darwin, George Howard. 1875b. Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects. Fortnightly Review 18: 22–41.

Summary

Details of publications by G. H. Darwin.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11905F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Edmund Kell Blyth
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Maggs Brothers (dealers) (catalogue 1432, 2009)
Physical description
ALS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11905F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11905F.xml

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