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DCP-LETT-5308
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Inquires whether readers of books and periodicals may not reasonably ask that they be delivered from publishers "ready cut". [See also Athenæum 22 Dec 1866, p. 848, for a letter in reply.]
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | Athenæum 1866.12.15: 803 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5308 |
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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … Ashley-Cooper, Anthony (1) Athenæum (11) …
- … Linnean Society (1) Unidentified (204) …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … on 23 February , ‘did you look at the Review in the Athenæum, showing profound contempt of me. I …
- … that had been discovered in a thornbush in Cumberland. An unidentified correspondent offered facts …
