From W. W. Reade 18 February 1872
Summary
Compares Origin to Newton’s Principia and Adam Smith’s Wealth of nations.
His view of CD’s response to Mivart.
On mammae;
gradualism of evolution;
suicide among savages.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 74–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8218 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … John Murray. 1859. Scherzer, Karl von. 1861–3. Narrative of the circumnavigation of the globe by the Austrian frigate Novara (Commodore B. …
- … John Murray. Newton, Isaac. 1687. Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. London: Royal Society. Novara expedition. 1861–75. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. …
From W. W. Reade 5 November 1872
Summary
Observations on expression: women gnash teeth when sexually excited. W. Africans do not kiss.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8600 |
From William Winwood Reade 17 January 1869
Summary
Expressions of emotions in Gold Coast tribes.
Differences between males and females in sexual characteristics.
Castrated rams lose horns and manes.
Female members of tribes have no difficulty getting the husbands they want.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 83: 165–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6558 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … B. Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998. Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Descent : The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. …
From W. W. Reade 9 November 1870
Summary
Ideas of female beauty of W. African Negroes are on the whole the same as those of Europeans.
| Author: | William Winwood Reade |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: 109–112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7363 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … B. Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998. Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Descent : The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. …
