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From Arthur Nicols 7 March 1871
Summary
Referring to CD’s passage on monkeys’ acquiring taste for tea, coffee, and tobacco, AN tells of three monkeys he kept in Australia that developed strong taste for rum and smoking tobacco without being taught in any way [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 7 n.].
| Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7553 |
From Arthur Nicols 11 March 1871
Summary
His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.
His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.
| Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7570 |
From Arthur Nicols 15 April 1871
Summary
Objects to the negative reviews of Descent, notably in the Athenæum and the Times.
The exceptions are the Academy, Nature, and his own, in the Field [37 (1871): 210].
| Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7687 |
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| Nicols, Arthur | (3) |
