To A. R. Wallace 18 January [1871]
Summary
Sends ARW advance copy of vol. 1 [of Descent] for his review in Academy. Vol. 2 is delayed by index. "Do not swear at me more than you can help."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives (Autograph Letters: Stanley Withers Collection: 925.7 18 Jan 1872) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7446 |
To A. R. Wallace 30 January [1871]
Summary
Responds to ARW’s comments on CD’s argument about protection in Descent.
Comments on St G. Mivart’s criticism [Genesis of species (1871)]. "The pendulum will now swing against us."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7464 |
To A. R. Wallace 13 March [1871]
Summary
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7579A |
To A. R. Wallace 16 March 1871
Summary
Appreciative response to ARW’s "grand review" of Descent in the Academy [2 (1871–2): 177–82]. Comments in detail on ARW’s criticisms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7589 |
To A. R. Wallace 24 March [1871]
Summary
On the flourishing sales of their respective books. Mentions reviews of Descent in Pall Mall Gazette [21 Mar 1871] and in the Spectator [11 Mar 1871, pp. 288–9; 18 Mar 1871, pp. 319–20].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7616 |
To A. R. Wallace 9 July [1871]
Summary
Requests advice about Chauncey Wright’s article on Mivart’s Genesis of species [North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 64–103]. CD thinks of publishing it as a pamphlet to counter impact of Mivart’s criticism of natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 9 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7855 |
To A. R. Wallace 12 July [1871]
Summary
CD is allowing his family to decide whether Chauncey Wright’s paper on Mivart is dull.
Health and despondency.
Doubts his ability to answer Mivart successfully [in 6th ed. of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 12 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7858 |
To A. R. Wallace 1 August [1871]
Summary
On a "remarkable" letter from Fritz Müller [see 7820] about mimicry, protection, and sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 1 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7889 |
To A. R. Wallace 4 August [1871]
Summary
Sends enclosure for ARW to read.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1871] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/3/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7895 |
