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"The Descent of Man."
"The Genesis of Species," by St. G. Mivart. 1871.
In the Academy, March 15, 1871.
"Mr. Wallace says that the pairing of butterflies is probably determined by the fact that one male is stronger-winged or more pertinacious than the rest, rather than by the choice of the females. He quotes the case of caterpillars which are brightly coloured and yet sexless. Mr. Wallace also makes the good criticism that 'The Descent of Man' consists of two books mixed together."—"Life and Letters of Charles Darwin," iii. 137.
G. Crotch was a well-known coleopterist and official in the University Library at Cambridge.
Spectator, March 11 and 18, 1871. "With regard to the evolution of conscience the reviewer thinks that Mr. Darwin comes much nearer to the 'kernel of the psychological problem' than many of his predecessors. The second article contains a good discussion of the bearing of the book on the question of design, and concludes by finding in it a vindication of Theism more wonderful than that in Paley's 'Natural Theology.'"—"Life and Letters," iii. 138.
North American Review, Vol. 113, pp. 83, 84. Chauncey Wright points out that the words omitted are "essential to the point on which he [Mr. Mivart] cites Mr. Darwin's authority." It should be mentioned that the passage from which words are omitted is not given within inverted commas by Mr. Mivart.—See "Life and Letters of Charles Darwin," iii. 144.
July, 1871.
A review of Dr. Bree's book, "An Exposition of Fallacies in the Hypotheses of Mr. Darwin."—Nature, July 25, 1872.