Letter from Charles Darwin to [H. W. Bates] 6022

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

1868-00-18
[1868]-03-18
2014-12-08

Darwin requests information on the standard of beauty of 'savages', and on whether the female has any influence in selecting a male. Transcription: "4 Charter Place March 16 c1864 B. Park. N.W My dear Bates It has occurred to me that you must occasionally come to accept [] or Dealers who have lay lived intimately with savages: in this case, if you can, oblige me by leading [] to the notion of savages about the beauty of women, + secondly + more especially how far the women have any indirect influence in getting men, whom they prefer or admire to court them or [] them from their parents. Your will at once see my object.- I have many facts but am greedy for more.- I most thoroughly enjoyed my morning's talk with you.- This [] requires no answer Most sincerely yours C. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Correspondence
Naturalists -- Correspondence
Bates, Henry Walter, 1825-1892

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