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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871-1874]. Abstract of Wake, The mental characteristics of Primitive Man, exemplified by the Australian aborigines. CUL-DAR87.159. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).

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2d Edit of Descent of Man

W. Reade Martyrdom of Man on origin of Dreaming

Journal of Anthropolog. Institute. No I 1871 p. 76. Admiral Wilkes says Australian no laws but the universal repetition of their association has a strong tendency to the preserve strict observance of ancient customs.

Reade, Winwood. 1872. The martyrdom of man. London: Trübner & Co. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.532 PDF

Wake, Charles Staniland. 1871. The mental characteristics of primitive man, as exemplified by the Australian aborigines. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 1 no. 1: 74-84. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U354] PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., p. 117: "With respect to savages, Mr. Winwood Reade informs me that the negroes of West Africa often commit suicide."

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