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Despite Darwin and Murray’s efforts, some reviewers felt uncomfortable even simply citing Descent’s title. Mis-quoting of the book’s full title was common.

‘Mr. Darwin’s New Work’, The Bradford Observer (24th February, 1871)

A review of Descent published in the Bradford Observer which adopted the common strategy of substituting the word ‘sex’ for the more palatable ‘sexes’ in the title of Descent.

‘Darwin on “The Descent of Man”’, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine (July, 1871)

A review of Descent in the popular American journal Harper’s New Monthly, which misquoted the title of the book in the same way as the Bradford Observer.

The Descent of Man’, The Galaxy (March, 1871)

A review from the American monthly journal The Galaxy went one step further, replacing the word ‘sex’ with ‘sea’.