To G. H. Darwin 27 May [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 27
My dear George
Mr D Spalding has been here to lunch & I have been delighted with him.2 He wants to know which periodical & date contained that article about Ernergy & Thought, or some such title, in which it was maintained that there was no loss of energy in thinking, & which you & I read.3
He is going to experimentise on the sense of direction in animals, & has been trying blindfolded children, & I think has arrived at the same results as you have. Will you let him use your results. If so send them to me & I will forward them. He found a difference in left handed children.4
yours affect | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Spalding, Douglas Alexander. 1873. Instinct. With original observations on young animals. Macmillan’s Magazine 27 (1872–3): 282–93.
Summary
D. A. Spalding has asked for information to help with his experiments on sense of direction in animals. Has arrived at same results as GHD with blindfolded children. Will GHD let him have his results?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9472
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 21
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9472,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9472.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
