To James Shaw 24 November [1866]1
24 November
[Saying he has seen the Athenæum & admires his article on beauty.]2
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to Shaw’s article (see n. 2, below).
The reference is to an article, ‘Feeling of beauty among the animals’, that appeared in the 24 November 1866 issue of the Athenæum (Shaw 1866b). CD cited the article in Descent 2: 71. For CD and Shaw’s earlier discussions on the subject of beauty in relation to natural selection, see the letters to James Shaw, 11 February [1866] and [23 or 30 April 1866], and the letters from James Shaw, [6–10 February 1866], 14 February 1866, 19 April 1866, and 7 November 1866; see also Correspondence vol. 13.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Has seen the Athenæum and admires his article on beauty ["Feeling of beauty among animals", Athenæum (24 Nov. 1866): 681].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5284A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Shaw
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (1986)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5284A,” accessed on 29 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5284A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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