To D. H. Tuke 22 December 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Dec 22 1872
Dear Sir
I have now finished yr book & have read it with great interest.1
Many of yr cases are very striking. As I felt sure wd be the case, I have learnt much from it; & I should have modified several passages in my book on expression, if I had had the advantage of reading yr work before my publication. I always felt, & said so a year ago to Professor Donders, that I had not sufficient knowledge of physiology to treat my subject in a proper way.2
With my thanks for the interest which I have felt in reading your work I remain | dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression 2d ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1890.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Tuke, Daniel Hack. 1872. Illustrations of the influence of the mind upon the body in health and disease, designed to elucidate the action of the imagination. London: J. & A. Churchill.
Summary
Comments on DHT’s Influence of the mind upon the body [1872].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8691
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Hack Tuke
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Boston College Libraries, John J. Burns Library (Authors Collection (MS 1986–087) Box 4, Folder 32)
- Physical description
- LS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8691,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8691.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20