To F. G. Stokes 16 July [1878]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 16th.
Dear Sir
Through reflexion & by reading what little has been written on subject, I do not doubt but that you will find interesting points to observe.—1 I can think of only one point, & the possibility of attending to this will depend on your possessing an accurate musical ear, namely the various intonations, which young children utter, before they can speak, & just after they have learned to do so.— Many of their sounds in different notes are highly expressive.
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses "highly expressive" speech of young children.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11610
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Griffin Stokes
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- JY 16 | 78
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.541)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11610,” accessed on 1 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11610.xml