To Francis Galton 7 April 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Ap 7 1880
My dear Galton,
The enclosed letter and circular may perhaps interest you, as it relates to a queer subject.1 You will perhaps say hang his impudence. But seriously the letter might possibly be worth taking some day to the Anthropolog Inst for the chance of someone caring about it. I have written to Mr. Faulds telling him I could give no help, but had forwarded the letter to you on the chance of its interesting you.2
My dear Galton, | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. The more I think of your visualising enquiries, the more interesting they seem to me.3
Footnotes
Bibliography
Galton, Francis. 1880a. Statistics of mental imagery. Mind 5: 301–18.
Summary
Encloses letter [see 12488] and circular from Henry Faulds [regarding thumb impressions]. Anthropology Institute may care about it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12565
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/24)
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12565,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12565.xml