To Leonard Darwin 26 July [1872]1
[Down.]
July 26
[…]
I do not like the style in several places, but I cannot improve it without too great changes, even if I could do so by any change— I am sick of the subject, and myself, and the world—2
C. D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
CD cannot improve style [of Expression] without great changes. "I am sick of the subject, and myself, and the world".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8435
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 90
- Physical description
- C 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8435,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8435.xml
