To James Paget 11 March [1863]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
March 11th
Dear Paget
I shd. be very glad to insert in my Chapt. on inheritance the following sentence, as it comes in well after some other facts.1 Do you object? And have I quoted the facts accurately?2 If I receive no answer I will assume that it is accurate, & that I have your permission.—
“Many persons, as I hear from Mr Paget, have two or three hairs in their eye-brows (apparently corresponding with the vibrissœ of the lower animals) much longer than the others; and even so trifling a peculiarity as this runs in families.”—
I wish I could hear of any case of inherited peculiarities in eye-lashes.—
Pray believe me | Dear Paget | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sends a sentence, quoting JP, on inherited peculiarities in eye-brows. Asks whether he may use it in his chapter on inheritance [Variation, ch. 12].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5436
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5436,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5436.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
