From E. A. Darwin 15 August [1859 or later]1
Aug 15th
Dear Charles
I have fallen upon a book in London Lib which may possibly be in your way. The Psychology of Shakespeare by Dr Bucknell, Editor of the Journal of Mental Science.2 The book is much narrower than it sounds, as he is pleased to say in his Preface that in modern usage, Psychology is confined to the science of diseases &c of the mind, but as he is a mad doctor, I suppose he has got to use the word technically. I have not read very much as it does not seem really to enter the
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bucknill, John Charles. 1859. The psychology of Shakespeare. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts.
Summary
Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7301
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B68
- Physical description
- inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7301,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7301.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)
