To James Crichton-Browne 28 February [1873]1
Down,
Feb. 28
My dear Sir
When I last heard from you your health was in an unsatisfactory state, and I should be very glad to hear that you are now better.2 I hope that you received a copy of my Book on Expression, which was despatched to you on publication.3 I know that you are so deeply engaged that it is quite likely that you have not found time to read it. If you have, I hope that you will think that I have properly acknowledged the invaluable assistance which I received from you.4 I intended to do so, and nothing would mortify me more than to know that I had failed. With my renewed thanks for your great kindness, I remain
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | 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–.
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Pearn, Alison M. 2010. ‘This excellent observer …’: the correspondence between Charles Darwin and James Crichton-Browne, 1869–75. History of Psychiatry 21: 160–75.
Summary
Hopes JC-B thinks that CD has properly acknowledged his debt in Expression.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8792
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Crichton-Browne
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 342
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8792,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8792.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
