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From Francis Galton   12 November 1879

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Praises CD’s biography of Erasmus Darwin;

asks CD to answer some queries he is circulating. Is particularly interested in "visualizing faculty" in CD and Dr Darwin.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 105: A101–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12313

To Francis Galton   14 November [1879]

Summary

Returns completed questionnaire concerning visualising faculty [see LL 3: 177–9]. Thinks age important. Recalls faces of school friends but cannot remember those of people recently met.

Comments on his part [of Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  14 Nov [1879]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/28)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12317