To John Murray 23 April [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Ap. 23d
My dear Mr Murray
I am sorry to trouble you with so many notes.—2 You once lent me, as I believe, the first Edit. 1806 of Sir C. Bell’s Anat. of Expression.3 I want very much to see it again for a few days. Would you venture to send it me, either by Post, (if not too large which I forget) or addressed C. Darwin Esqre
Orpington Stn
Kent
☜ Per S.E. Railway
If you fear to send it I must wait till next in London.—
Please tell me how soon you shd. wish for cheap. Edit. of Origin, so that I may arrange my plans & time.4
Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bell, Charles. 1806. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme.
Bell, Charles. 1844. The anatomy and philosophy of expression as connected with the fine arts. Preface by George Bell, and an appendix on the nervous system by Alexander Shaw. 3d edition, enlarged. London: John Murray.
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.
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.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Asks JM to lend him his copy of 1st edition (1806) of Charles Bell’s Anatomy of expression.
JM should tell him when he wants new cheap edition of Origin, so he can arrange his plans and time.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7709
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 240–1)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7709,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7709.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19