To Ernst Krause 30 June 1877
The transcript of this letter is not yet available online.
Summary
CD interested in EK’s argument against belief that sense of colour has been recently acquired by man. Describes his observations of the difficulty his own children had in distinguishing, or naming, colours.
Adds that it appeared to him the gustatory sense of his children, when young, differed from that of grown-up persons.
Summary
CD interested in EK’s argument against belief that sense of colour has been recently acquired by man. Describes his observations of the difficulty his own children had in distinguishing, or naming, colours.
Adds that it appeared to him the gustatory sense of his children, when young, differed from that of grown-up persons.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11023
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Bassett Down letterhead
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36172–36216)
- Physical description
- 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11023,” accessed on 24 June 2017, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-11023
