To Fanny Kellogg1 13 April 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington S.E.R.)
April 13th 1879
Dear Madam
I am obliged to you for so kindly communicating the curious case of an habitual gesture, like that which I have described as inherited. I may add that since I wrote, the action has been transmitted to another generation. Your case shall be sent to Mr Galton, who gave me the information.2
Dear Madam | Yours faithfully | & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Sends thanks for "communicating the curious case of a habitual gesture, like that which I have treated as inherited. I may add that since I write, the action has been transmitted to another generation. Your case shall be sent to Mr Galton, who gave me the information".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11992
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Fanny Kellogg
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Charles Hamilton (dealer) (28 May 1981); Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (28 April 2021, lot 49)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11992,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11992.xml