To Francis Galton 11 February [1877]1
Down.
Feb. 11th
My dear G.
The enclosed is worth your looking at. It was sent me from N. Zealand, as the writer thought we shd. not in England see Ticknor’s life.!—2 I shd. think T. was to be trusted, & if so case very curious. It makes me believe statement about inherited hand-writing.—3 I shall never work on inheritance again, so extract need not be returned.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
I do hope Mrs Galton4 is pretty well again.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Ticknor, George. 1876. Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor. Edited by George Stillman Hillard. 2 vols. Boston: Osgood. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sends enclosure regarding inherited handwriting from Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor [ed. G. S. Hillard (1876)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10839
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Galton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/24)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10839,” accessed on 10 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10839.xml
