From E. A. Darwin 22 [March 1867]1
22
Dear Charles
Lady Bell2 having mentioned to me that Shaw had written a paper from Bells papers I asked her to get me a copy, & in consequence Mr Shaw has sent this little book I dont know whether it will be any use or not3
Yours affec | ED
Footnotes
Bibliography
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.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Shaw, Alexander. 1844. An account of Sir Charles Bell’s classification of the nervous system. London: Moyes and Barclay.
Summary
Is sending a copy of [John] Shaw’s book, which Lady Bell says is based on Charles Bell’s papers [possibly C. Bell, A treatise on diseases of the urethra, 3d ed. with notes by John Shaw (1822)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5342
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B56
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5342,” accessed on 2 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5342.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15
