To Leonard Darwin 11 July [1872]1
Down
July 11th.
My dear Leonard,
[…]
Please remember that I do not want more alterations than necessary. I believe everyone (I know that I do) falls into the error that any alteration seems at first an improvement Many times have I altered a sentence, and then gone back to the old form. Please make any corrections in pencil, or, if it be long in ink (if you like) on slips pinned to sheet But I hope that you will not find much to alter, as I took much pains over this chapter I am very much obliged to you for looking it over.
Yours affectn. | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
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.
Summary
CD wants no more alterations than are necessary [to proofs of Expression]. Warns LD that "any alteration seems at first an improvement".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8404
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 90
- Physical description
- C 1p inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8404,” accessed on 29 May 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8404.xml
