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From Edward Wilson   19 February 1868

Hayes, | Bromley, Kent,

19th. Feby 1868.

Dear Mr. Darwin

One of my correspondents in Australia writes me as follows in answer to the questions you propounded.1 I enclose you the extract from his letter to shew you that the matter has not been neglected.

I am dear Sir | yrs. faithfully | Edw Wilson

C. Darwin Esqre.

Footnotes

CD had sent Wilson a list of queries about the expression of the emotions; see Correspondence vol. 15, letter from Edward Wilson, 8 November 1867. For CD’s printed list of queries, drawn up in late 1867 or early 1868, see Correspondence vol. 16, Appendix V. The enclosure has not been found.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Summary

Encloses letter (not found) from Australian friend responding to CD’s queries on expression.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-5896
From
Edward Wilson
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Hayes, Kent
Source of text
DAR 181: 123
Physical description
LS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5896,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5896.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16

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