From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[14–21 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 59
Summary:
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
John Lubbock wants a copy of Origin (4th ed.) for Philip Norman.
Age at which babies first shed tears.
Prefers not to send her proof-slips of the present chapter [of Variation], which has been enormously altered, but will be glad to have her see slips and revises in future.
Describes expression of her baby when crying.
Miss Gourlay reports case of girl at the Lock Hospital who covered her face in shame.
The expression of shame in ancients, Milton, the Bible, and in poor girls under Miss Gourlay’s charge.