From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Collier
Date:
16 Feb 1882
Source of text:
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 6513)
Summary:
Thanks JC for the gift of his book [A primer of art (1882)]. Wishes JC could explain why certain lines and figures give pleasure.
Comments on Huxley’s essays on Priestley and [animal] automatism [Science and culture and other essays (1881)].
JC’s portrait [of CD] is much admired.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project