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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[before 2 Dec 1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 58373)
Summary:

Sends MS of section on voice as a means of expression [Expression, pp. 86–93]. CD is dissatisfied with it – wishes he could avoid the subject.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Buckley Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 2 Dec 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 89: 121–7
Summary:

Discussion of H. Spencer’s views on the origin of music.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
2 Dec [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 35
Summary:

Sends MS chapter on voice from Expression to HL for examination.

Agrees with R. B. Litchfield about Herbert Spencer’s views on speech and music.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1871
Source of text:
DAR 105: A39
Summary:

The rabbits arrived safely.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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