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From Robert Swinhoe   16 October 1869

33 Oakley Square. SW.

16 October, 1869.

My dear Mr. Darwin,

I have returned from China to England.1 I took the route via Japan to San Francisco and across the American continent to New York & thence to Liverpool. I have a book of fine photographs of Japanese which somewhat illustrate expression. This I would much like you to see.2 If agreeable to you I will send the book to your house.

I trust that you are improved in health.

Your’s very truly, | Robert Swinhoe

1
Swinhoe was acting British consul at Amoy (Xiamen), China.
2
Swinhoe had earlier published CD’s queries on expression in Notes and Queries on China and Japan 1 (1867): 105 (see Correspondence vol. 15, letter to Robert Swinhoe, [27 February 1867], where the queries are reproduced, and letter from Robert Swinhoe, 5 August 1867).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6940,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6940