RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Erskine, letter to Frances Wedgwood. CUL-DAR188.15. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

See letter dated 1 November 1867, from Henry Napier Bruce Erskine to Frances Julia Wedgwood. CUL-DAR163.31 and CUL-DAR163.32.


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Erskine says [13] p.2. A native H. gentleman says shyness is recognizable

[Expression, pp. 331-2: "I neglected to inquire in my printed paper whether shyness can be detected in the different races of man; but a Hindoo gentleman assured Mr. Erskine that it is recognizable in his countrymen."]


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