RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dn. 52: C. Hinton San Francisco 15 June 1873. CUL-DAR53.2.57. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2025. 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. The volume CUL-DAR53.2 contains drafts, notes & clippings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions (1872) and notes to correct a further edition.


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C. Hinton San Francisco 15/6/73

p. 107 How [remainder not transcribed]

Cited in Expression 2d ed., p. 210n: "[Mr. C. Hinton, of San Francisco (letter, June 15, 1873), describes himself as alternately screaming for help and laughing when alone in a position of great danger on the cliffs near the Golden Gate.]"


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