Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions bring Kew under his British Museum, Darwin commented that "I used to be ashamed of hating him so much, but now I will carefully cherish my hatred & contempt to the last days of my life". In October Hooker sent sun-dews and Venus fly-traps for Darwin's experiments, then was devastated when his bedridden mother died. In his hot-house Darwin experimented, giving such plants from around the world a variety of foods and poisons, and began writing "insectivorous Plants". "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" proved very popular, selling over 5,000 copies, but an exhausted Darwin became a
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals and a "geologizing expedition" – but actually spent some of his time re-exploring the old haunts of his undergraduate days. On the day of the coronation, 28 June 1838, Darwin was in Edinburgh. A few weeks later, he opened a private notebook with philosophical and psychological speculation – the "M Notebook" – and, over the next three months, filled it with his thoughts about possible interactions of hereditary factors with the mental and behavioural aspects of life.It should also be noted that Darwin made his first attempt at autobiography in August 1838. The critical importance of the "M Notebook" has