From T. H. Huxley 1 June 1865
Museum of Practical Geology
June 1 | 1865
My dear Darwin
Your M.S reached me safely last evening—1
I could not refrain from glancing over it on the spot and I perceive I shall have to put on my sharpest spectacles & best considering cap—
I shall not write till I have thought well on the whole subject2
Ever Yours | T H Huxley
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
MS arrived. Has glanced at it and sees he must put on his sharpest spectacles and best considering cap.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4845
- From
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Museum of Practical Geology
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 308
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4845,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4845.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
