From W. E. Darwin 16 October 1875
Bank, Southampton,
Oct 16 1875
Dear Father,
I have sent off the Orchis Bk. to Gentry.1 I send some of the penholders we find so nice.2 You should have Morley’s article on Diderot & the Encyclopædia in Septr. Fortnightly read aloud it is very interesting.3
When you get some more copies of the new edition of the “Descent” will you put one on one side for me.4
Your affect son | W. E. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Gentry, Thomas George. 1875. The fertilization of certain flowers through insect agency. American Naturalist 9: 263–7.
[Morley, John.] 1875. Diderot. Fortnightly Review 18 (1875): 353–98.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Voyage: Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. Edited by Nora Barlow. London: Pilot Press. 1945.
Summary
Sent a copy of Orchis book to Gentry. Mentions Morley’s article on Diderot. Asks for another copy of the new edition of Descent.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10201G
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Bank, Southampton
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 55)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10201G,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10201G.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23