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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Arthur Hall   6 December 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Dec. 6th 1881

Dear Sir

I am obliged for your note. The case of the Roman Roads wd. have been well worth investigating, if I had known about them, when working on the subject.1

I remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

See letter from Arthur Hall, 5 December 1881. Earthworms was published on 10 October 1881 (Freeman 1977). CD had incorporated some new observations sent by readers of the book in the printing of the fifth thousand, which had recently gone to press (see letter to J. V. Carus, 26 November 1881).

Bibliography

Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.

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.

Summary

Case of Roman roads would have been worth investigating for Earthworms. [See 13531.]

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13533A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Arthur Hall
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 249: 82
Physical description
ALS 1p photocopy

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13533A,” accessed on 25 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13533A.xml

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