From Charles Loring Brace 29 April 1867
Hastings on | Hudson | N.Y.
April 29—1867
Charles Darwin Esq
My dear Sir
Permit me to introduce to you as a correspondent my friend & neighbor Rob’t S. Rowley Esq, who first called my attention to that passage in Dr Well’s Essay on the Party-colored Female, to which you allude in the preface of your New Edition.1 Your acknowledgement should be to him— — I have written an article, defending the religious idea of your Hypothesis, which I hope to send you—2
Prof Agassiz has been attacking the theory this winter very earnestly, but in too ad captandum a style to raise his reputation with scientific men—3
I think you will find that Mr Rowley has some ingenious suggestions to offer—
Trusting that your health is much better, believe me dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. L. Brace
Footnotes
Bibliography
Agassiz, Louis. 1867. The geological formation of the valley of the Amazon. The river, its basin and tributories. The ancient glaciers in the tropics. The aquatic animals of the Amazon. The land animals of South America. The monkeys and native inhabitants. [Six lectures read at the Cooper Institute, New York, 5, 11, 12, 18, 20, and 26 February 1867.] New York Herald Tribune, 6 February 1867, p. 8, 12 February 1867, p. 5, 13 February 1867, p. 5, 19 February 1867, p. 8, 21 February 1867, p. 5, 27 February 1867, p. 8.
Lurie, Edward. 1960. Louis Agassiz: a life in science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Origin 4th ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 4th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1866.
Origin 5th ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 5th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869.
Wells, William Charles. 1818. Two essays: one upon single vision with two eyes; the other on dew. A letter to the Right Hon. Lloyd, Lord Kenyon and an account of a female of the white race of mankind, part of whose skin resembles that of a negro; with some observations on the causes of the differences in colour and form between the white and negro races of men. London: Archibald Constable and Co. [and others].
Summary
Letter of introduction to CD for CLB’s friend Robert S. Rowley.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5518
- From
- Charles Loring Brace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 272
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5518,” accessed on 20 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5518.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15