To T. H. Huxley 12 November [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov 12th
My dear Huxley
Many thanks for your Biology which I have read.— It was a real stroke of genius to think of such a plan.— Lord how I wish that I had gone through such a course.2
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Desmond, Adrian. 1994–7. Huxley. 2 vols. London: Michael Joseph.
Summary
Thanks for Elementary biology [1875]. Wishes he had had a course like it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10256
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 324)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10256,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10256.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23