To George King 19 September 1876
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sep. 19. 76
My dear Sir,
I thank you for your kindness in thinking of me about the pigeons. I shall be glad to see them, & formerly they would have been worth their weight in gold to me, but I am not likely to work again on the subject. When I hear from Dr. Scully I will write to him & if he does not object present the specimens to the Brit. Museum, which very properly began some time ago to make a collection of domestic varieties.1
I have never yet found time to use the information which you kindly gave me about Earthworms, but I hope to do so in about a year’s time.2
With many thanks, | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Secord, James Andrew. 1981. Nature’s fancy: Charles Darwin and the breeding of pigeons. Isis 72: 162–86.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Would like to see the pigeons, though he is not likely to work on the subject again. When he hears from Dr Scully, he will present them to the British Museum.
Has not had time to use the information about earthworms yet, but hopes to use it in about a year’s time.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10610F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George King
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 112
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10610F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10610F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24