From S. B. J. Skertchly 17 March 1878
Brandon | Suff.
Mar. 17. 1878.
My dear Sir—
I beg to thank you most deeply for your present of The Origin of Species, which came yesterday.1 I look upon it as the greatest honour that has fallen to me, and shall use your sympathy and congratulations as a panacea for all the harsh criticisms that may be in store for me.2
Sincerely trusting your health is better—
I am, My dear Sir | Yours very gratefully | Sydney B. J. Skertchly
C. Darwin, Esq. F.R.S.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah. 1879. On the manufacture of gun-flints, the methods of excavating for flint, the age of palæolithic man, and the connexion between Neolithic art and the gun-flint trade. London: H. M. Stationery office.
Summary
Thanks CD for his gift of the Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11429
- From
- Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Brandon
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 178
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11429,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11429.xml
