[Williams & Norgate] 16 June [1880]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
June 16
Dear Sir
Be so good as to endeavour to get a book or pamphlet (I know not which) by W. Hofmeister, which I see referred to under following title
“Die bis jetz bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer; Braunschweig 1845.”2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
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.
Hoffmeister, Werner. 1845. Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer. Als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie. Brunswick: Friedrich Vieweg and Son.
Summary
Ordering a copy of a book for his research on vegetable mould [presumably Werner Hoffmeister 1845 (Die bis jetzt bekannten Arten aus der Familie der Regenwürmer: als Grundlage zu einer Monographie dieser Familie.].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12619F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Williams & Norgate
- Sent from
- Down?
- Source of text
- The British Library (Surrogate RP 9897)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p photocopy
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12619F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12619F.xml