To J. A. H. de Bosquet 19 January [1854]
Down, Farnborough, Kent.
Jan. 19th
My dear Sir
I am sincerely sorry to have given you so much trouble in vain: it was folly in me to doubt for one minute any identification made by one so thoroughly master of the subject, as yourself. There can be no doubt that fig. 6 is a fixed tergum:1 but what quite misled me was, that this valve has one of its arms or projections quite broken off; and as this broken off arm if whole would have been very visible in the position in which it is figured, I thought it could not be a fixed Tergum. But now I understand all about it, and am very sorry for the trouble I have caused: I hope the specimen will get back safe.
I shall be delighted to receive your work when complete.2 I have now finished your MS. and I really cannot too strongly express how excellent your descriptions and Plates appear to me. It is extremely gratifying to me to see how carefully you have studied my work;3 it rewards all the pains, which I have bestowed on the subject.
With every feeling of respect and thankfulness for all your many kindnesses. I remain, in Haste, Dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bosquet, Joseph Augustin Hubert de. 1854. Monographie des Crustaces fossiles du terrain Crétacé du Duché de Limbourg. Haarlem.
Fossil Cirripedia (1851): A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, pedunculated cirripedes of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1851.
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Summary
Further comments on JAHdeB’s MS.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1548
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Augustin Hubert de Bosquet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 130
- Physical description
- C 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1548,” accessed on 13 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1548.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5