To J. N. Hegt 27 April [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
April 27
Dear Sir
I write one line merely to thank you very much for your note & to say that I hope you will accept from me a copy of my Journal of Travels, which as you are so good a scholar might possibly in parts interest you.— I have told my publisher to send you a copy by Post.—2 It does not seem possible that the spurs of the two species of Pavo will ever differ in rate of development.3
With my best thanks | Pray believe me | Dear Sir | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
P.S. | If hereafter you shd perceive any difference in the development of the spurs, perhaps you will have the great kindness to inform me.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Journal of researches: Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, RN, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Summary
Arranges to send a copy of Journal of researches.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6714F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- J. Noordhoek Hegt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Stadsarchief, Amsterdam (395: 614)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6714F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6714F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
