To ? 25 February [1871]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. [6 Queen Anne Street, London]
Feb. 25th.
Dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your kindness in sending me two Reviews of my book on the Descent of Man.1 The second one seems to me a most fair, kind, & carefully abstracted article; & I feel under obligation to the author.
With my thanks, I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Thanks for two reviews of Descent. Second is "most fair, kind and carefully abstracted".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7513
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- London Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead
- Source of text
- The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. (Miscellaneous papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7513,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7513.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
