From J. D. Dana 23 May 1872
New Haven
May 23, 1872.
I have addressed to you a copy of my book on Corals and Coral Islands, and have commissioned my son, Edward S. Dana, to present himself along with it, and also to assure you of my unfailing esteem, and my admiration for your labors in behalf of Science.1 My son, having graduated at our University,2 goes to Europe to continue his studies in Science next autumn in Germany. In the meantime he looks forward to excursions during the summer in the Alps, as one means of benefiting his health, now somewhat impaired.
I was sorry that your sons did not visit New Haven when on this continent, and give me a chance to show my appreciation of their father.3
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
Dana, James Dwight. 1872. Corals and coral islands. New York: Dodd & Mead.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Summary
JDD is sending a copy of his book, Corals and coral islands [1872], with his compliments.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8349
- From
- James Dwight Dana
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- New Haven
- Source of text
- Gilman 1899, p. 315
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8349,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8349.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
