To Raphael Meldola 14 September 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sep 14. 1877
Dear Sir,
I have some doubts whether Fritz Müller would like extracts from his letters being published after so long an interval,—that is if the letter relates to the origin of mimicry; for he published about a year ago an excellent paper on this subject. I believe it was in the Jenaische Zeitschrift, but the paper is out of its proper place in my library & I cannot find it.1 If you thought it worth while to send me your copy I could then judge about the publication of extracts.
I fear it is not likely that I shall have anything to communicate to the Entomological Soc.2 I quite agree with you that it is a great pity that our Entomologists should confine themselves to describing species
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Is doubtful about the publication of Fritz Müller’s letter after so long an interval.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11140
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11140,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11140.xml