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Darwin Correspondence Project

To [W. W. Bailey]1   10 October 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Oct 10 77

Dear Sir,

I write merely a line to thank you for your kind note with various pieces of information, which will be useful should I ever bring out a corrected Edit of my book.2

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The correspondent is suggested from the likely relationship between this letter and the letters from W. W. Bailey, 28 September 1877 and [November 1877] (Correspondence vol. 25).
See Correspondence vol. 25, letter from W. W. Bailey, 28 September 1877. Bailey had been inspired to write by his reading of Forms of flowers and Cross and self fertilisation.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.

Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.

Summary

Thanks for information, which will be useful if CD ever brings out a corrected edition of his book [Forms of flowers].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11176F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Whitman Bailey
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Steven S. Raab (dealer) (May 2017)
Physical description
LS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11176F,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11176F.xml

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