From W. B. Tegetmeier 17 March 1879
The Field. | 346, Strand, | London, W.C.
March 17 1879.
My dear Sir
I have not troubled you with a letter for a long time and now I am afraid you may think that I only write because I want to ask a favour.— I am about reprinting Blyth’s useful monograph on the Cranes, which is in some demand, and our numbers containing it are out of print but to save myself from loss I want 100 subscribers at 5s/– per copy— I want the honour of your name on the list.1
I am reminded of you every morning, for as I breakfast a splendid remarque copy of Rajons etching looks down benignantly upon me.— I was so much impressed with it that I subscribed for 4 copies and I think I shall have no reason to blame my judgment.2 I was much pleased to hear of the Darwinian number of Kosmos3
Pray excuse this garrulous letter but my recollection of the time when it was my priviledge to help you, however slightly, is so pleasant that I cannot help babbling on4
Believe me | Very truly & sincerely yours | W B Tegetmeier
C Darwin Esq
CD note:5
Footnotes
Bibliography
[Blyth, Edward.] 1873. The cranes. Field 40: 631–2; 41: 7, 61.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Asks if CD would like to subscribe to a reprint of Edward Blyth’s Field articles on cranes.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11940
- From
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- The Field , London, Strand, 346
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 84
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11940,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11940.xml