To H. H. Higgins 18 August [1880]1
Cambridge
August 18th
Dear Sir
On my return home, I shall no doubt find your essay on Nassa, & which from what you say I have no doubt that I shall find very interesting.2
With respect to Cirripedes I gave to the late or present Mr Sowerby a large collection of Duplicates, as after making the British Museum collection as perfect as I could, I had no further use for the Duplicates, & it is probable that these may have been transferred to Mr. Taylor’s collection. If this is the case I shall be heartily glad that they have got into such good hands.—3
I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Living Cirripedia (1851): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1851.
Living Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidæ (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. By Charles Darwin. London: Ray Society. 1854.
Marrat, Frederick Price. 1880. On the varieties of the shells belonging to the genus Nassa, Lam. Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 34: Appendix (1–95).
Summary
Thanks HHH for essay.
Describes disposition of cirripede specimens.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12691
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Hugh Higgins
- Sent from
- Cambridge
- Source of text
- Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service (HG12/8/3)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12691,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12691.xml