To Daniel McAlpine 10 May 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
May 10th 1881
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for the kind gift of your Zoolog. atlas. I have not knowledge enough to make any criticisms, but I shd. think that the work would be most useful to students. I see only one cause of fear that the clearness of the illustrations, might make some idle students neglect practical anatomy.—1 Would it not be well to urge this caution on their attention?—
I remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
McAlpine, Daniel. 1881. Zoological atlas (including comparative anatomy): with practical directions and explanatory text, for the use of students. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Johnston.
Summary
Thanks for DM’s [Zoological atlas (1881)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13154
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel McAlpine
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- State Library Victoria, Melbourne (MS 6273 Box 289(c) 5)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13154,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13154.xml