From F. M. Balfour 10 July 1881
Chamonix
July 10. 1881
My dear Mr. Darwin
It is extremely kind of you to suggest sending your spare copy of my book to Fritz Müller & I enclose a slip of paper with ‘From the author’ written on it; though I feel that under the circumstances the book ought to be rather regarded as your gift than as mine.
In any case there is nobody to whom it would please me more to have the copy sent than to Fritz Müller.1
I thank you most heartily for your kind congratulations on the completion of the work, & I only trust that it may prove worthy of the praise you have bestowed on it.
Yours very sincerely | F. M. Balfour
Footnotes
Bibliography
Balfour, Francis Maitland. 1880–1. A treatise on comparative embryology. 2 vols. London: Macmillan & Co.
Summary
Thanks for suggesting that a spare copy of his book [Treatise on comparative embryology (1880–1)] be sent to Fritz Müller.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13240
- From
- Francis Maitland Balfour
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Chamonix
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 30
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13240,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13240.xml