From W. C. McIntosh 9 October 1881
Murthly. | N.B.
9 Oct 81.
My dear Sir,
I have just received your kind present of your new volume on the Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of worms—for which I send sincere thanks.1 I shall read it most carefully on my return from Univr work in Edinr., & shall write you about any points that occur to me. The subject is very interesting & suggestive, &—in your hand—will be exhaustively dealt with.
We raised £1450 in connection with the Extension-scheme (Perth Museum), & more will come in!. I shall send you a Catalogue of the Vertebrates2
With many thanks for your kind remembrance. | Yours very truly | W. McIntosh.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Finnegan, Diarmid A. 2009. Natural history societies and civic culture in Victorian Scotland. London: Pickering & Chatto.
Summary
Thanks for Earthworms.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13382
- From
- William Carmichael McIntosh
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Murthly
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 14
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13382,” accessed on 13 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13382.xml