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Darwin Correspondence Project

From James Croll   22 October 1881

43 Claremont Road, | Alexandra Park, | Manchester,

Oct. 22. 1881.

My dear Sir,

I have just received the copy of your most interesting volume which you have so kindly sent me.1 The subject is new and important

Please to accept my best thanks for the gift. You will be glad to learn that I am much improved in health of late. Sleep has completely returned. I am at present on my way to winter in some warm and sheltered place in the South of England, where I can live cheaply2

I am | Yours sincerely— | James Croll

Charles Darwin | LLD., FRS. &c—

Footnotes

Croll’s name is on CD’s presentation list for Earthworms (see Appendix IV).
For more on Croll’s health, see the letter from Archibald Geikie, 22 June 1881 and n. 1.

Bibliography

Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.

Summary

Thanks for presentation copy of Earthworms.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13421
From
James Croll
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Manchester
Source of text
DAR 161: 267
Physical description
ALS 3pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13421,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13421.xml

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