To Patrick Geddes 9 December 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Decr 9 1881
Dear Sir
You were so kind as to send me a few days ago your article in the Encyclop. Brit.— I have now looked through it, & it seems to me wonderfully well done, & you have managed to give in the space a surprising amount of information.1
Permit me to add that I read with admiration your researches on the presence of chlorophyll in the animal kingdom.—2
I remain | Dear Sir, Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
EB 9th ed.: The Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. 9th edition. 24 vols. and index. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black. 1875–89.
Geddes, Patrick. 1879. Observations on the physiology and histology of Convoluta Schultzii. [Read 27 March 1879.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 28 (1878–9): 449–57.
Summary
PG’s article in Encyclopaedia Britannica wonderfully well done ["Insectivorous plants", 9th ed., 13: 134–40].
Admires PG’s researches on chlorophyll in animal kingdom ["Observations on the physiology and histology of Convoluta Schultzii", Proc. Roy. Soc. Lon. 28 (1878–9): 449–57].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13542
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Patrick Geddes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (MS.10521)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13542,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13542.xml
