To J. T. Smith 4 January 1860
Down Bromley Kent
Jan 4th.— 60
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your kind note.—1 I remember well reading some years ago I think in Geolog. Trans. your memoir, & admiring the care which you had bestowed on the subject, & the anomalous nature of the Ventriculidæ.—2 I shd be much obliged if you would take the trouble to point out the considerations referred to, & if you have a copy to spare I shd be grateful for it.— I am, however, just at present so much engaged, that it is not likely that I shall be able immediately to study your memoir again, but my own interest will prevent me forgetting the subject—
With my best thanks I remain dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Smith, Joshua Toulmin. 1848. Ventriculidæ of the Chalk: their microscopic structure, affinities and classification; including figures and descriptions of every species. London: Richard and John E. Taylor.
Summary
Remembers reading Smith’s memoir in Geological Transactions on the anomalous nature of Ventriuculidae. Asks for a copy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2637F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joshua Toulmin Smith
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Indiana University, The Lilly Library (Sieveking MSS)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2637F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2637F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)