To Friedrich Rolle1 30 January [1863]2
Down. Bromley. Kent. S.E.
Jan. 30th.
Dear Sir
You must excuse me writing briefly, as I am much engaged and far from well. I thank you sincerely for your sketch of the progress of opinion on the change of species in Germany, which has interested me much.3 If you have any communication with Dr. Jaeger, be so kind as to present my compliments to him and say how glad I am to hear that he is on my side.4
Pray also remember me kindly to Dr. Weinland.5 I have read and been much pleased with the later parts of your work which seem to me well done.— You have used excellently Dr. Rütimeyer’s admirable memoir6
With my best wishes for your success, I remain, dear Sir, yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Rolle, Friedrich. 1863. Chs. Darwin’s Lehre von der Entstehung der Arten im Pflanzen- und Thierreich in ihrer Anwendung auf die Schöpfungsgeschichte. Frankfurt: J. C. Hermann.
Rütimeyer, Ludwig. 1861. Die Fauna der Pfahlbauten in der Schweiz. Untersuchungen über die Geschichte der wilden und der Haus-Säugethiere von Mittel-Europa. Basel, Switzerland: Bahnmaier’s Buchhandlung (C. Detloff).
Summary
Thanks FR for sketch of progress of evolutionary theory in Germany.
Compliments to Gustav Jäger.
Comments on FR’s book [Ch. Darwin’s Lehre (1863)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3954
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Friedrich Rolle
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt (SNG-Archiv: Malakol.: Nachlass Rolle)
- Physical description
- C 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3954,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3954.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11