From Edward Cresy 30 May 1865
Metropolitan Board of Works | Spring Gardens
30 May ’65—
My dear Sir.
It is so long since I have had the pleasure of seeing or hearing of you that if you are well enough I propose to walk over & pay my respects next Monday, that being a leisure day here—.1
Should you not be able to see me I am sure Mrs or Miss Darwin2 will kindly drop me a line but I sincerely hope such may not be the case.
I was very much struck with the German naturalist⟨’s⟩ illustration of natural selection in the air breathing apparatus of crustacean⟨s⟩ in the Annals of Natural History I think that is a very strong case & the complexity of the argument to my mind gives great additional force—3
Yours very truly | E Cresy
C Darwin Esq.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Post Office London suburban directory: The Post Office London suburban directory. Kelly’s London suburban directory. London: Kelly & Co. 1860–1903.
Summary
Impressed by Fritz Müller’s argument for natural selection in air-breathing apparatus of crustaceans ["The Darwinian hypothesis supported by observations on Crustacea", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 15 (1865): 410–16].
Plans to visit CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4842
- From
- Edward Cresy, Jr
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Metropolitan Board of Works
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 243
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4842,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4842.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13