To ? 2 August [1866]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 2d.
My dear Sir
Although you tell me not to write I must have the pleasure of thanking you for your never failing kindness in remembering what interests me.—2 I have not seen Bäers paper, but I read long extracts in one of Wagner’s papers after publishing my historical sketch.—3
The case of the hairy & toothless family (so like the Turkish dog) I knew of from Crawfurds Embassy & Yules Travels;4 but I had not heard of the case being brought before the B. Association.—5
I am now hard at work on the very obscure subject of the causes of Variability in domestic productions & hope to get to press in the winter or spring.—6
With my sincere thanks | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Baer, Karl Ernst von. 1859. Über Papuas und Alfuren. Ein Commentar zu den beiden ersten Abschnitten der Abhandlung ‘Crania Selecta ex Thesauris Anthropologicus Academiae Imperialis Petropolitanae.’ Mémoires de l’Académie impériale des sciences naturelles de Saint-Pétersbourg 6th ser. 8: 269–346.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Crawfurd, John. 1834. Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the court of Ava. With an appendix, containing a description of fossil remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: Henry Colburn.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
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.
Origin 4th ed.: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 4th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1866.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Yule, Henry. 1858. A narrative of the mission sent by the governor-general of India to the court of Ava in 1855, with notices of the country, government, and people. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
Summary
Has not seen K. E. von Baer’s paper ["Über Papuas und Alfuren", Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg (Sci. Nat.) 8 (1859): 269–346], but has read extract.
Knew of case of hairy and toothless family through John Crawfurd, Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India [2d ed. (1834)].
Working on causes of variability.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5170
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- Charles Robert Darwin
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- Down
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- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.318)
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- ALS 3pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5170,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5170.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14