From Thomas Rivers 31 January 1868
Bonks Hill, | Sawbridgeworth.
Janry. 31/68
My Dear Sir/
I thank you very, very much for the honour you have done me in sending me a copy of yr. new book “Animals & Plants Under Domestication”1 the subject to me is most fascinating & I shall go through the volumes with that calm pleasure which the recollection of the observations made in early life gives to old age for although in full vigour of mind & body I cannot for a moment forget that I have passed my 70th. birth day I also thank you for honouring my name by its frequent mention2
I am My Dear Sir | yrs. very truly | Thos. Rivers
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks CD for sending him Variation and for honouring his name by its frequent mention in the work.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5821
- From
- Thomas Rivers
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Sawbridgeworth
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 172
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5821,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5821.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16