To W. B. Tegetmeier 23 April [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Ap. 23
My dear Sir
I have seen the Field & like your review very much & am gratified at the way in which you speak of my book.2 It seems to me that you have made an excellent selection of extracts.
I shall be curious some time to hear your remarks on the coloured pigeons, & likewise to receive the results about the proportion of the sexes.3 This latter subject has become very important for me. I hope you will enjoy your expedition to Paris, & I suppose you will not remain there long.4
Please to observe that I have left London.5
Believe me, my dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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
Likes WBT’s review [of Variation] in the Field [31 (1868): 309, 350].
Awaits remarks on coloured pigeons and proportion of sexes.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6141
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6141,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6141.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
