To George Busk 13 September [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sept. 13th
My dear Busk
I thank you heartily for your letter, which together with your Catalogue gives me, I think, all the information which I require.2 In a few days or a week I shall write the little which I require to say, & I will then perhaps ask you another question, for I suspect that in one place in your note you have writtnen word vibracula, for avicularia.—3 As I what I shall say will hardly be more than a page, if I require it, I daresay you will allow me to send the M.S. to you, as I shall be then certain not to misrepresent you.—4
with cordial thanks | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Busk, George. 1852–4. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. 2 vols. London: printed by order of the Trustees.
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
CD plans to use notes provided by GB. [See Origin, 6th ed., p. 193.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7937
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Busk
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7937,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7937.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
