To Albert Günther [c. 2 March 1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
My dear Günther
The circular will explain the predicament I am in.2 Is there any one excepting Prof. Owen in the Museum in addition to Dr Gray whom you cd get to sign on general knowledge.3
I have been very remiss in not having thanked you before for yr very valuable letter, but I have been overwhelmed with things to do.4
The account of the Mallotus in the American Nat. seems to me trustworthy.5 You will find references about the Cyprinidæ in my Descent of Man Vol. 1 p. 309.6 in haste
Yours. very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Encloses a circular [9384?] to explain the predicament he is in. Asks whether AG can get anyone at the British Museum, other than Owen, to join J. E. Gray in signing.
Believes the account of the Mallotus in American Naturalist [5 (1871): 119] is trustworthy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9383
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9383,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9383.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22