To George Cupples 25 February 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Feb 25. 75
My dear Sir
Last night it suddenly occurred to me that I had not sent you the last Edition of the Descent of Man published in November.1 How I could have forgotten & what made me think of it last night is beyond my comprehension.
I have written to Murray2 to send you a copy; not that I suppose that you will care much about it, but I do care very much that you should not think me ungracious & ungrateful. The case about the greyhounds almost broke down3
Yours very 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–.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Summary
"Last night it suddenly occurred to me that I had not sent you the last Edition of the Descent of Man published in November."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9874
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Cupples
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Max Rambod (dealer) (December 2001)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9874,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9874.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23