To G. J. Romanes 7 August [1881]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Augt 7th
My dear Romanes
I received yesterday the enclosed notice, & I send it to you as I have thought that if you notice Dr. Roux’s book in Nature or elswhere this review might possibly be of use to you.—2 As far as I can judge the book ought to be brought before English naturalists.—
You will have heard from Collier, that he has finished my picture.3 All my family who have seen it, think it the best likeness which has taken of me, & as far as I can judge this seems true.
Collier was the most considerate, kind & pleasant painter, a sitter could desire.—
My dear Romanes | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Roux, Wilhelm. 1881. Der Kampf der Theile im Organismus. Ein Beitrag zur Vervollständigung der mechanischen Zweckmässigkeitslehre. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Summary
Encloses notice about Wilhelm Roux’s book [see 13118].
Comments on John Collier’s portrait.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13279
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.596)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13279,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13279.xml
