To Fritz Müller 22 October 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.) [66 Hills Road, Cambridge.]
Oct 22d. 1881
My dear Sir
I must write a few words to thank you for the seeds & for your letter of Sept 6th..1 The case of the Crotalaria is most remarkable in many ways, & I am extremely glad that you have sent an account of this plant to Kosmos.2 I am writing this note in Cambridge, where I have come to stay with one of my sons & get a little rest, of which I stood in much need.3 I saw F. Balfour last night. I am now reading his Comparative Embryology, which seems to me a wonderful book. I hope that you received the copy which he sent you through me.4 I read lately your most interesting paper on Atyoidea in Kosmos.5
With all good wishes & thanks | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
I sent you a copy the other day of my little book on Earth-worms,—a subject of no importance but which has long interested me.—6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Balfour, Francis Maitland. 1880–1. A treatise on comparative embryology. 2 vols. London: Macmillan & Co.
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Müller, Fritz. 1881d. Atyoida Potimirim, eine schlammfressende Süsswassergarneele. Kosmos 9: 117–24.
Müller, Fritz. 1881f. Eine Pflanze, welche bei Nacht die Himmelsgegenden anzeigt. Kosmos 10: 212–14.
Summary
Is in Cambridge with his son, resting
and reading F. M. Balfour’s Comparative embryology [1880–1].
Sent FM a copy of Earthworms.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13419
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
- Sent from
- Cambridge Down letterhead
- Source of text
- The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 55)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13419,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13419.xml