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To W. B. Tegetmeier   3 November 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

November 3d 1881

My dear Sir

Many thanks for the Review, which is a good, clear one & amply sufficient, & for your extremely kind note.1 I can assure you that I often look back with pleasure to the old days when I attended to pigeons, fowls &c &c, & when you gave me such valuable assistance. I not rarely regret that I have had so little strength that I have not been able to keep up old acquaintances & friendships, or go to shows & other places of public amusement & instruction.—2

Believe me, My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

Tegetmeier had sent a copy of his review of Earthworms in the Field (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 November 1881 and n. 1).
See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 November 1881 and n. 2. CD had corresponded with a number of pigeon and poultry breeders and had attended their meetings and shows (see Correspondence vol. 6, J. A. Secord 1981, and J. A. Secord 1985).

Bibliography

Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.

Secord, James Andrew. 1981. Nature’s fancy: Charles Darwin and the breeding of pigeons. Isis 72: 162–86.

Secord, James Andrew. 1985a. Darwin and the breeders: a social history. In The Darwinian heritage, edited by David Kohn. Princeton: Princeton University Press in association with Nova Pacifica (Wellington, NZ).

Summary

Thanks for the review [of Earthworms].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13457
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13457,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13457.xml

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