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
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