To J. S. Bowerbank [24 April 1850]1
Down Farnborough Kent
Wednesday
My dear Sir
By the circular received this morning, I see there is a Council of Pal. Soc. on Friday. I hope that you will bring my affairs before it.—2 After seeing you the other week I was with Forbes, & mentioned the foreign species to him; & he seemed to think very strongly that there wd be no objection to their introduction: there are eight of them.— You know that before seeing you I had talked with Mr Morris & Flower & they seemed to think their admission desirable; so I cannot but think that you might introduce the case boldly. I trust to your judgment: if you can I shd. greatly prefer introducing openly the species in the text in small type.— Forbes said he did not believe there wd be any objection, if permission was granted specially.— will you talk with him & act as you think best.— It really wd be a great blemish to my work, if they were not introduced, as I have often to allude to them.—3
I am delighted to hear about the Sponges: Have you had the bottle I sent last Thursday to you to Geolog. Soc: the sponge therein enclosed, strikes me as remarkable.—4
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Since last seeing you, I have heard from Charlesworth that Mr J Pearce has recovered his senses, & I have accordingly addressed him directly—but have not yet had any answer, regarding the Pollicipes concinus.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bowerbank, James Scott. 1864–82. A monograph of the British Spongiadae. 4 vols. London: Ray Society.
Summary
Requests permission to include foreign species in Fossil Cirrpedia (1851). Asks whether sponges arrived. Has not yet heard from Pearce about Pollicipes concinus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1382F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Scott Bowerbank
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Delaware Library (Mark Samuels Lasner Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1382F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1382F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)