To Carl Vogt 7 August [1867]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Aug 7.
Dear Sir
I thank you very sincerely for your kind present of your Mémoire sur les Microcéphales, which I had intended ordering for I had received from M. de Quatrefages his report.2 I have not had time as yet to read the work, but I could not resist carefully reading the Chapter on Genèse, & it has interested me extremely,3 It is really curious how closely we have considered the same classes of facts, & have come to similar conclusions about atavism &c. The proofs of my chapter on this subject are corrected; & this I regret for your admirable illustration of the Aphis had not occurred to me, & I should have much liked to have quoted it from you.4
I am sure I shall feel deep interest in the whole work.
With my best thanks & sincere respect, I remain | Dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Quatrefages de Bréau, Jean Louis Armand de. 1867. [Review of Mémoire sur les microcéphales ou hommes-singes by C. Vogt.] Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences 64: 1226–31.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Vogt, Carl. 1867. Mémoire sur les microcéphales ou hommes-singes. Reprinted from Mémoires de l’Institute national genévois, vol. 11. Geneva: Georg, Libraire de l’Institute Genevois.
Summary
Thanks for CV’s Mémoire sur les microcéphales [1867]. Curious how CD and CV have come to similar conclusions about atavism.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5600
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Carl Vogt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms fr. 2188, ff. 302–3)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5600,” accessed on 17 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5600.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15