To Edward Wilson 20 February [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Feb 20
Dear Mr Wilson
Many thanks for yr note.2 I recd a letter the other day from Dr Müller on the same subject, & from his kindness & yours, I shall receive more answer from Australia than from any other quarter of the world.3 This is a great piece of good fortune, as the Australians are I suppose nearly the most distinct of all races. This reminds me to ask you whether you happen to possess any moderately large photographs of Australians; In this case if you wd lend them to me for a day or 2 I wd send for them. I have a considerable collection, but it contains no Australian & I should like to compare them.4
Pray believe me | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks EW for information [on expression] about Australians.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5899
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Wilson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/9)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5899,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5899.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
