To St. G. J. Mivart 27 September [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sept. 27th
My dear Sir
I send by this Post the pamphlet; I did not do so before, as it is an attack on you & I thought it would be unbecoming on my part. The author forwarded an advanced copy to me, & as I knew him to be highly esteemed in his own country, (as a mathematician & a sound reasoner) & as the article seemed to me & others very clever, though I do not agree with all parts, I asked him whether I might republish it; & if so, to send me a Title & any additions which he might please. To this request he acceded, & I was glad to show to any who would take the trouble to read it, that something could be said in my defence.—2 I did not notice any misrepresentations of your views in it, & the remarks on the whole seem to me fair.—
I have procured a copy of the 2d Edit. of your Genesis, so I beg you not to trouble yourself by sending me one.—3
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Sends a reprint of Chauncey Wright’s article ["Darwinism", North Am. Rev. 113 (1871): 63–103].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7972
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- St George Jackson Mivart
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 94
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7972,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7972.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19