To Raphael Meldola 12 December [1879]
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
Many thanks for your note & kind wish, but I shd. greatly prefer to see my name amongst the subscribers in aid of a good work.—1 You have, however, omitted to enclose any paper to fill up.— I am extremely sorry to hear about Wallace.—2
In Haste | C.D.
Dec. 12th.—
Footnotes
See letter from Raphael Meldola, 11 December 1879 and n. 1. CD wanted to subscribe to Meldola’s translation of August Weismann’s Studies in the theory of descent (Weismann 1880–2), rather than receive a free copy.
Alfred Russel Wallace had failed to be appointed superintendent of Epping Forest. See letter from Raphael Meldola, 11 December 1879 and n. 3.
Bibliography
Weismann, August. 1882. Studies in the theory of descent. Translated by Raphael Meldola. 2 vols. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.
Summary
Would like to subscribe to English edition of Weismann.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12354
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- DE 13 79
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12354,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12354.xml
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