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Darwin Correspondence Project

To G. H. Schneider   3 April 1880

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S. E. R.

April 3rd 1880

Dear Sir

I am very much obliged to you for your great kindness in having sent me a copy of your “Der Thierische Wille”—. Everything about the minds of animals interests me greatly.—1

I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

Schneider had sent CD a copy of Der thierische Wille (Animal will; Schneider 1880) and later sent a letter discussing his theories (letter from G. H. Schneider, 2 April 1880).

Bibliography

Schneider, Georg Heinrich. [1880.] Der thierische Wille. Systematische Darstellung und Erklärung der thierischen Triebe und deren Enstehung, Entwickelung und Verbreitung im Thierreiche als Grundlage zu einer vergleichenden Willenslehre. Leipzig: Abel.

Summary

CD thanks the author for the copy of Der thierische Wille.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12560F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Georg Heinrich Schneider
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Alfred S. Posamentier (private collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12560F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12560F.xml

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