To O. C. Marsh 31 August 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Aug 31 1880
My dear Prof. Marsh
I received some time ago your very kind note of July 28th, and yesterday the magnificent volume. I have looked with renewed admiration at the plates, and will soon read the text.1 Your work on these old birds, & on the many fossil animals of N. America has afforded the best support to the theory of evolution, which has appeared within the last 20 years. The general appearance of the copy which you have sent me is worthy of its contents, and I can say nothing stronger than this.
With cordial thanks, believe me yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Marsh, Othniel Charles. 1880. Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America. Washington: Government Printing Office.
Summary
Has received OCM’s Odontornithes memoir. Believes his work affords the best support to evolution that has appeared in the last 20 years.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12673
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Othniel Charles Marsh
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12673,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12673.xml