To Leonard Jenyns 18 April [1858]1
Down Bromley Kent
Ap. 18th
My dear Jenyns
I write one line to say your M.S. has come safely & to thank you much for it.—2 I shall take unopened to my Hydropathic Establishment & read it there & then or soon afterwards return it.—3
In Haste. Farewell with thanks. Ever yours truly | C. Darwin
I have read a good deal more of your Book & like it much.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Jenyns, Leonard. 1858. Observations in meteorology. London. [vols. 3,7]
Summary
Thanks LJ for his MS [of "Variation of species", Rep. BAAS 26 (1856): 101–5].
Will read it at his hydropathic establishment [Moor Park], where he is going for a rest.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2259
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Jenyns/Leonard Blomefield
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2259,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
