To Alfred Newton 27 February [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Feb 27
My dear Professor Newton,
I am very much obliged to you for your corrections of my errors which are serious enough.2 That about the Chinese goose was a scandalous piece of idleness on my part, for I had a notion that it was described in the Amur expedition; but I was at that time so sick of my book that I had not the heart to enquire.3 These valuable corrections, I am sorry to say, are too late for the 2nd Ed. which is now printed off.4
I return the printed paper with thanks; I once bred a pigeon like that described, but the case of the buzzard, if not a hybrid, wd be very interesting.
With many thanks for your kindness believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Schrenk, Leopold von. 1858. Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854–1856. 2 vols. St Petersburg: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St Petersburg.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks for corrections of errors [in Variation].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5941
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Newton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/57)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5941,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5941.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16