To P. P. C. Hoek 23 November 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
November 23d 1881
Dear Sir
I thank you cordially for the present of your magnificent work on the Pycnogonida.—1 The Plates seem to me quite admirable. I am delighted that you are going to undertake the Cirripedia.—2
With all good wishes & much respect | I remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hoek, Paulus Peronius Cato. 1881. Scientific results of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part X. Report on the Pycnogonida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
Hoek, Paulus Peronius Cato. 1883. Scientific results of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part XXV. Report on the Cirripedia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
Hoek, Paulus Peronius Cato. 1884. Scientific results of the the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology Part XXVIII. Report on the Cirripedia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
Summary
Thanks him for magnificent work on Pycnogonida [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, vol. 3, part 10 (1881)].
Is delighted that he is undertaking the Cirripedia [1883–4].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13507A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Artis Library (P. P. C. Hoek Archive: Darwin correspondence)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13507A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13507A.xml
