To Ernst Dieffenbach 6 April [1846]1
[Down]
[On the geological work of Tschudi and Buch.] ‘… My health keeps indifferent & I do not suppose I shall ever be a strong man again: everything fatigues me, & I can work but little at my writing: this summer, however, I shall get out my geology of S America …
I found Bronns Geschichte,2 which you recommended me, very useful, for references to facts on variation …’
Summary
On geological works of Tschudi and Buch.
"My health keeps indifferent & I do not suppose I shall ever be a strong man again: everything fatigues me, & I can work but little at my writing: this summer, however, I shall get out my geology of S. America".
"I found Bronn’s Geschichte, which you recommended me, very useful, for references to facts on variation".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-972
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Dieffenbach
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 972,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-972.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3
