From Alfred Newton 7 April 1864
Magdalene College, | Cambridge.
7 April 1864.
My dear Sir,
It seems to me it mattered very little as far as the great question is concerned how the Partridge received the injury. Therefore pray spare your regrets at having thrown away the leg—1 I dare say Mr. Buckland has “other fish to fry”—or rather hatch—and is sufficiently well occupied.2
I was very glad to hear from Mr. Wallace3 a few days ago that your medical attendants were sanguine as to your speedy and complete recovery— That such may be the case is the sincere wish of | Yours very truly | Alfred Newton
Charles Darwin Esq. F.R.S.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
CD need not worry about having discarded the partridge’s foot.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4456
- From
- Alfred Newton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 172: 42
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4456,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4456.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
