To Henry Holland 31 January [1862]1
6. Queen Anne St
Jan 31st
My dear Sir Henry
I am very much obliged to you for having lent me your Essay, which I now return.2 It has pleased me much to see that our conclusions agree closely in most respects & indeed are identical in some respects, though I approach the subject as a simple naturalist & you from a more general point of view. I am convinced that if you were to publish your Essay, it would excite much attention & interest.3
With very sincere thanks for all your great kindness & interest which you have shown in my work, I remain, my dear Sir Henry | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
[Holland, Henry.] 1859. Life and organisation. Edinburgh Review 109: 227–63.
Holland, Henry. 1862. Essays on scientific and other subjects from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Returns HH’s essay.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3424F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Holland, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- London
- Source of text
- Private collection (on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3424F,” accessed on 24 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3424F.xml
