To T. H. Huxley 12 November [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov 12th
My dear Huxley
Many thanks for your Biology which I have read.— It was a real stroke of genius to think of such a plan.— Lord how I wish that I had gone through such a course.2
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to T. H. Huxley and Martin 1875 (see n. 2, below).
A copy of Course of practical instruction in elementary biology is in the Darwin Library–CUL (T. H. Huxley and Martin 1875). Each chapter of the book described a plant or animal organism, with a series of observations and experiments to be performed in a laboratory. The plan for the book arose out of Huxley’s teaching at the Royal School of Mines in South Kensington (see A. Desmond 1994–7, 2: 35–9, 73).
Bibliography
Desmond, Adrian. 1994–7. Huxley. 2 vols. London: Michael Joseph.
Summary
Thanks for Elementary biology [1875]. Wishes he had had a course like it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10256
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 324)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10256,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10256.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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