To Anton Dohrn 22 February 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Feb 22d 1881
My dear Dr Dohrn
Your most kind letter has gratified me much; but your generous sympathy leads you to overestimate what I have been able to do for science, & what little I have done in aid of your noble Institution.1 It is almost a pity that you will not allow me to subscribe for your publications, but I gladly accept your kindness & look at it as an honour.2 All the works which I have seen from your Institution appear to me admirable.
I had not heard about the Zoolog. Jahrsbericht; but am convinced that it would be an excellent plan to give all the materials from all countries in one work.— Our English Record does fully pay its expenses though aided, & for several years some members, including myself, have had to pay an extra subscription.—3
Believe me that no one can wish success in every way to you & your Institution more heartily than I do
I remain, my dear Dr Dohrn | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
P.S | My wife desires me to send to you her kind remembrances.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Groeben, Christiane, ed. 1982. Charles Darwin 1809–1882, Anton Dohrn 1840–1909: correspondence. Naples: Macchiaroli.
Summary
AD exaggerates what CD has done for science.
On the Zoological Yearbook, CD thinks it would be an excellent plan to give an account of zoological publications from all countries in a single work.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13062
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 706)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13062,” accessed on 12 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13062.xml
