To T. C. Eyton 25 October [1855]
Down Farnborough Kent
Oct. 25th
Dear Eyton
Crayford1 is a good way from here & I do not happen to know a soul at all in that direction, & therefore I am very sorry to say I can neither give, nor procure, any information regarding Mrs. Shaw.—2
I am delighted to hear that you have begun to think of Dogs,3 which subject would, I shd. think, make an excellent continuation of your capital Pig-skeleton researches.—4
What a museum you will have!5 and most truly shall I some day enjoy seeing it. Pray give my kind remembrances to Mrs. Eyton,6 whom, it is very long since I have had the pleasure of seeing. Ah the good old times of Entomology, I have never enjoyed anything in Natural History so much since.7
Most truly your’s | Ch. Darwin
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.
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Unable to give information on Mrs Shaw of Crayford.
Mentions TCE’s interest in dog- and pig-skeleton researches.
Interested in seeing the Eyton Museum.
Reminisces about entomology [at Cambridge].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1769
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Campbell Eyton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.114)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1769,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1769.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5