To S. P. Woodward 3 June [1856]1
Down Bromley Kent
June 3d.
My dear Sir
I have just finished studying with all the attention of which I am capable, your Book.2 And I, for one, am deeply indebted to you for its publication, as I have not derived for years so much solid instruction & interest, from any other book.—
I have some questions, which I am most anxious to ask you: I have written them down;3 but I think I shall cause you less trouble, by reading them over with you. (if you are kindly willing to assist me) & then leaving them if necessary.— I shall be in London in about a fortnight & will then call & see whether you will give me a little help—4
Yours very sincerely | 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–.
Woodward, Samuel Pickworth. 1851–6. A manual of the Mollusca; or, a rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells. 3 pts. London. [Vols. 6,8,9]
Summary
Comments on SPW’s book [Manual of Mollusca (1851–6)].
Mentions questions he has for SPW [see 1890].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1886
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Samuel Pickworth Woodward
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.129)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1886,” accessed on 30 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1886.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6
