From John Edward Gray 21 November 1867
Brit. Mus
21 Nov 1867
My Dear Darwin
Thanks for sending the skins & skeletons of the Domestic & other animals they shall be well cared for1
I do not know if your take in the Proceedings Zool Soc I have been making a zoological arrangement of Sponges & would send you a copy of the paper if you do not take in the Proceedings hithertoo the arrangement of them has been entirely empirical—2
I will take care that the Boxes shall be returned to you & will you direct Mr G Snow to call for them any day next week3
You were quite right not to pay the carriage
With kindest Regards & Congratulations at your Book being so nearly out as to allow you to send the specimens4
Ever yours faithfully | J. E Gray
The Boxes have arrived but unfortunately the man left without our giving him the direction to call & they were left in the Hall & the Porter too idle to let us know the man was there
The Boxes shall be Ready for him on Monday or any day after
Footnotes
Bibliography
British Museum (Natural History). 1910. Memorials of Charles Darwin: a collection of manuscripts, portraits, medals, books and natural history specimens to commemorate the centenary of his birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Special guide no. 4. 2d edition. London: British Museum. [Facsimile reprint. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 14 (1988): 235–98.]
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
Thanks for skins and skeletons.
Has been arranging sponges [Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1867): 495–558].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5692
- From
- John Edward Gray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- British Museum
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 212
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5692,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5692.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15