To J. E. Gray 17 February [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Feb 17
My dear Gray
Many thanks for Nathusius recd safely.2 When in London I will call on you & shall be much obliged if you will tell me your views on the specific differences of pigs.3
I do not know who has cut me up so severely in the Ath: nor do I know whom you mean by the “great friend of John Murray.
From 2 or 3 little points I suspect the author to be your great man in the Museum—4
My dear Gray | yours 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–.
Nathusius, Hermann von. 1864. Vorstudien für Geschichte und Zucht der Hausthiere zunächst am Schweineschädel. 1 vol. and atlas. Berlin: Wiegandt und Hempel.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks for Nathusius [Die Racen des Schweines (1860)].
CD will call on JEG to hear his views on specific differences of pigs.
Does not know who has "cut me up so severely" in the Athenæum but suspects "your great man in the Museum" [Richard Owen].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5885
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Edward Gray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Egerton MS 2348: 234)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5885,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5885.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
