From Asa Gray 18 May 1868
Cambridge Mass.
May 18, 1868.
Dear Darwin
Shortly after I got nicely bound the sheets I received of the reprint of your book, I received from Murray a copy in boards & cloth.1 This I passed over to American Academy, which herewith sends thanks, & is much pleased.
I think you have full set of Academy’s Proceedings. If not & you c⟨a⟩re for them, let me know.2
Send Academy some day your Orchid-book.3 Then they will have all.
The American reprint of your book is not very nicely printed.4 I hope it will sell well. Various notices have appeared—but the more important ones yet to come. I have seen none yet worth sending to you.
I hope that Thurber5 has sent back to you safely the marked sheets. In worst haste | Ever Yours | A. G⟨ray⟩
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Has passed on copy of Variation to American Academy [of Arts and Sciences]. The U. S. reprint is not very nicely printed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6179
- From
- Asa Gray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 163
- Physical description
- ALS 1p damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6179,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6179.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
