To Hugh Edwin Strickland 17 February [1842]
12 Upper Gower St
Feb. 17th
My dear Strickland
I am sorry I had not the pleasure of seeing you the other day, but I had been unwell the whole week.— I have read carefully your laws & suggestions1 & have been able to make only one or two unimportant notes.—2 As far as my judgment goes, the laws appear very well digested & clearly written.—
I am sorry Mr Gray3 does not approve of the scheme, as he is from his position influential:— I have sent the paper to Ogilby.—4 Are you acquainted with Waterhouse of the Zoolog. Soc.—5 I have a high opinion of his talents & would suggest to you, to let him read over your paper.—
Wishing you much success in the very desirable end, you have proposed. Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Stresemann, Erwin. 1975. Ornithology: from Aristotle to the present. Translated by Hans J. and Cathleen Epstein. Edited by G. William Cottrell. With foreword and epilogue by Ernst Mayr. Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press.
Summary
CD approves of HES’s "laws" [of nomenclature]. Regrets that [J. E.?] Gray does not approve of the scheme. CD has sent the paper to William Ogilby and suggests that HES send it to G. R. Waterhouse, of whom he has a high opinion.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-619
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hugh Edwin Strickland
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 619,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-619.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2