To David Forbes 7 February [1869]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Feb 7th.
My dear Mr Forbes
I am much obliged for your note, and am sorry that I troubled you with the pamplet, as you already possessed it. I dare say the man is mad. He wrote to me boasting that he should revolutionize geology.2
With respect to my own book, the subject grows so, that I really cannot say when I shall go to press; but I know that in about two months, I shall have to go again over that part of my MS., where I should like to insert a short abstract of your most interesting observations on the Aymara Indiens, and I should be most grateful if you could let me have it by that time.3 I am glad to hear that you are thinking of publishing a paper on the Indians in extenso.4
I hope that you will be soon well,5 and pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. Owing to your letter being addressed to Q. Anne St, I did not receive until yesterday.6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Jenzsch, Gustav. 1868. Ueber eine mikroskopische Flora und Fauna krystallinischer Massengesteine (Eruptivgesteine). Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
Summary
Asks for DF’s observations on the Aymara Indians for use in writing manuscript [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 34–5].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6606
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- David Forbes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6606,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6606.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
