To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 April [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
April 25
My dear Sir
A friend sent me the Field with the notice of my book: I quite understand that it would not do for the Field to enter into offensive or controversial points. Many thanks for your remarks & shd be truly grateful for any additional ones, as I well know how accurate an observer you are.—2
One other gentleman gives me his own case of beard darker than hair; but he says he has long attended to this point & is certain it is extremely rare: he says he inherits his beard from maternal side & colour of eyes & hair from paternal side.—3 I have, also, discovered my error about the platysma & corrected it.—4
From particular reason I was very glad to hear about the cowardly game cocks & shall use this little fact.—5
With thanks for your often given assistance— Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Has read the Field review of Descent ["Darwin on the descent of man", 37 (1871): 210]. Thanks WBT for his remarks.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7713
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7713,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7713.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
