From Francis Galton 2 May 1871
42 Rutland Gate
May 2/71
My dear Darwin
I send a copy of the rabbit paper, in which I have marked the genealogy of the 6 little ones. (p 401)1
You will see my reply in next weeks Nature. I justify my misunderstanding as well as I can &, I think, reasonably— The half plaintive end to the letter will amuse you.2
Very sincerely yours | Francis Galton
I begin an entirely new & different series of experiments to-morrow.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Galton, Francis. 1871. Experiments in pangenesis, by breeding from rabbits of a pure variety, into whose circulation blood taken from other varieties had previously been largely transfused. [Read 30 March 1871.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 19 (1870–1): 393–410.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Is sending his reply to Nature, justifying his misunderstanding as well as he can [see 7717].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7733
- From
- Francis Galton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Rutland Gate, 42
- Source of text
- DAR 105: 30
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7733,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7733.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19