To Matthew Arnold 9 February [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb. 9th
Dear Sir
I have been surprised & very much pleased by your kindness in having sent me your new work, Literature & Dogma.2 I hope soon to read it with profit & interest
Pray accept my best thanks & believe me, Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. Since the above was written, I have just heard from Huxley with your very kind desire that I shd. not acknowledge your present; but I must have the pleasure of thanking you.3
Footnotes
The year is established by the reference to Arnold 1873 (see letter from T. H. Huxley, [8 February 1873] and n. 2).
See letter from T. H. Huxley, [8 February 1873] and n. 2.
Summary
Thanks MA for his Literature and dogma [1873].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8762
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Matthew Arnold
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 221.5: 1
- Physical description
- 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8762,” accessed on 16 February 2019, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-8762
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
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