To Richard Fordman 4 December [1873]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Dec. 4th
My dear Sir
I thank you for your extremely kind note, which has pleased me much.—1
I am utterly perplexed what to think about the printed statement (like those published by Col. Sleeman in reference to the same district) in regard to children brought up by wolves.—2 I cannot quite disbelieve the accounts, & yet I can by no means believe them.—
With my thanks, I remain, | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
[Sleeman, William Henry.] 1852. An account of wolves nurturing children in their dens. By an Indian official. Plymouth: Jenkin Thomas.
Summary
Thanks RF for his kind note; cannot quite believe or disbelieve stories of children raised by wolves.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9170
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Fordman
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- DE 4 73
- Source of text
- Massachusetts Historical Society (Grenville H. Norcross Autograph Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9170,” accessed on 27 July 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9170.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21