To Ernst Haeckel 21 January 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 21st 1880
My dear Häckel
I have just received your grand present & thank you heartily. The book is magnificent.— I have just looked over all the Plates & they are wonderful. An artist gone mad could never have imagined such diversified and & curious structures.1
I congratulate you on the completion of so gigantic a work. You are a wonderful man to do so much.
Ever my dear Häckel | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Haeckel, Ernst. 1879–81. Monographie der Medusen. Vol. 1: Das System der Medusen, part 1 System der Craspedoten, part 2 System der Acraspeden, Atlas; vol. 2: Die Tiefsee-Medusen der Challenger-Reise und der Organismus der Medusen, Atlas. Jena: Gustav Fischer.
Summary
Thanks EH for copy of book [Das System der Medusen (1879)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12437
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/50 [A 9904])
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12437,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12437.xml
