To Frederick Smith 9 November [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham. | Kent. S.E.
Nov 9th
My dear Sir
On my return home I found your note on Scolytus, for which many thanks.2
Mr Janson did not send to 6. Queen Anne St the Papilio feronia, (so I suppose he has not specimens) & consequently I did not receive the Mutillas, which you so very kindly offered me.—3
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S | Whenever the last lot of woodcuts are all completed will you ask your Son to be so good as to send me proofs together with my paper of instructions, by Post.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
CD thanks FS for his note on Scolytus. Asks that his son [E. A. Smith] send proofs when the last woodcuts [for Coleoptera chapter of Descent] are completed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6979
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frederick Smith
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6979,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6979.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
